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...renewables in its new coal projects. A new mega-plant Yushen Yuheng in China's coal heartland is replacing 702 MW of power from small, less-efficient plants and its construction includes 60 MW of win...

6 Nov 2024

...renewables and grid infrastructure must go together as the grid needs to be reliable and stable enough to handle the intermittency that comes with renewables, and the energy mix. Historically, renew...

1 Nov 2024

Youth for energy transition: The power of the next generation in shaping a sustainable energy future

Energy transition is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and young people are crucial stakeholders. As the Asia-Pacific region is home to about 60 per cent of the global population, 60...

20 Jan 2025

Ambassador Ravi Menon and Minister Grace Fu

...renewables and energy efficiency improvements are obvious measures for the long term." While acknowledging that such measures offer limited relief in the immediate term, he emphasised that over the me...

7 Apr 2026

...renewables. However, global prices have rarely fallen this low. Most producers require a selling price of US$8/MMBtu or more to service debt and earn a return – and LNG prices are unlikely to fall to ...

3 Feb 2025

Workers installing power transmission line in Jakarta, Indonesia

On 3 July 2024, Vietnam issued its direct power purchase agreements (DPPAs) decree for renewable energy between private project developers and consumers. This allows renewable energy generators to sel...

8 Oct 2024

Liberalising the power sector completely to meet the increasing energy demand in Malaysia and achieve national net zero targets can lead to market manipulation, a regulator has warned. Such a move may...

14 Jan 2025

In 1960, my father, Jacques Piccard, reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench – nearly 11,000 meters (36,000 feet) below sea level. The mission was not to make headlines, but to disprove a dangerous m...

8 Jul 2025

...renewables alone. Most of Indonesia's captive capacity is largely driven by the metals processing sector. Image: Global Energy Monitor Meanwhile, Indonesia produced a record 831 million tonnes of co...

8 Apr 2025

...renewables.” This story was published with permission from Mongabay.com.

24 Feb 2025

As global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) face mounting financial shortfalls, universities across Asia are emerging as key players in sustainable finance. The Times Higher ...

25 Jul 2025

...renewables are scaling up. "We need to reduce our carbon footprint by using CCUS as well as making other efficiency improvements while we're building renewables. We should not be shifting to plan B wi...

22 Oct 2024

Renewables developer Gurīn Energy has appointed Indonesia's former foreign affairs, Retno Marsudi, to its board of directors. Marsudi held the post of minister for foreign affairs in the cabinet of In...

26 Nov 2024

Farmer in a rice terrace in Bali, Indonesia

...renewables by 2030 – a decade earlier than planned – through the use of transition credits. It was one of the two pilot projects chosen by Singapore's central bank to trial the emerging credit type. T...

1 Sep 2025

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...renewables will not only lower electricity costs but also enhance energy security. “We won’t be dependent on volatile imported supplies,” he said, noting that coal-fired electricity in cities like Man...

8 Oct 2024

...renewables development. Respondents agreed that the province should expand the solar and wind power industries (77.5 per cent and 76.9 per cent, respectively), and also that the energy transition will...

11 Apr 2025

Friday, 12 June was a hot day in the south-western Pakistani city of Gwadar. Shamsul Haq Kalmati went to the beach for his usual morning walk but was shocked by something new. “My friend noticed somet...

31 Jul 2026

...renewables firm Bright Spots Energy. “The difference between [wages across] the two sectors comes down to the margins,” he told Eco-Business, with the oil and gas sector able to secure as much as thre...

25 Feb 2025

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The fashion industry is responsible for up to 8 per cent of the world's planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions, according to UN figures, which many of its companies have promised to tackle with targ...

1 Jul 2025

Copper, nickel and silicon are the most critical to India’s mineral security due to exponentially rising demand trends and significant supply chain vulnerabilities

The global shift towards clean energy has intensified competition for critical minerals and materials essential for renewable technologies. India’s growing economy, with energy transition goals of ac...

10 Mar 2025

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