Governments in the Asia Pacific are increasingly looking into floating offshore wind energy to expand their portfolios of renewable energy capacity and ensure energy security whilst chasing net-zero targets. A new study released by research firm Wood Mackenzie, states that floating offshore could be the next frontier in wind power development in Asia Pacific. Although the market is still nascent, it is expe ...

The Malay archipelago has nickel, copper, bauxite, and nickel ore, making them the future of the EV industry Indonesia’s ambitions are not baseless — the world’s largest archipelago has abundant reserves of nickel, the main component of electric vehicles.The country is focusing on the development of two nickel-based battery blends – nickel-cobalt-manganese, and lithium-cobalt-nickel-aluminum – two of the mo ...

UNESCO has requested a new assessment for a large-scale Lao Mekong River dam located near a World Heritage Site, fearing that the dam’s potential impact could put the site at risk. According to UNESCO, the town of Luang Prabang is “an outstanding example of the fusion of traditional architecture and Lao urban structures with those built by the European colonial authorities in the 19th and 20th centuries.” L ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued funding to be used to increase renewable energy and EV charging infrastructure in Thailand. A $47.62 million green loan issued to the largest renewable energy company on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Energy Absolute Public Company Limited, will be used to finance ongoing renewable energy projects and a countrywide EV (electric vehicle) charging network. Energy A ...

 CWind, a leading provider of project services, CTVs and GWO-accredited training courses to the offshore wind industry, and part of the Global Marine Group, delivers the world’s first hybrid powered Surface Effect Ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. Named the CWind Pioneer to demonstrate its position at the forefront of crew transfer vessel innovation, the vessel was developed in response to an industry-wid ...

 State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC), one of the biggest renewable energy companies in China, has well fulfilled its social responsibility as an enterprise and given a big leg up to poverty alleviation efforts in Yanchuan county, Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province. Since 2013, SPIC and the county government have built four modern agriculture demonstration parks and helped establis ...

Developer to start reconnaissance surveys across 2,000 km2 allocated for Vietnamese Thang Long Offshore Wind project, informing further geophysical surveying and optimum development locations. Enterprize Energy, a pioneering offshore wind developer, has today announced the commencement of initial marine surveys off the coast of Binh Thuan province for its 3.4GW Thang Long Offshore Wind project, the lar ...

    Field testing of how to integrate renewable energies into regional power grid •       Aim is to provide sustainable, efficient, and reliable electrical power An mtu EnergyPack from Rolls-Royce is at the center of a field test begin carried out in the German State of Niedersachsen with the aim of supplying power sustainably and as far ...

GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Ocean Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company to supply a total of 15 of GE’s 4 MW-137 wind turbines to support construction of the Cau Dat Wind Farm, the first wind farm in Lâm Ðông province in Vietnam. The contract also provides a 10-year full service operation and maintenance agreement for the wind farm. The GE 4.0-137 is a 4 MW power ...

Terra Drone Corporation, the world’s leading drone solution provider, today announced the closing of a JPY 1.5 billion (USD 14.4 million) Series A round. The fundraising was organised by INPEX, Japan’s largest oil and gas exploration and production company, and Nanto CVC No.2 Investment LLP (General Partner: Venture Labo Investment and Nanto Capital Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nanto Bank) through ...