BANGKOK/JAKARTA/TOKYO -- Southeast Asian energy companies, long dependent on fossil fuels, are rapidly turning to renewable energy to answer the mounting demand for electricity in the fast-developing region.
Renewables tapped to feed region's steep rise in power demand

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energi workers rotate a valve at Karaha geothermal well in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia. The Southeast Asian nation's geothermal potential is second in the world only to the U.S. © Reuters
BANGKOK/JAKARTA/TOKYO -- Southeast Asian energy companies, long dependent on fossil fuels, are rapidly turning to renewable energy to answer the mounting demand for electricity in the fast-developing region.