Southeast Asian power demand, emissions set to rapidly rise, IEA says

Published 14:32 on October 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:32 on October 22, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, International

Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most power hungry regions, with sectoral demand and emissions set to rise faster than in the past without significant decarbonisation and clean energy expansion, a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.

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APAC carbon credit supplier calling for premium to ACCUs in upcoming offer round

Published 11:54 on October 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:54 on October 22, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

An Asia Pacific carbon credit supplier is offering credits for bidding at a significant near-50% premium over generic Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).

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Coal mine emissions reporting change will squeeze ACCU market, report says

Published 11:03 on October 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:03 on October 22, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Changes to the Safeguard Mechanism reporting methods in Australia will hit the nation’s coal mines and their new methane emissions calculations, which is likely to eventually drive up the price of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), according to analysis published Tuesday.

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Indonesia’s new president stresses need for energy security, domestic biofuels

Published 13:36 on October 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:36 on October 21, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC

Indonesia will work to enhance its food and energy security with a place for coal in the energy mix, incoming President Prabowo Subianto said in his inauguration speech Sunday, after winning the election in February.

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Seaweed company plans for J-Blue credit issuance by next year

Published 11:48 on October 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:50 on October 21, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Nature-based, Voluntary

A Japanese blue carbon hopeful has set its sights on Dec. 2025 as the date by which it expects to gain J Blue credit certification for its seaweed farming project, though has made no mention of the numbers of credits it plans to generate.

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Japanese gas partners sign on for CCS study

Published 09:02 on October 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:02 on October 21, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Japan

Japan’s largest LNG developer has partnered with a local power company for a joint study on capturing post-combustion CO2 in Japan for transport to Australia for permanent sequestration.

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Biomethane only set to grow, but policy and better prices needed -consultancy

Published 08:55 on October 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:54 on October 18, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International

Biomethane could seriously help decarbonise energy and the world’s gas supply, given it is considered a low-carbon source on a net lifecycle basis, but policy, incentives, and pricing need to improve, an energy consultancy said this week.

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Australian CCS project set to start earning ACCUs

Published 09:50 on October 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 03:42 on October 18, 2024  / and /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s second-largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project has started up in the remote desert of the Cooper Basin and is set to earn 250,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by the end of the year.

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Electricity demand set to rise, but renewable installation must keep pace, flagship IEA report warns

Published 13:22 on October 16, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:22 on October 16, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International

Low-emissions technology, both new renewables and recently resurgent nuclear, will generate half the world’s power demand by 2030, yet without investment in electricity grids in particular, global warming is headed for 2.4C above pre-industrial temperatures by the end of the century, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) World Energy Outlook (WEO) on Wednesday. 

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Solomons to design carbon trade policy, plans stakeholder consultation soon

Published 05:34 on October 16, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:34 on October 16, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC, Voluntary

The Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands has launched a carbon trading policy project with help from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the New Zealand and Irish governments.

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