Renewable energy

Vietnam reboots direct clean-power push after pricing hurdles slow corporate uptake

Market players say there is long-term upside in the new mechanism even as subsidy-era disputes remain unresolved

Singapore-listed sustainability plays have underperformed the market in the immediate wake of the Feb 28 attacks in Iran.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 185: Sembcorp, Keppel underperform in wake of Iran attacks; Singapore makes climate adaptation plans

This week in ESG: Singapore-listed sustainability plays offer little insulation from Mideast conflict; national adaptation plan slated for 2027

The surge in renewable energy is allowing China to meet growing power demand without increasing emissions, but their intermittency is straining the grid.

China’s five-year plan to target fixes to commodities supply

Beijing wants to strengthen resilience in some areas and ease cutthroat competition in others

China produced 1.17 million gigawatt-hours of electricity from solar power in 2025, up 40% on a year earlier.

China’s solar power generation overtakes wind for first time

The rapid growth of renewables helps China meet its growing electricity consumption last year

The Global North can help the Global South through grants to support national utility companies through the transition from coal to renewable energy.

Rethinking coal phase-out in Asia and beyond

To accelerate the retirement of coal, we need a scalable incentive framework that offers equitable participation and fair distribution of costs and benefits

The Commerce Department is conducting a concurrent antidumping duty probe of solar cells imported from India, Indonesia and Laos.

US sets initial duties on Indian solar imports at 126%

While the levies are set to benefit domestic manufacturers, they also will pinch American renewable developers

Major Singapore-listed renewable plays performed unevenly in 2025 against the market benchmark.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 183: Amova eyes Singapore-listed renewables; new sparks for Malaysian solar

This week in ESG: Fund manager sees structural opportunities for renewables; Solarvest to more than double solar capacity

Companies have been eagerly awaiting the guidance so they can make final investment decisions for their installations.

US details new China limits for clean energy tax credits

The restrictions follow an executive order in July signalling stricter limits for the tax credits

A global decline in battery costs is resulting in an acceleration of installations, which help grids integrate intermittent renewables.

Malaysia’s solar leader to ramp up output as battery prices drop

Solarvest currently has around 1.2 GW of capacity in the South-east Asian country

Solar panels are arranged to resemble pandas at a power plant in Datong. Even with a headlong renewables build-out, China's rising electricity consumption means that any shortfalls are met by coal generators.

China’s energy future still runs on old technology

The country already has the power grid of the future; the problem is it’s being used in a grossly inefficient manner