[ NEW DELHI: Drawing on the “strong relationship” between New Delhi and Canberra, Australian educational institutions are looking into ways to provide skill training to a large workforce in growing industries such as digital healthcare and renewable energy. A 33-member Australian Future Skills delegation will visit India to promote mutual understanding in market literacy and … Read more
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[ “Just like we do research with corn, wheat, soybean, getting these plants to be more efficient in taking up nutrients—nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium—well, there needs to be this research that goes into understanding the mechanisms of metal hyperaccumulation,” says McNear. “And then enhancing that, whether it be through gene editing or whatever.” ARPA-E is eying … Read more
[ CAIRO: The European Union, which seeks to stem irregular migrant arrivals, and cash-strapped Egypt were Sunday due to sign a 7.4 billion euro ($8 billion) package of loans, grants and energy cooperation deals.It will include billions in credit over coming years and deals to step up Egyptian energy imports to help Europe “move further … Read more
[ BANK Islam Malaysia Berhad recently signed a financing agreement with Sand Town Solar Sdn Bhd (STS) worth RM91.5mil, reaffirming the bank’s commitment to supporting the nation’s energy transition efforts. The signing ceremony was held at the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur on February 28. Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister, … Read more
[ China will need to expand its current solar and wind energy capacity by eight- to tenfold to fulfill its 2060 carbon neutrality goals, a University of California-led study has found. Achieving these aims will also require large-scale construction of transmission lines, as well as more coordinated national-level policies in place of impromptu local decisions, … Read more
[ MUMBAI: Bangalore International airport has signed a 25-year long-term power purchase agreement with renewable energy company, Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions (CleanMax) for the generation and supply of renewable energy from a 45.9 MW Solar-wind Captive Power Project. The initiative will enable yield of approximately 90 GWh of renewable energy annually with a CO2 … Read more
[ Business insiders believe Labour should prioritise green infrastructure projects over its strict fiscal rules to encourage economic growth if elected, i can reveal. Labour leader Keir Starmer finally confirmed the party was dropping plans to invest £28bn over the next parliamentary term in green projects, after weeks of speculation and internal battles. Instead, the … Read more
[ KUALA LUMPUR: Graphjet Technology Sdn Bhd, a green graphite producer, is eyeing a Nasdaq debut with a US$1.49 billion (RM7.10 billion) pro-forma enterprise value following the greenlighting of its de-Spac transaction by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Graphjet said this development is a milestone in its journey towards becoming a publicly traded … Read more
[ The reason for the Jones Act’s longevity, says Colin Grabow, a research fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, is that while it tends to benefit only a few people and businesses, the act goes unnoticed because there are many payers sharing the increased costs. The Jones Act is one in a … Read more
[ New Delhi: In India’s overall push for the adoption of renewable energy, one consistent laggard has emerged — rooftop solar. Now, the Modi government seeks to address the issue of why rooftop solar capacity is just one-fourth of its targeted level, with a new scheme announced on 22 January, Pradhan Mantri Suryoday Yojana (PMSY). The … Read more
