Climate Decisions, Energy Transitions, and What Comes Next

Welcome to the November 2025 Edition of SIPET Connect. 

In this month’s edition collaboration, creativity, and reform take center stage in driving the region’s clean energy shift. 

For our Transition Toolbox, Leo Horn-Phathanothai, Founder and Executive Director of the Just Energy Transition Incubator (JUTI), reflects on how Bangkok Climate Action Week (BKKCAW) turned climate dialogue into a citywide experiment in civic engagement and inclusion. The Explainer unpacks how battery energy storage systems (BESS) are bridging renewable supply, demand gaps, while our Highlight features the launch of the ASEAN School of Regulation, a regional initiative training energy regulators to advance cross-border power trade and sustainable reform. 

Plus, explore upcoming events and opportunities shaping Southeast Asia’s energy transition.  

Welcome to the October 2025 Edition of SIPET Connect. 

This month’s edition explores how Southeast Asia is turning energy transition plans into practice. In our feature interview, Keiju Mitsuhashi of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) discusses how the ASEAN Power Grid is finally gaining traction, with country-level efforts—like the Philippines’ push on geothermal, offshore wind, and grid upgrades—showing how national reforms make regional links possible.

We also unpack the real role of renewable hydrogen in Southeast Asia’s power mix, share updates from Enlit Asia 2025 and Bangkok Climate Action Week, and look ahead to Singapore International Energy Week, where SIPET joins as a media partner.

Plus, don’t miss upcoming events and opportunities driving the region’s clean energy transformation

Welcome to the September 2025 Edition of SIPET Connect. 

Southeast Asia’s energy transition calls for practical solutions that can be scaled across the region. In this edition of SIPET Connect, Marc S. Forni of the World Bank shares how the Regional Low Carbon Cities Program offers a new model for financing urban decarbonization.  

Our SIPET Explainer provides short, accessible breakdowns of clean-energy issues, reports, and debates, with clear, data-driven takeaways to help readers navigate complex topics. This edition tackles Carbon Capture and Storage. 

This issue of SIPET Connect explores how Southeast Asia is responding to complex geopolitical and climate realities through practical, cooperative action. We take our readers inside the 2025 Regional Energy Transition Dialogue (RETD), where policymakers and experts came together in Bangkok to chart a shared path forward—and where collaboration itself became the takeaway. In our new Transition Toolbox Series, Sascha Oppowa of GIZ Thailand reflects on RETD as a scalable model for enabling structured regional dialogue and replicable solutions. 

We also spotlight Enlit Asia—the region’s flagship energy platform happening this September in Bangkok—where SIPET will be presenting its latest work on regional policy tools and collaboration.