All articles by Nithin Coca

Nithin Coca is an Asia-focused freelance journalist covering environment, human rights and politics issues across the region.

Japan readies to lead the world in offshore wind

In December of last year, Japan’s first commercial offshore wind farm came online, with a capacity of 140MW. It is,…
Huge setback for Indonesia’s massive coal gasification plans as US company withdraws

In late 2021, Air Products and Chemicals, a Pennsylvania-based company in the US, announced it was planning to invest a…
A half-decade after its first plan, Japan’s hydrogen goals remain distant

Back in 2017, Japan became the first country in the world to release a national hydrogen strategy. The goal was…
How will Indonesia’s JETP move the country beyond coal?

Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country and fifth-largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter, is crucial to the success of the…
Facing headwinds at home, Europe and Japan are pushing waste-to-energy technology across South East Asia

“The project developer said all is good,” says Kampol Wadnoi, a village leader from Thalang, in the west of Thailand,…

A US company is quietly building a massive coal-to-gas plant – in Indonesia

In January 2022, Indonesia broke ground on a $2.3bn coal gasification plant on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, expected to…