Thursday, 27 February 2025

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FILE PHOTO: Vehicles that were completely burned down due to a Mercedes Benz electric car fire that broke out on August 1st, are lying in the underground parking lot of an apartment complex in Incheon, South Korea, August 2, 2024. Yonhap/via REUTERS /File Photo
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South Korea to advance EV battery certification scheme after fires

South Korea's government have agreed to move up an EV battery certification programme, after a series of fires involving EVs

Australia's Woodside Energy Group's exhibition booth is seen at the World Gas Conference 2022 in Daegu, South Korea May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Tan/File Photo
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Woodside Energy earnings set to dip as investors eye strategic deals

Woodside Energy, Australia's top independent gas producer, is on track to post a drop in interim earnings on Tuesday

People walk past the headquarters of the Chinese ride-hailing service Didi in Beijing, China, December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
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China’s Didi in talks to sell smart auto assets to state-backed NavInfo’s unit, say sources

China's Didi Global in talks to sell its smart driving and cockpit assets to state-backed firm NavInfo amid highly competitive EV market

People wade through floodwaters in Bangladesh, where nearly 300,000 have taken refuge in emergency shelters (AFP)
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Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in emergency shelters after floods

The floods were triggered by heavy monsoon rains and have killed at least 42 people in Bangladesh and India since the start of...

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Australia’s QCoal sends workers home after death at coal mine

The man's death comes after another worker died at the Byerwen coking coal mine in Queensland, on August 3.

Negotiators hope to agree the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution this year (AFP)
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Experts meet as final global plastic treaty talks near

With months until crunch talks on the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution, experts are meeting in Bangkok to discuss financing options...

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Solar above, batteries below: here’s how warehouses and shopping centres could produce 25% of Australia’s power

Imagine if Australian cities became major producers of clean energy, rather than relying on far-flung solar and wind farms.

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China issues guidelines on green power trading

State planner lays out price mechanisms behind market-based scheme to promote renewable electricity consumption in China.

Map showing SunCable's Australia-Asia PowerLink renewable energy project from Australia's Northern Territory to Darwin and Singapore via a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. (AFP)
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Energy-hungry Singapore eyes deserts, forest for renewables

Singapore looks to Australia's deserts and Malaysia's rainforests for clean energy as data centers drive rising power demand.

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Which future? Japan’s net zero vision for the region boosts gas and threatens green exports in Australia

Opinion: Japan's net-zero vision for Asia-Pacific means decarbonisation, but done slowly and with a longer role for coal, oil and gas.

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