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China poised for Thailand’s solar move

...power development plan, and grades Thailand a D+ in its 2020 Southeast Asia Power Sector scorecard. Rooftop solar makes up around half of the plan’s solar strategy, and companies like Talesun have sta...

2 Aug 2021

China poised for Thailand’s solar move

Oil palm plantations in Sarawak as seen from a plane.

News / Carbon & Climate

Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceability

...powerful tool we have to achieve this zero-deforestation goal.” Since its launch earlier this year, Palmoil.io has been used by major traders and buyers like Golden Agri Resources (GAR), Pacific Inter...

2 Nov 2021

Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceability

News / Policy & Finance

DBS Bank to end thermal coal financing by 2039

...power and mining ventures in the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia over the last five years. The most recent deal, signed in 2021, is a refinancing deal for the Loy Yang B coal power plant...

16 Apr 2021

DBS Bank to end thermal coal financing by 2039

News / Food & Agriculture

Covid-19 exacerbated wage-related abuses in global fishing industry

...power to interview workers in a safe environment to minimise the risk of retaliatory measures from employers.” In some cases, however, authorities faced challenges despite their efforts to help migran...

13 May 2022

Covid-19 exacerbated wage-related abuses in global fishing industry

News / Energy

Fresh wave of climate protests to target gas ahead of COP26 summit

...power. But natural gas — a less carbon-intensive fossil fuel — is being supported by some governments as a "bridge" to a cleaner energy mix. “ This global movement will use the COP26 momentum to brin...

2 Aug 2021

Fresh wave of climate protests to target gas ahead of COP26 summit

Opinion / Water

When the political levee breaks

...powerful rivers (a skill that Adam Smith saw as a remarkable source of comparative advantage). And yet, even the Celestial Empire could not avoid recurring natural disasters. At the start of the twent...

14 Sep 2021

When the political levee breaks

News / Carbon & Climate

8 times extreme weather hit hard in 2021

...power on 17 February, 2021. Image: Jonathan Cutrer via Flickr. In February, an ordinarily balmy Texas spent a week below freezing, as a cold snap hit North America. Power plants not insulated again...

30 Nov 2021

8 times extreme weather hit hard in 2021

News / Cities

Twin crises of heat and floods expose neglect in India and Bangladesh

...powerful due to climate change, with the likelihood of flooding in India increasing by 50-90 per cent in the lowest emission scenario. The impact is devastating. The Assam Disaster Management Authorit...

29 May 2022

Twin crises of heat and floods expose neglect in India and Bangladesh

Workers walk at a solar power station in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, China

News / Policy & Finance

China expected to favour green tech over coal in new five-year plan

...power capacity approved in 2020 will still go ahead. That, combined with the 38GW of new coal power capacity put into operation in 2020 and other projects in the pipeline, is enough to power all of Ge...

4 Mar 2021

China expected to favour green tech over coal in new five-year plan

News / Policy & Finance

Indigenous opposition to Philippine mine project falters

...powered firearms such as M-14 military rifles to fight the company’s presence within their ancestral lands, fearing the destruction of their sacred forests and their dislocation from their communities...

2 Mar 2022

Indigenous opposition to Philippine mine project falters

News / Energy

South Korea needs faster coal phase-out to support global climate goals

...power units with a capacity of 7.3 GW being built in South Korea. The latest addition, the 2,100-megawatt Samcheok Blue Power project, is slated to come online in 2024. It is expected to be the countr...

12 May 2021

South Korea needs faster coal phase-out to support global climate goals

News / Policy & Finance

ADB announces coal exit in draft energy policy

...power stations, it announced through its draft energy policy on Friday (7 May). The multi-lateral lender's new policy stated that it "will withdraw from financing new coal power and heat plants" and ...

7 May 2021

ADB announces coal exit in draft energy policy

News / Carbon & Climate

Disappointing climate promises from China ‘cast a shadow’ on COP efforts

...power system.” While some analysts said it was significant that China had put its previous climate commitments in writing, its new NDC is “far less than many analysts say China could easily manage,” T...

29 Oct 2021

Disappointing climate promises from China ‘cast a shadow’ on COP efforts

News / Energy

Oil majors ‘not walking the talk’ on climate action, study confirms

...power plants – while ExxonMobil had generated no clean power at all. The authors conclude: "We find no evidence to suggest any major has entered the renewables market at a scale that would indicate a ...

21 Feb 2022

Oil majors ‘not walking the talk’ on climate action, study confirms

Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use

News / Policy & Finance

7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022

...power plants, ports, regasification facilities, and pipelines. A global rehabilitation of nuclear power, which produces no greenhouse-gas emissions, will also likely gain ground in the coming year. Ch...

29 Dec 2021

7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022

Opinion / Energy

A decade on from Fukushima, it’s time for Southeast Asia to bury its nuclear dream

...power; wind saved three times as much, and solar double. As of 2020, the cost of generating new utility-scale solar power was US$30-60 per megawatt-hour in Europe and the United States, and as low as ...

12 Mar 2021

A decade on from Fukushima, it’s time for Southeast Asia to bury its nuclear dream

Alexey Kulapin, director general, Russia Energy Agency

News / Energy

Russia is promoting natural gas to Southeast Asia as an 'eco-friendly' fuel

...power, fossil fuel, alternative energy and storage at Asean Centre for Energy, a Jakarta-based energy think tank. While coal is still likely to be Southeast Asia's major fuel source by 2040, natural g...

16 Jul 2021

Russia is promoting natural gas to Southeast Asia as an 'eco-friendly' fuel

Press Releases / AmbitionPr

5 ways to embed sustainability in your business this World Earth Day

...Power, battery storage, voltage optimisation and load shifting amongst others. Within their most recent energy report, Grover notes solar solutions are proving popular and many businesses are successf...

25 Apr 2022

5 ways to embed sustainability in your business this World Earth Day

Press Releases / SP Group

SP Group inks MOU with BCG Energy to invest in renewables in Vietnam

...power projects to enhance Vietnam’s electricity supply capacity and support Vietnam’s ambitious goal of increasing the rate of electricity produced from renewable energy sources to about 3...

24 May 2021

SP Group inks MOU with BCG Energy to invest in renewables in Vietnam

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How finance from rich nations could drive 40% of new coal plant emissions

...power plants are still being built. Severe criticism is often levelled at Asian nations where the vast majority of coal power construction is taking place, while coal use declines in Europe and North ...

20 Apr 2021

How finance from rich nations could drive 40% of new coal plant emissions

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