For many months, it has been a big question to automotive experts in the region — why is VinFast, a company located in the Southeast Asian region, which can gain obvious benefits from selling to markets within the ASEAN, chosing to sell to the finicky markets in North America and … [continued]
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha made landfall on 14 May in Myanmar, near the border with Bangladesh, accompanied by sustained winds of 180-190 km/h and violent gusts, torrential rainfall, and flooding. The WMO community provided forecasts and meteorological support to humanitarian agencies to help them mobilize against this dangerous threat … [continued]
You may, or may not, have heard that for the past 662 days, a Dutch man has been driving across the world in an electric car. He started in the Netherlands, has driven up, down, and around Europe (passing through 20 European countries), journeyed through the Middle East and Asia, and has just made it to Indonesia, so is now not far from his destination of Sydney, Australia.
The Asian Development Bank has invested $57.7 million into Thailand’s B. Grimm Power Public Company with the intent to develop renewable energy projects across Southeast Asia.
Energy Ministers from across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met earlier this month to discuss the need to rapidly accelerate the deployment of renewable energy capacity across their countries to meet their 2025 renewable energy target — a task which the International Renewable Energy Agency believes is still within … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love Developers working on one of the largest solar power projects in Southeast Asia have reported progress on the project. Engineering and construction firm Black and Veatch has recently announced that it has been appointed by Thailand’s Green Earth Power (GEP) to provide design and consultancy services for … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The first ever single-seater solar plane to enter China, Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), landed in Chongqing 20 hours and 29 minutes after departing from Myanmar, having covered 1,459 kilometers (788 NM, 907 miles). Solar Impulse says that flying above the mountainous Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan required Bertrand Piccard to … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Monaco Control Center (MCC) has cleared Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) for take off on its 5th flight, flying from Mandalay (Mandalay International Airport, MDL/VYMD) in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, to Chongqing (Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, CKG/ZUCK) in the People’s Republic of China. Solar Impulse announced that Bertrand Piccard will fly … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse shared on Google+: “#Si2 will takeoff on Sunday, 22PM UTC, for #Flight5 to #Chongqing, #China! Pilots and team are getting prepared for this long flight above Himalayas and Kunming.” Solar Impulse tweeted: “#Flight5 to #Chongqing confirmed! #MCC team solved issues we had with cumulus above #Si2.” Solar … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The first departure date from Myanmar for Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) has been updated by Solar Impulse to be March 26. While we wait for the 5th flight of the round-the-world attempt that will carry the sun-powered airplane from Mandalay, Myanmar, to Chongqing, China, it might be fun to see what Martin Saive … [continued]
