Tokyo Electron Ltd has dissolved a venture with Sharp Corp. to develop equipment used for solar cell production.
According to Tokyo Electron who had a 51 percent stake in the venture, while Sharp held the rest, the liquidation of the company will be completed by the end of February.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved USD100 million of financing for the Gujarat Solar Power Transmission Project to accelerate the roll-out of one the world's largest solar power facilities.The funding for the Gujarat Solar Power Transmission Project will support the 500MW Patan Solar Park, Asia's largest such project, located at Charanka village about 60 km from India's border with Pakistan.
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.