Energy efficiency

Watt about water? The green AI conversation we need to have now

Sustainable AI strategies must address efficient use of water, not just energy

GoRental's battery units can store energy as they run, allowing villagers to conserve electricity for night-time use while using other devices throughout the day.

A test case for energy resilience: Lighting up a village with solar batteries

Clean-energy firm GoRental is bringing accessible and affordable electricity to a remote Chiang Mai village

Jurong Island already functions as a highly integrated industrial ecosystem. Plans for a low-carbon data centre park there extends the model further.

Turning AI factories into climate assets

The focus must shift to how they can be designed to better integrate with – and contribute to – the systems around them

The growth of energy-intensive sectors, such as data centres, has put power grids in the Asia-Pacific under strain, threatening reliability.

Apac data centre boom straining power grids; reliability key to site selection: report 

Construction industry is expected to stay resilient, driven by industrial expansion and government spending, though trade and geopolitical tensions may curtail growth 

 A worker controlling a claw to pick up waste at NEA’s TuasOne waste-to-energy plant; removing residual emissions is one of the strategies the government is studying in a bid to achieve its national target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

Singapore to pilot carbon capture and storage technology at waste-to-energy plants

The government will invest about S$300 million over the next five years to improve the energy efficiency of public sector buildings and test bed innovative solutions

To reach the proposed target, the world would need to add more than 158 GW of energy-storage capacity on average each year through 2030. 

Cop29 to call for sixfold increase in global energy storage

The hosts of this year’s global climate talks will ask over 190 countries to back a Group of Seven target to increase global energy-storage capacity more than sixfold by 2030. 

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THE BROAD VIEW

A brighter shade of green

Transforming Singapore’s older buildings for a sustainable future

Ultimately, creating more water- and energy-efficient processes is not just beneficial for sustainability purposes. As a strategic business priority, it would allow companies to minimise operational costs and align with the growing demand for environmentally responsible supply chains.

Water-energy efficiencies: Catalyst to semiconductor sustainability

FUELLED by the explosive growth of emerging markets such as artificial intelligence and electric vehicles, the semiconductor industry – which produces the vital components that power these technologie...