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Capacity Markets: A Guide for Asia

Why capacity markets in Asia are emerging: renewables and liberalisation force Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia to rethink resource adequacy.

Can Asia’s Power Grids Keep Up with the AI Data Center Boom?

Hyperscale campuses can request city-scale power from lightly loaded feeders. How Asian grids are managing connection delays, upgrades and new supply models.

ASEAN Power Grid: Where Are We Now?

A 2022 four-country power trade marked progress for the ASEAN power grid. What remains unresolved in transmission, market rules and governance?

The Hidden Cost of Grid Congestion in Modern Electricity Markets

Grid congestion costs are reshaping electricity markets—hiding in wholesale prices, curtailment, and redispatch. Learn who pays and why it matters.

Why Transmission Is Becoming the Biggest Bottleneck in the Energy Transition

Aging grids, slow permitting, and supply chain gaps create a transmission bottleneck slowing clean energy. What it takes to fix the wires.

Carbon Markets and Offsets: 2025 Update

How is CBAM reshaping carbon pricing in Asia? Compare China's intensity-based ETS with cap-and-trade, voluntary credits, and emerging national systems.