Curtin Malaysia’s GEEC to enhance teaching, research in renewable energy
MIRI: The Faculty of Engineering and Science of Curtin University Malaysia has opened its ‘Green Electric Energy Centre’ (GEEC) slated for enhancing the teaching and research in renewable energy and also adding to its range of laboratory facilities. The GEEC is equipped with state-of-the-art data loggers to obtain and store energy data harvested from fixed-axis and […]
Digitising the palm oil sector
KUCHING: It is a call made loudly and often enough – palm oil companies, with its high dependence on labour, need to digitise their operations as the next step towards increasing productivity. The call for palm oil players to turn to technology is one that has its advantages. It reduces a firm’s dependency on foreign […]
ASEAN is serious about electric vehicles
Commercial fleets and two-wheeled vehicles are expected to be the biggest drivers of growth in ASEAN’s electric vehicle (EV) market. A recent report by consultants Bain & Company estimates that the region’s annual new investment in passenger EVs will grow to US$6 billion by 2030, and will require another US$500 million in new charging infrastructure […]
Companies must play an active role
LAST week, I attended the Climate Change Forum organised by the Centre for Development, Technology and Environment (CETDEM) themed “The Role of Businesses and Industries in Addressing Climate Change”. CETDEM chairman Gurmit Singh lamented the fact that although invitations were sent to conglomerates and multi-national companies to present their climate change initiatives, none of them […]
Marubeni consortium gets OK to power Philippines ‘smart city’ project
MANILA – A consortium involving Manila Electric Co. and three Japanese companies including trading house Marubeni Corp. has received approval to power the Philippines’ first “smart city,” which is to be developed at a former U.S. military base. The power will apparently be supplied by a private-public joint venture to be 90 percent owned by Kansai […]
UP Diliman testing ground for 10 e-tricycles
MANILA, Philippines — E-tricycles will soon be joining “Ikot/Toki” jeepneys on the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus in Quezon City. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced on Wednesday that 10 of the six-seater vehicle would undergo a yearlong test run on the sprawling campus to find out how these could be […]
Jakarta residents sue Indonesia government over air pollution
Residents of Indonesia’s capital on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the government over the toxic levels of air pollution that regularly blanket the city. Jakarta has been shrouded in hazardous smog for much of the past month, with air quality readings recording high concentrations of harmful microscopic particles known as PM2.5. Fed up with what […]
RHB provides platform for dialogue on water and energy reform
KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Banking Group today hosted an investor conference on water and energy sectors in Malaysia, with more than 100 local institutional investors participating. The conference highlighted the government’s efforts to reform the water and energy industries, ensure the long-term sustainable supply of clean water and explore a more efficient model for electricity generation […]
