On this week's episode of #TruthtoPower, IntelStor's Founder & CEO, Philip Totaro presents the generation and efficiency of #renewableenergy within the Asia Pacific region from the IntelStor Future of Renewables #marketresearch Report.

China’s significant investment in onshore wind dating back to 2005 and solar from 2010 onwards helped take hydropower down from more than 91% of overall generation to just over 40% by the end of 2025. Solar ended last year contributing 25.9% of the total 5.64 petawatt hours that was generated.

Geothermal ends 2025 with the highest capacity factor across all technologies in the Asia Pacific region, but with a limited deployment compared to other technologies. Curiously, onshore wind only sees an average capacity factor of 19.8% which is significantly below the rest of the world for that technology. Similarly, solar PV has only shown an average of 13.8% capacity factor which is dragging down the global average.

Solar has under-performed on efficiency up until now, and basically comprises the lowest efficiency level of any mainstream form of power generation. But the promise of new technology could not only improve capacity factors, it has the potential to unlock a doubling of the amount of solar power generation used by the grid.

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