In Focus

Governments have been prioritising immediate needs such as wage subsidies.

Power sector planners assumed that locking in coal would lead to a least-cost system.

Its biggest coal-fired plant saw cuts in daytime output by more than 70%.

It ranked as the top emerging market for clean energy investment.

Power consumption fell 6.5% in Q1, but growth has recovered recently.

India currently relies on about $250b of fossil fuel imports annually.

Supply disruptions caused by shutdown in China contributed to the decline.

Bill shock could occur in countries with rising block tariffs.

The sector enjoys higher interest rates in India compared to other leading renewable countries.

Demand growth is more uncertain than during the SARS outbreak.

The region could follow after the global deflation in renewable tariffs.

Projects still get greenlighted as Mekong River nations struggle to meet climbing power demand, but concerns on their environmental, social, and economic effects are also mounting.

China seeks to raise total nuclear capacity to 58GW by 2020, but whether this target will be hit or not relies on the pace of equipment upgrades and capacity oversupply.

The tighter coal financing policies announced by Japanese banks still offer loopholes.

China is expected to make up 42% of the total global additions.

The region took up 60% of new solar capacity.