"Clean Energy"

Several companies from Japan have expressed interest in investing in clean energy projects in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), especially at Smart Park Industrial Estate in Rayong province, said Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) governor Weerit Amrapal on Thursday.

USAID will soon launch a multi-year project of up to $17 million to promote clean energy, said the US Embassy in Bangladesh today, a day after US President's Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry's visit to Dhaka.

AkzoNobel, the maker of paint brands like Dulux, has signed a long-term agreement with Cleantech Solar to set up three rooftop solar systems at its manufacturing sites in Thailand and Malaysia.

Sakol Energy (SKE) has unveiled plans to acquire businesses related to the clean energy and the environment to boost its revenue and profits next year.

Over the last decade, the number of people in the world without access to electricity has fallen drastically -- from 1.4 billion in 2010 to about 900 million in 2018, according to the United Nations. And yet, if current trends persist, the world won't be able to meet the UN's sustainable development goal of universal access to electricity by 2030, with as many as 600 million still lacking basic 21st century services.

Jeff Bishop's LinkedIn post gets right to the point: "Houston Oil & Gas Folks -- we're hiring in Texas" for jobs in clean tech.

Shell Thailand has affirmed its commitment to “More and Cleaner Energy” through partnerships with all sectors, the company said in a press release on Thursday.

DESPITE INVESTMENT IN COAL, CLEAN ENERGY IS GAINING MOMENTUM

Study ‘conflicts with govt plan’ that discounts renewables

About 70 per cent of enterprises with high energy needs and emissions and 50 per cent of industrial production establishments will apply clean and energy-saving technologies by 2020.