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In the article “How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition be sped up?” (2019), Tim Daubach explains the challenges Southeast Asia faces in the demand for clean energy and methods Southeast Asia can adopt to speed up the use of renewable energy.

Factors like high diverse economy, population, and resource distribution contribute to Southeast Asia’s undemanding and inadequate ability to adapt to its developing economies in the conversion of fossil fuels to clean energy. The article states that the economies of the countries in Southeast Asia are inconsistent, contributing to an arduous transition of “one-size-fits-all approach” to clean energy. 

Despite the challenges mentioned in the article, collaborations among the “technology, business, and policymakers” in Southeast Asia can take the edge off power, industrial, and transportation costs, allowing Southeast Asia to gradually transit and make happen the use of green energy.