A new United Nations report has warned that countries in the Asia and Pacific region are not on track to achieve any of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are in some cases even going in the “wrong direction”. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) published on Wednesday a progress report on the global targets to be achieved in 10 years’ time. Data ...

As I write this the World and business community are facing challenges we have never experienced in our lifetime, and hopefully never will again.  At this time, you are probably on lock down and working from home, or some of you may be still at the office, but one thing is for certain, you aren’t going to any face to face events or meetings at the moment, and probably wont be travelling to meet your cl ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and Orsted have set up a joint venture company to work on a bid to develop an offshore wind project in Japan’s Choshi area. The newly formed Choshi Offshore Wind Farm company builds upon the existing memorandum of understanding signed in 2019 by the companies, to work together on offshore wind projects. Since then the partners have been drawing up a framework and organis ...

Lightweight, fully rugged device optimises mobile productivity in a wide range of demanding industrial field environments Getac has today announced the launch of the ZX70 G2, a fully rugged, highly portable tablet that’s purpose built to boost productivity and decrease downtime for mobile field professionals in the utilities, manufacturing and transport & logistics (T&L) sectors. The ZX70 G2 builds ...

- Turnkey Construction Project for New Units 1-3 at the Anegasaki Thermal Power Station in Chiba Prefecture -- Total output of 1,950MW, successive start of operations from 2023- Project conducted utilizing MHPS' various resources in Japan  Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), has received an order and begun work on a full turnkey contract for construction of new Units 1-3 at the Anegasaki The ...

 NIU Technologies ("NIU"; NASDAQ: NIU), the world's leading provider of smart urban mobility solutions, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31st, 2019. Revenues and Net Income Grow Four Consecutive Quarters Driven by the increased sales volume up 13.5% and increased revenues per e-scooter up 10.5%, revenues for the fourth quarter of 2019 reached RMB 536.1 mil ...

Bel Power Solutions, a Bel group company (NASDAQ: BELFA and BELFB) and premier global manufacturer of power management devices, announced the TCP4000 Series of fanless, three-phase 4000 W AC-DC converters, suitable for a variety of industrial applications, including semiconductor lasers and plasma generators, as well as process and control applications. The TCP4000 Series converts worldwide three-phase inpu ...

As the coronavirus outbreak rages on, renewable energy is taking a hit. Factory shutdowns in China have disrupted global supply chains for wind turbines and solar panels, with consequences for clean energy progress this year around the world. The spread of COVID-19, now declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, is expected to slow solar energy’s rate of growth for the first time since the 1980s. ...

Nexif Energy, the Singapore-headquartered Asian and Australian power firm, announced that it had secured debt facility and partnership agreements for a 92-MW gas-fired co-generation project in Thailand, the company’s first investment in the country. Debt funding for the project is provided by a consortium composed of Kasikornbank Public Company Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Standard Chartere ...

I have spent many years working from home, or on travel, where ever I have an internet connection. At first, working from home is a novelty, you have all the freedom you desire, without having someone looking over your shoulder, or having to deal with office politics, but it is very easy to be distracted and lose focus on the task at hand. I have compiled my 10 top tips for ensuring that you get the most ou ...