Asean Power Grid

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

But coal is growing more dominant, accounting for nearly half of power generation in 2024

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

Renewables are growing fast, but the region’s push to boost green power hinges on upgrading ageing infrastructure

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

While constraints remain, a faster pace of implementation is increasingly feasible

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 

The lender expects persistent inflationary pressures as central banks keep interest rates higher for longer

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

This week in ESG: Renewable energy player still evaluating possibility of spin-off; country’s leaders mull kick-off for green 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

This moment is a pivotal opportunity for Asean to force a transition from security to self-sufficiency

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

Project is technically feasible but a detailed study on the commercial viability still has to be conducted

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

[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.

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.

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