In Focus

Falling wind power costs and government support could help, analysts say.

Demand is set to drop by 18% whilst installations are set to plummet by as much as 30%.

Asia Pacific countries have a raging appetite for wind power, but high costs and unattractive feed-in-tariffs mean that not all governments will be able to deliver.

The culprit? Recent auction cancellations and higher solar prices.

Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales took the lead in investment and capacity additions.

President director Mohammad Effendi shares how the company has linked with Japan and Korea to give 2.26GW of power to remote areas.

A third of commissioned renewables have yet to receive their subsidy payment.

Policy revisions in China have affected the costs of new PV installations.

Its 24-month fixed rate price plans will go head-to-head against 12 other retailers.

Coal takes centre stage with 35% market share, whilst renewables deals are stuck at pre-investment even with electricity demand poised to grow by 8% until 2025.

Renewable electricity targets and incentives of all states are highly divergent from each other.

Since market liberalisation, 5.7 million customers have already switched to new electricity providers.

Victoria and New South Wales generated only 13.6% and 12.6% of electricity from renewables in 2017.

Risks are still prevalent, but experts are finding ways to curb them with the help of governments, investment regimes, and flexible thinking.

Experts at Power-Gen Asia 2018 deliberated whether Asia is still in the path of coal, renewables, or the combination of both.

Landmark projects in Indonesia and the Philippines are paving the way, but investor and regulatory roadblocks remain.