Asia coal power development now and beyond

摘要

The growth in the use of private finance to fund major public infrastructure projects throughout Asia continues unabated. Yet the Asian power sector faces the hurdle of trying to balance industrial and consumer demand with a sound environmental sustainability strategy. This is particularly so for Asian countries 'blessed' with large reserves of coal (e.g. Indonesia, Vietnam and Mongolia) which have a vested interest in promoting this fuel source in their energy mix despite legitimate environmental concerns. They have each in varying degrees, embarked on aggressive infrastructure development programmes to 'fuel' industrial growth, utilising these resources at their door step.