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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet gets approval in the Philippines

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Elon Musk’s Starlink has been approved in the Philippines. In a statement, the Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) stated that it had approved the registration of Starlink Internet Services Philippines Inc. Starlink Internet Services Philippines Inc. Starlink Internet Services Philippines Inc.

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing $300 million towards a project that will replace 100,000 gasoline-burning tricycles in the Philippines with electric tricycles, or E-Trikes. Without intervention, the Philippines is on a course to almost quadruple CO 2 emissions in less than 25 years, the ADB said.

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This off-grid island will switch from diesel to tidal energy [video]

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Photo: Hydrowing The UK’s Inyanga Marine Energy Group is going to build Southeast Asia’s first tidal energy plant, which will power an off-grid island. We see the initial project in Capul as a catapult to achieving our goal of helping create sustainable communities across the Philippines.

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Philippines Importing Much of the Ethanol To Meet E5 Requirement

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The Philippines is importing much of the bioethanol required to meet a 5% ethanol blend requirement, mostly from Brazil, according to a report from the US Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service.

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Elon Musk discusses SpaceX Starlink in Malaysia with Prime Minister

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Thus far, SpaceX’s Starlink internet services are offered in Japan and the Philippines in Southeast Asia. Tesla Malaysia also plans to build a Supercharger Network in the country to support its EV transition. The pair also discussed Tesla’s interest and investment decisions in Malaysia. It aims to meet net zero emission goals by 2050.

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Nissan, Frost & Sullivan study finds 37% of Southeast Asian consumers open to buying EV

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Customers in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia emerged as the most enthusiastic about electric cars. Nissan is also exploring launch in Indonesia and Philippines. The study was conducted by Frost & Sullivan in January 2018 in six countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. It’s our hope in 2024 to validate our model and then, as [they] say in Silicon Valley, design it once and build it a million times.” in computer science.

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