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Asean Power Grid

Asean Business

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

[MANILA] The Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday (Apr 7) that it has launched South-east Asia’s first multi-partner fund to accelerate the development of an Asean-wide cross-border power grid and s...

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.
Asean Business

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

The crisis may be a catalyst – or obstacle – for the region’s renewable energy transition goals

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

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

Up to 20% of planned projects globally are at risk of delay due to grid-access bottlenecks

Malaysia's newly minted Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir says his priority is not about "undoing what came before", but making sure good policies are delivered.
Asean Business

Malaysia’s 10-year chip design goal is facing ‘ultimate test’: economy minister

The government is experimenting with new frameworks to help Malaysian firms move into chip design and higher-value activities

A worker inspects solar panels in Dunhuang, China. The Asean Power Grid presents a strategic opportunity for Chinese clean-energy players, says one expert.
Asean Business
OUTLOOK 2026

Asean Power Grid projects could attract more Chinese investor interest in 2026

Clean-power manufacturers from China have been expanding in Indonesia, could seize more opportunities with cross-border projects

“We’re always looking at the opportunities to grow in Singapore", said Microsoft's vice president for energy Bobby Hollis
International

Microsoft ‘aggressively’ looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom

The tech giant will also ‘take a very close look’ at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres

The Asean Power Grid promises to unlock efficiencies, enable deployment of renewable energy at scale and foster regional energy resilience.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Winning investors for Asean Power Grid is mission critical

By focusing on bankability, the region can unlock the financing needed to realise the transformative initiative

The Asean Power Grid dominated conversations at this year’s Singapore International Energy Week.
ESG

Singapore receives interest from Malaysian firms to export renewable energy through second interconnector

For the city-state to achieve its net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050, the Asean Power Grid’s success is crucial

Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology Tan See Leng called on the conference attendees to ensure that the region’s grids remain stable, reliable and ready to support “this march forward into a great and sustainable energy transition”.
ESG

Singapore future-proofing its grid to meet higher energy demand from EVs, data centres

The intermittency of solar and wind power introduces new operational challenges for the grid

Sun Jinfeng, Singapore country manager of CRE International (left) and Frank Phuan, founder of Equator Renewables Asia.
Companies & Markets

Sunseap founder’s firm teams up with Chinese nuclear giant on Indonesian solar import project

Frank Phuan’s Equator Renewables Asia is set to import clean power from the Riau Islands into Singapore

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