To support the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation 2016-2025’s goals for enhancing energy connectivity and market integration in the ASEAN, the ASEAN-German Energy Programme (AGEP) conducted a follow-up study to the previously released Levelised Cost of Electricity of Selected Renewable Technologies in the ASEAN Member States (November 2016).  This second study, titled Levelised Costs of Electricity for Renewable Energy Technologies in ASEAN Member States II,  aims to determine the current levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar photovoltaic (PV), hydropower, wind, biomass, and geothermal, and help identify necessary policies to encourage fair competition between RE and fossil fuel power plants in the ASEAN Member States (AMS).  With a total 134 projects evaluated,this study underlines the main parameters influencing the LCOE in the AMS.

To support the great efforts of CLM governments in providing applicable policy and financial support frameworks, the ASEAN-German Energy Programme (AGEP)—a jointly implemented project by ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)— has completed a study on The Renewable Energy Financing in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar: Support Framework, Challenges and Policy Recommendations. This study supports the RE Programme under the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) and aims to provide a reference for policymakers and other related and interested stakeholders to explore RE policy and financial support mechanisms in CLM.

‘Baseload’ is a characteristic of power demand, not of a specific supply technology. The demand for baseload electricity can actually be met by any combination of generation sources, including variable renewable energy.