Green Energy

How Singapore and Vietnam should build strategic complementarity

Its promise lies in higher-value cooperation and offering a replicable model for Asean

Solar panels under the JETC programme. The community was created to “navigate the complexities of Asia’s energy transition” and ensure that those most affected are “not left behind”.

Just Energy Transition Community puts US$2.6 million towards clean power, cooling solutions in South-east Asia

The initiatives will cover workforce development and responsible energy deployment, among others

The gap spans the region’s power and electric vehicle value chains.

South-east Asia’s green economy risks missing out on US$80b from ‘execution gap’: report

Over 35% of announced green capital expenditure has yet to be deployed, a major bottleneck in financing the energy transition

The Hormuz closure sharpens the logic behind renewables by reframing it as domestic supply; making system flexibility and resilience a policy priority; and accelerating electrification economics.
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From Hormuz to home-grown power: Why the Middle East crisis strengthens the case for investing in Asia renewables

Forward-looking investors are backing companies that can orchestrate the entire energy system

Solar technology has become more efficient and installation costs are substantially lower, says Gan Siow Huang.

No subsidies for solar panel installation as costs have come down: Gan Siow Huang

Private building owners are already showing ‘much higher interest’ in such technology

Employees work on an EV production line in a factory in China in 2024. Shipments of EVs and hybrids from China jumped to a record 349,000 units in March 2026.

China clean tech exports jump as Iran war spurs demand

CHINA’S exports of clean technology climbed in March, reinforcing signs that manufacturers are benefiting from rising global demand for alternative energy sources as traditional supplies are roiled by...

China’s electricity output and clean technology exports already scaled record highs in 2025.

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