It was something of a double take earlier this week when the Philippine government suggested it might authorize 31 GW of offshore wind development. The Indian government then promptly announced a draft tender for 4GW of offshore wind tender off the country’s south coast in Tamil Nadu. The trigger for the Philippines government was the idea that it could spawn a green hydrogen industry that might export to surrounding Asian economies. The Department of Energy said that the Philippine President had 42 approved offshore wind contracts which the private sector would now lap up, including developers from Denmark, Norway, and even the UK. This shows perhaps how much influence that the World Bank has in ASEAN as a 300 page…