KPMG Singapore launches decarbonisation hub to speed up Asean’s energy transition
Projects that the hub is working on include retiring coal-fired power plants and replacing diesel with renewable energy, among others.
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Korea declares road map to become hydrogen industry powerhouse
The government will support businesses with hydrogen technology to enter overseas markets and expand both public and private investments.
Going heavy on metals: Jokowi vows to keep minerals at home
Jokowi said it is critical to building a “big ecosystem” of nickel downstreaming instead of only exporting raw materials.
New local taxes cast shadow on Japan’s solar-power drive
Among others, the Miyagi prefectural government announced it would tax businesses that clear forests for installing renewable energy facilities.
Australia’s impossible climate juggling trick
“It wants to be a ‘green energy superpower’ while remaining one of the largest fossil fuel exporters in the world”, the author writes.
Renewable energy records rapid surge
China has been actively implementing measures to realise goals of peaking carbon emissions before 2030.
TEPCO mulls household rate hike
Five other major power utilities are also considering similar price hikes, in the face of deteriorating business performance due to surging fuel prices and the yen’s weakening.
Nuclear plant starts providing heating in Liaoning
With a planned heating area of 242,400 square metres, it is expected to replace the 12 coal-fired small boilers in Northeast China.
Bangladesh has gas reserves for over 11 years: Energy minister
He also noted that the estimated supply remaining will change based on the rate of gas production and discovery of new gas fields,
Japan plans to keep stake in Sakhalin-1 oil, gas project
US oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp., which had a 30 per cent stake in the project, announced its withdrawal in October.