Singapore

The game has become survival of the greenest.

It's slated to generate 1.3m kWh a year.

Will these work out in the long run?

Welcome to the year of the fire rooster, a year unlike the previous year of the monkey which followed the path of curiosity, the rooster is disciplined and takes charge. The dominating fire element in this year of the rooster expects to bring natural prosperity to fire industries and water industries, as water subdues fire. The energy sector including renewable energy, stock market, and finance are fire elements whilst water element industries are logistics, communication, and shipping.

Monkey proved to be a subdued year for the Southeast Asia energy sector – so will the Rooster wake up the region from its slumber?

China's new regulations could improve infrastructure access.

Only a few expect heightened investment in renewables.

India is now joining the bandwagon for its solar ambitions.

It will beat North America, Western Europe in the next 10 years.

In order to fulfil its commitments under the Paris climate change agreement, Singapore’s climate action plan includes a number of strategies, including reduction of emissions from its power generation sector. Already, Singapore generates more than 95% electricity using combined cycle gas generators; thus, it needs to increase the share of Solar PV to achieve further reductions.

Like a certain iconic dessert advertisement, “Nobody doesn’t like renewables”. Yet, renewables have been difficult to invest in for a variety of reasons. From the perspective of publicly traded portfolio investors, renewables investments in emerging markets has been especially tricky given the particular nature of renewables in terms of being narrowly associated with characteristics tied to size, location, climate, etc.

It will grab 45% of the global total share in the next decade.

The project will cost around US$330m.

It will be held in Manila, Jakarta, and Singapore.

It has partnered with seven other utilities including Japan's TEPCO and UAE's DEWA.

We caught Vietnam's 180-degree turn from being a nuclear leader to a nuclear naysayer.