Environment

What is the potential of clean energy in South East Asia?

What is the potential of clean energy in South East Asia?

ASEAN countries need to work with each other in order to achieve energy security, said Prof. Christoph Menke of the University of Applied Sciences in...

Asia accounts for more than 75% of global CDM projects as at Oct 2011

Asia’s leading the global fight against the climate change at least in the clean development mechanism (CDM) market.

Is global carbon market dying?

Find out the answer from Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, chief negotiator for climate change in Singapore.

17th Conference of Paris may fail to deliver desirable results

New regulatory developments pose threats to global carbon market trading.

Asia taking over leadership in clean energy investments from Europe

Clean energy is now more than a fad and it is becoming a commitment for everyone in the region including ADB which re-affirms commitment to increase...

Global clean energy investments for 2011 and 2012 barely flat: Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Global investment in low-carbon energy could just probably go up to $270 billion at most this year from a record $243 billion in 2010.

Halving CO2 emission by 2050 now hardly possible:Tanaka

The world aims for 50% reduction in CO2 by 2050 but after the Fukushima disaster, the goal seems difficult to achieve already, said Former IEA...

India power sector committed to low carbon growth: Minister

India's power minister Sushilkumar Shinde noted that his country is actively pursuing a low carbon growth strategy in power sector to address climate...

Japan to widen nuclear evacuation zone

Japanese nuclear experts are considering widening the evacuation zone in the event of a nuclear disaster, according to a Reuters report.

Emissions from Vietnam hydro plant sold to German bank

Trung Nam Power will sell emissions from its Dong Nai Hydropower Plant No 2 to Germany’s Deutsche Bank to for the first 10 years of its operation.

Vietnam will fail to deliver over 200 carbon development projects scheduled in 2013

As little as 20 % of projects may be done due to lack of carbon credits. The country still faces the perennial problem of long process of achieving...

Asian utilities losing incentives to go green

The environmental retrofitting of power plants in Asia is coming to an end as the CDM business dries up with no clear successor to the Kyoto protocol...

GE partners with AB InBev for water and energy efficiency initiatives in China

AB InBev targets to decrease CO2 output and reduce the water-to-beer ratio to 3.5 by 2012.

Sea radiation from Fukushima reaches triple of Tepco's estimate

Radioactive material released into the sea in the Fukushima nuclear power plant is three times more the amount estimated by plant operator Tokyo...

Here’s why most companies are reducing their energy cost

Today, we are witnessing a potent combination of factors, which together are driving organizations across the process industries to optimize their...

Dongping Hydropower Project receives emission reduction

The 72MW CPI Dongping Hydropower Project in Hunan Province successfully received the issuance of emission reductions on 28 July 2011.

Chinese PM intensifies energy savings, emission reduction drive

Premier Wen Jiabao called for intensified efforts to save energy and reduce emissions over the next five years to ease climate change and promote...