Accelerating progress on SDGs in Malaysia
Six big transformations are needed to accelerate the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Malaysia. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, who is an SDG advocate for the United Nations (UN), suggested governments have 25 to 30-year plans as a pathway to get an idea of where society should be and how to get there in that […]
NTU Singapore scientists develop new method to convert plastic trash into clean hydrogen fuel
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new method for plastic waste to be converted into hydrogen based on pyrolysis, a high temperature chemical process. Unlike PET plastic bottles which can be recycled easily, plastic litter containing contaminated food packaging, styrofoam and plastic bags, is challenging to recycle. They are currently incinerated […]
A Decade of Propelling Malaysia’s Sustainable Energy Agenda
PIONEERING efforts by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia for a decade to widen the use of sustainable energy have seen encouraging growth.
Turkey, Singapore may share experience, cooperate on smart cities
Turkey and Singapore have the potential to cooperate and share experiences on smart cities and enhance their trade capacity, Sim Ann, Singapore’s senior minister of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Development who oversees the Municipal Services Office, highlighted.
US to help Philippines develop nuclear power program; groups push renewable energy instead
The Philippines and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding last week to work together to develop the Philippines’ nuclear power program. The MOU was signed by Energy Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza and US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins.
Billionaires tip more cash into project to export solar energy to Singapore
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest have committed more cash to a A$30 billion (S$30 billion) project to export solar power from Australia’s Northern Territory to Singapore via an undersea cable.
Huge floating solar farm puts Thailand on track towards carbon neutrality
In Thailand’s northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, a reservoir has been transformed into a shimmering network of solar panels – capable of reducing the kingdom’s carbon emissions by 47,000 tonnes every year.
SCG eager to embrace environmental approach
Green manufacturing is driving more business for SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement maker and industrial conglomerate, as it is eager to use more clean energy, develop environmentally friendly products and utilise electric vehicles (EVs).
