Enabling Private Sector Clean Energy Investment in South and Southeast Asia – Recommendations from Leading Corporations and Governments

This report highlights outputs from a deep dive workshop on “Enabling Private Sector Clean Energy Investment in Southeast and South Asia: Recommendations from Corporations and Governments” held on June 5, 2017 as a pre-event to the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2017 in Manila, Philippines. The workshop highlighted recommendations and insights from private sector leaders on regional and country-specific actions, including for India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, that governments can take to accelerate investment in clean energy solutions in the region. It also showcased strategies and approaches of corporations, governments, utilities, investors, and development partners.

The workshop outputs should help USAID and other USG agencies support public and private sector leadership for scaling up clean energy in the region. The Asia LEDS Partnership has also identified recommendations from the workshop that it will promote in 2017-2018 (Annex C). Progress on these actions will help private companies obtain less expensive and more reliable energy sources that have more favorable impacts on human health and the environment, including helping to achieve national climate change targets.