Japan is seeing a significant share of the global battery market while the US is vowing to rescue old-growth forests in light of Earth Day.
· Japan is targeting a 20 percent share of the global rechargeable battery market by 2030, Reuters reported.
· US president Joe Biden has revealed plans on Earth Day to save old-growth forests, Reuters reported.
· Innovator in renewable energy development CWP Global has chosen American engineering firm, Bechtel, to back one of its flagship large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia projects in North Africa, MEED reported.
Both the main index, TASI, and the parallel market, Nomu, opened 0.58 percent lower at 13,456 and 23,693 points, respectively, at 10:09 a.m.
China and India are among the big importers of palm oil from Indonesia, which accounts for more than half the world’s supply.