Environment
Japanese utilities' use of coal inched higher by 4%
                                                                                                 
                        
                        While LNG consumption edged down 1.6%.
                    
                                        
                    
                Fukushima hit highest radiation level since March 2011
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It has reached a maximum of 530 sieverts per hour.
                    
                                        
                    
                Taiwan will be nuclear energy-free by 2025
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It eyes boosting renewables use from 4% to 20%.
                    
                                        
                    
                Clean energy spending drops 18% as China's growth slows down
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The drop to $287.5b is the first since 2013.
                    
                                        
                    
                Nuclear energy to grab only 4.7% of Japan's total generation by 2026
                                                                                                 
                        
                        No thanks to strong public opposition to nuclear restarts.
                    
                                        
                    
                Fukushima clean-up costs has more than doubled to $180b
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The original estimate was $50b.
                    
                                        
                    
                How a strategic environmental assessment could help change Myanmar's approach to hydro
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Optimising project siting and configuration are the most effective environmental and social risk avoidance measures in hydropower development. Siting...
                    
                                        
                    
                How does South East Asia's coal plans fit with Paris commitments?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Just under a year on from COP 21, three of the main players – the US, China, and India – have now ratified the Paris treaty on climate change...
                    
                                        
                    
                Can Korea commit to renewable energy use?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Korea’s vow to go green is plagued with woes.
                    
                                        
                    
                Hybridisation – energy sources, intelligence, and human consumption
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Several months ago, I happened to see an NHK World's web-based documentary on a Japanese city called Kashiwa-no-ha (KNH) "Smart City" – an...
                    
                                        
                    
                Japan's nuclear restart dreams crack as opposition wins gubernatorial race
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Doubts heighten for the country's running reactors.
                    
                                        
                    
                How is Asia's nuke industry five years post-Fukushima disaster?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Much has been learnt, but will nuke generation be revived in Japan?
                    
                                        
                    
                Post-Paris: Taking another look at thorium nuclear
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Goodbye to all that	Being active in the renewable energy and climate change sector for over the past decade has meant witnessing many changes in the...
                    
                                        
                    
                Eyebrows raised over Vietnam’s vow to quit coal plants
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Vietnam has got experts thinking: "Are you serious?".
                    
                                        
                    
                Whitest of white elephants: USD1 trillion could be unnecessarily splurged on new coal-fired plants
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Investments are pouring in for 1500 plants, but these are likely to be wasted.
                    
                                        
                    
                Google sets eyes on buying more renewables for its data centers in Asia
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It revealed funding for resource solution centre in Taiwan.