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Asia Pacific
July 06, 2023
Australia ready to import emission from Asia for carbon storage
Australia is gearing up to import greenhouse gases from some of Asia’s biggest emitters as the government introduces new laws that will allow international pollutions to be buried in carbon capture and storage projects in local waters for the first time.
July 05, 2023China says no way to set the same carbon price as EU now
It is now impossible to ask China to set the same carbon price as the EU, as the two sides' carbon prices were set under different development conditions and emission goals, said a Chinese climate official, who also criticized EU's new carbon tariff as "u
July 04, 2023China is set to hit wind and solar target five years ahead of plan
China is on track to double its wind and solar power capacity and reach its 2030 clean energy targets five years early, a new report has found.
June 28, 2023Japan's JX Nippon plans to store 5 mln tonnes of carbon by 2030
Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp, a unit of ENEOS Holdings, aims to store 5 million metric tons of carbon by 2030.
June 27, 2023World’s largest hydro-solar power station put into operation in China
The first phase of the world’s largest hydro-solar power station at the highest altitude, the Kela PV power plant, has been put into operation in China on June 25.
June 19, 2023Air Liquide signs long-term PPA with China Three Gorges for renewable electricity
France-based Air Liquide has inked a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with China Three Gorges Renewables and China Three Gorges Corporation Jiangsu Branch, subsidiaries of China Three Gorges, one of China’s largest producers and retailers of renew
June 15, 2023Japan's JOGMEC selects 7 CCS projects to support commercialization
Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) said on June 13 that it has chosen seven candidate projects which capture CO2 and store it underground to offer support for commercialization to build up Japan's decarbonization push.
June 15, 2023TotalEnergies inks PPA for 1 GW wind farm in Kazakhstan
French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide all the electricity generated from the 1 GW Mirny wind farm in Kazakhstan to the state-run Financial Settlement Center of Renewable Energy.
June 13, 2023China's installed non-fossil fuel electricity capacity surpass 50% of total
China's non-fossil fuel power sources now exceed 50% of its total installed electricity capacity, state media Xinhua said on June 12, citing an official at the National Reform and Development Commission.
June 07, 2023Japan pledges $107 bln in deploying hydrogen over 15 years
Japan plans to invest 15 trillion yen ($107.5 billion) over next 15 years to supply the country with hydrogen, the government said on June 6, as it speeds up efforts to use the gas to shift to a low carbon economy.