South Korea’s Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals Threatened by Industrial Mega-Projects, New Report Warns

SEOUL – South Korea’s stated ambition to significantly expand its renewable energy capacity to 220 gigawatts (GW) by 2040 faces a formidable challenge, with a new report suggesting that the…

How Drones and Robots Are Reshaping Renewable-Energy Operations

The traditional landscape of renewable energy operations and maintenance (O&M), particularly for vast solar farms and towering wind turbines, has long been characterized by arduous, time-consuming, and often hazardous manual…

The Global AI Boom Faces a Critical Energy Bottleneck: East Asia’s Power Grid Under Strain

The accelerating global expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is encountering a significant physical impediment: the world’s electricity infrastructure. As technology companies develop increasingly sophisticated AI models and deploy vast computing…

China’s Data Centers and Cloud Providers Show Increased Renewable Energy Use Amidst Surging AI Demand

Data center and cloud computing providers in China demonstrated a sustained commitment to increasing their renewable energy usage through 2025, a new report by Greenpeace East Asia reveals. The findings…

Lighting The Future: People’s Hope and Power in China’s Green Energy Future

China’s burgeoning data center sector, a critical engine for its digital economy and the rapidly expanding field of artificial intelligence, is navigating a complex path towards renewable energy consumption. While…

South Korea’s Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals Threatened by Mega-Project Power Demand, Report Warns

Despite South Korea’s ambitious target to expand its renewable energy capacity to 220 gigawatts (GW) by 2040, a new report indicates that incorporating the substantial power demand from upcoming industrial…

Strategic Priorities for Taiwan’s Semiconductor and AI Leadership Amid Global Computing Revolutions and Energy Constraints

As the global artificial intelligence computing revolution accelerates, the semiconductor industry has transitioned from a niche technical sector to the cornerstone of national resilience and international technological competitiveness. Taiwan’s current…

The AI Energy Crunch: East Asia’s Grid Faces the Digital Revolution’s Thirst for Power

The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is colliding with a fundamental physical constraint: the global electricity grid. As technology giants push the boundaries of AI model complexity and deploy…

Japan’s Fossil Fuel Push at Gastech 2026 Sparks Greenpeace Condemnation Amidst Energy Security Concerns

BANGKOK, THAILAND (15 September 2026) – Greenpeace East Asia has issued a stern condemnation of Japan’s ongoing commitment to fossil fuels, particularly natural gas and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles,…

China’s Data Center and Cloud Computing Sector Shows Progress in Renewable Energy Use Amidst Soaring AI Demand

A new report released by Greenpeace East Asia reveals that China’s burgeoning data center and cloud computing providers have sustained increased rates of renewable energy adoption through 2025, marking incremental…