Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Bhd (EximBank) is evaluating loan applications of close to RM500 million (USD113 million) for green technology projects in sync with the government’s call for local financial institutions to support such projects, according to the Malaysian Business Times.
Taiwan will strengthen its cooperation with the Philippines, US and mainland China in the development of green energy technology, a statement from the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Tuesday.
A senior official of China's atomic energy agency said in Vienna this week that that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should play a bigger role to help rebuild the confidence of the international community in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Only one in five Chinese consumers trust the quality of bottled beverages and others cite illegal additives as their major concern, according to the results of a survey released on Tuesday.
Thailand’s Siam Cement Group has topped Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) building material and fixture sector for the first time, convincing the conglomerate’s management that it is on the right business course, according to a report in the Nation newspaper.
Japan will join the race to develop floating wind turbines to use in deep water off its tsunami-stricken northern Pacific coast as it rethinks energy sources after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, writes Reuters.
China-based private equity company, Origo Partners and UK-based investment manager Ecofin Ltd have launched a USD200 million fund to invest in China's clean tech sector with the formation of China Cleantech Partners (CCP).
Plans for China and India to generate more solar power may increase lead pollution, according to a study published last month, according to a report in SciDev.net.
The safety supervision and economic departments in China’s Haining, Zhejiang Province, have ordered JinkoSolar Corporation to halt production to put a stop to the discharge of pollutants. A number of people have also been detained for destroying the company's property, the Haining government said.
Thailand will connect a new 8.7mw solar farm in the Prachin Buri province to the grid by the end of the year thanks to a collaboration with L Solar 1 Company and Loxley Plc, one of Thailand’s largest IT conglomerates, the solar farm will be grid-connected.
Nepal has won an USD80 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) improvements to the Kathmandu Valley water distribution benefiting more than 2.72 million.
Sinohydro Group Ltd, the builder of the Three Gorges Dam, will begin a roadshow for its planned USD2.7 billion initial public offering in Shanghai, in what could be mainland China's biggest IPO this year, Reuters reported sources as saying last week.
Protests have continued at the solar plant in east China's Zhejiang Province. Hundreds of locals are protesting at the Zhejiang Jinko Solar company alleging that the factory was polluting both the air and local rivers.
Japanese trading house Marubeni has won a tender for engineering, procurement and construction work on a geothermal plant in West Java, an official from state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said last week. Murtaqi Syamsudin, the director of business and risk management at PLN, told the Jakarta Globe that Maubeni will receive a letter of intent soon, but would not disclose the value of the contracts.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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