#26: Scaling Up Renewables: What Can Southeast Asia Learn from China?

Prioritizing niche markets and effective public engagement can build positive public opinion, allowing Southeast Asia to unlock its renewable energy potential

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Muyi Yang

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Kevin Schoenmakers

Jan 16, 2025

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In this week’s newsletter, Dr. Muyi Yang, Senior Electricity Policy Analyst at Ember, discusses how China’s phased transition strategy and gradual market reforms, guided by its developing-economy perspective, might help Southeast Asian countries mitigate investment risk, cultivate supporting public opinion, and unlock the region’s massive renewable ener…

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A guest post by

Muyi Yang

Dr Muyi Yang is a Senior Policy Analyst at Ember. He is also an adjunct fellow at the Australia-China Relations Institute, secretary of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies, and a senior policy fellow at Asia Society Australia

A guest post by

Kevin Schoenmakers

Kevin is a freelance editor and reporter living in New York.