The Lantau Group

The Lantau Group

Business Consulting and Services

The analysis of power meets the power of analysis: shaping the energy transition in Asia

About us

We advise energy stakeholders, including commercial investors, governments and regulators, as well as major energy users on energy markets, procurement, regulation, design, strategy, and transactions. We focus uniquely on Asia Pacific. We have specialized in these markets for nearly 30 years and have leading teams, models, and credentials. We can conduct business in almost any Asian language and our experience in energy markets and regulatory frameworks helps define not just incorporate best practices. We have offices in Singapore, Malaysia, India, Mainland China, Korea, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, and have deep historical connections and experience in Australia and New Zealand.

Industry
Business Consulting and Services
Company size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Delhi, Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2010
Specialties
Asian energy market performance and analysis, Commercial valuation and transaction support, Business and regulatory strategy, Price projections, market drivers, and trends, Renewable energy and sustainability policy, Electricity markets, Renewable Energy, Electricity market modelling, Business strategy, Regulatory design and application, Energy market reform, REC Markets, Procurement support, Natural gas and LNG economics and strategy, and All forms of storage

Locations

  • Primary

    Delhi, Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, SG

    Get directions

Employees at The Lantau Group

Updates

  • View profile for Ana Franco, graphic

    Commercial Director at KIO Data Centers CA&C | Driving Strategic Revenue Growth & Market Expansion | Nonprofit Author of “The Great Data Center Adventure”, Inspiring Future Innovators in Technology.

    𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐬. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫⚡️ Electricity isn’t just an expense, it’s a key driver of where data centers grow and how they innovate. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞-𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: ✔ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫: Libya, at $0.007 per kWh, benefits from subsidies and abundant oil reserves. ✔ 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫: The Solomon Islands, at $0.692 per kWh, highlight a unique challenge. As a nation of dispersed islands, maintaining a reliable power grid is extremely expensive. Most electricity comes from diesel-powered plants, and importing diesel adds even more costs due to transportation challenges. ✔ 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: The U.S. averages $0.109 per kWh, offering a competitive edge, while Germany, at $0.323 per kWh, balances high costs with a focus on renewable energy. 💡A special thanks to Rajesh Palanisamy for sharing this insightful chart, it really brings the global energy story to life. #datacenters #energycosts #sustainability #renewableenergy

    • No alternative text description for this image
  • China's always good for a hot energy topic to start the year. Thanks to David Fishman for another insightful perspective.

    View profile for David Fishman, graphic

    Senior Manager at The Lantau Group

    Happy New Year! 2024 is in the books and 2025 is off to a fresh start. In the end, will we see China's carbon emissions rose or fell last year? It's too early to say for sure, but I also don't think it's the right thing to be focusing on anyway. I explain more of my thoughts on the common arguments around emissions, per capita accounting, and accountability, here in this new essay:

    Focusing on China's Carbon Emissions Misses the Forest for the Trees

    Focusing on China's Carbon Emissions Misses the Forest for the Trees

    David Fishman on LinkedIn

  • Our latest Korea market public snapshot. For more detailed market tracking services, reports, and outlooks, we are happy to discuss further.

    View profile for David Kim, graphic

    Energy, AI, and Strategy

    It’s a little late for November 2024. There have been a few auctions in the power sector. In renewable energy, the most interesting auction will be the offshore wind auction, which is set to be finalized in the coming month.

  • Something old, but new, but old. Based on work TLG has been doing in Asia Pac for decades..... We take the markets we know so well and have served for so long and elevate them into the subscription services era. With so much more to come. You may know our more widely published China Quarterly. And you may have heard of our growing team in India. You may not know we've been advising throughout ASEAN and Korea for decades. Covering the largest part of the global energy transition from our front row seats in Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Bangkok, Seoul, Hanoi, and Hong Kong. Our roots are deep.

    View profile for Mike Thomas, graphic

    Managing Director at The Lantau Group

    With rapidly changing economies, an accelerating energy transition, increasing customer push for appropriately sourced green electricity, changing policy and regulatory landscapes, new market risks, and a multitude of sector investors and market participants, it was time to go beyond bespoke. Building on decades of Asia Pacific focused commercial transactions support, regulatory economics, market design, and public policy, TLG has launched a suite of services for energy stakeholders facing opportunities and challenges in a dynamic and often confusing world. With a growing subscriber base, TLG offers a range of services from monthly or quarterly market tracking to customised monitoring and reporting for teams located far away from Asia seeking an alternative perspective, and from quarterly price curve reports, to advanced, bespoke support to investors in ground breaking projects, like Terra Solar. Reach out for more information.

    • No alternative text description for this image
  • The Lantau Group reposted this

    View profile for Alok Kumar, graphic

    Director at The Lantau Group | Professor of Practice at IIT Roorkee , Former Power Secretary Government of India | Infrastructure, Energy Transition, Electricity Regulation

    It was a great pleasure to deliver theme presentation today on ‘Power Sector Reforms: The evolution of Power Sector Reforms in India and Important Milestones’ in International Conference on Reimagining of Electricity Industry for the Future organized by IET Sri Lanka Network at Colombo. My presentation covered various reform initiatives starting from opening up generation in 1991 upto launching of GDAM and RDSS. My key suggestion was to pay attention to neutrality of transmission access, rational transmission pricing for renewables with low CUF, and attracting private sector participation in transmission through competitive bidding for cost reduction. It was heartening to learn that a broad consensus is emerging for taking up grid interconnection with India for connecting to BIMSTEC region. A presentation on new policy intent (attached PDF) in the conference informed that new Government is likely to amend the Act passed in June 2024 but with intent to continue the reforms. They want to focus on solar (2 GW in five years) and grid strengthening. Wholesale energy markets are targeted in five years and till then unbundled entities will continue in government ownership with single buyer model, along with open access regime and need based private sector participation in transmission sector. Competitive procurement is planned to be followed. Mini grids owned by communities will be promoted for RE based generation. Key driver of reforms will be cost reduction in power generation by promoting RE. Interesting developments ahead to be watched…

Similar pages