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Perspective
02 September 2021

Retiring Asia’s coal plants – Gradualism or giveaway?

In:
Power, Renewables
Region:
Asia-Pacific
Tom Nelthorpe
Tom Nelthorpe
Contributing Editor
The Energy Transition Mechanism – an ADB- and Prudential-led scheme to buy and retire early Asian coal capacity – is already being marketed to potential investors. But between NGOs pushing for faster action and powerful vested interests among Asia’s national utilities, does the proposal stand a chance?

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