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Unlocking Asia-Pacific’s vast carbon-capture potential

Asia-Pacific has vast CCUS potential—but substantial challenges remain. With eight assertive actions, regulators and companies can boost CCUS in the region. The significant role carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) plays in meeting global energy and climate goals is well-established—from decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors and enabling blue-hydrogen production, to delivering negative emissions from biomass energy and […]

ADB Provides $20 Million Loan to Wyntron to Manufacture EV Charging Equipment in the Philippines

MANILA, PHILIPPINES : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Wyntron Inc. (Wyntron) has reached financial close for a $20 million loan for capital expenditure to expand the manufacture and export of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment in the Philippines. The financing will be used to purchase and refurbish production facilities and to procure essential machinery […]

China’s solar, wind power projects need more policy support, says energy authority – EQ Mag

BEIJING: China’s renewable energy projects are struggling to get access to land, while in some areas, the grid cannot absorb all the power generated, the country’s energy authority said, as it called for further policy support for the fast-growing industry. Beijing has spearheaded an ambitious drive to increase the country’s renewable energy capacity in recent […]

CANMAX Says Its New Lithium Hydroxide Plant Has Entered Pilot Production Phase – EQ Mag

CANMAX announced on January 29 that a lithium hydroxide plant being developed by its subsidiary in Sichuan has entered the pilot production phase. The main pieces of equipment have been installed and calibrated. The production capacity of the plant is 60,000 tons per year for battery-grade lithium hydroxide. On February 8, 2022, CANMAX disclosed that […]

Foreign Secretary Kwatra and Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Shrestha discuss railways, trade, energy and G20 – EQ Mag

Kathmandu :  Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Tuesday called on Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and discussed railways, treaties and agreements between the two countries, and projects undertaken by Indian companies in Nepal, including in the power and energy sector. Kwatra arrived here on Monday for a two-day official visit to hold talks with the […]

JSMC Plans to Set Up Annual Production Capacity of 30,000 Tons for Lithium Carbonate in Jiangxi – EQ Mag

JSMC announced in early February that it will be raising its production of lithium carbonate. Therefore, it will set up a lithium carbonate project in Gao’an, a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichun in China’s Jiangxi Province. The annual production capacity of the project is set at 30,000 tons, and […]