Abstract
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has experienced rapid social and economic development in the past decades, while energy shortage, environmental pollution, and climate change are the factors that prevent a sustainable development process. Deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) power is one of the effective alternatives to overcome the above barriers and assist ASEAN to achieve the aspirational target of 23% renewable energy (RE) in the total primary energy supply (TPES). In this study, SWOT analysis is adopted to analyze the internal strengths and weaknesses and the external threats and opportunities tightly related to the development of solar PV power in ASEAN countries. Through the SWOT analysis, great potential for the development of solar PV power in ASEAN is found. As long as appropriate policies are implemented and proper actions are taken, huge space for deployment of solar PV power can be expected. Based on the SWOT analysis, countermeasures that emphasize further deployment of solar PV power in ASEAN countries are put forward. The tactics include arousing people’s awareness of a sustainable development process, government issue coherence and stable incentive policies, fostering a solar PV industry chain and master key technology, and seek opportunities via an international cooperation.
Highlights
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an important regional community
Findings showed the fixed flat system was more affected by air pollution than the tracking flat plate [32] and anthropogenic haze from Indonesia to Singapore caused the yield loss of the solar PV system to a 15–25% range [33], but the solar-assisted cooling system could help utilize the solar radiation to some extent [34]
In Step 2, a list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related with the development of solar PV power in ASEAN was derived from literature review, government reports, ASEAN official website, and record of interviews with project developers, law firms, and accounting firms from Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines
Summary
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an important regional community. Due to restrictions related to the economic development stage, the overall energy consumption in the ASEAN region is at a comparatively lower level and it has long-term dependence on fossil fuel energy. BP Energy Outlook 2020 predicted that, in order to achieve zero carbon emission, the cumulative installed capacity of wind and solar PV power will reach 20,000 GW by 2050. Thailand and Vetnam performed well in solar PV power, most ASEAN countries have fallen far behind due to constraints from ecomomic factors, lack of incentive policies, and other unfavorable conditions. The deployment of solar PV power can lead to a sustainable development process as well as fill the gap between the energy demand and supply and mitigate the environmental pollution and climate change caused by the consumption of fossil fuel energy [4]
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