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Falling solar prices good for climate, bad for firms

...14,000 megawatts capacity in the last two years alone and now has 24,000 MW in total - enough green electricity to meet nearly 4 percent of the country's power demand. That is expected to rise to 10 p...

1 Feb 2012

Falling solar prices good for climate, bad for firms

News / Policy & Finance

South Korea plans carbon law as companies oppose $5 billion cost

...11 percent of overall energy consumption by 2030 from an estimated 2.62 percent in 2011.

22 Sep 2011

South Korea plans carbon law as companies oppose $5 billion cost

News / Energy

Multi billion dollar benefits of global switch to energy-efficient lighting

...1 million cars - when legislation in the country is finalized, by mid 2012. For the Ukraine, an economy in transition, the cost savings could be US$210 million per annum with greenhouse gas reductions...

1 Dec 2010

Multi billion dollar benefits of global switch to energy-efficient lighting

News / Carbon & Climate

SE Asian palm oil firms go on African land safari

...1,114 this year. The potential to ramp up output by tapping Africa is huge. World Bank studies show Sub-Saharan Africa holds 201.5 million hectares suitable for crops, nearly half the world's total, o...

29 Apr 2011

SE Asian palm oil firms go on African land safari

News / Transport

Toyota sales of hybrid cars top 3 million

...10,000 hybrid cars worldwide. Nissan Motor Co., which began hybrid vehicles sales in Japan late last year, said domestic hybrid sales totaled 1900 vehicles as of February 2011. Nissan launched sales...

8 Mar 2011

Toyota sales of hybrid cars top 3 million

News / Energy

Malaysia's first solar power plant

...1.25 gigawatt by 2020. The plan has also set a renewable energy target of 5.5% of total capacity mix in 2015, from less than 1% of energy mix today. Globally, major countries have set far more ambitio...

23 Feb 2011

Malaysia's first solar power plant

Press Releases / Kinetics Engagement LLP

Nurturing H3ROES: Canon and NEA to instill 3Rs targeting 45,000 youths

...11/11/Press-release_H3ROES_FINAL.doc http://kineticsengagement.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Factsheet-on-Keep-Singapore-Clean.doc

7 Nov 2011

Nurturing H3ROES: Canon and NEA to instill 3Rs targeting 45,000 youths

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: Oil over $100 pressures Asia to cut subsidies

...11, a rise of 58 percent over the figure of 18.711 billion in 2010. As the government prioritizes its fight against inflation above almost everything else, it is not keen to let fuel prices rise to a ...

9 Mar 2011

Analysis: Oil over $100 pressures Asia to cut subsidies

Press Releases / Sindicatum Sustainable Resources

Simbhaoli Sugars enters into a clean power generation joint venture with Sindicatum Sustainable Resources

...115MW. Following the expansion, which is expected to be completed 18 months from financial closure, the power plants will have the capacity to generate 80MW of surplus power, exportable to third parti...

6 Dec 2011

Simbhaoli Sugars enters into a clean power generation joint venture with Sindicatum Sustainable Resources

News / Carbon & Climate

Indonesia, EU expect new timber trade agreement in 3 months

...13,” he added in a press statement sent to The Jakarta Post. The value of Indonesia's timber trade with the EU stands at an estimated US$1 billion per year.

23 Feb 2011

Indonesia, EU expect new timber trade agreement in 3 months

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysian Palm Oil Association won’t quit Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

...15. Of the 4.5 million ha planted with oil palm in Malaysia, three million ha belong to the estate group and 1.5 million ha, the smallholders. The MPOA members' hectarage represent about 70% of the th...

6 Oct 2011

Malaysian Palm Oil Association won’t quit Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

News / Energy

News navigator: Are there final disposal facilities for radioactive waste?

...1,700 rods of nuclear waste stored at Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, and Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture. The rods, each of which stand about 130 centimeters tall and weigh some 500 kilograms, are made by mix...

25 Jun 2011

News navigator: Are there final disposal facilities for radioactive waste?

News / Water

Desalination timetable lashed by productivity chief

...1bn a year," she said. She also hit out at the billions of dollars wasted on building desalination plants, singling out Sydney's $1.9bn plant and Adelaide's $1.8bn facility. "In Sydney, a review in 20...

17 May 2011

Desalination timetable lashed by productivity chief

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia’s withdrawal puts Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil on shaky ground

...1 million tonnes. Malaysia makes up 41% of world's palm oil production and 47% of world's exports. It is No. 2 in terms of production and No. 1 in terms of exports. Some 11.1% of the world's total oil...

5 Oct 2011

Indonesia’s withdrawal puts Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil on shaky ground

News / Energy

China Power New Energy to raise 77 mln USD from bond sale in HK

...10 billion yuan in 2007, 12 billion yuan in 2008, to 16 billion yuan in 2009, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The range of issuers has also expanded over time, from the Chinese mainland...

26 Apr 2011

China Power New Energy to raise 77 mln USD from bond sale in HK

News / Corporate Responsibility

Soros fund leads $25 million investment in energy-saver

...10 percent to 12 percent of electricity, said Transphorm Chief Executive Umesh Mishra. The company's power conversion module, made from gallium nitride instead of the traditional silicon, can eliminat...

23 Jun 2011

Soros fund leads $25 million investment in energy-saver

News / Manufacturing

Siemens seeks rare earths outside China after supplies curbed

...17 elements used in electronic technologies from hybrid cars to sonar systems. The country imposed controls on mining and exports after more than a decade of extraction depleted the resources and harm...

22 Jun 2011

Siemens seeks rare earths outside China after supplies curbed

News / Policy & Finance

Pressing palm oil issues

...11 (ISP NATSEM 2011) yesterday. While the Government is pushing for the growth of the oil palm plantation sector, the industry players want it to address the pressing issues and their repercussions on...

22 Jun 2011

Pressing palm oil issues

News / Energy

Chevron plans Kazakh wind power: Kazakh presidential site

...1 billion investment in two wind farms in Zhambyl region.

14 Apr 2011

Chevron plans Kazakh wind power: Kazakh presidential site

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Resource revolution needed, by Jeremy Oppenheim & Richard Dobbs

...1,850 cubic kilometres higher by 2030, 30 per cent higher than today’s levels. There would be 140 million to 175 million hectares of added deforestation; and carbon dioxide emissions of 66 gigatonnes ...

20 Feb 2012

Resource revolution needed, by Jeremy Oppenheim & Richard Dobbs

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