https://www.scmp.com/rss/513616/feed Dr Muyi Yang is a senior energy analyst for Asia at Ember. He leverages Ember’s analytical capacity to promote clean, sustainable energy in China and beyond. He is 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, specialising in energy policy, electricity market reform, clean energy finance, and transport electrification. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Muyi Yang,Dinita Setyawati Muyi Yang,Dinita Setyawati The escalating crisis around Iran is doing more than just shaking global energy markets. It is constricting the arteries of Asian growth. A massive share of the oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) that powers Asian economies passes through the Strait of Hormuz. When tensions rise around this narrow waterway, economic shock waves travel quickly across the region, exposing a development model whose foundations remain dangerously outside Asia’s strategic control. Japan and South Korea, both heavily... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3346169/why-asias-future-depends-breaking-shackles-fossil-fuels?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3346169/why-asias-future-depends-breaking-shackles-fossil-fuels?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:30:08 +0000 The Australia-China relationship has stabilised after years of geopolitical and trade turbulence. This lays the groundwork for further cooperation, including through joint initiatives in Asia. A significant opportunity lies in Southeast Asia’s push towards an electrified future. Almost all countries in the region have committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions, and electrifying the end-user sectors, including transport, is a crucial strategy in this effort. According to the International... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3271915/china-and-australia-can-team-boost-aseans-energy-transition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3271915/china-and-australia-can-team-boost-aseans-energy-transition?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:30:12 +0000 As Southeast Asia strives to become an “epicentrum of growth”, the green technology manufacturing sector – particularly solar photovoltaics (PVs), lithium batteries and electric vehicles (EVs) – will be key components in this endeavour. The progress so far is impressive. Southeast Asia has emerged as the world’s second-largest solar module producer, trailing only China. By the end of 2022, the region boasted a total module production capacity of 70 gigawatts, a significant leap from an almost... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3266255/how-southeast-asias-solar-industry-can-shine-face-us-tariff-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3266255/how-southeast-asias-solar-industry-can-shine-face-us-tariff-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:30:09 +0000 Southeast Asia and China are committed to closer cooperation in climate action and transitioning to clean energy, as reaffirmed at the 26th Asean-China summit last year. The question is how China can support the region’s transition towards such a future. For answers, one needs to first understand the Southeast Asia’s changing energy landscape. With growing climate commitments, Southeast Asia’s energy sector is at a critical juncture, faced with the need to ensure the provision of sufficient and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3258173/how-china-can-help-change-game-clean-energy-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3258173/how-china-can-help-change-game-clean-energy-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:30:12 +0000 China has the fastest-growing clean energy capacity in the world yet faces recurring power shortages. This seeming paradox is really a sign that its clean power transition is approaching a critical tipping point – its entire power system needs to be rebuilt for the energy transition to advance. After months of record-setting heatwaves, China’s energy planners are facing one of their toughest challenges yet. In the first seven months of the year, they added an incredible 53 gigawatts of wind and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3192257/end-power-crunches-china-must-rebuild-its-electricity-grid-around?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3192257/end-power-crunches-china-must-rebuild-its-electricity-grid-around?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Sep 2022 03:30:20 +0000