Southeast Asia embraces offshore wind power, as Trump bashes...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Globally, wind energy generation is growing, led by China.
65% : Last month, Singapore announced a three-year plan for wind energy conferences to attract investment and become a regional hub for the industry.
62% : Wind energy is essential to efforts to curb climate change, scientists say, as global temperatures drift perilously higher.
61% : FILE -Participants wear wind turbine headgear to raise peoples awareness on renewable energy, fix their costumes during the Global Day of Action Against Climate Change ,Dec. 8, 2007 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines.
58% : Trump´s anti-renewable energy stance has shaken U.S. confidence in offshore wind projects.
52% : Yet the region still relies heavily on fossil fuels, and wind generates barely 7% of Asia-Pacific´s electricity, according to the IEA.
45% : HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Southeast Asia is a bright spot for the embattled offshore wind industry as it reels from U.S. President Donald Trump´s push against renewable energy.
42% : FILE -A wind turbine is seen at the booth of ETEK Technology Joint Stock company during Entech Hanoi 2009, an international trade fair on energy efficiency and the environment, at the Giang Vo Exhibition Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 18, 2009.
41% : Those moves could turn Southeast Asia into a model for other developing nations seeking to use wind energy as an alternative to fossil fuels, said Rebecca Williams, with the Global Wind Energy Council.
33% : The White House has halted construction on major offshore wind farms, revoked and paused permits, canceled plans to use large areas of federal waters for wind energy and cut $679 million in federal funding for a dozen projects - a complete reversal from former President Joe Biden's Administration.
16% : He opposes using renewable energy, particularly offshore wind, and prioritizes burning fossil fuels for electricity, contending that climate change is a hoax.

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