Is bioplastic ASEAN’s solution to plastic waste?
It is undeniable that plastic waste contributes to ecological devastation and issues in human health. In 2017, industrial ecologist, Roland Geyer, led a study on the ‘Production, use and fate of all plastics ever made’ and estimated that there are more than 8.3 billion metric tons (Mt) of plastics that have been produced since the […]
ASEAN sustainable finance: A huge gap means a huge opportunity
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent our best hope of tackling the most serious challenges facing our societies and our planet. At the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, the imminent need to tackle climate change and sustainability issues dominated discussions across all sectors with public, private and non-governmental organization […]
Wärtsilä signs grid-scale EPC and ESS tech supply deals in South East Asia, Caribbean
Wärtsilä Corporation, which in many ways made itself known to the energy storage industry with the 2017 acquisition of Silicon Valley ESS tech player Greensmith, has announced 126MWh of energy storage across two project deals in the past week. On 22 January, the company announced that EPC and technology supply contracts had been signed for […]
Constant Energy completes fund raising for Southeast Asian renewable IPP platform
Constant Energy announced today that funds advised by Olympus Capital Asia are partnering with them to create a new larger renewable energy assets platform that will pursue opportunities in the attractive, rapidly expanding commercial and industrial (C&I) renewable and storage market in Southeast Asia. Olympus Capital Asia’ investment will be made through Asia Environmental Partners […]
Light bulb moment for next generation agriculture
Agriculture can either be the main cause or our greatest asset in fighting the climate crisis. But, for this, it must be radically transformed. Humanity now depends on just three crops (wheat, rice and maize) for more than half of its food. Our dependence on so few crops grown in so few countries to feed […]
Tackling plastic waste pollution in ASEAN
Southeast Asia stands to gain the most from the addition of plastic waste to the Basel Convention in 2019. All 10 ASEAN member states are signatories to the Basel Convention, a treaty that controls the movement of hazardous waste from one country to another. A major global environmental problem, plastic waste pollution has reached catastrophic […]
Wärtsilä’s Energy Storage Project to Boost Regional Grid Stability in Southeast Asia
The energy storage system facility will include an advanced energy management software platform. The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for a new 100 MW/100 MWh total capacity energy storage project in South East Asia. The energy storage system facility, including Wärtsilä’s GEMS, an advanced energy management software platform, […]
‘No fish’: How dams and climate change are choking Asia’s great lake
For more than half a century, January meant prime fishing season for Pang Bin. He took his wooden boat out into Cambodia’s largest lake, his catches and their sales sustaining his family for much of the year. This month, the 75-year-old decided to call it quits, but not because of age or any health concerns. […]
