by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 4, 2024 | ASEAN, Climate, Environment, News, Reports, Research, Southeast Asia, Weather
Typhoon modelling studies done by researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and two United States institutes have found that coastal cities such as Thailand’s Bangkok, Myanmar’s Yangon and Hai Phong in Vietnam are likely to suffer from...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 3, 2024 | China, Digitalization, Environment, Innovation, News, Technology, Transportation
Uber Technologies and BYD have announced a multi-year strategic partnership designed to bring 100,000 new BYD electric vehicles onto the Uber platform across key global markets. Beginning first in Europe and Latin America, the partnership is expected to offer drivers...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 26, 2024 | ASEAN, Business, Climate, Energy, Environment, Indonesia, News, Southeast Asia, Transportation
According to Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, the country will implement the carbon tax in two phases in accordance with the road map that the government is preparing. “The initial phase of the carbon tax road map is proposed to only...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 12, 2024 | Climate, Business, China, Energy, Environment, Lifestyle, News, Sustainability, Visions
Almost 25 million green power certificates, corresponding to 24.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generated from renewable sources, have been traded in the last week of June on the Guangzhou Power Exchange Center in Guangdong province. This marks China’s...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 11, 2024 | Energy, Climate, Environment, Finland, Innovation, News, Shipping, Singapore, Sustainability, Technology, Transportation
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has supplied its new dual-fuel engine simulators for Wavelink Maritime Institute (WMI), the maritime training arm of the Singapore Maritime Officer’s Union (SMOU). The navigational and technological simulators are a central feature of...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 7, 2024 | Innovation, Environment, News, Technology, Thailand, Tourism, Visions, Weather
A new alert system that can send out messages to all mobile phone users in the event of an emergency or disaster will be introduced in Thailand next year, according to the government. Cell broadcast technology allows emergency warnings to be sent to all devices...
