“…we notice banks are still interested in financing projects that meet efficiency standards,” notes UK-based consultancy Wood Mackenzie
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Pushing GMS food up the value chain
Conditions are ripe GMS to embrace sustainable agriculture and become a source of environmentally friendly produce.
Multiple Mekong forums risk igniting rivalry
Mekong River leaders will be busy this year at meetings of many regional cooperation schemes that observers have said are overlapping.
Mekong River to become new South China Sea for regional disputes?
The Beijing-led Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism was set up to help ease tensions over development projects, but NGOs are unconvinced
Mekong activists demand international law regulating development projects
Thai people living along the Mekong River are advocating an international law to protect the environment and human rights regarding international investments in the river basin
Cambodia’s fisheries at risk due to hydropower development on Mekong, MRC warns
Hydropower development will likely deal a serious economic blow to Cambodia, with dire outlooks for its fisheries and rice outputs predicts Mekong River Commission (MRC).
Muddying the Mekong: balancing sediment and sustainable development
If all the dams currently proposed for the lower Mekong basin are developed, sediment load reaching the delta will fall to 4% of current levels
Southeast Asia’s largest wind project gets $1.1 billion funding injection
SEA’s leading nation for solar energy—Thailand—could be the frontrunner in wind energy after renewables developer WEH secured funding for the region’s biggest wind power project yet.
Breaking news: Nam Theun power project achieves $934.5m financing
EGCO Group has secured US$934.5 million (Bt30.5 billion) with commercial banks in Thailand to fund the development and construction of its Nam Theun 1 hydroelectric dam.
Busting out newest tech to aid Vietnam’s turn towards the sun
As Vietnam takes strong steps to develop its solar energy market, GE is bringing in advanced technology solutions to help the country unlock its solar potential.