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Asia-Pacific Regional Integrated Service

Forecasts, strategic analysis, and insights across the power, gas, coal, and renewables sectors in APAC

The Asia-Pacific Regional Integrated Service delivers critical insight, strategic analysis, data, and integrated energy outlooks out to 2050 power, gas/LNG and coal, and renewables markets across the full Asia-Pacific region:

  • Gas/LNG – A unique perspective on changing gas markets that enables you to conduct short-term market monitoring and to rationalize long-term strategic decisions. Focus on upstream gas developments and outlooks, sectoral gas demand assessment, market opportunities and risks for LNG, midstream infrastructure analysis and gas market competition.
  • Conventional Power – Expert insight into regional fossil fuel (gas/coal) markets with a focus on understanding how changing economics, demand patterns, cost, policy, technologies, and other issues shape the industry and its key players.
  • Renewable Power – A thorough examination of near- and long-term global and regional outlooks for onshore and offshore wind, solar PV and CSP, geothermal, ocean, biomass, hydro, and energy storage. Deep-dive analysis of key players, investments and projects reveal signposts for the industry’s future.

Key Benefits:

  • Support your strategic planning and investment processes
  • Anticipate shifts in policy, regulation, technology and markets
  • Gain long-term views of regional energy markets

Coverage across the APAC region

This service offers a comprehensive view of renewables, power and gas market that covers 19 regions in Asia-Pacific:
South Asia Southeast Asia Greater China OECD Asia
Bangladesh Cambodia Mainland China Australia
India Indonesia Hong Kong Japan
Pakistan Laos Taiwan South Korea
Sri Lanka Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam

What Makes Us Rise Above the Competition?

  • In-country expertise: In the Asia-Pacific region, there are over 30 IHS Markit energy experts, analysts and consultants on the ground who interact with top local players
  • Comprehensive energy market coverage: Only IHS Markit can provide cross-fuel analysis across gas, power, renewables and coal, coupled with in-house expertise from dedicated economics and clean energy technology teams
  • Data analytics: Our analytics platform can help you gain a competitive edge, by providing the fundamental data, information, and insight
  • Price and tariff outlooks: Our integrated energy market modeling capabilities allow us to provide robust forecast for electricity and natural gas prices in key markets

What Key Questions Can This Service Help to Answer?

  • How will markets adapt to growing renewable generation?
  • Where are the opportunities for mergers and acquisitions, or other short and long-term investments in renewable power generating assets?
  • How do energy market reforms across Asia create opportunities for new market players? Which are the new business opportunities and potential partners for international players?
  • How will each market’s LNG import demand evolve in the future? How much export capacity will each region have?
  • As energy supplies continue to diversify, how will gas, coal, and electricity prices evolve? To what extent will production costs affect end-user prices? Where are the arbitrage opportunities across fuels and regions?
  • How will air pollution control measures and environmental policies impact energy demand? How effectively the measures will impact coal and gas consumption? What will be the impact of the measures in different regions? How will the policies impact energy imports?
  • How can large electricity consumers procure renewable energy in the region’s diverse power markets? What are the regulatory hurdles and risks to clean energy procurement?

Who Benefits From This Service?

  • Integrated oil and gas companies; E&Ps
  • Utilities
  • Mining companies
  • Chemical producers
  • Automotive manufacturers
  • Energy equipment manufacturers
  • Large energy consumers
  • Energy service providers
  • Regulators and government agencies
  • Financial institutions

Key Features

A Knowledge-based community
  • Market insights: Provides timely, in-depth analysis of key market developments including trends, policy, infrastructure, pricing and demand
  • Events: Invites subscribers to Energy briefings in key markets where IHS Markit’s senior experts share their insights
  • Webinars: Provides live presentations by analysts on the recent market development and regional topics
  • Analyst access: Enables access to the IHS Markit team of experts to answer research questions
Country profiles

