ASEAN Energy Insight
Q1 2019
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ASEAN’s News Insight 2019
Let’s observe the news we collected in the first quarter of 2019 …
ASEAN Power Grid (APG) is considered as an important regional
project, it is a surprise that only 2.9% of news are about Energy
Cooperation and 20% about Renewable Power Projects.

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Progress on ASEAN’s Electricity Access
ASEAN moves closer towards 100% electricity ratio, but some Member States still need intensified efforts.
ASEAN moves closer towards 100% electricity ratio, but some
Member States still need intensified efforts.
MyanmarIndonesia
Indonesia realizes 98.3 pct
national electrification ratio
The Indonesian electrification
ratio in 2018 reached 98.3 per
cent, showing a continuous
growth from 84.3 per cent in
2014. Previously, the ratio stood
at 95.3 per cent in 2017, 91.2 per
cent in 2016, and 88.3 per cent in
2015
Myanmar’s electrification
achieved 44% since Dec 2018,
announced in Apr 2019 where
soon 7 regions, states to get
electricity access in Myanmar
Philippines
2.7 million households are still
without electricity in spite of
the billions of funds already
poured into NEA. To achieve
100% electrification goal, the
tasks have been given to the
DUs (distribution utilities), the
electric cooperatives, and all.
About 6.33 million out of 10.87
million households have no access
to electricity. In December, 2018,
4.79 million households (44 per
cent) have access to power while
6.087 million households (56 per
cent) are in need of electricity.
Government urged to speed up
electrification in rural and
Phiippines DoE reaffirms 100%
electrification goal

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 Electrification achievement in ASEAN
One of ASEAN’s goals is to achieve energy accessibility
How is the update of ASEAN Electrification Achievement in Q1
2019?
Vietnam
Vietnam achieves nearly 99
percent electrification
Vietnam has achieved nearly
99 percent electrification
with relatively low cost in
comparison to neighbouring
country, according to the
Ministry of Industry and
Trade (MoIT).

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Updates on National Power Development Plans
ASEAN is gearing towards greener planning, with more renewables incorporated into their power development plans
ASEAN is gearing towards greener planning, with more
renewables incorporated into their power development plans
Vietnam
Thailand
National power plan expands
private output
Non-fossil power will represent
35% of total power capacity by
2037, while coal-fired power
plants will be reduced to 12%.
Thailand is very keen on
renewable energy projects and
energy conservation plans, while
power imported from
neighbouring countries is
generated from hydropower
Through strategic plan, Laos
seeks to become regional hub
for electricity transmission by
2025
Lao PDR
Laos is developing a strategic plan to
become the network center for a regional
electricity transmission system by 2025.
Within the next six years, Laos aims to
export 9,000 MW of electricity to
Thailand, 5,000 MW to Vietnam, 500 MW
to Myanmar, 200 MW to Cambodia, and to
distribute 100 MW to Malaysia.
Cambodia

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Initiatives on Regional Electricity Cooperation is Still Centred in Mekong Sub-region
Hydropower projects and Strengthened Grid Infrastructure are the focus of ASEAN Power Grid in Q1 2019.
Hydropower projects and Strengthened Grid Infrastructure are
the focus of ASEAN Power Grid in Q1 2019.
Lao PDR is determined to be
the regional hub for electricity
transmission by 2020
Lao PDR
Lao PDR is actively promoting
Battery of Asia policy
It is expected that within the next six years, Lao PDR could
export 9,000 MW of electricity to Thailand, 5,000 MW to
Vietnam, 500 MW to Myanmar, and 200 MW to Cambodia.
Lao PDR had signed a tripartile electricity-trading agreement
with Thailand and Malaysia in 2017 in which Lao PDR would sell
100 MW of electricity to Malaysia using Thailand’s power
transmission network.
Through Battery of Asia Policy, Lao PDR promotes energy
security to the neighbouring countries such as Thailand,
Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia.

Cambodia
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Vietnam
Vietnam, EVN has started
500kV back bone to connect
Quang Trach plant to the
National power grid.
Mitigation effort for the
power shortage in Southern
region in 2021 due to
projected demand increase
and delayed power projects.
Cambodia signed energy
imports agreement in
December 2018 with Lao PDR
and extends the grid
infrastructure to 5 provinces in
order to
electrify all villages by 2020
Cambodia will connect
national grid to Tboung
Khmum, Kampong Thom,
Oddar Meanchey, Ratanakkiri
and Mondulkiri Provinces.
Myanmar
ESE and 12 tender-winning
companies just signed
agreements under the National
electrification project (NEP)
Construction work on the first
phase of NEP will start in March
2019 and will complete in 2021.
The country expects to reach its
target of 55 percent of
electrification rate in 2021.
Initiatives on Regional Electricity Cooperation is Still Centred in Mekong Sub-region
Hydropower projects and Strengthened Grid Infrastructure are the focus of ASEAN Power Grid in Q1 2019.
Hydropower projects and Strengthened Grid Infrastructure are
the focus of ASEAN Power Grid in Q1 2019.

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Variable Renewable Energy in Each National Power System
Solar booming in ASEAN allows more attractive mechanisms and development of advanced technologies
Solar booming in ASEAN allows more attractive mechanisms and
development of advanced technologies
VietnamThailand
Thailand added 30.8 MW Solar
Farm by January 2019
With the latest addition from
those seven solar farms, the
SET-listed firm closed 2018
with combined capacity
equity to 2,076 MWs, up by
26% from the previous year.
Vietnam has shown notable
achievement by finalising the
commission of 550+ MWp
solar project
Malaysia
Solar tariff in LSS2 is as low as
33.98 sen per kWh and is
expected to go lower in LSS3
with open tender exercise.
They are 100 MWp solar farm in
Dak Lak Province, 64 MWp solar
farm in Ninh Thuan Province, 70
MWp solar farm in Tay Ninh
Province, and 350 MWp hybrid
solar and wind farm in Ninh Thuan
Province.
Malaysia had opened the bids of
the 3rd round of Large-Scale Solar
(LSS3) scheme with the total
target capacity of 500 MW

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Decentralised Energy
Decentralised Energy through rooftop and virtual power plant are continued
ASEAN’s Development on the Decentralised Energy
VietnamSingapore
Cache Logistics contracts
Sembcorp for 7.9MW of rooftop
solar projects in Singapore
The 7.9MW of PV capacity will be
installed on warehouses including
the Commodity Hub, Pandan
Logistics Hub and Cache Changi
Districentre. When completed,
Commodity Hub will house
Singapore’s largest rooftop solar
facility to date, standing at roughly
6.2MW capacity.
In Vietnam, Solar rooftop panels ease
thirst for power and its promotion
Ho Chi Minh City alone has seen
over 748 rooftop solar power
owners registering to sell their
surplus electricity to Ho Chi Minh
City Power Corporation, with a
combined capacity of 11.55MWp.
It sets up the target to restructure
power usage towards a higher
rate of renewable energy to reach
1-1.74 per cent of the city’s total
consumption.
Malaysia
South Korean utility Busan City Gas
is partnering with smart energy IoT
solutions firms Shihwa SNC and I-
ON Communications collaborating
with Malaysian utility Tenaga
Nasional Berhad develop a virtual
power plant to integrate and tests
an energy storage system with
solar technology over a period of
30 months.
Korea and Malaysia co-pilot $7
million virtual power plant
system

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