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Asia Pacific
July 14, 2023
Japan aims to offer green tech for energy transition in Middle East
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to discuss energy markets on a trip to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar next week, aiming to provide technologies for net zero transition.
July 12, 2023Korean power giant joins 50 GW ultrascale green hydrogen plan in Australia
Plans to produce up to 3.5 million tons of green hydrogen a year from 50 GW of wind and solar in Western Australia have a major new backer, with Korean energy giant Kepco signing up to develop the “ultrascale project.”
July 10, 2023India forms committee to oversee its first domestic carbon market
To boost the trading of carbon credits in the country, India’s Ministry of Power has notified the Carbon Credit Market Scheme. Within just a few days ago, the government releasing a draft document for establishing a carbon credits market in India.
July 06, 2023Australia 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.