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