Renewable energy

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Concord New Energy up over 8% a day after flat debut on SGX

[SINGAPORE] Concord New Energy, Singapore’s first listing of the year, recovered in early trading on Wednesday (Jan 7) following a muted opening on Tuesday.

Green bonds are often used by companies to raise money for switching to renewable energy or lower-carbon transportation.

Green debt sales hit record levels in 2025 despite climate backlash

Europe has also rolled back some of its toughest environmental rules amid concerns about growth and competitiveness

EDP Renewables will concentrate on growing its projects in Australia, Japan and Singapore.

Capital allocation in Asia remains the same despite EDP Renewables exiting several markets

The renewables energy company says it will invest up to US$2 billion in the region by 2030

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

Alinta’s indirect emissions exceed Sembcorp’s mostly due to contracted power purchased from a coal plant.
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An expanded Brookfield team in Singapore will also examine opportunities related to biofuels, sustainable aviation fuel and carbon capture.

Brookfield plans Singapore hires to tap Asia energy demand boom

The firm aims to bring in up to four people to focus on renewable-energy and low-carbon tech deals

“We’re always looking at the opportunities to grow in Singapore", said Microsoft's vice president for energy Bobby Hollis

Microsoft ‘aggressively’ looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom

The tech giant will also ‘take a very close look’ at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres

Countries such as Vietnam (above: Hanoi) and the Philippines are experiencing a rise in large-scale infrastructure projects.

Why South-east Asia is a prime destination for energy and infrastructure investments

Region’s rising energy demand and infrastructure developments create a compelling intersection among need, opportunity and innovation

Among the investments is the acquisition of clean-energy developer Alba Renewables. Brookfield says this provides an opportunity to scale and accelerate the growth of the decarbonisation platform it is building.

Brookfield builds decarbonisation platform in South-east Asia

This marks its first renewables investments in the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand