ASEAN Energy Insight
Q1 2019
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ASEAN Renewable Energy Progress in 2018
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AMS set more
ambitious target in
implementing RE
More investment
were put for RE
Unlocking new RE
financing option
Bolstering ties
and cooperation
for RE
AMS put serious effort
to continue bringing
RE to the region
Exploring new
technologies in RE:
floating solar,
blockchain

One Community
for Sustainable
EnergyHow does ASEAN RE progress in Q1 2019?
Let’s observe the news we collected in Q1 2019 …
RE is one of the most reported subjects under energy news from across
ASEAN. The stories and updates in the media amounted to almost 29%
of the total news we collected in Q1 2019.

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Energy
How does ASEAN RE progress in Q1 2019?
 Solar Energy is Looking Rosy in ASEAN
Vietnam
Thailand CambodiaSingapore
LCOE of solar has also dropped
down even reaching grid parity in
several Member States.
Solar has reached grid parity in
the Philippines and Singapore,
and soon in Thailand too if the
equipment costs can be
brought down.
• Vietnam revises its feed-in-tariff
(FiT) incentive scheme for solar
early this year. The FiT will be
differentiated by regions, higher
for cloudy region in the north and
lower for sunny region in the
south and would also differ
depending on the category.
• The RE sector is also increasingly
attractive for investors in
Cambodia as an outcome of the
Kingdom’s largest solar energy
project (60 MW in Kampong
Speu) which will operate this
year.
• Singapore will have one of the
world’s largest offshore floating
solar system along the Straits of
Johor, with capacity of 5 MW
which is estimated to operate
this year.
• Thailand has also gotten its hand
on the floating solar technology
in their dams and reservoir.
• Thailand also begins to plan for
recycling plant of solar cell.

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for Sustainable
Energy
How does ASEAN RE progress in Q1 2019?
 Wind Power Market Starts to Kick-in in Vietnam
Vietnam
The Ministry of Industry and
Trade (MOIT), Vietnam, has
issued Circular No. 02 as an
updated guideline for
onshore and offshore wind
power projects in the
country.
This guideline will replace
the previous regulations as
substantial revisions have
been made with stricter
requirements for projects.
Last year in September, under Decision 39/2018/QD-
TTg by the Prime Minister, the FiT for wind power has
also been revised from USD 7.8 cents/kWh to USD 8.5
cents/kWH for onshore generation and 9.8 USD
cents/kWh for offshore generation.
So far, there are a total of
7,000 MW of wind power
project proposals
submitted for approval in
the master plan.
Looking at the increasing
domestic electricity
demand in the future and
the effect of the revised
regulation, wind power
market is expected grow
fast in Vietnam.

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Energy
How does ASEAN RE progress in Q1 2019?
 Waste-to-Energy as an Emerging Potential in ASEAN
Vietnam Thailand Malaysia
Waste issue is arising across ASEAN with the
increasing amount of waste coupled with poor
waste management, which begins to cause health
and environmental problems in several metropolitan
cities in ASEAN Member States (AMS).
Thailand has established subsidies and
tax incentive for various WtE plants
which include incineration,
gasification, fermentation and landfill
gas capture.
The country has also set 500 MW as
target for WtE in the new Power
Development Plant 2018-37, which
represents 30% of total RE resources
by 2037.
In Vietnam, WtE projects in
big cities are appealing to
investors. Several municipal
authorities have accepted WtE
plant projects and called for
investment from different
economic sectors.
On the other hand, Malaysia
will have its first WtE plant in
operation in June this year.
Located in Tanah Merah,
Negeri Sembilan, the project is
planned to handle 1,000
metric tons of solid waste
daily and to produce 20 to 25
MW of electricity to power
25,000 households.
Solution Waste to Energy Plant

One Community
for Sustainable
Energy
ASEAN RE development ahead
Accelerate RE Deployment in ASEAN Energy Mix
Regional Integration is
needed
Nodal Network on
Research & Development
Window for Regional
Financing
Expanding to regional
Industry & Market
To move beyond Power
Transportation
Heat

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