UTAR-led research gets green grant

[ A TEAM of researchers led by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) academic Prof Dr Chong Kok Keong have secured a grant for their work on an integrated solar hydrogen system. Prof Chong, from the varsity’s Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKC FES), and his co-researchers were awarded the RM202,340 grant by … Read more

Hajiji lauds PETRONAS for green energy, human capital initiatives

[ KOTA KINABALU: National oil company PETRONAS has come in for praise from Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor for its green energy and human capital development initiatives. The Chief Minister said these efforts would complement Sabah’s priority in these sectors. He had earlier witnessed the presentation of the PETRONAS-Academia Collaboration Dialogue (PACD) Awards and the signing … Read more

Gautam Adani: Gautam Adani and family to infuse Rs 9,350 crore in Green Energy arm

[ AHMEDABAD: Billionaire Gautam Adani, the chairman of ports-to-power conglomerate, Adani Group, and his family, will invest Rs 9,350 crore in the conglomerate’s green energy arm – Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL). The investment is aimed at enabling the company to achieve a 45 GW target by 2030, according to AGEL’s stock exchange filing on … Read more

China doubles new renewable capacity in 2020 and raises thermal plants base to five-year high

[ China more than doubled its construction of new wind and solar power plants in 2020 from a year earlier, government data showed, reflecting Beijing’s pledge to cut fossil fuel dependence and bring carbon emissions to a peak within a decade. China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, added 71.67 gigawatts (GW) of wind power … Read more