A Singapore carbon exchange is teaming up with Germany’s main bourse to launch futures trading for carbon offsets as early as this year to meet the growing demand from companies to hedge their risks from greenhouse gas emissions.

SINGAPORE – Sitting on almost 10ha of temporary vacant land, Singapore’s first solar farm with an integrated rainwater harvesting system was officially opened by Sembcorp in Tuas on Friday (May 6). Tapping the country’s rainy weather, the facility is expected to collect 170,000 cubic metres of water annually – equivalent to the amount to fill […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The G20 nations are currently developing consensus or agreements related to sustainable finance, Head of the Finance Ministry’s Fiscal Policy Agency Febrio Kacaribu has said. The implementation of sustainable finance will continue despite the current increasing global challenges, not only due to the pandemic, but also from the war in Ukraine, Kacaribu […]

The UPLB Energy Forum is an annual event organized by the UPLB Society of Electrical Engineering Students (UPLB SELES), which is a duly recognized academic organization based in the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT) of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). The event serves as a platform for Electrical Engineering students, […]

Singapore – dnata, a leading global air and travel services provider, continues to invest in infrastructure and equipment to further improve resource efficiency globally. The company has installed a 3.5 megawatt-peak rooftop solar power system across its operations, including its cargo and catering facilities, at Changi Airport (SIN). The rooftop power plant comprises of over 6,500 individual […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government’s efforts to realize the energy transition and reduce fossil energy utilization can turn the country into a global investment destination, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said.

PT Adaro Energy, one of Indonesia’s biggest coal miners, is shifting to renewable energy after making a fortune from surging commodity prices. The company led by Garibaldi Thohir, the older brother of State Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir, is building solar-powered plants with over 200 megawatt capacity on retired mine sites in Kalimantan, Batam and Bintan […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources encourages G20 member countries to conduct comprehensive and meticulous energy transition while facing various global challenges by taking into account competitiveness, cost, availability, and sustainability.

Six big transformations are needed to accelerate the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Malaysia. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, who is an SDG advocate for the United Nations (UN), suggested governments have 25 to 30-year plans as a pathway to get an idea of where society should be and how to get there in that […]

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new method for plastic waste to be converted into hydrogen based on pyrolysis, a high temperature chemical process. Unlike PET plastic bottles which can be recycled easily, plastic litter containing contaminated food packaging, styrofoam and plastic bags, is challenging to recycle. They are currently incinerated […]