Asia’s transition to distributed energy is hitting its inflection: as the global production hub and exporter for most solar and energy storage hardware, the region is now testing how rapidly residential, commercial, and rooftop solar and storage can scale at home - while centralised renewables and legacy grids still dominate. This panel dissects how decentralised growth pathways complement or challenge those systems in China, India, and South-East Asia. We’ll probe the true accelerants and limits, and how the centralised–decentralised balance will shape resilience, access, and the pace of the transition.