Singapore Green Plan: EV-ready towns by 2025 and more support for businesses to improve energy efficiency
SINGAPORE: Singapore is taking its climate action a step further with new initiatives announced on Tuesday (Mar 8), including plans to make every Housing and Development Board (HDB) town “EV-ready” (electric vehicle) ahead of schedule, and help more businesses improve energy efficiency.
Egat showcases its greenhouse gas reducing innovations at Dubai expo extravaganza
The event, which runs from February 20 to March 8 from 10am to 10pm, aims to support the global goal of clean energy transition and net-zero emissions. Egat’s presentation is based on its “Triple S” strategy, which balances the cost of electricity generation, environmental impact and Thailand’s power security.
Ministry, INKA to build electric buses for G20 Summit
The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry and state-owned train manufacturer PT Industri Kereta Api Indonesia (INKA) have agreed to collaborate on building nine Red and White electric buses (BLMP) for the 2022 G20 Summit.
Emitters working on improving energy efficiency to deal with looming carbon tax hikes
SINGAPORE: To deal with newly-announced carbon tax hikes that will take effect over the coming years, large emitters say they will continue improving energy efficiency, among other initiatives, to cut their emissions.
Petronas awards dual FEED contracts for world’s largest offshore CCS project
Petronas has awarded parallel front-end engineering and design contracts for its Kasawari phase two project offshore its native Malaysia, billed as the largest offshore carbon capture and storage project in the world.
Scope for Singapore to collaborate with UAE on low-carbon technologies: President Halimah
ABU DHABI – Singapore can work with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on solutions that reduce planet-warming carbon emissions to sustain “robust global responses to the climate crisis”, said President Halimah Yacob on Monday (Jan 17). These solutions include hydrogen fuel and carbon capture, utilisation and storage.
Behind-the-meter battery storage could solve curtailment issues for Vietnam solar projects
Battery storage is begin assessed as a means to maximise the value of solar PV in Vietnam, with asset management group Dragon Capital having hired consultancy AqualisBraemar LOC Group (ABL Group) to conduct feasibility studies.
New Energy Saving Glass Technology May Cut Power Bills
An international team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has created a new and highly energy-efficient form of “smart window.” Their proprietary material, when coated on glass window panels, reacts and adjusts to light to regulate ambient temperatures.
