https://www.scmp.com/rss/502871/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Human activities currently consume close to 150,000 terawatt-hours of energy each year – 25 times more than in 1800. Today’s energy supplies are largely derived from fossil fuels, which have been proved to contribute significantly to climate change. “It's clear that they are great pollutants,” Eddie Rich, CEO of International Hydropower Association, a non-profit organisation working to advance sustainable hydropower, has told South China Morning Post’s Morning Studio. It's clear that fossil... https://www.scmp.com/native/news/asia/topics/sustainable-hydropower-asia/article/3045977/why-global-switch-renewable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/news/asia/topics/sustainable-hydropower-asia/article/3045977/why-global-switch-renewable?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jan 2020 05:46:39 +0000 [Sponsored article] This month’s UN Climate Change Conference, widely known simply as COP25, ended in Madrid with delegates agreeing to a compromise deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions that left many people disappointed. However, the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo – a Southeast Asian island shared between Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia – is moving ahead with its ambitious 10-year plan to lead the region in sustainability and renewable energy (RE). State-owned energy provider Sarawak... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/asia/topics/renewable-hydropower/article/3043405/how-borneo-state-plans-lead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/asia/topics/renewable-hydropower/article/3043405/how-borneo-state-plans-lead?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Dec 2019 07:41:28 +0000 It’s tempting to imagine hydropower as a relatively modern phenomenon – born in the 1950s and really taking root only in the 21st century. Yet, that would ignore the fact that humans have been harnessing the power of water for well over 2,000 years, ever since the ancient Greeks used running streams to move wheels for the purposes of grinding grain. Fast-forward two millenniums and it has become one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways of generating electricity. The world still has a... https://www.scmp.com/native/news/asia/topics/renewable-hydropower/article/3039386/how-hydroelectricity-will-help-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/news/asia/topics/renewable-hydropower/article/3039386/how-hydroelectricity-will-help-power?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:43:42 +0000