S1E86: How much more renewable energy can South-east Asia tap?

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


South-east Asia is a region hungry for power. But a February 2022
report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena)
showed that over 66 per cent of installed power capacity in Asean
in 2020 were fossil fuel plants. But what are the renewable
energy options available to the region and what is holding back
its green transition? 


In this episode, The Straits Times’ environment correspondent
Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss these
issues with Mr Mark Hutchinson, chair of the South-east Asian
Task Force at the Global Wind Energy Council. 


Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):


1:53 What renewable energy options in South-east Asia have yet to
reach their full potential? 


4:38 Is lack of funding an obstacle to scaling up renewable
energy in this region? Where the challenges lie


9:28 Key changes that must be made to a traditional grid to make
it flexible


12:13 Renewable energy projects are not without environmental
impact. How can this tension be eased?


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Eden Soh and Fa'izah Sani


Edited by: Eden Soh and Fa'izah Sani


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