Solar power

Australia has granted “major project status” to an ambitious A$22 billion ($21.6 billion) plan to export solar power to Southeast Asia via undersea cable.

(Jan 31): The US’ renewable energy industry does not seem to take much notice of President Donald Trump’s views on green energy and climate change as investments surged to a record last year.

(Nov 20): Two of Australia’s richest people, Atlassian Corp co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes (image) and Fortescue Metals Group Chairman Andrew Forrest, are investing in an ambitious project to export solar power from a giant plant in Australia to Singapo

SINGAPORE (Oct 29): The government has set a new target deployment of 2 gigawatt-peak (GWp) of solar energy by 2030, which is eight times today’s installed capacity. The new target is estimated to be sufficient to meet the annual power needs of around 3

SINGAPORE (Aug 23): Hong Kong Disneyland wants to be the island’s biggest producer of solar power, and is installing an expanse of solar cells the size of a football field on the rooftops of its buildings to yield 1.86 megawatt-hours of electricity per

(Oct 23): Singapore plans to develop solar power and energy-storage technologies as the oil-trading hub of Asia pushes to generate more of its power from renewable sources.