#batteries News
Data centre hubs in the region can meet at least 30 per cent of their electricity demand by the end of the decade with wind and solar, without the need for battery storage, finds a new report by Ember.
Renewables have been adding to rather than replacing coal power capacity. A mandatory green power consumption policy could change this.
Southeast Asia needs to scale-up its renewables. IEEFA's Grant Hauber explains how the region can unlock investment and cut volatility.
Across the border, neighbour Shenzhen has the world's first and largest fully electric bus fleets. But Hong Kong has not been able to ramp up EV deployment for its public transport system fast enough to solve the city's air pollution problem.
#batteries Opinion
Through recycling, R&D and diversifying imports as well as by facilitating a regional market for rare earth minerals, the dependence on the Chinese supply chain can be reduced.
A massive increase in solar power generation capacity is already putting Australia on the fast track to a 100 per cent renewable energy future.
The Trumpian approach to critical minerals – evident from the United States' interactions with Ukraine – may force Southeast Asia to choose sides. The region needs to look at diversifying its technical partners in the energy sector.
Building indigenous capacities to produce raw materials for lithium-ion batteries will be crucial for achieving energy transition goals.
Policy & Finance
‘No-Go’ mining zones can protect nature as renewable energy surges
Policy & Finance
How the EU can secure a sustainable supply of critical minerals
#batteries Videos
There is consensus that coal needs to be retired early in Asia, but the mechanisms for financing the phase-out are not clear. This mini-documentary examines how transition credits work and whether they can fund Southeast Asia's equitable switch to clean power.
The increasingly competitive dynamic duo of solar photovoltaic plus battery storage is taking energy markets by storm.
Transport
EVs abroad, pickups at home
Automakers are touting overseas investments in electric vehicles, even as they lobby for lower fuel standards in the United States.
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.
#batteries Podcasts
Exclusive
In this new podcast series 'Climate Tech in Asia', Eco-Business speaks to Gogoro chairman and CEO Horace Luke about the company's recent listing on the Nasdaq and its quest to electrify Asia's ubiquitous two-wheelers and make battery swapping mainstream.
Solar, wind, carbon capture, nature-based solutions—what are the technologies needed to combat climate change? Eco-Business asked clean energy entrepreneur Hendrik Tiesinga where the smart money is going.
Pro-miners argue that deep-sea mining is essential to enable the energy transition. On the Eco-Business podcast, Sian Owen of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition argues why nature's last frontier should be protected, not exploited.
#batteries Press Releases
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Why 2025 could be the year of the electric vehicle in developing countries
