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June 01, 2026
Laser fusion startup Focused Energy raises over €200 mln in record funding round
German laser fusion start-up Focused Energy has closed a 240-million-dollar funding round, the largest fully secured financing in the global fusion industry to date, as the company pushes to build the world's first commercial laser fusion power plant.
June 01, 2026NVIDIA GTC unveils Vera CPU, AI factory platform as energy efficiency drives AI growth
NVIDIA's DSX platform tackles AI factory overprovisioning—up to 40% wasted power—while Vera CPU delivers 1.8x faster agentic workloads. Taiwan supply chain now spans 150 partners for Vera Rubin.
June 01, 2026Taiwanese textile makers in Vietnam: New Wide Group cuts emissions with biomass, but Scope 3 pressures rise
New Wide Group cut Vietnam plant emissions 50% ahead of SBTi targets using biomass. But Scope 3 upstream materials now exceed Scope 1+2 combined—the next frontier for Taiwanese textile makers.
June 01, 2026Green talent playbook: Green jobs surge beyond engineering. Which skills are most in demand?
Green skills have evolved from a niche expertise into a core source of competitiveness in the global labor market. According to LinkedIn’s 2025 Global Green Skills Report, demand for green skills is reshaping jobs across industries and occupations.
June 01, 2026ASEAN Weekly: Vietnam heatwave strains power grid; Indonesia tightens forest carbon credit rules
This week in ASEAN, Vietnam’s heatwave pushed electricity demand to record highs, exposing delays in its power development plan. At the same time, Indonesia tightened forest carbon rules to improve credit quality and curb greenwashing.
May 29, 2026Vietnam heatwave pushes grid to record demand, prompts urgent PDP8 review
Vietnam's northern grid hit a record 29,667 MW as temperatures neared 40°C. PDP8 projects are falling behind, and El Niño from July could cut hydropower output further.
May 29, 2026Vietnam’s low-carbon supply chain race: RECCESSARY’s manufacturing maturity matrix reveals where competitiveness stands
With CBAM tightening and brands like Apple and Nike demanding cleaner supply chains, where do Vietnam's manufacturers stand? RECCESSARY's new Maturity Matrix ranks them on renewable energy, industrial heat, and carbon data.
May 28, 2026Q&A: Can China turn hydrogen into its next clean-energy industry?
China has said that hydrogen is a key “future industry”, important to both its energy transition and its industrial policy.
May 28, 2026E-commerce’s new decarbonization battleground: How Taiwan’s leading platforms are cutting packaging waste
Taiwan's leading e-commerce platforms are cutting packaging waste—Shopee estimates up to 13,000 tonnes of CO2 cuts a year.
May 27, 2026Indonesia, Vietnam roll out new forest carbon rules to attract investors
Resource-rich Indonesia is moving to further open its forestry carbon market, as the Ministry of Forestry rolls out a new regulation aimed at improving credit quality and market integrity.