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Energy Efficiency Projects - Barriers and Growth Opportunities in Asia
Frost & Sullivan, Dec 2009, Pages: 65
This research service presents the growth opportunities and barriers in energy efficiency projects and efforts in Asia Pacific, and other related trends such as drivers, regulatory and technology trends, and project implementation process.
Research Overview
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Energy Efficiency Projects - Barriers and Growth Opportunities in Asia provides an overview of the market for energy efficiency projects, drivers, barriers, and opportunities. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: industrial energy efficiency, transport energy efficiency, as well as household and service energy efficiency.
Market Overview
Invest More to Reduce More: Energy-efficient Products Provide Significant Long-term Return on Investment by Reducing Operational Expenditure
Budget cuts are urging governments and private sectors to explore new approaches to contract disbursement. Energy efficiency is likely to be the way forward as energy costs account for a substantial percent of the cost of production of various goods and services utilized by the governmental and industrial societies. Already, world primary energy usage has been steadily decreasing at 1.6 percent per annum, and this trend is likely to persist due to the high costs of energy, effective energy conservation programs and projects, as well as the issuing of carbon abatement policies. Bucking this trend, Asia’s energy consumption is increasing twice as fast as other regions in the world. Therefore, this region is generating abundant opportunities for investors in energy efficiency technologies.
Although the prospects in this market seem bright, energy-efficient technology developers may initially have to struggle to gain a toehold. Financial institutions in Asia may not be familiar with the energy efficiency market or the concept of using energy efficiency to boost the profitability of both financial institutions and project developers/industrial owners. Moreover, the projects are considered more risky because they are often regarded as non-asset-based investment, for which, collateral is difficult to obtain. “The local banks seem risk-averse, as they perceive large-scale projects as high-risk ones, and this hinders the widespread commercialization and implementation of energy efficiency improvements,” says the analyst of this research.
Potential market participants should invest in tools that help evaluate energy usage and savings from reduced energy consumption. Solution providers have to arrange for the technical assistance needed to build the capacity for financial applications. They could also develop alternatives to facilitate investments for businesses that do not qualify for traditional loans. Market participants have to take stock of their financial and technical capabilities in energy efficiency projects and seek advice from financial institutions when necessary. Financial institutions, for their part, must be aware of the potential of energy efficiency projects and should have extensive financial services for them. “The deployment of energy efficient technologies is expected to attract a steady stream of investments over the next five years, which will auger well for the clean technology industry,” notes the analyst. “The internal rate of returns currently average 17 percent and it has the potential to increase with more structured planning in the technical and financial aspects.”
Market Sectors
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
- Industrial energy efficiency
- Transport energy efficiency
- Household and service energy efficiency
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