Green Energy

Investors bet Iran war will boost Chinese renewables demand

Asia’s energy pivot, fuelled by security fears and US policy distrust

Electricity consumption by Asia-Pacific data centres is forecast to quintuple in the next decade.

Making own power one of the ways Apac data centres can unlock US$800 billion: Deloitte

Up to 20% of planned projects globally are at risk of delay due to grid-access bottlenecks

Instead of relying on EVN’s monopoly system and generous tariff payments guaranteed for 20 years, electricity prices are now negotiated in the wholesale market, reallocating risks among developers, large buyers and the state utility.

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

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

On the whole, Budget 2026 plays to Singapore’s clear strengths while exemplifying the country’s focused strategy for a new era of growth.
COMMENTARY

Budget 2026: Accelerating Singapore’s growth in a fragmented world

As global trade fractures, Budget 2026 doubles down on AI integration while reinforcing the social compact

"We were nobody", says founder and executive chairman of Impact Electrons Siam Peck Khamkanist.
THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

‘People laughed at us’: Naysayers blew them off – then this underdog built Asia’s first cross-border wind farm

Impact Electrons Siam is now selling electricity to Vietnam. Next stop: Singapore?

The integration of Alinta’s coal assets in 2026 will reverse Sembcorp’s declining carbon emissions trend.

Sembcorp seeks shareholder approval for Alinta Energy buy at Jan 30 EGM

The acquisition will put the group off course for its 2028 emissions target

The policy is meant to cut emissions and improve the uptake of renewable power

China urges industrial parks to use more on-site green power

CHINA is pushing industrial parks to use more of their green power on-site instead of sending it into the grid, according to an official document on Friday (Jan 9), in a new policy roadmap aimed at gr...

The lawsuit follows TotalEnergies' announcement in November that it would pull out of the EV charging business in Singapore.

TotalEnergies sues Charge+ over sale of EV charging assets

Defendant says it refused to proceed with the deal because BlueSG – which accounted for over 95% of claimant’s revenue – was allegedly not a going concern

While commercial reactors have run on nuclear fission for decades, there has been growing interest in commercialising nuclear fusion.

Why investors are betting on nuclear fusion even as it remains elusive

Interest has been fuelled by the proliferation of data centres, as tech firm hunt for sources to power their cloud computing and AI operations