Southeast Asia stands at a crossroads in its energy transition. Rapid economic growth, volatile fossil fuel markets and intensifying climate risks are pushing governments to rethink their energy strategies. Rising trade tensions between China and the US are also disrupting global supply chains and markets, adding urgency for countries in the region to secure more resilient, locally anchored energy systems. And now the US has slapped massive tariffs on solar products being exported from Southeast Asia.
To understand the opportunities and challenges facing the region, Dialogue Earth spoke with Grant Hauber, strategic energy finance advisor for Asia at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). In this wide-ranging interview, Hauber explains why renewable energy is an economic imperative, how Southeast Asia can localise its clean energy supply chains and…
