With support from the HKUST Undergraduate Research Opportunities Project
PrincipaI investigator
Dr. Laurence L. DELINA
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Project Students
Ms. Rainbow LAM
Mr. Vincent TANG
Ms. Christy WONG
Decentralized renewable energy installations, such as home or building solar PV, can be funded through digital fintech instruments, such as via peer-to-peer trading. This is an innovation merging two separate sectors: energy and finance. But who could be the actors in this new ecosystem? How is this blending of the digital or the fintech and the renewable energy sectors perceived? This project highlighted Hong Kong, a global financial centre, as it seeks to become an international hub for green finance and expand renewable energy contributions in its energy mix.
Outputs
Journal article: Delina, L. Rainbow Yi Hung Lam, Wing Shun Tang, and Ka Ying Wong. (2023). Mapping the actor landscape of a future fintech-funded renewable energy ecosystem in Hong Kong. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 13:419-427 doi:10.1007/s13412-023-00839-4
Journal article: Delina, L. (2023). Fintech RE in a global finance centre: Expert perceptions of the benefits of and challenges to the digital financing of distributed and decentralised renewables in Hong Kong. Energy Research & Social Science 97:102997 doi:10.1016/j.erss.2023.102997
Journal article: Delina, L., Rainbow Yi Hung Lam, Wing Shun Tang, and Ka Ying Wong. (2022). Hong Kong’s “future” energy transition-digitalization-financialization triangle: Actors and impacts. Science Talks 4:100082 doi:10.1016/j.sctalk.2022.100082
Seminar: Fintech RE: The benefits and challenges of digital financing for decentralised and distributed renewables in Hong Kong, HKUST Institute of Emerging Market Studies, 6 March 2024
Webinar: Critiquing the promise of energy transition-digitalization-financialization triangle: expert perceptions from Hong Kong, The MIT Club of Hong Kong, 24 May 2022
The Delina Research Group 