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Singapore and IEA mark 10 years of regional energy cooperation to advance ASEAN Power Grid vision
…21 to 22 May 2026 in Singapore. The programme focuses on strengthening regional power connectivity through subsea interconnections and cross-border renewable energy certificates (RECs) trade to support the energy security and decarbonisation goals of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).The training programme brought together more than 160 policymakers, regulators, and industry stakeholders from 23 countries across the Asia-Pacific region to discuss how regional power interconnections can strengthen energy security and support cross-border electricity trade. Representatives from the ASEAN Centre for Energy, Australian Energy Regulator and private sector players shared insights on technical frameworks, regulatory policies…
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Supporting countries in the unfolding energy crisis
…org/news/executive-director-meets-with-prime-minister-of-australia-to-discuss-urgent-energy-challenges-facing-asia-pacific-region facing the Asia-Pacific region due to the war in the Middle East, as well as measures that could help ease pressures on consumers. He then travelled to Tokyo to meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi https://x.com/fbirol/status/2036765889672905144?s=20of Japan. They spoke about the impacts of the war on energy security https://www.iea.org/news/executive-director-meets-with-prime-minister-of-japan-to-discuss-energy-security-amid-war-in-middle-east in Asia and beyond…
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Close to 30% of cars sold this year are set to be electric as countries and consumers respond to energy crisis
…sales.Following policy changes in China and the United States, global sales of electric cars in the first quarter of 2026 fell by 8% compared with the same period in 2025. However, this overall decline masked strong sales growth in many other countries and regions. In Europe, sales increased by close to 30% year-on-year; in the Asia Pacific region excluding China, sales jumped by 80%; and in Latin America, they were up by 75%. In March, close to 90 countries around the world logged year-on-year sales growth, with around 30 of them registering record-breaking monthly…
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Regional Training Programme on Connecting ASEAN: Advancing Energy Security through Subsea Interconnection Power Trade
…tariff treatment, risk management, and maintenance and operational coordination to ensure reliability over the asset life cycle.Enabling cross-border Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) trade: examining the building blocks of credible REC systems and regional interoperability such as alignment with national policies and targets, buyer requirements, and safeguards against double counting while sharing best practices and lessons learned from existing REC approaches.The primary objective of the training is to facilitate dialogue and knowledge sharing between energy policymakers, regulatory authorities and industry professionals from across Southeast Asia and beyond, fostering stronger collaboration on power sector connectivity and regional electricity trade.
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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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APEC International collaborations
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), established in 1989 in response to strong economic growth across the region, is an economic forum for 21 Asia-Pacific economies.The IEA participates actively in APEC summits, organises trainings and provides information, especially on energy efficiency and energy technology, to support APEC in efforts to promote sustainable growth. In 2017, the IEA published the paper Tracking Fossil Fuel...
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International collaborations
We work with a broad range of international organisations and forums to ensure secure, affordable and sustainable energy systems
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Clean Energy Labour Council Structure
Fostering dialogue between the IEA, stakeholders and the labour sector A growing number of countries are setting increasingly ambitious goals to shift to clean energy, with significant implications for labour. IEA analysis estimates that the energy transition needed to reach net zero emissions will create 14 million new jobs in the realm of clean energy technologies, shift around 5 million workers away from fossil fuel sectors, and require additional skills and training for an estimated 30 milli...
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Energy and AI in East Asia
This report was commissioned by the Korea Energy Economics Institute and was carried out jointly by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Korea Energy Economics Institute. The study has three objectives in the context of East Asia. First is to explore the possibilities presented by AI for the energy sector. Second is to examine the expected increase in electricity demand by data centres, and the impact on grid planning and operation. Third is to provide policy recommendations for embracing the opportunities presented by the application of AI to energy, as well as policies for proactively managing the challenges presented by…
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Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM)
Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) is a large-scale computer simulation model developed by the (Japan) National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in collaboration with Asian researchers, to assess policy options for stabilizing the global climate and reducing GHG emissions. The AIM models inter alia estimate GHG emissions and assess policy options to reduce them and estimate climate change impacts in the Asian-Pacific region. NIES conducts capacity building of AIM so that local researchers of other countries can develop national long-term strategies/city-level decarbonization scenarios.