Asean Power Grid

South-east Asia’s green power investments hit new high of US$17 billion in 2025: IEA

Surging demand from data centres, electric vehicles and green industrial parks is placing unprecedented strain on power systems.

The next phase of South-east Asia’s energy transition: Fixing the grid

In 2025, Asean member states signed an enhanced Asean Power Grid memorandum of understanding, building on the original 2007 agreement.

Fast-tracking the Asean Power Grid amid global energy turmoil

Mike Ng, chief sustainability officer of OCBC, says energy security and sustainability are increasingly converging priorities.

Costs of energy transition likely to go up over short term due to Iran war, says OCBC CSO 

Concord New Energy took hits from higher curtailment rates and lower average tariffs in 2025.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 194: Concord New Energy’s Reit speculation; Year-end goal for Indonesia-Singapore clean-electricity trade

With an abundance of solar and wind, Asia has a credible path to reduce the region's vulnerability to energy crises.

Beyond Hormuz: Asia’s energy goals need a new road map

Solar panels in Gujarat Solar Park in India; sourcing solar power from a diverse set of locations strengthens Singapore’s power resilience.

Low-carbon electricity trading between Singapore and India being mulled, says global solar body

The fund will accelerate investments to achieve fully integrated electricity grid operations by 2045, benefitting South-east Asia.

Asian Development Bank launches US$25 million fund for Asean power grid

The oil crisis could push governments to diversify into renewables – or return to domestically produced coal, a fossil fuel which the region has struggled to phase out.

Middle East oil shocks send S-E Asia scrambling for alternatives, but cleaner mix is no easy choice

Electricity consumption by Asia-Pacific data centres is forecast to quintuple in the next decade.

Making own power one of the ways Apac data centres can unlock US$800 billion: Deloitte