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Bangladesh may suspend new power plant approvals

...power. But after the rapid expansion of power plant construction, some countries are facing power surpluses, increasing market and policy uncertainties, or seeing the profitability of coal-fired power...

12 Sep 2019

Bangladesh may suspend new power plant approvals

Press Releases / Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Ricoh Eco Action Day Virtual Dialogue Session 2020 brings together government and industry to achieve affordable and clean energy for all

...Power and Sunseap also attended the session. Guest of Honour, Mr Tan Kok Yam said: “Even as Covid-19 is disrupting our lives, the risks of climate change continue to loom in the background, thr...

19 Jun 2020

Ricoh Eco Action Day Virtual Dialogue Session 2020 brings together government and industry to achieve affordable and clean energy for all

News / Energy

Exploitation rife among firms mining minerals for renewables, electric vehicles: Report

...powered cars are riddled with exploitation, a new study has found. The analysis, by international non-governmental organisation Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, shows that efforts to power...

5 Sep 2019

Exploitation rife among firms mining minerals for renewables, electric vehicles: Report

News / Corporate Responsibility

How to build back better: 8 ways sustainable businesses can survive in the post-Covid era

As businesses prepare to crank their operations back up after months of inactivity, the clear skies, roads and shipping lanes that have defined the pandemic lockdown period could soon be over. The emi...

19 Jun 2020

How to build back better: 8 ways sustainable businesses can survive in the post-Covid era

News / Energy

Power play—who's winning Southeast Asia's renewables race?

...Power generation in Malaysia by sector (TWh), 2017. Source: Climatescope, BloombergNEF Hydropower taking the lead Hydropower, among the cheapest of renewable energy sources, leads clean power product...

31 Jul 2019

Power play—who's winning Southeast Asia's renewables race?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Stimulating the economy sustainably after coronavirus

...power plants has increased slowly but steadily, indicating industry is getting back on track. Work on key infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges resumed on 15 February, with considerable fa...

9 Mar 2020

Stimulating the economy sustainably after coronavirus

News / Energy

Japan is exporting the most polluting kind of coal power to developing Asia

...power plants at home and abroad, and is the second largest public investor in overseas coal projects among the G20 countries—after regional rival China. Japan's powerful banks have started to respond ...

20 Aug 2019

Japan is exporting the most polluting kind of coal power to developing Asia

Opinion / Energy

Solar and battery storage: A clean solution to a dirty problem

...power plants. In western Africa alone, the electricity provided by back-up generators is equal to 40 per cent of the electricity generated by the grid. In some countries, such as Nigeria, the installe...

27 Nov 2019

Solar and battery storage: A clean solution to a dirty problem

News / Energy

Why is Pakistan still pursuing coal?

...power plants, seven wind farms, three hydropower schemes and two high-voltage transmission line projects. The majority of the money has gone into coal: 70 per cent of the 13.8 gigawatts worth of power...

19 Jul 2019

Why is Pakistan still pursuing coal?

Standard Chartered Bank advertisement. 'We're hear for good'

News / Policy & Finance

Standard Chartered Bank launches Asia’s first retail product to fund the Sustainable Development Goals

...power, she said. StanChart made headlines a year ago for being the first Asia-focused bank to rule out funding new coal development in the world’s biggest region for the extraction and burning of the ...

9 Oct 2019

Standard Chartered Bank launches Asia’s first retail product to fund the Sustainable Development Goals

'Moratorium on new coal plants now!' NGOs protest against coal in the Philippines

News / Energy

Filipinos march for a ban on coal expansion

...power plants. The People for Power Coalition, a network of civil society organisations, consumers and communities campaigning for a shift to renewable energy reiterated this demand amid the Departme...

25 Sep 2019

Filipinos march for a ban on coal expansion

News / Energy

Could snow be the next source of clean energy?

...power a portable weather station, for example, or a wearable gadget that tracks the performance of cold-weather athletes. The device could also be integrated into solar panels, kicking in extra power ...

31 May 2019

Could snow be the next source of clean energy?

News / Waste

Indonesia plans to solve its waste crisis by burning trash for electricity

The Indonesian government plans to burn waste to fuel power plants in four cities on the island of Java this year as part of efforts to tackle the country’s plastic waste crisis. Indonesia is the seco...

24 Jul 2019

Indonesia plans to solve its waste crisis by burning trash for electricity

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia allocates US$195 million subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders

...powers to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. “This [government] subsidy is temporary and in place for 2020 only,” Sri Mulyani said. But observers say there’s nothing to stop the government continuing to...

2 Jul 2020

Indonesia allocates US$195 million subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders

News / Energy

Can crowd investors spur the clean energy transition?

...power produced to Dong Nam Viet Packaging and excess electricity generated on Sundays, when the factory is closed, will be sold to the national power grid under Vietnam’s feed-in tariff scheme. With a...

2 Jun 2020

Can crowd investors spur the clean energy transition?

October 2019. Eco-Business writer Sarah Lin, who was in Hanoi when AirVisual app reported 'hazarous' air quality, suffered a bleeding nose as a result of the haze. Image: Sarah Lin, Eco-Business

News / Carbon & Climate

Air quality app goes dark in Vietnam as hazardous haze hits Hanoi

...power plants and industries in the country are concentrated in the north of the country and affect Hanoi's air quality," he said. Vietnam is adding coal to its energy mix faster than almost any countr...

7 Oct 2019

Air quality app goes dark in Vietnam as hazardous haze hits Hanoi

Journalists at a palm oil plantation question a corporate communications official.

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Is the growing power of corporate communications hurting the sustainability press?

...power stations overseas—Japan is second only to China as a funder of overseas coal power—until the story has been widely covered elsewhere. The same is true in Vietnam, where coal—the single biggest c...

11 Dec 2019

Is the growing power of corporate communications hurting the sustainability press?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Japan’s government must exit coal

...Power, JFE Steel, Kyushu Electric Power, Tokyo Gas, Idemitsu Kosan, and, most recently, Osaka Gas—have canceled plans to build coal-fired power plants. Of the 50 new units that were planned in 2012, 1...

30 May 2019

Japan’s government must exit coal

News / Food & Agriculture

As Covid-time haze season approaches, report claims APP has been clearing and draining peatlands

...powerful carbon sinks. An estimated 60 per cent of APP's concessions are on peatlands. The report emerges during the Covid-19 pandemic and ahead of the haze season, an annual environmental calamity th...

24 Jul 2020

As Covid-time haze season approaches, report claims APP has been clearing and draining peatlands

News / Energy

Could solar energy sharing between Australia and Singapore be a model for other regions?

...power and have battery storage. It will supply electricity to Darwin through overhead transmission lines and transmit three gigawatts to Singapore via a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable runnin...

24 Jul 2019

Could solar energy sharing between Australia and Singapore be a model for other regions?

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