Presentation by Michael O Sinocruz, Director Energy Policy and Planning Bureau, Department of Energy, The Philippines.

Presentation by Michael Williamson, Section Chief- Energy Division, ESCAP.

Presentation by Mohd Rizal Ramli, Senior Deputy Director for Capacity Planning & Development, Energy Commission Malaysia.

Presentation by Yusuf Suryanto, Senior Planner (Coordinator for Electricity), Directorate of Electricity, Telecoms & Informatics, Ministry of National Development Planning/BAPPENAS Indonesia.

Presentation by Amanul Hak Ansari, Engineer Solar Energy Department, Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), Nepal.

Presentation by Shahbaz Ahmad, Manager of Load Forecast & Generation Planning, National Transmission & Dispatch Company (NTDC), Pakistan.

Presentation by Dawa Chhoedron, Chief Engineer, Power System and Market Division, Department of Energy. Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources., Bhutan.

Presentation by Dr. Lee Seung-mun, Research Fellow & Dr Yenjae Chang, Associate Research Fellow, Department of Renewable Energy Policy Research, Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), Republic of Korea

Presentation by Dr. Zulfikar Yurnaidi, Senior Officer, Sustainable Energy, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. ASEAN Centre for Energy.

Presentation by Dr. Yuan Bo, Director of Power System Analysis Laboratory, Energy Strategy and Planning Research Department, State Grid Energy Research Institute, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC).

This report discusses the strategic areas enabling expansion of the decarbonisation options presented in the modelling results.

As the largest energy consumer in the world, China must play a pivotal role in the global transition to a sustainable energy future in an increasingly carbon-constrained world. The country is already a global leader in renewable energy, with massive potential to harness a diverse range of renewable sources and technologies, both for power generation and for end-use sectors.

Southeast Asia has considerable resources to produce liquid biofuels sustainably, using biomass feedstocks that would not cause carbon-dioxide emissions or interfere with food supply. This report offers detailed estimates of biomass resource potential for Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. According to an IRENA assessment, advanced biofuels could provide as much as 7.3 exajoules of primary energy per annum in Southeast Asia by 2050, or half of the region’s total primary bioenergy potential.

Fiji is identified by the Geothermal Energy Association as one of 39 countries that could meet their electricity demand solely by tapping the renewable energy from underground heat.

The nations of Southeast Asia stand at a crossroads in terms of their collective energy future. Amid rapid economic growth, they face a 50% rise in regional energy demand within a decade. This brings challenges in supplying energy affordably, sustainably and securely.

Indonesia is the largest country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), accounting for around two fifths of the region’s energy consumption. Energy demand across the country’s more than 17,000 islands could increase by four fifths and electricity demand could triple between 2015 and 2030.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands relies on imported petroleum products for 90% of its primary energy supply. But the Pacific small-island developing state has set out to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix and achieve 100% electrification by 2020.

IRENA’s working paper, Doubling the Global Share of Renewable Energy: A Roadmap to 2030, outlines the proposed process, and progress to date, of REMAP 2030 – IRENA’s global roadmap for policies and actions to double the share of renewable energy by 2030.

Kiribati has identified a need for clear medium-term targets for fuel import reduction, and to complement these by scaling up renewables in its energy mix. Small scale off-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have been in use since the 1970s, but experience in large-scale grid-connected solar PV applications is limited, necessitating capacity building for Kiribati’s move towards energy independence.

Vanuatu’s primary energy supply is dominated by biomass, used mainly for rural cooking, and imported petroleum products for urban energy and transport.

This report explores the potential socio-economic impacts of the energy transition in Southeast Asia. It shows that an ambitious energy transition will deliver a broad range of beneficial socio-economic outcomes for the region.

The Malaysia energy transition outlook provides a comprehensive, renewables-focused, long-term energy pathway for the transition to a cleaner and more sustainable energy system in Malaysia.

This report, developed by the Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic with the support of IRENA, aims to further support the country towards the sustainable development of the energy sector through increased deployment of reliable and cost-effective renewable energy solutions.

This report provides a comprehensive, renewables-focused, long-term energy pathway for the transition to a cleaner and more sustainable energy system in Indonesia.

Renewable energy auctions have become a popular instrument for the deployment of renewables around the world, and Southeast Asia is no exception.