Green Energy in Asia: Renewable investment, capacity growth and future outlook

Table of Contents

Executive summary

• Market development
• Australia
• China
• India
• Japan
• Other Asian countries
• Future outlook
• Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Market development

• Summary
• Overview of the electricity sector in Asia
• Installed capacity
• Overview of renewable energy in Asia
• Wind power
• Solar power
• Biopower
• Hydropower
• Geothermal power

Chapter 2 Australia

• Summary
• Introduction
• Overview of power generation in Australia
• Demand and supply situation and outlook
• Overview of renewable energy in Australia
• The Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET)
• Other initiatives
• State government initiatives
• Wind power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of wind power
• Resistors of wind power
• Solar power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of solar power
• Resistors of solar Power
• Biopower
• Overview
• Drivers of biopower
• Resistors of biopower
• Hydropower
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of hydropower
• Resistors of hydropower
• Geothermal power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of geothermal power
• Resistors of geothermal power
• Conclusions

Chapter 3 China

• Summary
• Introduction
• Overview of power generation in China
• Demand and supply situation and outlook
• Overview of renewable energy in China
• Renewable Energy Law
• Wind power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of wind power
• Resistors of wind power
• Solar power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of solar power
• Resistors of solar power
• Biopower
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of biopower
• Resistors of biopower
• Small-hydro power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of small-hydro power
• Resistors of small-hydro power
• Large-hydro power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of large-hydro power
• Resistors of large-hydro power
• Geothermal power
• Overview
• Conclusions

Chapter 4 India

• Summary
• Introduction
• Overview of power generation in India
• Demand and supply situation and outlook
• Overview of renewable energy in India
• Government initiatives
• Wind power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of wind power
• Resistors of wind power
• Solar power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of solar power
• Resistors of solar power
• Biopower
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of biopower
• Large-hydro power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of large-hydro power
• Resistors of large-hydro power
• Small-hydro power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of small-hydro power
• Resistors of small-hydro power
• Geothermal power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of geothermal power
• Resistors of geothermal power
• Conclusions

Chapter 5 Japan

• Summary
• Introduction
• Overview of power generation in Japan
• Demand and supply situation and outlook
• Overview of renewable energy in Japan
• The Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
• Wind power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of wind power
• Resistors of wind power
• Solar power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of solar power
• Resistors of solar energy
• Hydropower
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of hydropower
• Resistors of hydropower
• Biopower
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of biopower
• Resistors of biopower
• Geothermal power
• Overview
• Key players
• Drivers of geothermal power
• Resistors of geothermal power
• Conclusions

Chapter 6 Other Asian countries

• Summary
• Indonesia
• Introduction
• Wind power
• Solar power
• Biopower
• Hydropower
• Geothermal power
• Philippines
• Introduction
• Wind power
• Solar power
• Biopower
• Hydropower
• Geothermal power
• South Korea
• Introduction
• Wind power
• Solar power
• Biopower
• Hydropower
• Geothermal power
• Thailand
• Introduction
• Wind power
• Solar power
• Hydropower
• Geothermal power

Chapter 7 Future outlook

• Summary
• The outlook for power generation in Asia
• OECD Asia
• Non OECD Asia
• CO2 emissions
• Renewable energy outlook
• Wind power
• Solar power
• Biopower
• Hydropower
• Geothermal power

List of Figures

• Figure 1.1: Net electricity generation capacity by source, 2005
• Figure 1.2: Wind power, installed capacity, 2006
• Figure 1.3: Solar power, installed capacity, 2005
• Figure 1.4: Biopower, installed capacity, 2005
• Figure 1.5: Hydropower, installed capacity, 2005
• Figure 1.6: Geothermal, installed capacity, 2005
• Figure 2.7: Net electricity generation by source, 2005
• Figure 2.8: Electricity generation in Australia, 2005 and ABARE projections
• Figure 2.9: Share of renewables, electricity generation, 2005
• Figure 2.10: Share of renewables, electricity generation, 1960-61 to 2001-02
• Figure 2.11: Cumulative wind power capacity (MW), 2000-2006
• Figure 2.12: Distribution of wind installed capacity in Australia
• Figure 2.13: Cumulative solar power capacity in Australia (MWp), 1992-2005
• Figure 2.14: Cumulative hydropower capacity (MW), 1996-2004
• Figure 2.15: Hydropower installed capacity by state, 2005
• Figure 2.16: Key players
• Figure 2.17: Increasing expenditure and geothermal licenses and geothermal license applications in Australia, 2000-2007
• Figure 2.18: Potential geothermal sites in Australia
• Figure 3.19: Net electricity generation capacity by source, 2006
• Figure 3.20: Growth rate of power consumption and generation capacity in China, 1980-2005
• Figure 3.21: Share of renewables by generation capacity in China, 2005
• Figure 3.22: Cumulative wind power generation capacity (MW), 2000-2006
• Figure 3.23: Distribution of wind resource in China
• Figure 3.24: Key Players in China
• Figure 3.25: PV annual installation and cumulative in China, 1976-2005
• Figure 3.26: PV generation capacity by sector (MWp) in China, 2005
• Figure 3.27: Cumulative SHP generation capacity, 1950-2005
• Figure 4.28: Net electricity generation capacity by source in India, March 2007
• Figure 4.29: Evolution of electricity generation by fuel in India, 1971-2004
• Figure 4.30: Power supply, demand and shortage in India, 1997-2006
• Figure 4.31: Electricity generation capacity in India, 2006-07 vs. 2011-12
• Figure 4.32: Share of renewables, generation capacity in India, 2005
• Figure 4.33: Cumulative wind power generation capacity in India (MW), 2000-2006
• Figure 4.34: Wind resources in India
• Figure 4.35: Key players in India
• Figure 4.36: Cumulative large-hydro generation capacity (GW), 1960-2007
• Figure 4.37: Potential geothermal provinces in India
• Figure 5.38: The ten electric companies in Japan by service area
• Figure 5.39: Net electricity generation in Japan by source, 2005
• Figure 5.40: Composition of electric power production in Japan from the ten EPCs, EPDC, and others (1000 GWh)
• Figure 5.41: Share of renewables, electricity generation in Japan, 2005
• Figure 5.42: Ten electric power companies purchasing volume of green power
• Figure 5.43: Cumulative wind power generation capacity in Japan (MW), 2006
• Figure 5.44: Key Players in Japan
• Figure 5.45: Cumulative solar power generation capacity (MW), 2006
• Figure 5.46: Key players in Japan
• Figure 5.47: Cumulative geothermal power generation capacity in Japan (MW), 1966-2005
• Figure 5.48: Locations of geothermal power plants in Japan
• Figure 6.49: Share of renewables, generation capacity in Indonesia, 2005
• Figure 6.50: Share of renewables, generation capacity in the Philippines, 2006
• Figure 6.51: Share of renewables, generation capacity in South Korea, 2004
• Figure 7.52: Net electricity generation in OECD Asia by fuel, 2004-2030
• Figure 7.53: Annual growth of electricity generation by region, 2004-2030
• Figure 7.54: Net electricity generation in non-OECD Asia by fuel, 2004-2030
• Figure 7.55: World CO2 emission forecast by region, 2004-2030

List of Tables

• Table 4.1: Forecast for grid-interactive renewable power (excluding large-hydro), 2007-2022
• Table 4.2: Existing solar photovoltaic systems in India, 2006
• Table 4.3: Potential geothermal provinces in India