Areas of Coverage


SectorsGasPower
Policy and regulationPolicy development
Market updates
Regulatory environment		Policy development
Market updates
Regulatory environment
DemandSectoral demand
Driver and constraints		Sectoral demand
Peak demand
Reserve margin
SupplyReserves
Domestic production
Imports		Power capacity
Power generation
Infrastructure & LogisticsMode of transport
Infrastructure capacity
Transport cost		Transmission & distribution network
Grid interconnection
Supply chain
PricingDomestic prices
International price trends		Wholesale power price
Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE)
Retail electricity tariff
Carbon price
Market outlookOpportunities and risk
Demand-supply outlook		Opportunities and risk
Demand-supply outlook
Market Dashboards Asia Power Asset and Project Tool

Covers long-term outlook for demand and supply, projects and asset database, levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), power plant age profile, asset ownership and supply chain overview



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India Power and Renewable Tracker China Provincial Dashboard

Provincial-level data and insights: Provides a snapshot of the macroeconomic development, energy demand and supply, key infrastructure, and market update and outlook on coal, gas and power market at provincial level



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Xizhou Zhou

Mr. Zhou has expertise in power and renewable market fundamentals analysis and forecasting, power market design and policy analysis, renewable energy business models, and company strategies, among other areas. He previously headed the firm's Power, Gas, Coal, and Renewables practice in Asia Pacific, managing energy research and consulting activities across regional teams based in Beijing, Delhi, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo. Mr. Zhou began his career at IHS Markit through one of its predecessor companies, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), as part of its Emerging Markets and Global Power groups in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Before that, he worked as a consultant on regulatory economics for Industrial Economics, Inc. in Boston and as a research analyst at the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and proficient in Spanish, Mr. Zhou holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Environmental Management, both from Yale University in the United States. He is currently an editorial board member of China Petroleum Society's official journal, Guoji Shiyou Jingji (International Petroleum Economics). He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Yale-China Association. He is based in Beijing.

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Jenny Nguyen Yang

Based in Beijing, Ms. Yang focuses on China's gas and power market fundamentals and policy analysis. Her recent research includes Chinese energy market reforms, small-scale LNG, coal-based synthetic natural gas, gas demand potential from the transport and power generation sectors, Chinese companies' LNG procurement strategies, and the impacts of Chinese gas demand and related policies on the global gas and LNG market. She also has extensive knowledge of electricity load forecast and peak demand management, pricing and structuring of electricity products, power retail operations, and electricity market deregulation. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Ms. Yang was vice president of pricing, products, and markets at Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. in Houston, Texas. Earlier, she was a quantitative analyst at Williams Companies, where she produced forward-looking price and volatility curves for energy-related trading commodities. Ms. Yang holds both a Bachelor of Business and Administration and a Master of Business and Administration from the University of Oklahoma, United States.

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Allen Wang

Dr. Wang leads Southeast Asia power and renewables research and is the research manager for Asia Power and Renewables Analytics. He is a highly experienced energy market consultant with 10 years of experience in power and gas markets in various countries. He is also responsible for providing consulting advisory to commercial clients in energy market planning, regulation, operation, and policies. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Dr. Wang was the R&D manager and lead consultant at Energy Exemplar, working on PLEXOS development team management; various utility industry consulting assignments; and system implementations, workshops, and trainings for worldwide clients. Dr. Wang is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Australian Institute of Energy. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and a Ph.D. from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

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Rashika Gupta, Ph.D.

Dr. Gupta has about fourteen years of experience in energy markets. Her expertise includes economic and policy assessment, power and fuel market analysis, power market modeling, power trading, energy management, regulatory and commercial analysis, and environmental policy analysis for India and Asia Pacific power and fuel markets. Currently, she leads the IHS Markit's South Asia Gas Power and Energy Futures (GPE) team, analyzing the power and fuel markets for the South Asian market covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Dr. Gupta was with Statkraft Markets and with ICF International. She has worked on numerous consulting assignments and commercial projects and with independent power producers, investors, private equity funds, power utilities, energy majors, industrial consumers, and government planning bodies to support their business and commercial strategies. Dr. Gupta holds a bachelor's degree from Kirori Mal College, India; a master's degree from Hansraj College, India; and a doctorate from Delhi University, India.

