Planning for an energy future: Asia at a fork in the road

TEN years have passed since the first Singapore International Energy Week. In that time, the world's energy landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation, spurred by an unprecedented expansion in renewables.

Globally, new power-generating capacity from renewables has outstripped those fuelled by conventional sources for the last five years.

Growth in the power sector has been especially rapid. Between 2001 and …