ADB Announces Start of Climate Action Catalyst Fund

 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (8 December 2023) —  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced that it will start on 1 January 2024 operations of its Climate Action Catalyst Fund (CACF)—a first-of-its-kind carbon fund under the Paris Agreement. The fund aims to mobilize innovative carbon finance through the purchase of carbon credits to catalyze investments in transformative…

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Gentari plans to team up with Mercedes-Benz Malaysia to drive EV ecosystem growth

Partnership intended to explore EV charging facilities at selected strategic locations across Malaysia to ease long distance travel with charging subscription plans KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – 6 December 2023 – Gentari Sdn Bhd, a clean energy solutions provider, intends to partner with Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) through its subsidiary, Gentari Green Mobility Sdn Bhd, to accelerate the adoption of…

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Sarawak Energy and Masdar Join Forces to Advance Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES6 DECEMBER 2023 Sarawak Energy, Malaysia’s largest renewable energy developer and provider, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with United Arab Emirates state-owned clean energy provider, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC, widely known as Masdar. This strategic collaboration aims to advance the development of renewable energy projects across Sarawak and…

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Bursa Carbon Exchange Signs Mou with Gold Standard At Cop28

The collaboration adds another international standard setter to Malaysia’s voluntary carbon market Dubai, 4 December 2023 – Bursa Carbon Exchange (“BCX”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) and Gold Standard, a leading impact standards, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference…

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Bursa Carbon Exchange Signs MOC With Sarawak Energy, Hydropower Sustainability Alliance And I-Rec At Cop28, Signalling Its Future Offering Of Renewable Energy Certificates

Dubai, 4 December 2023 – Bursa Carbon Exchange (“BCX”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”), today signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MOC) with Sarawak Energy Berhad (“Sarawak Energy”), Hydropower Sustainability Alliance (“HSA”) and the I-REC Standard Foundation (“I-REC Standard”), during the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties…

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COP28 Galvanizes Finance and Global Unity for Forests and the Ocean

December 3, 2023,: Dubai: During the World Climate Action Summit, the COP28 Presidency and its partners presented a series of new and ambitious initiatives with an initial USD$1.7 billion of committed finance to simultaneously meet climate and biodiversity goals. President Lula da Silva and the COP28 Presidency also announced a two-year partnership to mobilize new…

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Yinson Renewables’ 285 MW NOKH Solar Park In India Starts Commercial Operations

Rajasthan, India & Kuala Lumpur – 3 November 2023Yinson Renewables (“YR” or “the Company”), through its indirect subsidiary, Rising Sun Energy K Private Limited (“RSEK”), is pleased to announce that its Nokh Solar Park (“Nokh”) in Rajasthan, India, started commercial operations on 3 November 2023. The park is now exporting power to the Rajasthan power…

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Singapore’s Largest Vehicle-to-Grid Test-bed to Assess Potential of Providing Grid Services

The Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) have awarded a grant, under the EMA-SIT Exploiting Distributed Generation (EDGE) programme, to a consortium led by Strides, to develop and test-bed Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology to provide grid services. This will be Singapore’s largest V2G test-bed conducted with 15 commercial vans and 10 V2G-enabled…

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