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Lara Dong

Lara Dong leads Greater China power and renewables research and is a member of Asia's research and consulting team. Ms. Dong focuses on Greater China's power and renewable market fundamentals, key players across the value chain, and policy and market reform analysis. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Ms. Dong spent eight years at Rio Tinto, most recently as principal advisor, where she researched commodity market fundamentals and generated China policy insights in coal resources and electricity procurement options for aluminum smelting. In her role at Rio Tinto, she oversaw global coal price forecast and cross-commodity research on industrial, environmental, and state-owned enterprise reform policies. Earlier, Ms. Dong served at Noble and BHP Billiton as an analyst with cross-commodity research responsibilities, and at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as a debt market research analyst. A CFA charterholder, Ms. Dong holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Xiamen University, China, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto, Canada.

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Zhi Xin Chong

Mr. Chong leads the IHS Markit emerging Asia market team covering natural gas and LNG. His focus is on understanding supply, demand, and pricing outlooks. A recognized LNG expert, Mr. Chong has spoken at numerous conferences and his views are routinely sought by major media publications. Prior to joining IHS Markit, he was a principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie. He also previously worked as a policy analyst at the Energy Market Authority of Singapore. Mr. Chong has been featured as the anchor speaker for the CNBC Special Report Sustainable Energy. He holds a Bachelor of Business Management (cum laude) from the Singapore Management University.

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Kaori Tachibana

Kaori Tachibana covers the power, gas, and renewable markets in Japan, looking at supply/demand balances, infrastructure developments, policy developments, and pricing outlooks. Ms. Tachibana's expertise includes a deep understanding of the Japanese market. Previously, at Accenture, she advised Japanese utility, chemical, and exploration companies on their future strategy and their global business operations. Before that she was with Wood Mackenzie supporting upstream, coal, and metals commodity clients. Earlier in her career, she was a consultant at Environmental Resources Management, evaluating environmental impact assessments, overseeing soil and groundwater investigations, and designing groundwater remediation models in Japan. Fluent in Japanese and English, Ms. Tachibana holds a Master of Business Administration from McGill University, Canada.

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Vince Heo

Mr. Heo focuses on power and renewable market development and LNG demand analysis. He has more than 12 years of experience in consultancy and industry, with a strong background in policy research, strategy development, and financial analysis in the energy sector. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Mr. Heo was a senior manager at Ernst & Young, where he led the Power & Utilities consulting practice and assisted clients in the government, power and utilities, financial services, and technology companies in the areas of renewables, energy storage, and other emerging technologies. He also served as an advisor to South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Electric Power Corporation on new energy businesses. Prior to that, he held posts at the Global Green Growth Institute, Bloomberg, and Procter & Gamble. Mr. Heo holds a Bachelor of Arts in agricultural economics from Seoul National University, South Korea, and a Master of Science in environmental policy and regulation from the London School of Economics, United Kingdom.

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Xiaomin Liu

Xiaomin Liu, Director, China Coal and Power at IHS Markit, is the lead analyst for the Chinese coal market and contributes to China energy and global steam coal research. Based in Beijing, Mr. Liu has more than 15 years of experience in Chinese coal washing plant design, energy policy, and market fundamentals analysis. His recent research includes the Chinese government's intervention in the domestic coal markets, coal market supply and demand fundamentals, coal logistics, and cost and pricing analysis. Mr. Liu is one of the lead authors of the China Coal Rush study, China Coal Market Briefings, China Energy Watch, and other coal-related reports. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Mr. Liu spent more than six years at Rio Tinto in Beijing, focusing on energy and coal market analysis. Earlier in his career he was vice director of the China coal economical information center at the China Coal Information Institute, conducting policy, strategy, and market research for governmental organizations and domestic and foreign enterprises. Mr. Liu holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the Chinese University of Mining Technology.

