Energy Insights speaks with Mark Hutchinson, the director and chair of the Southeast Asia Task Force at the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

In this interview, we delve into a recent report published by GWEC about the potential of offshore wind and its impact on South Korea's economy. We also explore the challenges facing offshore wind, the supply chain implications for the offshore wind industry in South Korea, the response to the pushback by local fishing communities, and strategies for wind developers to ensure the success of their projects with local populations.

Mark has over 30 years of experience in the energy sector. He is an expert in strategic advice, finance, M&A, contract negotiations, and due diligence in the power and, renewables and oil and gas sectors. Mark works with GWEC members in Asia and globally to represent the wind industry in regional policy and regulatory discussions. He is also an economist with a master's in public policy from Harvard University in energy regulation.

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In this episode of Energy Insights, we recap the G7's climate commitments and the G7 environment ministers' meeting in Turin, Italy. Topics include the pressure leading up to the meeting and summit and what the world's most powerful economies were doing to tackle climate change.
Other topics include what the G7 is doing about coal, the worries around the G7's coal phaseout timeline, the continued endorsement of gas as a bridge fuel, the G7's climate finance commitments, existing climate finance goals, and what COP29 may hold.

Energy Insights speaks with Liming Qiao, the Asia Director at the Global Wind Energy Council.

Our conversation with Liming Qiao delves into a range of crucial topics. We explore the ambitious goal of tripling renewable energy capacity, the potential supply chain challenges for renewable rollouts in Asia, and the role of governments and the private sector in incentivising secure supply chains. We also discuss the complex issue of job losses in the fossil fuel industry as the world transitions to renewables and the potential of clean energy to offset these losses, and GWECs APAC Wind Energy Summit.

Liming has been working on climate and energy policy since 2003. She has worked with major industry and institutional stakeholders active in Southeast Asia in the renewable energy sector, which is advancing wind energy policy across the region. She's also worked with other international organisations and has participated in climate negotiations as an observer for several years.

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X (Twitter): @GWECGlobalWind
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