Asia: Energy and Natural Resources

Vietnam has enacted one of the most comprehensive nuclear energy legal frameworks among emerging economies with Law No. 94/2025/QH15, effective January 2026.

If Australia fails to resolve the power equation, we risk slowing AI adoption, delaying cloud migration and pushing investment offshore.

India stands at a critical juncture in its power sector evolution.

Most of the commentary on the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has stayed focused on cars, textiles, and services. Chemicals rarely make the headline list. India already has real capability in specialty chemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, dyes, and pigments, and the UK brings a mature chemicals and life-sciences ecosystem with genuine demand on the other side.

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers further extended the temporary suspension of n-Butyl Acrylate (Quality Control) Order, 2021...

広州市の創薬ベンチャー、広東衆生睿創がWIPOグローバル・アワード2026のファイナリストに選出され、中国から計6社が入選。また、広東邦普循環科

In India’s legal lexicon, “nuclear power” is more than a technological marvel, it is a complex category of activity defined, licensed, and overseen by statute. Under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, “nuclear installations” encompass any reactor, plant or facility in which radioactive substances are produced, handled or stored. The same atom whose controlled fission heats our turbines can, if misused has the power to detonate cities, as Albert Einstein, Oppenheimer, Homi J Baba and several notable scientists have warned us.

The principal obstacle in the adoption of green hydrogen for reduction of carbon emissions has been commercial rather than technological, as industrial users seeking to transition must fund and operate a dedicated electrolyser plant for a term of fifteen years or more. The “Electrolyser as a Service” (EaaS) model addresses this constraint. Under the EaaS model, a technology provider (Service Provider) designs, finances, constructs, owns, operates and maintains an electrolytic hydrogen generation plant (Project) on a build-own-operate basis at the premises of the industrial user (Consumer).

The Apex Court in the case, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission vs TATA Power Delhi Distribution Ltd., held that electricity consumers do not have to bear power plant depreciation costs for the period during which they weren’t supplied electricity.

The principal obstacle in the adoption of green hydrogen for reduction of carbon emissions has been commercial rather than technological, as industrial users seeking to transition must fund and operate a dedicated electrolyser plant for a term of fifteen years or more. The “Electrolyser as a Service” (EaaS) model addresses this constraint. Under the EaaS model, a technology provider (Service Provider) designs, finances, constructs, owns, operates and maintains an electrolytic hydrogen generation plant (Project) on a build-own-operate basis at the premises of the industrial user (Consumer).

Kazakhstan is advancing its energy storage framework through proposed legislation that would establish dedicated auctions, new tariff mechanisms, and market participation opportunities for battery energy storage systems. The Draft Law introduces three distinct revenue streams for standalone ESS projects, marking a significant shift from the current model where storage systems function solely as supporting components of renewable energy facilities.

MNRE by Office Memorandum dated 18.07.2026 notified an extended limited window for Net-Metering and Open Access renewable projects, for exemption from Approved List of Models and Manufacturers List-II (for solar PV cells) till 31.12.2026.