The Asian Business Review

2 weeks ago | asianbusinessreview.com | Vincent Mariel Galang

The new chief of the ASEAN Centre for Energy expects a breakthrough this year. The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should cut political risk by adopting coherent policies that will attract almost $700b in investments needed to build a regional power grid. “They must be consistent in policy so people have faith to put their money [in the grid],” Dato’ Ir. Ts. Abdul Razib Dawood, the new executive director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), told Asian Power.

1 month ago | asianbusinessreview.com | Vincent Mariel Galang

Delivery will start by 2027 at the earliest. Australia-based Climate Impact Corp. (CIC) targets to separately ship almost 3.5 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen to Asia and Europe yearly in the next five years, as more companies shift to clean fuel sources. “In five years, we will be delivering close to three-and-a-half million tonnes per annum,” CIC Chairman David Green told Marine & Industrial Report. The supply will be coming from its two 10-gigawatt facilities in Australia.

1 month ago | asianbusinessreview.com | Vincent Mariel Galang

Investment-friendly policies will push private money into these projects. Government support and cross-border renewable energy trade are expected to boost investment in offshore wind power projects in Southeast Asia, with significant capacity additions expected in the coming years. “Big opportunities at the moment are offshore wind in the Philippines and Vietnam in particular, and the Singapore import projects,” Andrew Digges, a partner at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, told Asian Power.

1 month ago | asianbusinessreview.com | Vincent Mariel Galang

The ship is set to arrive in Mexico by mid-April. Ocean Network Express Holdings, Ltd. (ONE) has deployed its first owned and operated newly built container vessel that will connect various ports in Asia to Latin America.

2 months ago | asianbusinessreview.com | Vincent Mariel Galang

E-bikes and the global ‘green’ push are driving the market expansion. Tech advancements and a growing focus on sustainability after supply chain hurdles in the past years are expected to spur further growth in Asia’s bicycle industry this year. New tech is pushing manufacturing companies to innovate, fueling the bicycle industry’s growth, James Huang, chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, told Manufacturing Asia on the sidelines of the Taipei Cycle 2025 last month.