Beni SuryadiASEAN Centre for Energy · Power, Fossil Fuel, Alternative Energy and Storage
Beni Suryadi
Master of Engineering
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July 2011 - February 2014
August 2001 - March 2007
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The energy transition is progressing slowly in the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). To achieve ASEAN's target of 23% renewables in the primary energy supply by 2025, the region would need to invest USD 27 billion in renewable energy every year. However, the ASEAN countries attracted no more than USD 8 billion...
The efforts towards the liberalization of electricity markets have sped up recently in some countries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. This step of opening up the electricity markets is aimed at establishing competitive and efficient electricity markets that not only reduce electricity prices, but also support a sus...
The power sector is one of the major contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions while also being vulnerable to climate change in its own right. Accordingly, the global power sector needs to accelerate decarbonization. This paper assesses power sector pathways to net-zero emissions by 2050 for the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) u...
This paper analyzed the potential contribution of the projected ASEAN Power Grid (APG) with increased contribution of renewable energy (RE) in the power system, toward emission reduction in South East Asia, both in region and country level, in three different scenarios (Baseline, ASEAN Target, and Optimum RE). Data collection was done with a series...
This article carries out a multisectoral qualitative analysis (MSQA) and policy integration analysis of six sectors important for climate mitigation in Southeast Asia in order to assess the status of the climate-energy nexus in the region. It concludes that Southeast Asia will be heavily affected by climate change but the mitigation efforts of the...
This policy brief highlights three key messages, i.e. 1) banks are diversifying into climate-friendly investment portfolios, 2) raising capital for coal-fired power plants will grow more difficult over time or lose financial support from present lenders and 3) Indonesia could turn capital raising challenges into opportunities for decarbonizing its...
Post-COVID recovery provides both opportunities and challenges in greening and modernizing the energy sector in ASEAN. In this paper, the complexity and uncertainty brought about by the co-evolution between energy and climate is explored from the Strategic Niche Management (SNM) and the Transition Management (TM) perspectives. These emergent transi...
This study analyzes the factors that have facilitated Vietnam’s recent rapid solar and wind power expansion and draws policy insights for other member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). A policy-mix analysis focusing on targets, incentive instruments, enabling regulations, and policy implementation is carried out, informe...
To decarbonise the electricity generation sector under the International Energy Agency’s 2 °C scenario, electricity generation from less efficient subcritical coal plants needs to be completely phased out by 2050. In addition, large potential exists in the Southeast Asia region for the deployment of high-efficiency, low-emission (HELE) electricity...
A large potential exists in the Southeast Asia region for deployment of high-efficiency, low-emission (HELE) electricity generation technologies. A cost–benefit analysis of HELE technologies compared to the less efficient subcritical electricity generation plants is thus carried out to find a persuasive scenario supporting quicker transition from s...
AEO6 explores four scenarios – three of which were modelled in AEO5 as well, plus a new scenario focused on attaining Sustainable Development Goal 7, “Affordable and Clean Energy”. Starting with roughly the same suite of technologies for the same population and GDP extrapolations, the four scenarios explore different strategies and escalating level...
Energy is the basis of human production and life, and an important guarantee for improved social public service and better living standards. However, regional and local energy shortages remain around the world. At the same time, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development sets the goal of "Ensuring access to affordable, r...
To understand what ‘affordable and clean’ energy means to ASEAN, the urgency to push it forward and to explore the recommendations for achieving a resilient economy in ASEAN communities.
Affordable and clean energy as a focus in SDGs no. 7 is also pushed by ASEAN countries, despite diverse meaning it has within the ASEAN Member States.
The diverse...
The Covid-19 pandemic is still ravaging the region, well into the third quarter of 2020. Struggling to patch the economic bust, ASEAN countries are churning out policies of economic recovery. Amid the struggle, we have seen potential climate actions blossoming in the region. As one of the most climate-vulnerable regions, the region started to get r...
