Climate Change Is a Security Threat to the Asia-Pacific
This week the ASEAN Joint Task Force on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) will meet via video conference, with the COVID-19 pandemic escalating just as some countries in the disaster-prone Indo-Asia Pacific enter their cyclone, drought, heatwave, or monsoon seasons. The overlaying of the pandemic with existing complex challenges is a timely reminder that […]
The $16 billion plan to beam Australia’s Outback sun onto Asia’s power grids
SYDNEY — Could Australia, one of the world’s biggest exporters of coal and natural gas, become a solar superpower? The island continent, distant from Asia’s megacities, plans to capture the plentiful Outback sun, store it in giant batteries until nightfall and transmit it to Singapore along a watermelon-width cable traversing 2,800 miles of sea floor, including a […]
Covid-induced energy plunge shrinks coal development in Southeast Asia
Travel restrictions and obstruction of supplies borne out of the pandemic have fast-tracked the drop in new coal in a region considered one of the strongest growth markets for dirty energy, a new Global Energy Monitor report has found.
Is hydrogen missing piece in ASEAN’s energy mix?
Recent headlines have declared the potential of hydrogen to solve some of the key issues that limit the development of renewable energy and the goal of cleaning up emissions. The Wall Street Journal calls it the “new wonder fuel.” The BBC refers to a hydrogen “tech revolution,” and Forbes says it “may be the crucial […]
Business risk and COVID-19 are pushing Asian financiers away from coal
The use of coal as an energy source is steadily declining in the U.S. and Europe, but coal mining and the construction of coal-fired power plants continues across South and Southeast Asia. The technology and funding comes primarily from three countries — South Korea, Japan, and China — and is destined to nations including Indonesia, Vietnam, […]
Open Source Tech Improves Microgrids in Southeast Asia
In villages in Southeast Asia, a person often must sit inside a powerhouse to manually control the flow of water in small hydro microgrids to ensure the systems operate safely. “The operator will watch the system parameters and open or close the valve to the turbine to regulate the flow of water and therefore quantity of […]
NewX Energy Unveils Plans for Southeast Asia’s First Mega Offshore Floating Wind Farm
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Taking giant steps toward preserving sustainable energy, NewX Pty. Ltd. (NewX Energy) unveiled plans to launch Southeast Asia’s first IoT backed Mega offshore floating wind turbine, expected to generate 500 megawatts of power.
South Korea’s New Southern Policy and ASEAN-ROK Relations
Despite intense focus on South Korea’s renewed push for inter-Korea engagement, the Moon Jae-in government continues to expand its outreach to Southeast Asia and India through its New Southern Policy (NSP). President Moon demonstrated his commitment to Southeast Asia, visiting all 10 ASEAN countries in his first two years in office. In November 2019, the South Korean president […]
