How Mainland SE Asia is Customizing its Approach to Renewables
Southeast Asian countries are adopting renewable energy into their energy mixes in a myriad of ways. While fossil fuels like coal and oil still play a key role in their economies, Southeast Asia is incorporating solar, hydropower and other renewables at increasingly higher rates. Each nation in the region has taken its own approach to the transition. Thailand, for starters, has pursued hydropower and solar energy heavily but was sluggish in its approach to wind energy. The country has the capacity to produce significant wind energy in the north and northeast, and even though it launched its first wind project…