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Renewable energy has shifted from climate rhetoric to economic reality, becoming a central pillar of global electricity supply and a prerequisite for business competitiveness.

Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

On July 30, Malaysia’s lower house of parliament passed the Electricity Supply Amendment Bill, strengthening regulatory controls over the import and export of electricity. Deputy Minister for Energy Transition and Water Transformation, Akmal Nasrullah Moh

Data center operators in Germany are planning to build new fossil fuel power capacity to supply their operations, citing the slow pace of connecting to the electricity grid as a justification.

The Vietnamese government is facing mounting challenges in its renewable energy sector. A year after announcing the Direct Power Purchase Agreement (DPPA) framework, no implementable projects have materialized.

The global energy transition is now “unstoppable” due to “smart economics”, UN secretary-general António Guterres has said in an online speech titled: “A moment of opportunity.”

Indonesia’s garbage crisis is growing, with illegal dumping and unmanaged waste threatening communities, tourism, and ecosystems — as seen in the unsanctioned disposal of nearly 200 truckloads of trash near a popular beach in Yogyakarta.

As the U.S. weighs tightening trade actions against Chinese solar companies for alleged circumvention of duties, Indonesian solar firms believe domestic demand could absorb potential losses from decreased exports.

A wave of AI server farms is turning Malaysia into Southeast Asia’s digital epicentre, but their high energy use could derail the country’s climate goals.

The Philippines’ Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), a local non-governmental think tank, has used artificial intelligence (AI) to estimate national rooftop solar capacity with an impressive 90% average accuracy.