Deploying Renewables in Southeast Asia: Trends and Potentials - Executive Summary

This working paper executive summary outlines the potential for and barriers to renewable energy deployment in Southeast Asia. It summarizes policy recommendations for achieving large-scale diffusion of renewables, which include reducing non-economic barriers to the diffusion of renewable energy; removing distortionary subsidies for fossil fuel consumption and production; and ensuring that renewable energy incentives do not shift a disproportionate share of the additional financial burden to the poorest households.