Background

Countries in South Asia have made ambitious targets towards net zero emissions to address climate change. Accelerating the energy transition calls for enhancing flexibility in energy systems and pushing boundaries to increase the penetration of renewables to meet these targets. Countries in South Asia and other regions are at different stages in developing flexible solutions to help accelerate uptake of the best combinations of technologies to help manage grids, balance different infrastructure requirements, and improve overall market design systems operation.

This will require countries, among others, establish suitable policies and an enabling environment as well as mobilize public and private capital to increase uptake of flexible energy systems and integrate more variable renewable energy into the grid.