Southeast: Wind power is the most important renewable energy

Along with economic development, in the past few years, many countries in Asia actively invest in exploiting renewable energy sources such as solar energy, wind power . and this direction has proved lucid. in the context of fluctuations in the world oil market.

Analysts say that Southeast Asian nations all have the same potential for renewable energy as China and India. The problem is how far these countries are aware of their internal strengths in renewable energy development and how they invest.

Geothermal and Biomass

S. Chander, Chairman of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), said that Southeast Asia is very progressive in developing renewable energy. In recent times, many countries in the region, especially Thailand and the Philippines, have sought to find renewable energy sources. However, he said some other Southeast Asian countries are still " slow " in this area.

Rafael Senga Energy Policy Manager of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Asia-Pacific environmental specialist said that Southeast Asian countries have the potential to grow. recycled energy.

The Philippines and Indonesia are countries on the Pacific Ring of Fire that contain a lot of the world's geothermal energy. It is estimated that 40% of the world's geothermal reserves are located in Indonesia. Meanwhile, two countries Vietnam and Thailand, which produce a lot of rice and sugar cane, are two countries with great potential to generate biomass (biomass) from agricultural wastes.

Wind and solar power

However, according to Mr. S. Chander, wind power is the greatest potential of Southeast Asia and will create a big breakthrough in the region's renewable energy sector. All Southeast Asian countries have great potential for wind power. In order to exploit wind energy, people do not need to spend a lot of land like hydropower. Meanwhile, land in Southeast Asia is quite fertile and can be used for many other things.

When compared to wind and solar, Chander said that Southeast Asia will not use much solar energy because its use is not very effective. He said people mainly exploit solar energy by placing these energy collection panels on the roofs. According to him, wind power is a more potential energy for Southeast Asia.

Development, research and manufacture of equipment

Experts also believe that countries that are not well-known for energy can play an important role. Paul Curnow - a member of Global Environment Markets' Baker and Mackenzie's law firm and a renewable energy policy advisor to the Australian Government - says the renewable energy sector is not just about energy. 'pure' material but also comes from many other factors such as production, research and development.

According to Mr. Curnow, all these factors create important features in the energy picture. He cited Singapore, a country that has provided a lot of money and effort to encourage investment in engineering, research, development and manufacturing. He also said that while countries such as China and India have produced many products related to renewable energy such as solar collectors, in many parts of Southeast Asia this is only in initial stage.

Mr. Curnow said that the problem is not merely to dominate and exploit renewable energy sources but also to cover many different areas such as creating equipment supply lines to exploit these sources. He said that Southeast Asian countries can play a particularly important role in the field of renewable energy.