From solar bottle lights to hybrid solar microgrids, Eco-Business explores the tech innovations from Southeast Asia that could bring about a clean energy future for the climate-vulnerable region.
Blockchain is already used in energy projects from South Africa to Singapore, but questions linger over its significance in the transition to clean energy. What was the final word when six industry experts came together for an animated debate over its potential?
Chinese, Japanese and Korean banks are among the shipping industry’s top lenders. A new framework to promote low-carbon shipping needs Asian players on board to have wider impact.
David Cord –
Technology can harm our ailing planet if the process by which we produce modern-day gadgets is planned improperly. See why the world needs circular solutions to develop sustainably and why energy has a crucial role to play.
Elsa Dominish and Nick Florin –
According to research from the Institute of Sustainable Futures, demand for metals for electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies could bust reserves for cobalt, lithium and nickel. How can we ensure the transition to renewable energy does not increase the negative impacts of mining?
Each year more than 300 tonnes of processed gold are dumped in landfills. What if we could mine landfills for gold and other precious metals, ask researchers from Keele University.
Owen Agnew, NexusMedia –
Automakers are touting overseas investments in electric vehicles, even as they lobby for lower fuel standards in the United States.
Ping Manongdo –
Climate change is not all doom and gloom, it's a business opportunity. Young aspiring entrepreneurs are growing profitable businesses that are helping to make the planet a more habitable place.
Bianca Nogrady, Ensia.com –
A massive solar thermal plant and world’s biggest lithium ion battery are making this down-under state a renewable energy powerhouse.
In the past few years, Indonesia has heavily relied on fossil fuel as the main energy source in all economic sectors, ranging from transportation, power plant, to household.
This white paper released by Solidiance about "Electric Vehicles in China" comprehensively explores the current condition of this industry and explains the possible reasons behind its growth which seems to ...
Boston, Ma – The market for supercapacitors will more than double to $836 million in 2018, up from $466 million in 2013, according to Lux Research. An emerging energy storage ...
Boston, Ma. – Corporates playing in the solar and energy storage sectors have long dreamt of combining the two complementary technologies to differentiate products and defend margins. This symbiotic match ...