Competing for capital: Estonia’s cleantech sector adapts to rising national security priorities 

Its startups in the field say their tech can boost energy resilience and support the low-carbon transition

Sembcorp’s China renewables portfolio faces rising curtailment rates.
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Issue 192: Sembcorp’s renewable catalysts; South-east Asia’s geothermal potential

This week in ESG: Sembcorp shareholders approve S$0.16-per-share final dividend; Singapore requests geothermal feasibility study

MTI says that project developers can leverage this framework to develop high-quality carbon credit projects that are aligned with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Singapore, the Philippines establish carbon credit transfer framework

It will advance both countries’ climate goals by allowing financing to unlock greater ‘mitigation potential’ in the Philippines, says MTI

A palm oil plantation in Batanghari, Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia. Agricultural expansion continued to be the biggest driver of forest loss around the world.

Tropical forest loss eases in 2025 from record high: report

[SAO PAULO] Destruction of the world’s tropical forests eased in 2025 from a record high, a report showed on Wednesday, underscoring how decisive policy can help keep trees standing despite pressures ...

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Recent global advances in geothermal technologies have created new opportunities to harness sub-surface heat for power, heating and cooling needs, says EMA.

Singapore’s EMA to study potential of deploying geothermal energy

It is part of efforts to strengthen the Republic’s energy resilience and decarbonise the power sector

Floating power plants in Albania. The country is among those with higher renewables output that have been shielded from power price spikes since the Iran war began.

Renewables hot in Europe as Iran war drives up power prices

Gas-dependent nations such as Italy and Germany are experiencing sharper wholesale price volatility

Solar panels in Gujarat Solar Park in India; sourcing solar power from a diverse set of locations strengthens Singapore’s power resilience.

Low-carbon electricity trading between Singapore and India being mulled, says global solar body

Project is technically feasible but a detailed study on the commercial viability still has to be conducted

Global additions of battery capacity grew by 46 per cent to 247 Gigawatt hours in 2025, says Ember.
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Issue 191: South-east Asia’s battery challenge; regional ESG debt issuance slows

This week in ESG: Asia’s renewable energy deployment at historic highs; South-east Asia new sustainable loans fall 46% in Q1 2026

In the next five years, BII expects that at least 40% of new investments will qualify as climate finance – up from the target of 30% in the previous five years.

UK’s impact investor to invest £1.1 billion towards energy transition in Asia’s emerging markets

Initiative will focus on investments that support emissions reduction in fast-growing countries with coal-based energy networks

Solar modules at Ockendon Solar Farm in Essex, Britain. Britain's wind and solar farms have blunted the impact of gas price hike in the first four weeks of the Middle East conflict, according to Ember energy think tank.

UK accelerates clean energy to protect against fossil fuel price shocks

[LONDON] Britain will launch a package of measures on Tuesday to accelerate the growth of renewable power and reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels which have soared in cost due to the conflic...