Eco-Business: News, Opinion, Jobs, Events, Press Releases and Research for topic Energy

• As Asia's aviation sector grows, will its airports gain green wings?
  China alone will double its number of airports by 2035. How are airports, hubs of modern-day transportation, greening their operations?
• Can sustainable business really save the world?
  Time is running out to decarbonise the world’s economies. Can the business world respond in time? Eco-Business asked the two leaders of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development if sustainable capitalism can save the world.
• Japan is exporting the most polluting kind of coal power to developing Asia
  Coal colonialism: Japanese-financed coal power plants in developing Asia emit up to 40 times more pollution than plants built in Japan, a study by Greenpeace has found.
• Geoengineering is the Trojan horse of climate action
  Rather than allow the fossil fuel to continue to act in its own interest, the world must establish a strong, democratic regulatory mechanism, which includes the option to ban certain technologies outright.
• A ‘life and death matter’: Singapore could spend US$72b on climate adaptation over next century
  The island nation is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels and climate defences are as important as the armed forces, said its prime minister. But are its carbon emissions targets ambitious enough?
• Can palm oil enter the circular economy?
  A waste product of crude palm oil is grossly under-explored despite it having the potential to electrify the energy-poor rural villages and prevent further deforestation in Indonesia.
• Global renewable energy investment is slowing down. Should we worry?
  Does this point to the continued fall in cost of renewable energy production? Or a slowdown in the global energy transition?
• Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds
  While China's solar industry expansion has led to a drop in electricity costs from solar power, researchers have also found that it is an 'over investment in redundant construction and overcapacity'.
• Do Filipinos dream of electric jeepneys?
  An ambitious plan is in train to electrify the Philippines' iconic jeepneys to curb pollution. But do Filipino drivers, operators and commuters really want to replace a national cultural symbol with a more modern mode of transport? 
• Eco-Business’ From Asia to Antarctica film in the running for ‘Oscars of nature filmmaking’
  A documentary by Eco-Business that explores the climate connection between Asia and Antarctica has been shortlisted for the Jackson Wild Media Awards. Other finalists include episodes of BBC’s Blue Planet II and Netflix’s Our Planet.
• Subsidies killing renewable energy investments in Nepal
  Nepal’s faltering renewable energy policy may find its solution in energy trade—hydro from Nepal, solar and wind from India.
• When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says
  There is nothing controversial about asking richer countries to cut their emissions and allowing poor countries to burn fossil fuels for their development needs until they reach middle-income status, researchers argue in a new study.
• Filipino firm pilots 200-KW floating solar power in Magat Dam
  The project has the potential to increase clean energy supply to meet the country's increasing demand while addressing food sustainability issues linked with converting agricultural lands to solar power farms.
• Indonesia investigates oil spill in Java Sea by state energy company
  The slick from state-owned energy company Pertamina has spread as far as 84 kilometres to the west. Last year, five people were already killed when oil from the firm's ruptured pipeline caught fire in Borneo.
• Power play—who's winning Southeast Asia's renewables race?
  Which countries among the 10 Asean member states can claim bragging rights for being the most progressive on renewable energy, and what are they doing right?
• Duterte signals need for Philippines to cut coal dependence and fast-track renewables
  At his fourth State of the Nation address, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced policies to advance renewable energy deployment to tap the archipelago's enormous solar, wind, hydropower, ocean and biomass potential.
• Highlights from Ecosperity Week 2019
  Eminent speakers and thousands of attendees discussed strategies for a resource-efficient future at Ecosperity 2019. As they heard about the science of global warming, delegates were called upon to be part of the solution.
• Could solar energy sharing between Australia and Singapore be a model for other regions?
  An ambitious plan is underway for a massive solar farm to supply one-fifth of Singapore’s electricity from 3,800km away. Experts weigh in on details to be ironed out before the world’s longest sub-sea cable connection becomes reality.
• How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition be sped up?
  Despite plentiful sun, wind and tidal potential, Southeast Asia has been slow to shift from fossil fuels to clean energy to fuel its fast-growing economies. How can the region quicken the pace of its transition to renewable energy?
• Why is Pakistan still pursuing coal?
  Despite predictions that renewables will compete on price with fossil fuels by 2020, Pakistan remains wedded to China-backed coal power even as its citizens turn away.