As the end of the pandemic seems to be further than expected, development of climate-friendly technologies would require proper incentives, in both supply and demand sides. For example, tariff reduction or even exemption could ease the consumers to survive during the pandemic, providing chances to manage economic activities in a sustainable way. Po...
Brunei Darussalam has yet to make major progress in renewable
energy and become an attractive destination for investors. Only
0.05% of Brunei’s electricity came from renewable energy sources, while 99.95% was based on fossil fuels. In 2014, the country set a renewable energy target of 10% in the power generation mix by 2035. To reach the target, it...
Indonesia, the largest country in Southeast Asia, has considerable renewable energy potential. However, this potential remains largely underexploited. Fossil fuel subsidies are a major obstacle to the deployment of renewable energy on a large scale. Investment in renewable energy is limited compared to some regional peers. For instance, Vietnam att...
Cambodia has not attracted significant investment in renewable energy until mid-2020 and, unlike other ASEAN countries, has not set exact renewable energy targets. Despite this, the country is viewed as a model to learn from for other ASEAN countries implementing solar power auctions. In order to keep up this momentum and attract more investment, C...
Malaysia set a target of 20% renewables in the energy mix by 2025, an 18% increase from the 2% it had in 2018. One of the planned measures is the development of large-scale solar power. To reach the target, it will be necessary to attract a total of USD 8 billion of renewable energy investment during this period. Considering the fact that Malaysia...
Myanmar is endowed with abundant renewable energy resources, and its solar potential is the greatest in the Greater Mekong Subregion – yet, this potential remains largely untapped. The country’s 50% electrification rate remains the lowest in ASEAN, and the government plans to electrify the entire country by 2030. The share of renewable energy in th...
Lao PDR adopted the Renewable Energy Development Strategy in 2011 and set a target of 30% small-scale renewables in the energy mix by 2025. The country relies heavily on large hydropower in electricity production and is an attractive investment destination for hydropower. At the same time, Lao PDR has also significant small-scale hydro and solar po...
The Philippines set the target of increasing the share of renewable energy in its energy mix from 16.9% in 2019 to 26.9% by 2030. This ambitious target requires significant additional investment in renewable energy. It has been estimated that the Philippines could attract USD 20 billion in renewable energy investment through auctions between 2020 a...
Singapore has limited renewable energy potential due to its small surface area and the limited space available. Solar power has the greatest potential. Given the country’s limited spare land, rooftops and vertical spaces on high-rise buildings are of particular importance. Singapore set a target of producing solar energy to cover 350,000 households...
Thailand is among ASEAN’s renewable energy leaders. It attracted more than USD 10.7 billion of investment in renewable energy from 2006 to 2018. The country’s total installed capacity of renewable energy represented over 60% of the total capacity of ASEAN in 2019. Renewables accounted for 15% of its energy mix in 2018, and a target of 30% in 2036 w...
Vietnam is one of the most attractive destinations for renewable energy investment in ASEAN. In 2018, the country attracted USD 5.2 billion. In 2019, the share of renewable energy in the energy mix was 9%, thus already exceeding the 7% target set for 2020. If Vietnam is to continue its success and compete globally for investment in renewable energy...
Key messages from the Baseline Assessment Though the APAEC 2016-2025 Phase I document relates global energy development trends with the climate change, the position of ASEAN energy cooperation relating to climate change can be enhanced in the APAEC Phase II document by including more concrete terms such as the "Paris Agreement", "nationally determi...
The world is stunned by the emergence of fast-spreading Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Millions of people worldwide have become infected by the respiratory system disease. It triggered a global economic crisis and generated domino effects on other sectors, including energy and climate change. People travel less if any. Projects slowed down even ha...
ASEAN member states face a choice between cooperating more
closely on mitigating climate change now or risking greater regional tensions in the future.
Published in "ASEAN Focus", No 1, 2020, pp. 14-15
ASEAN’s energy demand is projected to expand 2.4 times by 2040 according the 5th ASEAN Energy Outlook. In 2040, ASEAN’s GDP is projected to have a threefold increase from only USD 2.56 trillion in 2015 and the region’s total population grows to over 760 million with 0.7% per year on average comparing to 630 million in 2015. Rising energy demand wil...
