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How Can Asia Achieve A Clean Energy Transition? Examples From 5 Countries

December 28, 2021 admin Asia, Bangladesh, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Fossil Fuels, India, indonesia, market research, policy & politics, research, Solar energy, Vietnam, wind energy

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 03:48:51 +0000

Lessons from renewable energy growth in China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. Originally published on WRI’s Resource Institute. By Tatsatom Gonçalves and Emily Kaldjian Nowhere in the world is as critical for the clean energy transition as Asia, which accounts for almost half of global energy demand and is today the world’s highest emitting region, overtaking historical heavy emitters in North America and […]

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The EV Story In Southeast Asia

November 3, 2021 admin Asia, association of southeast asian nations automotive federation, Bali, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, foxconn, great wall motors, indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, policy & politics, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World Economic Forum

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 02:40:16 +0000

Before the pandemic, we went for a trip to Bali and were amazed at the frantic buzz of the roads. Going up a hill on the way back from the airport, the shuttle bus was overtaken by one after another little motorbike (sounded like 90 cc) until there were seven of them lined up between […]

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Reach for the Sun — New Report from Carbon Tracker

August 5, 2021 admin africa, Asia, Australia, carbon tracker, China, clean power, co2 emissions, consumer technology, grid, India, Off The Grid, reach for the sun, reach for the sun: the emerging market electricity leapfrog, research, Solar energy, solar sister, South America, wind energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:00:49 +0000

With a myriad of very colorful charts, a new report from Carbon Tracker makes the point that the majority of new global generating power will be wind and solar. The authors predict a leapfrog effect in countries where there is no developed power grid. As power needs increase, people will simply install low-cost solar panels […]

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One Of World’s Largest Floating Solar PV Power Projects Completed In Singapore

July 20, 2021 admin Asia, clean power, floating solar, floating solar power plant, floating solar power plants, floating solar pv, policy & politics, sembcorp floating solar singapore, sembcorp industries, sembcorp tengeh floating solar farm, Singapore, singapore solar, singapore solar power, Solar energy, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 02:00:34 +0000

I recall when floating solar PV power plants popped onto the scene at some point in the past decade. On the one hand, the idea was so funny and fanciful that it seemed unrealistic. On the other hand, there appeared to be a lot of benefits to the approach — cooler surfaces (which help with […]

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Twitter spotlights Asia democracy movements with #MilkTeaAlliance emoji

April 8, 2021 admin #milkteaalliance, Asia, Democracy, latest stories, news, Twitter

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 05:09:35 +0000

HONG KONG: Twitter has launched an emoji to spotlight the “#MilkTeaAlliance” online protest movement that has forged links between pro-democracy activists across Asia, the social media giant said on Thursday. The alliance — named for the shared love of sugary tea drinks across Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan — emerged last year in an expression […]

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Report Touts Huge Potential of Offshore Wind

March 18, 2021 admin Asia, environment america research & policy center, Europe, frontier group, news, offshore wind, Renewables, u.s., uk, vineyard wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:33:55 +0000

The post Report Touts Huge Potential of Offshore Wind appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Researchers who study the U.S. offshore wind industry have issued a new report that says the sector could potentially meet 90% of the nation’s electricity demand by 2050. The key is for offshore wind to be fully developed along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, as well as in the Great Lakes, all areas the […]

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Report Touts Huge Potential of Offshore Wind

March 18, 2021 admin Asia, environment america research & policy center, Europe, frontier group, news, offshore wind, Renewables, u.s., uk, vineyard wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:33:55 +0000

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The Upcoming Aptera (& Other Future 1,000-Mile EVs) Can Do London-Moscow-Beijing

February 6, 2021 admin a better routeplanner, abrp, aptera, Asia, Beijing, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, ev charging, ev charging stations, kazahkstan, london, moscow, Russia

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:11:38 +0000

Now that readers helped me find data on China’s DC Fast Charging (DCFC) infrastructure, I’m ready to see if a vehicle like the Aptera could drive across all of Eurasia.

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5 Finalists For 2020–2021 Prize For Cities Show How To Tackle Climate Change & Inequality Together

January 5, 2021 admin africa, Agriculture, ahmedabad, air quality, Argentina, Asia, bijal brahmbhatt, cities, city planning, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, distritotec, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, HEALTH, India, Kenya, kibera public space project, latin america, london, london ultra-low emission zone, mahila housing trust, Mexico, Monterrey, nairobi, policy & politics, prize for cities, research, Rosario, Sadiq Khan, sustaining food production, tecnológico de monterrey, uk, ultra low emission zone, Urban Planning, world resource institute, wri ross center for sustainable cities, wri ross center prize for cities

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2021 09:40:55 +0000

WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities announced five projects as finalists for the 2020-2021 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities last month for showing how cities can address both climate change and inequality together

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