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Harita Group is a major player in Indonesia's nickel value chain on Obi Island.

...renewable energy to fully supply the required power for nickel producers, the energy transition inevitably incurs trade-offs. Mike Ng, chief sustainability officer, OCBC According to Harita’s disclos...

24 Feb 2026

Commuters are trapped by monsoon floodwaters along UN Avenue

...renewable energy but is not limited to it, particularly in the Philippines’ heavily privatised power sector. Likewise, the 13.7 per cent allocation for climate-smart industries does not necessarily eq...

18 Aug 2026

...renewable energy pushed down coal-power generation and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2025, meaning many coal plants are already running at just half of their maximum capacity. The co-authors argue...

6 Feb 2026

Strikes that knocked out nearly a fifth of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas export capacity are rippling across Asia.

...renewable energy. IEEFA said reducing exposure to volatile global fuel markets through faster deployment of renewables offers the most sustainable long-term solution, estimating that every 1 gigawatt ...

20 Mar 2026

...renewable energy under targets set in its Renewable Energy Development Act, which aims to lift total installed renewable capacity to around 27 gigawatts (GW) by 2025, with major growth in solar and of...

15 Dec 2025

...renewable energy and promote wasteful consumption, ultimately reducing the competitiveness of low-carbon alternatives and slowing the energy transition. The impact on the environment caused by higher ...

4 May 2026

Taiwan's lawmakers have proposed changes to air pollution laws that could force factories to halt operations if permit reviews are delayed, raising concerns over energy stability and supply chains. Th...

4 May 2026

Taiwan sustainability award winners linked to environmental, labour breaches

...renewable energy by 2030, while another 28 had not clearly disclosed whether they had complied with legal renewable energy obligations for large power consumers. Coal use also remained a concern. Nine...

26 May 2026

...renewable energy resource initially presented in a World Bank report. Is this finding the main driver of the country’s offshore wind ambition? Even before this study was published, I knew of at least...

6 Apr 2026

Climate action key to affordable housing, but buildings decarbonisation stalls

...renewables supplied just 17.3 per cent of buildings’ energy demand, far below what is needed for a net‑zero pathway. Investment in energy efficiency reached US$275 billion in 2024, c...

24 May 2026

Solar panels on a commercial building in Penang, Malaysia2

...Renewable Energy Certificate in 2021, which certifies that 1 megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity is sourced from renewable sources like solar or hydropower. RECs only guarantee that renewable energy wa...

17 Oct 2025

...renewable energy targets, these remain dwarfed by continued fossil fuel investment. The state is both regulator and profiteer, a conflict of interest that is yet to be resolved. The third is constitu...

11 Aug 2026

...renewables capacity by 2030 worldwide.” By contrast, Europe’s three biggest underwriters – Allianz, AXA and Zurich – collectively added just US$141 million in new renewable premiums over the same peri...

8 Sep 2025

...renewable energy, efficiency and power sector decarbonisation as central to COP31’s clean energy agenda, it contains no explicit pledge or proposed commitment to phase out or phase down fossil fuels. ...

28 Aug 2026

Chinese workers check EVs in Qingdao City

...renewable energy systems, low-carbon industries, and digitally integrated infrastructure from the ground up, rather than retrofit carbon-intensive systems built over more than a century. But whether t...

20 Jul 2026

...renewable output is high, while providing backup when needed. The government is also investing heavily in long-distance transmission and encouraging new demand channels for renewable electricity, such...

28 May 2026

...renewable energy capacity by 2030 and plans to accelerate solar deployment in the second half of this year. Kim acknowledged that renewable energy additions had not grown particularly quickly during t...

7 Aug 2026

South Korea’s state-run power generators have been unable to provide long-term financial forecasts for their coal-fired power assets

...renewable energy capacity by 2030 and phasing out coal-fired power generation by 2040. Under the plan, 21 coal-fired units that would still have remaining design life after 2040 would be retained as b...

7 May 2026

Japan launches programme to cut data centre emissions as AI power demand surges

...renewable energy integration to reduce emissions from the sector. Liquid cooling is gaining traction because traditional air-cooling systems are struggling to handle the heat generated by high-density...

15 May 2026

...renewable energy partner our countries deserve. Japan has the technological expertise, financial resources, global influence and moral responsibility to lead the renewable energy transition. The quest...

27 Oct 2025

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