by reducing or eliminating import tariffs and nontariff barriers for renewable goods services and technologies the sector can avoid bureaucratic redundancy and reduce the transactional costs of renewable energy to be deployed throughout the country at the same time major obstacles still remain to be overcome in order to boost investments in renewable energy further in emerging asia in asean china and india grid issues are a key barrier to renewable energy generation albeit in various ways first physical issues stemming from underdeveloped grid infrastructure and the lack of investment in grid upgrades are restraining investors from developing renewable energy projects