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Singapore is recycling less than ever – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Here’s a rather fascinating statistic: Singapore’s recycling rate fell to 13 per cent in 2020, down from 17 per cent in 2019. This means that only 13 per cent of the items used in Singapore — both industrially and domestically — ended up being recycled locally. That’s an extraordinarily low rate for a developed nation. […]

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Asean power grid — option for S’pore to source green energy – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Trial to import electricity from Malaysia the first step to larger imports of clean energy from South-east Asian neighbours. According to UOB chief sustainability officer Eric Lim, a regional power grid would save governments the cost of constructing new generation facilities and reduce the need for storage and related services. Clean or renewable energy usually […]

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Green Energy: What ASEAN Can Learn From Vietnam – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Like other regions around the world, Southeast Asia is no exception to decarbonising its energy sector, and improving its national energy security – perhaps simply because renewable energy (RE) has become cheaper. The ASEAN Member States (AMS) individually and collectively have set ambitious targets to incorporate RE in their energy system. In some cases, the […]

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Vulnerable Dumagat folk find light, lift in solar power – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

MANILA, Philippines : Up until a decade ago, nights in Sitio Manggahan — an upland settlement of the Dumagat-Remontado, indigenous people (IP) rooted in Tanay, Rizal province, since the Spanish era — limited students like Margie Amuin to doing their homework by the glow of gasoline lamps. Then slowly, house by house, solar power technology […]

Britain announces biggest round of its renewable energy scheme

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DOE expands list of accredited RE power suppliers – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

The Department of Energy (DOE) has added two more firms in the expanding list of renewable energy (RE) suppliers that can directly offer their generated electricity to end-users under the ambit of the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP). The GEOP is a policy tool that will give consumers the ‘power of choice’ so they can […]

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Buildings make their own energy with solar – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

When Rebecca Yang began looking into solar building materials about 10 years ago, she was worried people would laugh at her. “I thought it would be great but I was working by myself,” she told AAP. Professor Yang was captivated by the idea construction products could be designed to actually produce energy but no-one in […]

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The world is hungry for solar panels. Why did we stop making them? – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Australia allowed its head start in solar manufacturing to dwindle away. Every day of the year, Australia installs about 1,000 rooftop solar systems; those black rectangles appearing on rooftops everywhere represent billions of dollars spent on silicon, glass and a little bit of metal. Given we have the highest uptake of solar in the world, […]

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Experts disagree with coal roadmap in Power Development Plan – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

The Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA) raised concerns over the draft of the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 – 2030 period (PDP VIII). Hanoi : The Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA) raised concerns over the draft of the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 – 2030 period (PDP VIII). As the draft […]

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Aboitiz to focus on floating solar projects in Isabela – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Aboitiz Power Corp., the largest owner and operator of renewable energy projects in the Philippines, has ruled out floating solar power investments in Laguna de Bay. “I am already expecting that there would be (problems) in Laguna de Bay so we did not even consider it as an area where we would apply service contracts […]

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Australia’s Making Positive Energy – EQ Mag Pro

September 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

The Australian Government has developed a public communications campaign to help all Australians understand our world-leading initiatives to cut emissions – and the progress Australia has made. Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor said the ‘Australia’s Making Positive Energy’ campaign kicks off today, highlighting a range of technologies and projects where the Government, […]