This issue of SIPET Connect provides updates on a diverse and growing set of Energy Transition activities and events across the region. These include:
- a perspective on Indonesia Sustainable Energy Week 2024 (ISEW 2024);
- a feature on the partnership between ASEAN and the USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program, which includes capacity-building for utilities, financial institutions, investors, developers, and government officials; and technical assistance to support regional energy trade and integration of clean energy sources;
- new research by the NewClimate Institute and Agora Energiewende, ‘Navigating the Transition to Net Zero in Southeast Asia’, which outlines a framework for integrating policy, technology, and finance for the clean energy transition across Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand;
- insights from the report from CASE Indonesia entitled, ‘Coal’s Endgame: Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of Early Retirement Coal-Fired Power Plant (CFPP) Versus CFPP with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)’, which compares the costs and benefits of retiring Indonesia’s existing CFPPs early versus retrofitting them with CCS; and
- a story about the Energy Transition, a profile of a 57-year-old Thai resident who shares what his life was like before and after electrification.