This chapter provides the updated renewable energy (RE) policy and development for ten ASEAN Member States (AMS). In 2015, ASEAN renewable energy’s share in total primary energy supply (TPES) has reached 13.6% (ASEAN Centre for Energy 2017). Specifically, on power sector, its share has amounted to 21.7% of total power generation, coming from 24.3%...
ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) together with China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI) is interested to dive deeper in providing information regarding the FiT Mechanism in ASEAN through establishing this report; ASEAN Feed-in-Tarif Mechanism Report in order to assess the relevance and importance of this scheme from ASEAN perspectives. The...
Three ASEAN member states, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar (CLM)—listed as the least developed countries (LDC)—had tremendous economic growth in the last decade, higher than the ASEAN average. Unfortunately, this is also translated into the high growth of GHG emissions. Noting their vulnerable position to the impact of the climate change, the Governm...
Since 2009, Singapore has set about implementing mitigation and energy efficiency measures in key sectors to achieve unilaterally pledged reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 7–11% below business-as-usual (BAU) levels in 2020. Carbon dioxide ( ) emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants are a major focus for emissions abatement, with...
Myanmar’s needs: Myanmar is severely affected by energy poverty, and needs to invest a greater share of GDP in the energy sector than any other country in Asia. It is estimated to require a total of USD 650 billion by 2030 to satisfy its growing demand for energy – USD 170 billion from foreign investors and the remainder from domestic sources. Inve...
The nations of Southeast Asia stand at a crossroads in terms of their collective energy future. Amid rapid economic growth, they face a 50% rise in regional energy demand within a decade. This brings challenges in supplying energy affordably, sustainably and securely.
Recognising this, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) aims to rel...
The report starts by presenting the numerous arguments for reducing energy subsidies, both at a general level and for Myanmar in particular.
After identifying electricity pricing as the main area for potential energy subsidy reform in Myanmar, and the reasons for such reform. It then examines the experiences of other countries, drawing on a newly...
The report starts by presenting the numerous arguments for reducing energy subsidies, both at a general level and for Myanmar in particular.
After identifying electricity pricing as the main area for potential energy subsidy reform in Myanmar, and the reasons for such reform. It then examines the experiences of other countries, drawing on a newly...
Over the last decade, Australia has undertaken initiatives to encourage the development and demonstration of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a way of limiting the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while enabling it to make use of its abundant coal resources. This paper presents some of these initiatives and the current status of CCS deve...
Projects
Projects (2)
Collaboration of China and ASEAN to support the deployment of clean energy in ASEAN.
ASEAN Climate Change and Energy Project (ACCEPT) is a 34-month project funded by the Norwegian Government, under the Norwegian-ASEAN Regional Integration Programme (NARIP), as a joint collaboration project between the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
The project aims to improve the coherence between the ASEAN energy and climate policies, contribute to more climate-friendly development of the energy sector. Studies will be carried out to analyse the existing energy and climate policies, provide recommendations and assist the ASEAN member states in shaping policies, which reflect the synergies between (i) energy policy and energy-related climate policy and (ii) policies at the national and regional levels. The project will entail intensive involvement from key ASEAN stakeholders, and will in the long-term help enhance modelling, analytical and regional policy planning capacities within ASEAN.
Therefore, the project will support the preparation of two crucial documents to ASEAN energy cooperation: (i) The ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2016-2025 Phase 2: 2021-2025 and (ii) the 6th ASEAN Energy Outlook (AEO). The APAEC is the sectoral work plan for achieving energy cooperation goals under the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2016-2025, while the AEO complements the APAEC by providing an analysis of energy trends and challenges faced by the region.
Furthermore, ACCEPT will publish thematic papers to provide policy analysis and guidance for authorities at the national and regional levels. In addition to this, the project will also promote the integration of energy and climate through the public engagement to increase awareness on the importance of energy-climate nexus. Whereby the Norwegian experience would be a benchmark for sustainable development in energy and energy-related climate change policy.
