energy transition
Sembcorp’s purchase of Alinta has green risks
Post-acquisition, the Australian utility may present significant capital expenditures or a slower-than-expected green transition
Investor interest in Indonesia’s energy transition may suffer after first coal phase-out project scrapped
The policy U-turn contradicts the country’s own commitments, says a think tank
Green stocks are big winners as tech boom drives energy demand
Lower interest rates have also improved the outlook for debt-heavy clean-power counters
Vietnam switches on first LNG-fired power plants, plans 20 more by 2035
Early liquefied natural gas imports have come from Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar and Russia, with growing interest in US supplies
Issue 175: Sembcorp courts still-brown Alinta; Asia can’t let coal go
This week in ESG: Sembcorp to buy Australian utility A$6.5 billion; coal phase-out fizzling out in Asia
OCBC invests in low-carbon steel in Malaysia’s Sabah
The investment is for the development of a hot briquetted iron plant, which will be part of South-east Asia’s largest integrated low-carbon steel plant
Schneider Electric gears up for tsunami of power demand from AI, EVs, global warming fallout
Partnerships are a priority for innovations on the energy front
Issue 173: Coal confronts imperfect pathways; COP30 leaves world wanting more
This week in ESG: Coal Transition Commission tackles scaling solutions; COP30 wraps up with adaptation target
Asia’s path to climate leadership is clear – now the capital must align
For the region to move from passenger to pioneer, it must fix the mismatch between local ambition and global finance
COP30: About one-third of world’s coal fleet shows ‘significant’ opportunity for early shutdown, says report
Coal Transition Commission notes that 80% of this capacity are young to middle-aged assets which offer potential for significant emissions reductions
