- While renewables like wind and solar power can help meet much of that new demand, the intermittent nature of renewables make it harder to fill the baseload generation gap.
- Battery storage technologies are not yet mature enough to be deployed today at such scale to back up wind and solar and meet the immediate demand growth in emerging Asia.
- For South and Southeast Asia markets, investment in power infrastructure must continue to grow for all technologies just to keep up with demand.
For further details see:
China's Overseas Coal Moratorium: Implications For Energy Transition And Electricity Reliability In Asia's Emerging Markets