Day: December 4, 2019

PRESS RELEASE

2 December 2019

[Tokyo, Japan] Vena Energy, one of Asia-Pacific’s leading Independent Power Producers (IPP),announced today that the 18-megawatt “Towada” Solar Project has achieved complete commercial operation in November 2019. Capable of producing up to 19,704-megawatt hours annually, the Towada Solar Project features 46,424 photovoltaic modules of 395-watt peak (Wp) each, covering an area of 28.53-hectares in Towada City, Aomori Prefecture in Japan. The Towada Solar Project will be operated by the branch office of Nippon Renewable Energy Operations (NREO), a subsidiary of Vena Energy, based in the Shichinohe City. (more…)

• World’s first investment fund dedicated to preventing ocean plastic 
• Biggest capital investment towards Asia’s ocean plastic crisis 
• First investments targeted in Asia by early 2020

SINGAPORE, December 4, 2019 – A US$106 million (SGD$144 million) fund dedicated to preventing plastic from entering the Asian oceans was launched today. The Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) is the world’s first investment fund dedicated to address Asia’s plastic crisis. The Singapore-based fund is also one of the ten largest ASEAN-based Venture Capital Funds in the market.1  (more…)