Energy infrastructure is vital to growth and competitiveness across the world. Investment decisions must identify opportunities and risks associated with underlying technological trends and different policy options. The greatest transformational potential for contemporary energy system revolution is its ability to blur the distinction between supply and demand, and to enable the interaction with consumers to balance demand with supply in real time. Variable renewables, distributed generation resources, and demand-side management are growing in scale and collectively imposing a material impact on our traditional energy delivery models in both developed and developing countries.
As the momentum of grid-edge innovations and business models continues, the policy and regulatory change is set to accelerate in the years to come. It is crucial that energy policy makers in emerging Asian economies build a shared vision of the energy system transformation, as well as key regulatory reforms and business models to enable investments in future energy infrastructure. This talk will provide insights into how an effective market design can surmount the challenges of financing sustainable energy transitions in emerging Asian economies