How Asia can get its energy transition right

摘要

When I arrived in Singapore to look into the growth opportunities in the energy landscape in the Asian Region, I was aware of some of the well-trodden discussions on the challenges that this region faces: "Asia will continue to lag behind Europe and the US in embracing newer forms of energy, especially clean energy"; "policy bottlenecks will make energy transition painfully slow and dependence on oil and gas inevitable." Yet, what I find fundamentally different here from my time in Europe is the potential for Asia to borrow from the worlds energy transition lessons—and more importantly its pacing—to set an agenda that balances affordability, reliability and environment