Renewable energy

There’s no AI boom without an energy boom

AI and data centres might be indispensable, but their vast and growing appetite for energy has reached a crunch point, says the writer.

Are we at the start of a new investment super-cycle?

CEO Insights

More buzz around EVs, alternative energy sources due to Iran war: OCBC chief sustainability officer

OCBC group chief sustainability officer Mike Ng says the full energy transition will take several decades and its progress will not be linear.

China’s world-beating solar industry is in turmoil

Solar panels on a hillside near Jiexiu, in China’s northern Shanxi province.

Singapore and French start-ups win big at The Liveability Challenge with scalable green solutions

(From left) Metha8 CEO Zhaotan Xiao, chief engineer and co-founder Hartmut Rudmann, chief technology officer Gerard de Nazelle and project director Norman Lee on May 20.

Batam becomes ‘serious’ draw for Chinese firms, with S’pore still the island’s top investor

Economic agency BP Batam has seen a pick up in enquiries from Chinese businesses looking to invest in the Indonesian island.

Solar-powered cars? NTU team creates ultra-thin, semi-transparent solar cells that may go on windows

Associate Professor Annalisa Bruno, from the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and School of Materials Science and Engineering at NTU, holding up a 400nm film (left) and a 10nm film that was developed by researchers at the Energy Research Institute @ NTU.

Eight start-ups to compete for funding awards totalling up to $4m at sustainability challenge final

A panel comprising leaders from government, finance, industry and the technical community selecting finalists during a shortlisting session in March 2026 for the sustainability challenge.

China burns more fossil fuels for power as coal production slips

Thermal power generation rose 3.1 per cent in April 2026 compared to a year ago, while domestic benchmark thermal coal prices rose 23 per cent since the start of 2026.

Grid reforms vital to powering South-east Asia’s green growth: Report

Power grids in South-East Asia urgently need more investment and urgent reforms to expand and modernise, says the report.

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