Asia

Hydrogen production is an expensive and intensive process, but a new discovery by researchers at the Tokyo University of Science has led to a novel technique of using rust and light to speed up hydrogen production as much as 25 times current production norms.

Uzbekistan has shared information on its latest public-private partnership (PPP) project in the energy sector with global investors.

The World Bank has agreed to provide the government of Tajikistan with a $134 million grant to fund its Power Utility Financial Recovery Project.

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) have announced that they have formed a joint Japan Offshore Wind Task Force to drive offshore wind growth in Japan.

The coronavirus outbreak will impact the supply chain and installation operations for wind power not just in China, but the rest of the world.

COVID-19 has helped the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases to reduce its carbon footprint by a quarter in just two weeks.

The Bangladeshi government is bidding for more partners to take part in its “Taka” programme, which aims to bring renewable household electricity, street lighting and cooking stoves to every off-grid community in the country.

The World Bank has released a new report with recommendations on how Vietnam can accelerate solar energy production and usage.

A new report from Navigant Research says the mostly first-world nations on these continents were behind the growth of the distributed energy storage industry, but this was aided by government support early on.

A new report explores the urban water infrastructure market in the Asia Pacific region.