Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In 2019, 95.6 Asia Pacific led the pack with 50.9 At the global level in 2019, fully electric BEVs were responsible for 90% of all passenger vehicle battery capacity deployed, followed by plug-in hybrids with 7% and hybrids with the remaining 3%. GWh deployed, an increase of 27% year-over-year. Europe followed with 23.9

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

One clear finding from this year’s report is that its impact on health disproportionately affects poorer regions, with exposure levels particularly high in cities in parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. m/m3 was exceeded in 43% of all the cities analyzed, while in 2019 this had dropped to only 41%. over 2010-2019.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

exposure, for which the upper limit is 500 µg/m 3 – which adds perspective to New Delhi’s lung-rupturing 900 µg/m3 levels recorded in late 2019. levels in the two decades up until 2019. The study noted that, In southern and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM2.5 µg/m3) and Southern Asia (37.2

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Research published on 16 September highlights the troubling trend of pockets of funders continuing to finance additional coal-fired generation capacity in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. From 2013 to 2019, USD 42 billion was committed to grid-connected coal power plants in the 18 countries studied.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

The new dataset highlights elevated air pollution levels as a result of climate change events, such as sandstorms and wildfires, and pollution gains from the rapid urbanization of cities, in regions such as Southeast Asia. levels in 2019, after a 12% decrease in 2018. among OECD countries during 2019. Key findings. •

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Renewable electricity capacity growth slowed just a touch in 2019, yet still made up almost three quarters of all new power capacty that came into operation worldwide last year, according to the latest data released today by the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA). according to IRENA. Overall, renewables capacity expanded by 7.6

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

That also includes South Korea, whose 2019 “ hydrogen economy ” plan calls for 15 gigawatts of fuel cell production capacity by 2030 and for the country to become the world’s top maker of hydrogen-powered cars by decade’s end, with the commensurate refueling infrastructure to support their domestic use.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2019

Wednesday’s announcement notes that the startup plans to use the new funding to expand its African operations, which now span 12 countries, as well as target new markets in Asia, where it has already opened an office in Karachi, Pakistan. 2, 2019 in London, UK.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Carbon emissions from energy stayed the same in 2019 despite expectations of further growth, latest International Energy Agency data indicates. per cent in GDP terms, data released today by the IEA indicates - defying expectations the growth trend would continue in 2019.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In Asia, 14 countries — accounting for 26% of global transport emissions in 2019 — have made economy-wide net zero commitments. Momentum towards zero-emission transport is growing with countries enhancing ambition and including transport-related targets in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). However,

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Charged

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

New battery chemistries using niobium oxide in the cathode active materials are nearing completion in Asia, according to CBMM , a niobium manufacturer and seller. Since 2019, CBMM has seen a 500% increase in niobium oxide exports to fulfill demand for new uses for EV battery cathodes.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

The researchers have examined the levels of antibiotic residues that are likely to contribute to antibiotic resistance from different aquatic sources in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) and the South-East Asia Region (SEAR), regions as defined by the World Health Organization. The researchers declare no competing interests.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2021

But fresh research from the World Resources Institute (WRI) today shows the rate of tropical deforestation continues to rise and increased by a huge 12 per cent between 2019 and 2020. Update from NGO’s Global Forest Watch scheme highlights that deforestation of tropical forests crucial for biodiversity and storing carbon continue to rise.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Asia is projected to be hit the hardest by climate change, and this year clearly showed why. Here are some of the climate change disasters that ravaged the world’s most populous continent in 2019.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 3, 2020

2019 marks ten years at this mission — to accelerate solutions to climate change, and deploy those solutions in the communities that need them the most. Here is where that’s led us so far: At a recent all-hands meeting, our passionate and committed team of 27 shared words that encompassed 2019. And we are just getting started.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 4, 2020

Here are some of the brave souls who gave their lives in 2019 in defense of the environment. Many of the murders in 2019 took place in Brazil which is currently being ruled by far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The killings continued in Guatemala in 2019. Many of those that end up on U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

million people worldwide working in the sector in 2019, up almost 500,000 from the year before, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Market leader Asia accounted for 63 per cent of the world's total renewable energy jobs in 2019, with China alone accounting for 38 per cent at 4.4 As many as 11.5

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Charged

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Construction of the gigafactory started in 2019, and production for car company and battery cell customers in Europe began this July. To this end, Umicore plans to construct a precursor and cathode active materials facility in Canada and expand its existing capacity in Asia.”. Source: Umicore.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

The wind power industry enjoyed its second biggest growth year in history in 2019, adding 60.4GW of new onshore and offshore capacity amid surging demand for clean energy worldwide, latest data from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has revealed.

