The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region is an economic zone of around 630 million people with regional gross domestic product of US$ 2.4 trillion (2015) growing on an average of 5.3 percent per year in the period 2007-2015. The demand for energy is immense due to the economic growth in the region driven by transport and industry sectors.
However, energy demand and supply in individual ASEAN Member State (AMS) vary depending on available resources, as well as political and regulatory frameworks.
The ASEAN region is becoming one of the global growth drivers and important economic force in the world Even after accounting for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the region’s GDP is still projected to nearly triple from its 2017 figure, reaching USD 20 trillion by 2040 As reported
Dear Readers, Happy New Year! With many good wishes for a great year ahead! Last year was challenging for many of us in many different ways After almost a year of working remotely from home, we, however are delighted to share exciting updates with you through this newsletter AGEP Phase II,
The ASEAN-German Energy Programme (AGEP), a jointly implemented programme between the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is delighted to share the progress update of improving
AGEP supports ACE’s intuitional capacity in both human resource and organisational development. Hereafter, ACE’s could serve as a high-performing institution, a regional centre of excellence that builds a coherent, coordinated, focused and robust energy policy plan and strategy for ASEAN.