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Cecillia Zheng

Ms. Zheng is based in Singapore and leads Southeast Asian power market research and consulting. She has extensive work experience and a deep understanding of the power and renewable markets. She helps clients develop holistic view toward in Southeast Asia's power and energy market and provides valuable insights in this regulated and highly uncertain market. Her consulting engagements have covered a broad range of issues, including market entry strategy for power players, power assets assessment and valuation, commercialization strategy for natural gas resources, and energy supply-demand outlooks. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Ms. Zheng worked with Alstom Power (now GE Power) , where she was responsible for market intelligence on power generation fuel competition for both thermal and renewable resources. Ms. Zheng holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Nanjing University, China, and a master's degree from ESCP Europe, France.

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Logan Reese

Mr. Reese leads the research and analysis for gas, power, and renewables markets in Australia, focusing on market fundamentals, power and renewable developments, and policy developments. He publishes the IHS Markit Australia gas and power country profiles and long-term outlooks. He is a highly experienced energy market analyst in gas and power markets in Australia and North America and is an expert in developing and implementing mathematical models to help business stakeholders make data-driven decisions. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Mr. Reese was a manager of the quantitative analysis team at Bentek Energy now part of S&P Global Platts, where he developed and maintained regional natural gas demand and storage outlooks, developed proprietary modeling systems, and was the architect of North American regional gas supply and demand balances. Mr. Reese holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Colorado State University, United States.

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Ankita Chauhan

Ms. Chauhan has more than seven years of experience in the renewable energy and climate change sectors, with a special focus on market and policy trends for wind and solar. She contributes to policy and market assessment, competitive landscape, and procurement trends for grid-connected and distributed renewable sectors. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Ms. Chauhan was a research assistant with ICF International, where she provided consulting support to projects, including an assessment through 2020 for the potential of solar thermal projects in Rajasthan and Gujarat (India) in relation to the economic and regulatory framework conditions in these states. Previously, she held research and policy advisory positions in the private sector and an industry association in India. Ms. Chauhan holds an MBA from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India, and is fluent in Hindi and English.

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Joo Yeow Lee

Mr. Lee is part of the global power and renewables team. He leads the renewable research for Southeast Asia, covering the fundamental analysis of government policies, targets, regulations, competitive landscape, market players, pricing, market screening and market entry strategies. He helps clients assess and investigate the strategic issues facing Southeast Asia's energy market development and navigate an exciting yet highly uncertain market landscape. He has experience in policy making and regulating for the electricity and gas sector, from his time at the Energy Market Authority (Singapore). This includes market regulations for the competitive sector, comprising licensing frameworks for entry into the sector, market surveillance and monitoring, and market rules development and administration; and economic regulation for the monopoly sector, encompassing revenue and tariff setting for transmission and distribution companies. Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is based in Singapore.

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Shan Xue

Ms. Xue's main research focus includes coal and power supply and demand fundamentals analysis, energy intensity analysis, long-term provincial coal and power supply and demand modeling, and Chinese energy company profiles. She also participates in consulting works on Chinese coal and power markets. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Ms. Xue was a research consultant at Azure International, where she managed various consulting and research engagements on clean energy development in China. Previously, she worked as an analyst for a clean automotive technology firm in Beijing. Ms. Xue holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Beijing University of Technology and a Master of Science degree from Ohio State University. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.

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Dongjie Zhang

Mr. Zhang's main responsibilities include tracking and analyzing coal-fired and nuclear power development, policy and market reform environment, and market-based power trade. He also participates in consulting projects on the Chinese and global power markets. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Mr. Zhang was a project manager in the Department of Strategy, Planning, and Development at China Guodian Corporation. During his tenure at Guodian, he worked on many power projects in China and other countries, such as Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Indonesia, and Greece. Based in Beijing, Mr. Zhang holds a bachelor's degree and a PhD from Tsinghua University. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.

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