ASEAN power utility firms must accelerate collaboration to achieve an interconnected ASEAN Power Grid (APG) in support of the region’s common aim of reaching Net Zero as member countries urgently migrate to cleaner and more sustainable energy. TNB President and CEO Dato’ Indera Ir. Baharin Din stated, “Its advancement must be hastened for several critical reasons.”

Malaysia is geographically privileged in that it is surrounded by the sea. Malaysia’s wide coastline, on the other hand, provides the crucial conditions for harvesting renewable energy from the ocean resources. Given the shifting fuel prices on the global market, renewable energy is the best option. Marine renewable energy is a catch-all term for anything that generates renewable energy in the ocean.

The European parliament has called to end public subsidies for the environmentally destructive practice of burning trees for fuel, but campaigners warned the plans risked being “too little, too late”. Voting on an amendment to the EU’s renewable energy directive, MEPs called to “phase down” the share of trees counted as renewable energy in EU targets.

Delivering on the commitment to reach net zero by 2050 will require companies to reduce not only Scope 1 and 2 emissions, which relate to what they produce directly. They also need to tackle Scope 3 emissions, which are those released throughout the value chain.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has set a goal to raise the country's annual average gross domestic product (GDP) by RM13 billion with the implementation of the National Energy Policy 2022–2040. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the policy, which includes an 18-year plan to transform the country into a low-carbon nation, will also help to create 207,000 employment opportunities by 2040.

The Eiffel Tower, whose twinkling lights define the night-time Paris skyline, is to fall dark earlier because of the energy crisis. Paris city hall is expected to propose this week that the monument, which is among the most visited in the world, should go dark more than an hour earlier than usual, as Europe faces spiralling energy costs aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

China will see multiple hydrogen technologies developing in parallel in the coming years as part of the country’s priorities to meet carbon emission reduction goals, with green hydrogen production increasing as the country rapidly ramps up its renewable energy capacity, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

SINGAPORE - The majority of people in Asean want their countries to phase out coal consumption either immediately or by 2030, while more than 60 per cent want their countries to stop building new coal plants immediately, a survey report on public attitudes released on Thursday showed.

The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel.

Oil major Shell has taken a final investment decision (FID) to develop the Rosmari-Marjoram gas project located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia with expectations to reach the first gas in 2026. Rosmari-Marjoram are deepwater sour gas fields discovered in 2014. They are situated 220 kilometres (km) off the coast of Bintulu, Sarawak, and will be powered by renewable energy, using solar power for the offshore platform, Shell said on Monday.

Accelerating demand for renewable energy and electric vehicles is sparking a high demand for the batteries that store generated energy and power engines. But the batteries behind these sustainability solutions aren't always sustainable themselves. In a paper publishing September 1 in the journal Matter, scientists create a zinc battery with a biodegradable electrolyte from an unexpected source -- crab shells.

You might see electric taxis running around soon, with Tenaga Nasional (TNB) reportedly set to deploy 1,000 units through a partnership with Mysuri Biz Technologies. The latter, a Cyberjaya-based platform service provider, will offer rides in these zero-emission vehicles through its TeksiKu service, according to paultan.org.