As of January 2024, 85% of Asia-Pacific’s energy consumption needs are met by fossil fuels and 90% of young coal power plants globally are in Asia. Asia’s Energy Transition will require a monumental shift away from coal and gas generation.
How will policymakers incentivise and facilitate renewable energy transition?
What opportunities do retiring fossil power plants offer investors, financiers and developers of solar?
What role will utility-scale ground-mount solar have in Asia’s Energy Transition? What role will floating solar, commercial, industrial solar and residential facilitate?
What would a higher level of renewable energy penetration in the total energy mix mean for energy prices in the region? How do regional governments plan to balance fossil fuel subsidies, local industrial competitiveness and renewable deployment targets?
How does the appetite from financiers and investors differ between different types of solar projects: utility-scale solar, rooftop solar, floating solar
Are returns on greenfield solar projects getting so thin that financiers and investors are seeking alternatives?
How will U.S. tariffs on solar panel manufacturing in Southeast Asia impact the economics and project viability of local solar projects?
How are leading investors and developers in the region leveraging green bonds, Holdco financing and bridge financing solutions?
What is the current outlook for grid investment in Asia? How will this impact project economics and power prices?
How are regional national grid operators responding to the challenges of renewable generation integration such as increased intermittency profiles and renewables being located away from traditional load centres?
What private sector involvement is needed to develop the ASEAN grid infrastructure?
How is progress on regional integration through the ASEAN Power Grid opening up opportunities for interregional import and export of renewable energy?
Over the last five years, the ASEAN region has attracted the second-lowest level of investment in solar PV globally. There remains a funding gap, as the broader Asia-Pacific region requires over USD 1 Trillion per annum in green energy investments ahead of 2030 for the region to be on track to meet net-zero targets. What role will international and concessional capital play in moving the market forward?
How do global investors perceive the solar investment opportunities in the ASEAN and East-Asian region compared to other markets in the world?
Which solar markets would benefit most from a larger deployment of concessional and international investment?
What strategies are being deployed to reduce the cost of capital and reduce the risk of deploying capital and projects in growing Asian solar markets?
What blended financing opportunities are public and philanthropic funds bringing to the ASEAN and East-Asian region?
This is your opportunity to deal-make with infrastructure investors, foreign investors and local energy buyers with billions of deployable capital either to invest in a range of solar projects across the Southeast Asia and East Asia region or procure renewable energy. Each of our networking roundtables will have a representative from either a capital provider or an energy buyer.
This session will begin with quick-fire presentations from each investor or energy buyer on the investment, acquisition, partnerships and procurement opportunities they’re currently seeking. Investors have been selected to cover an appetite in a range of project sizes, geographies and transaction sizes.
The audience will then have the opportunity to discuss business 1-2-1 with each investor or energy buyer at their respective table
As the day's discussions draw to a close, unwind and indulge in an evening of relaxed networking at the Solar Finance and Investment Asia Summit’s Drinks Reception.
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How are investors, developers and energy buyers navigating the greater complexity of rooftop solar compared to ground-mount?
Power market arrangements vary drastically across the Asian region with more liberalised markets such as Japan contrasted with the regulated markets of Thailand and Indonesia. How does corporate consumption of renewables differ across geographies?
How are developers and investors effectively assessing and categorising the bankability and risk profile of corporate, commercial and industrial energy offtakers?
In which geographies are virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) becoming a route to market?
Hear directly from the leading transactors and market movers on what to look out for when seeking to invest, finance and develop solar PV across different Asian geographies. Where should you put your resources and capital?
The session explored of ASEAN and East Asian solar markets from the following perspectives:
This session is your opportunity to explore each core solar market across Southeast Asia and East Asia in greater detail.
This session contains 10 interactive roundtables taking place simultaneously – with each roundtable focused on a specific solar market. Each roundtable will be moderated by either a developer, financier or investor with high exposure to the respective market providing first-hand insights. Each roundtable will explore the roadblocks and opportunities for investment and deployment of PV.
Southeast Asia is on track to be the fastest-growing region in the global microgrid market due to the unique energy hurdles such as the remote locations in which large populations in the region occupy.
This session explores the ballooning opportunities Southeast Asia offers for the investment, financing and deployment of microgrids, the level of returns microgrids could provide, where solar generation comes into play, what is needed to unlock greater deployment and how capital providers can provide a step-change to enable growth.
Drawing from real-world experiences and case studies, we conclude Solar Finance and Investment Asia 2024 with a keynote fireside chat exploring lessons that can be imported from the mature solar markets of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to growing solar markets in the ASEAN region. This includes lessons concerning: