XPENG is expanding into the Southeast Asia region, as it just signed an agreement with Malaysian industrial partner EP Manufacturing Berhad (EPMB) to begin local assembly operations in Malacca, with production scheduled to commence in 2026, the companies announced Thursday. The announcement came after XPENG announced on December 12 that … [continued]
At the high-level meet of the Singapore International Energy Week, Philippine Energy Secretary Sharon Garin explains how in the Philippines, the energy generation section is deregulated. (Photo for Cleantechnica by author)
Sets the stage for ASEAN Chairmanship in 2026 SINGAPORE — As the curtain closed on Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2025, a clear message resonated from the Philippine delegation: the archipelago is not just participating in the global energy transition, but actively positioning itself as a leader, particularly with its … [continued]
The entrance to the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2025. (Photo for CleanTechnica by Raymond Tribdino.)
SINGAPORE — The Energy Market Authority of Singapore (EMA) and the Swedish government inaugurated a bilateral energy forum on the sidelines of the 18th Singapore International Energy Week, transforming a diplomatic understanding signed during a royal state visit into an operational framework for clean energy cooperation. Strategic context The Singapore … [continued]
There’s a lot of electric vehicle growth and development happening in smaller markets that have traditionally not gotten much attention. We here at CleanTechnica are trying to cover this growth, but, admittedly, it’s hard to track it all. The good news is that it really seems to be surging more … [continued]
The push for a cleaner energy future in Asia and the Pacific just got a significant boost. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) have joined forces to launch ENABLE (Enhancing Access to Battery Energy Storage System for Low-carbon Economies). This innovative … [continued]
After writing about two of the highest carbon foods, which are beef and lamb, it seems a mini-series is developing. The next high-carbon food, to make a trio, is farmed shrimp. Some of us may have had a kiddie shrimp cocktail or taken a family vacation to a southern state, … [continued]
A new $6 billion round of clean energy funding will benefit rural communities in about two dozen US states, unless the incoming Trump administration figures out a way to stop it.
With US energy policy in a state of flux, US clean energy investors are picking up their money and taking it overseas.
It may come as a surprise to some, but the US and Germany are not the only new car markets on Earth. Tons of new cars are sold every year in Southeast Asian countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Those markets have traditionally been ignored by German and US … [continued]
NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.
One of the fiercest typhoons to hit the area of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, since 1949 was Super Typhoon Capricorn this month. In this wild weather, torrential winds and giant waves, what is the durability of floating solar panels? If you were anticipating seeing some broken panels, think again. Despite considerable … [continued]
ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a gray rhino and a black swan in a standoff with a looming wall of water about to crash down on them
A year and a half ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk, to have a wide ranging conversation about risks we tend to ignore, Asian vs Western perceptions of risk, black swans, climate change, COVID, … [continued]
