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AI’s Power Challenge: Australia’s Coal Paradox and the Case for Smarter Data Centre Growth

Analysis · 18 Sept 2026

AI’s Power Challenge: Australia’s Coal Paradox and the Case for Smarter Data Centre Growth

Lead: Xunpeng Shi

Australia’s AI ambitions are testing an electricity system already undergoing profound change. Coordinating computing investment with energy supply will determine whether data centres accelerate the transition or deepen dependence on ageing infrastructure. A proposed A$32 billion data centre development in Queensland has brought an old energy debate back into focus. Nationals MP David Littleproud has […]

Business Development, Partnerships and StrategyTechnology and InnovationAI and DigitalisationEnergy and the EnvironmentEnergy transitionAustralia
Beyond EV Adoption: Industrial Policy, Carbon Finance and Thailand’s Automotive Transition

Analysis · 20 Jul 2026

Beyond EV Adoption: Industrial Policy, Carbon Finance and Thailand’s Automotive Transition

Lead: Xunpeng Shi; Nophea Sasaki

How policy-mediated technological change is reshaping industrial competitiveness, domestic value creation and verifiable decarbonisation. Professor Xunpeng Shi and Professor Nophea Sasaki July 2026   Executive Summary   Thailand’s rapid expansion of electric mobility shows how the energy transition can reshape industrial competitiveness, investment and production. The shift is not driven by technology or consumer choice […]

Business Development, Partnerships and StrategyEconomics, Markets and FinanceBattery Value ChainsSupply chainsChinaGlobalSoutheast Asia
China’s Coal Power Transition: A Discussion Paper

Discussion Paper · 1 May 2022

China’s Coal Power Transition: A Discussion Paper

Lead: Jiahai Yuan

An ISETS-Ember joint discussion paper reviewing China’s coal power development and transition options during and after the 13th Five-Year Plan period.

Electricity marketsEnergy securityEnergy transitionChina
Implication of the Energy Transition on Sustainable Critical Minerals Developments in Asia and the Pacific

Project · 1 Jan 2015

ESCAP Regional Power Trade and Connectivity

Lead: Xunpeng Shi

An ESCAP capacity-building project on regional energy connectivity and transboundary power trade in Asia and the Pacific.

Energy securityGrid integrationGlobalPacificSoutheast Asia

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