Future of Asia's power markets: intelligent, flexible and adaptable

The Asia Pacific will account for more than 50% of the global power demand in the next two decades and will contribute to more than two-thirds incremental demand growth. With the declining cost of renewables, the majority of the incremental growth is expected to come from renewables. We presented the opportunities and challenges of increased renewable penetration In our Bangkok energy forum on 2nd October. Key themes of the presentation were: (1) The scale of the growth in Asia Pacific power markets; (2) Overview of Asia Pacific renewables cost competitiveness trends; (3) Opportunities and challenges with a case study from Thailand power market