5 ways Southeast Asia can manage its fluctuating renewable energy supply

Sep 29, 2021

A technician cycles past the 73-megawatt Lopburi Solar Farm in Thailand's Lopburi Province. Because solar power generation can be disrupted by cloud cover, it poses challenges to electricity grids.

Asia is planning to generate 23 per cent of its primary energy from clean sources by 2025. Image: Flickr/Asian Development Bank

Tim Ha

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Bangui Wind Farm in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Individual wind and solar installations generate variable output, but tapping into renewable sources across a wider geographical area evens out such fluctuations in supply. Image: Landelgado, CC BY-SA 3.0

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