The government will continue to place issues pertaining to climate change as a priority, while pushing for more efforts and introducing various related initiatives that would support the aim. Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Yeo Bee Yin said the ministry will also continue to promote a green industry through different incentives […]

SINGAPORE – Transport giant ComfortDelGro has set up an electric vehicle fast-charger at its premises for public use. Its Terra 54 direct current fast-charger, supplied by Swiss tech company ABB and set up with EV charging specialist Greenlots, is located in its Braddell Road headquarters and will be open round the clock. The charger will […]

LAST week, I attended the Climate Change Forum organised by the Centre for Development, Technology and Environment (CETDEM) themed “The Role of Businesses and Industries in Addressing Climate Change”. CETDEM chairman Gurmit Singh lamented the fact that although invitations were sent to conglomerates and multi-national companies to present their climate change initiatives, none of them […]

MANILA – Philippine companies are urged to shift to more energy-efficient practices to embrace sustainability and in the long run, lower costs. Innovation Day Philippines was held in Makati to discuss ways for businesses to find solutions for energy efficiency and energy resiliency. The event was organized by Schneider Electric and attended by officials from […]

Is it finally coming to an end? For almost a decade, Phnom Penh’s City Hall and the Cambodian government have issued almost annual rebukes of the services provided by Cintri, a private-firm that in September 2002 was given an exclusive 47-year contract to manage trash collection in Phnom Penh. Each day, Phnom Penh produces about 3,000 tonnes […]

Vietnam should restart its nuclear energy program by 2030 to reach the goal of carbon emission neutrality that it has committed to achieve by 2050, said experts. “Restarting the nuclear power program by 2030 is the only way to achieve our net-zero carbon commitment by 2050 (as committed at COP26),” former head of the Vietnam […]

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Developers will begin building a lithium battery project in Morowali, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, on Jan. 11, Coordinating Maritime Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Friday. The $4 billion project involves investors from South Korea, Japan and China, Pandjaitan told reporters, without naming the companies involved or providing further details on […]

KUCHING: The hydrogen production plant and refuelling station which supplied hydrogen for three hydrogen-fuelled buses on a pilot run here have been temporarily closed due to contamination. Sarawak Energy group CEO Sharbini Suhaili, in a statement today, said contaminant liquid had been detected during the plant’s performance test and the station was now temporarily offline. […]

MANILA, Philippines – A lower court stopped the Department of Energy (DOE) from requiring oil companies to unbundle fuel prices. The decision of Mandaluyong City Regional Trial Court Branch 213 penned by Judge Carlos Valenzuela on Monday, August 5, granted Petron Corporation‘s application for a writ of preliminary injunction, preventing the DOE from compelling oil companies to detail how price […]

MIRI: The Faculty of Engineering and Science of Curtin University Malaysia has opened its ‘Green Electric Energy Centre’ (GEEC) slated for enhancing the teaching and research in renewable energy and also adding to its range of laboratory facilities. The GEEC is equipped with state-of-the-art data loggers to obtain and store energy data harvested from fixed-axis and […]