Knowledge Center Asia Archives - Page 8 of 8

China Net Zero: The Cleantech Revolution

February 11, 2021 | Knowledge Center Asia, Knowledge Centre, Reports

China’s pledge to achieve net zero carbon by 2060 represents two-thirds of the c.48% of global emissions from countries that have pledged net zero, and could transform China’s economy, starting with the 14th Five-Year Plan. Goldman Sachs models the country’s potential path to net zero by sector and technology, laying out US$16 tn of clean tech infrastructure investments by 2060 that could create 40 mn net new jobs and drive economic growth.

Political Economy of Climate and Clean Energy Energy in China

February 5, 2021 | Knowledge Center Asia, Knowledge Centre, Reports

What are the recent trends and the underlying conditions and drivers of domestic political economy for Chinese ambition on climate action? And what role could Europe eventually play in encouraging Chinese climate ambition? These are the questions we asked our authors to answer in this paper by Lauri Myllyvirta, Shuwei Zhang, Xinyi Shen, and Yunqing Bi

Renewable Energy Tariffs and Incentives in Indonesia

January 20, 2021 | Knowledge Center Asia, Knowledge Centre, Reports

If Indonesia can adopt international best practice for renewable energy (RE) planning, procurement, contracting, and risk mitigation, then the financial costs of RE development will decline accordingly. Until now the government has not adequately taken into account the dependency of RE costs on the broader regulatory and commercial environment. The implementation of an appropriate subsidy mechanism should therefore be part of a broader inter ministerial electricity policy reform program.

Bangladesh Power Sector

January 19, 2021 | Knowledge Center Asia, Knowledge Centre, Reports

Power & Energy is one of the prime mover of economic growth. Bangladesh offers attractive investment opportunity for the private entrepreneurs in the power sector. Progressive efforts from the policymakers, effective participation from the private entrepreneurs and support from the development partners has transformed Bangladesh power sector into almost self-reliant within short span of time. Read the full report by EBL Securities to understand the dynamics of this market.