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But the island will have to keep both priorities and decarbonise its AI sector. At a press conference before its energy trade show now delayed by a typhoon, industry players touted battery storage as key to meeting Taiwan's renewables expansion needs.

Experts say that rerouting subsidies and implementing a better tender process for renewables can help Indonesia reduce its dependence on coal and other fossil fuels.

Mostly solar and mini-hydro systems have surged sixfold since 2020, but they need support from bigger players to scale, a new analysis finds.

ACEN and B Grimm are among the renewables firms that lack policies to protect environment defenders in Southeast Asia, but they are the only companies with pledges to respect Indigenous peoples' rights, new analysis finds.

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Simrin Sirur

By Lin Zi

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Collectively imagined visions for the Philippines may be promoted through visual arts and scenario planning in order to achieve a clean energy future. By Philline van der Wolk-Donggay

The idea that we can exceed global warming targets then fix the problem with technology is a dangerous myth, scientists warn. By Robert Watson, James Dyke and Wolfgang Knorr

As the Asian Development Bank holds its premiere clean energy event this week, human rights activist Lidy Nacpil argues it is not acceptable merely to accelerate the transition. By Lidy Nacpil

House Bill 7705, the low carbon economy bill, could help the climate-vulnerable nation seize the economic opportunities that come with decarbonisation. By Ping Manongdo

By Li Shuo and Lauri Myllyvirta

By Yacob Mulugetta, Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe and Niclas Hällström

By Shantanu Srivastava

By Stuart P.M. Mackintosh

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Jovie Montajes, founder of Light of Hope PH

After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.

Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.

A country that is hit by 20 typhoons a year is looking to its lakes, reservoirs and dams to trial the latest solar technology.

In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.

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Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai's "Sustainable City" brand, which adopts a similar green spine concept.

In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.

Ambitious plans to transmit clean energy from India, China and Australia into Southeast Asia have been proposed in recent years. Eco-Business speaks with two energy experts on the prospects, challenges and ingredients for success.

A US$22 billion project involving 12,000 hectares of solar panels and 3,800km of cabling running from Darwin to Singapore might be the most ambitious renewable energy project ever. How will it work? Eco-Business talked to Fraser Thompson of project developer Sun Cable.

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