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CleanTech Group

AUGUST 2, 2019

One of the largest economies in the world and the fourth largest consumer of electricity, Japan has long been a recognized leader in energy technology development. The 2011 earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear accident triggered a major overhaul of the energy market in Japan.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350 cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary 2; $57 billion in gold and other components discarded – mostly dumped or burned. per cent of 2019’s e-waste was collected and recycled. Asia and Africa were much lower: 5.6 A record 53.6 Mt and 0.7

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

With that broad context, let’s look at 8 fascinating developments in sustainability from 2019. Beginning in late 2018 and stretching into 2019, she created a global movement, spoke truth to power , and collected more than 10 million followers on social media. The climate protest movement explodes. People are taking notice.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

Andres Perez, head of international finance at Chile’s Finance Ministry, toured North America and Asia last month, and the government rushed out videos of investors voicing their confidence in the Chilean market. In the meantime, Chile’s administration is working to quell investor concerns.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

PFOS would not be the only “forever chemical” regulated by the Convention, as PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and PFHxS (perfluorohexane sulfonate) were added in 2019 and 2022, respectively. PFAS stands for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and are colloquially called “forever chemicals” for their persistence in the environment.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

Singapore, Asia – 4 June 2019: Esplanade Drive bridge over to the financial district of Singapore. Image: Shutterstock.com/Emma_Griffiths. Environmental management technology firm Envirosuite has been shortlisted in Singapore PUB’s Global Innovation Challenge (GIC).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The technology is most widely used in Asia, where land constraints make it an enticing option. Eighty-seven percent of 2019 installations were located in that region. By contrast, North America accounted for less than 1 percent of floating PV capacity installed last year. “The U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

JUNE 29, 2020

Last July was the hottest month ever recorded and 2019 was the second hottest year on record. The five last years have been the hottest on record, as was the decade from 2010-2019. In Europe the winter of 2019-2020 was the hottest on record. Month after month, year after year temperature records keep being broken. That is 0.2 °C

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 22, 2022

A year ago, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, BP reported a 6% decline in global carbon dioxide from 2019 to 2021. Around 60% of the world’s population lives in the Asia Pacific region. But they have grown steadily in Asia Pacific region, reaching a new record high in 2021. from 2020 to 2021. and the EU haven’t changed much.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Between 2009 and 2019, global consumption of renewable energy grew at an annual average of 13.4%. Yet, global carbon dioxide emissions rose by more than 4 billion metric tons per year during that time, reaching an all-time high in 2019. Over that time, renewable energy consumption grew from 8.2 exajoules (EJ) globally to 28.8

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 16, 2020

The company previously said it had updated battery controls for enhanced safety following an investigation into the explosion at a battery the company supplied in Arizona in April 2019. in 2019, came from Enel, LS Power, sPower and Siemens. The new purchases bring Fluence’s tally of built or contracted storage capacity to 2.1

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

After a resounding success in bringing together the region's leading trade expositions all under one roof in 2019, UBM Informa Markets as the organiser is pleased to announce the return of ASEAN Super 8 from 23rd to 25th June 2020, with a grand focus on construction-related futuristic technologies and innovations.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In collaboration with Marina Bay Sands Singapore and Visa, CSR Asia - an ELEVATE company - is hosting the 2nd annual forum on solutions for the tourism and hospitality industry's most pressing issues.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 27, 2020

Although global coal consumption modestly declined in 2019, over the past decade it grew by an average annual rate of 0.8%. Growth is especially taking place in countries in the Asia Pacific region, which have seen coal consumption climb at an average annual rate of 2.4% Below were the world’s Top 10 coal consumers in 2019.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

NEC Energy Solutions and NEC Asia Pacific jointly revealed today that NEC provided its 400kW, 400kWh GSS® end-to-end Grid Storage Solution and AEROS® proprietary energy storage controls software as part of SP Group’s innovative hybrid system which recently received the Singapore Minister for National Development’s R&D Merit Award at the 2019 Urban (..)

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a new age of growth for digital transformation, and the world’s reliance on the internet will only continue to rise, writes Jimmy Yam, Vice President of East Asia for Eaton. Jimmy Yam is Vice President, East Asia. In 2019, they awarded AU$9.6 And with IDC forecasting a 17.5% Image: Eaton.

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

hours per worker between 2016 and 2019 as a result of warming. Authors of the report, Elizabeth Robinson and Shouro Dasgupta, estimate that there has been a loss of around 158.4

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

Building manufacturing capabilities in Europe will reduce the carbon footprint of shipping materials from cheaper producers, such as Asia,” adds Nick. Imperial College, UK and TCKT, Germany). Performing lifecycle analysis assessing the carbon footprint and environmental impact of the VAMOS process. IFEU, Germany).

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