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Financing the ASEAN Power Grid
Background information The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a long history of electricity system connectivity, and the development of the ASEAN Power Grid (APG) is central to achieving a secure, affordable and sustainable energy transition across the region. Delivering the APG will require a significant step‑change in investment over the coming 15 years, and unlocking financing from a diverse range of sources will be essential for this to happen. Yet financing approaches and business models have not evolved at the pace required to support an increasingly ambitious and complex pipeline of interconnector projects.The IEA’s report on…
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Zakia Adam
Statistics Manager.
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New podcast episode examines the surge in energy jobs
…increase in global energy employment, and how to tackle growing skills shortages, which could complicate efforts by countries to meet rising energy demand securely and affordably.The Everything Energy podcast offers fresh perspectives on a wide range of global energy issues through conversations with IEA experts.Previous episodes cover the vast potential of geothermal energy, nuclear energy’s comeback, energy and AI, key energy investment trends, the forces shaping oil markets, growing demand for air conditioning, efforts to expand clean cooking access, where the world’s electricity comes from, petrochemicals, Southeast Asia’s growing energy importance, Ukraine’s energy security this coming…
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The State of Energy Innovation 2026
Background information A high-level exchange of views on the headwinds and tailwinds facing energy technology innovators, and how they are adjusting to changes in the economic and political outlook. The IEA report The State of Energy Innovation will be presented and the objective is to gather key themes for near-term priority actions that can feature in the next edition of the report.
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Akinwumi Adesina
President.
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Solid biofuels consumption estimation model
…residues. Accurate data to measure solid biofuel’s share of the energy mix is key to developing policies and assessing sustainability goals. However, the continent suffers from systematic lack of data, with the reported figures often not harmonised across countries and collected from outdated surveys.The International Energy Agency (IEA) has developed an Excel-based tool to estimate residential solid biofuel consumption as part of a 4-year programme co-funded by the European Commission, titled “An Affordable and Sustainable Energy System for Sub-Saharan Africa”. The programme aims to improve energy data management and long-term energy planning in 10 countries (Benin, Democratic…
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital for utility-scale solar PV in Indonesia, Viet Nam and the Philippines, 2022-2024
Weighted Average Cost of Capital for utility-scale solar PV in Indonesia, Viet Nam and the Philippines, 2022-2024 CofCapital observatory
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Miłosz Motyka
Minister of Energy, Poland.
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Leonore Gewessler
Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology.
