By Ditya Maharani Harninda & Aulia Gislir — The origin of Indonesia’s urgency to spur national infrastructure development comes from a thorough evaluation of the country’s economic strengths and weaknesses. According to the Logistic Performance Index (LPI) and its indicators…
Haryana amends its Solar Power Policy to introduce new guidelines for megawatt-scale ground-mounted and rooftop solar photovoltaic projects; Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh consider new net metering regulations for grid-connected renewable energy systems; Meghalaya passes $2.3 billion budget for the…
Kerala releases finalized Electric Vehicle Policy, Punjab waives outstanding electricity bills for 150,000 consumers; Tamil Nadu releases new integrated textile policy; a 1,000 MW solar auction in Gujarat receives no bids; Madhya Pradesh approves proposal to nearly double reservation quotas…
Haryana relaxes land rules for mining; Mizoram releases State Water Policy; Bihar denies power utilities fee increases; Chhattisgarh announces a reduction in power tariffs for all categories for domestic consumers in the state; Gujarat demands more data from bidders on…
By Sue Mi Terry & Lisa Collins — On February 27 and 28, U.S. president Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a second bilateral summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. The summit was cut short abruptly in the…
By Richard Rossow — On February 14, a terrorist killed 40 Indian military personnel in Kashmir. The Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility, though Pakistan’s civilian government attempted to downplay this link. India responded with an air strike against a…
By Aman Y. Thakker — In 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set an ambitious goal for India to generate 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2022. According to latest data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,…
Karnataka allowing landowners to convert their agricultural land for non-agriculture use online; Madhya Pradesh distribution utility blocked from re-opening wind power PPAs; Odisha releases a new Business Process Outsourcing Policy; Tamil Nadu introduces a new tenancy act; Andhra Pradesh keeps…
By Jane Nakano — China’s recent, rapid expansion of its domestic nuclear power generation fleet sets it apart from most, if not all, of nuclear power-dependent economies around the world that have seen the zero-carbon source of electricity come under…
By Stephanie Segal — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan made news at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month when he announced Japan’s aspiration to make the G20 summit in Osaka a launch pad for “world-wide data governance.” This is…
By Brian Harding — Southeast Asia is home to many of China’s most high-profile Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects, including Kyakpyu port in Myanmar, a high-speed railway in northern Laos, and now-stalled rail and pipeline projects in Malaysia. While…
Andhra Pradesh forcing wind power firms to lower tariffs while simultaneously looking to add additional wind power; Tata Power sets up India’s first grid-scale battery storage in Delhi; Kerala launches an online single window clearance portal, promising to ensure approvals…
By Shin Ito — Recent developments have demonstrated that even founding members of the Bretton Woods regime are willing act against the values of “liberalism, multilateralism, and rule of law,” — which are the basis of the global economic and…
