Asia-Pacific
Indonesia floods, landslides kill 28, four missing
JAKARTA – Heavy rain brought floods and landslides to Indonesia’s province of West Sumatra, killing at least 28, with four still missing, authorities...
Chinese companies win licensing bids to explore Iraq oil and gas fields
Chinese companies won bids to explore five Iraqi oil and gas fields on Saturday in a licensing round for hydrocarbon exploration aimed at...
Opinion: Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both
Opinion: The Australian government has doubled down on gas, but Samantha Hepburn argues the country cannot open new gas projects and still meet...
Opinion: China shifting to utility-scale solar, but obstacles remain
Opinion: China’s track record on solar, a critical decarbonization tool, is hardly above criticism, including in its domestic market, Joseph Webster writes.
China’s April car sales swing to contraction despite NEV milestone
China car sales at home down as exports surge to a record high amid domestic price war on EVs.
China’s push for greener aluminium hit by erratic rains, power cuts
As rivers and reservoirs dwindle, smelters who flocked to southwest China for green energy find themselves scaling back production.
Chinese EV maker Zeekr prices US IPO at top of range to raise $441 million, source says
The strong demand for Zeekr’s IPO comes against a backdrop of a fierce EV price war in China that has undercut profits, leaving...
Nepal’s nature ‘threatened’ by new development push
Nepal hydropower facility among the infrastructure permitted in nature reserves under new regulations, to the outrage of conservationists.
Panasonic expects battery unit’s annual profit to rise 23%
Lower production at Panasonic battery unit means energy division misses income forecast as EV demand falls.
