Asia – Thinking Port

Wucker’s Gray Rhino Is Essential Reading & Her Thoughts On Climate & COVID Compelling

September 18, 2024 admin Asia, black swan event, carbon emissions, China, climate change, climate risk, covid, financial risk, green economy, INTERVIEWS, investment, policy & politics, risk, risk analysis

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:33:55 +0000

A year and a half ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk, to have a wide ranging conversation about risks we tend to ignore, Asian vs Western perceptions of risk, black swans, climate change, COVID, … [continued]

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BYD’s Electric Car Price Cuts Upset BYD Buyers in Thailand — Investigation Ensues As Factory Inaugurated

July 21, 2024 admin Asia, byd, byd dolphin, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev factories, green economy, green jobs, Manufacturing, Thailand, thailand ev sales, wang chuanfu

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:45:25 +0000

I wrote a few weeks ago, based on some ears on the ground, about cheap electric cars from BYD seemingly disrupting the auto market in Thailand — like, not just reaching good sales levels, but actually disrupting the market and pushing auto brands out. This even extends into the used … [continued]

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The Fight Against Coal In Southeast Asia

April 15, 2024 admin ASEAN, Asia, Coal, edp renewables, Fossil Fuels, Philippines, policy & politics, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

Credit to Author: Otto Gunderson| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:08:07 +0000

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which accounts for almost a dozen countries, includes several of the fastest growing economies in the world. Unfortunately, much of the energy that is fueling this economic development is coming from oil, natural gas, and most concerningly, coal. Approximately 40% of the power … [continued]

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Projected Zero-Carbon Electricity Growth Highly Dependent On Cost In Parts of Asia

February 2, 2024 admin Asia, asia & pacific, clean power, climate change, hydroelectric, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:47:49 +0000

We project low zero-carbon technology costs will drive substantial growth in zero-carbon electricity capacity and generation and limit growth in … [continued]

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Indonesia Outlines Plans for Coal Power, Renewables

December 1, 2023 admin Asia, cirebon, Climate, climate change, Coal, cop26, cop28, indonesia, International, Japan, jetp, news, power, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:13:00 +0000

Indonesian officials said they would increase their use of renewable energy and move away from coal-fired power generation in order to receive funding from an international public and private decarbonization

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POWER Digest [October 2023]

October 2, 2023 admin Asia, Australia, Coal, Energy Storage, evs, GERMANY, hydrogen, news, news and notes, North Sea, nuclear waste, offshore wind, rwe, wartsila

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:11:00 +0000

Coal-Fired Plants Serving EV Battery Makers Could Get Special Financing. Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), which supervises and regulates financial services for Indonesia, in early September said it is considering

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BYD Launches Dolphin In Thailand At Price Parity With Popular ICE Vehicles!

March 24, 2023 admin Asia, Bangkok, byd, byd dolphin, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Thailand

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:39:39 +0000

BYD in partnership with Rever Automotive has launched the BYD Dolphin hatchback at the 44th Bangkok International Motor Show. That’s not all the good news. There’s more good news! Rever Automotive has announced that the Dolphin will start at 799,999 Baht, which is about $23,256 after government incentives. This is close to some of the […]

Canada Immigration

How one recent immigration trend is helping boost Canada’s linguistic and cultural diversity

March 21, 2023 admin 2021 census, Asia, Canada, canadian immigration, country of origin, enthnocultural diversity, Europe, linguistic diversity

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:00:12 +0000

A nation once dominated by immigration from Europe, Canada is now seeing a much more diverse range of immigrants come to this country. Whereas as recently as 40 years ago, 61.6% of all Canadian immigrants were born in Europe and just 12.1% of immigrants were born in countries throughout Asia and the Middle East, those […]

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Don’t Forget The 2-Wheel Electric Revolution In Southeast Asia

November 29, 2022 admin Asia, Bali, clean transport, electric motorcycles, electric scooters, Electric vehicles, G20, gojek, Grab, hero motocorp, indonesia, indonesia battery corp, mckinsey, motorcycles + scooters, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, zero motorcycles

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 06:21:48 +0000

The summit season has kicked off big time in Southeast Asia, and green vehicles are in the spotlight. Local police are even riding electric motorcycles to escort delegates. You probably saw it on the news. “Many companies are realising that electric two-wheelers will be first taken up in this part of the world,” Vivek Lath, […]

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Thailand Starts Up First of Two Giant 2.7-GW Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plants

October 6, 2022 admin Asia, Business, egat, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas power, gas power plant, gas turbines, jac, lng, MHI, mitsubishi power, news, supply chain, Technology, Thailand

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:23:46 +0000

Mitsubishi Power has declared complete a 2,650-MW natural gas–fired power plant in Chonburi province, Thailand, delivering its four M701JAC power trains to the plant’s joint owners Gulf Energy Development PCL, one of the largest independent power producers (IPPs) in Thailand, and Tokyo-based conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The Gulf SRC (GSRC) power plant, located about 130 […]

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