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Charting the Course for 2025

Welcome to the January 2025 edition of SIPET Connect! As we embark on a new year, we’re looking back at key milestones of 2024 with a blog from Maximilian Heil, Project Coordinator, the project Clean, Affordable, and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia (CASE for SEA), to keep up the energy transition momentum in the new year.

We also have for you an insightful interview with Melissa Brown, Director at Daobridge Capital, as part of our ongoing Transition Finance series to uncover strategies shaping the region’s energy transition. With decades of experience advising investors and regulators, Melissa provides an actionable roadmap for financial institutions to lead in shaping a resilient, low-carbon future.

Also in this issue, you will find exciting opportunities in the clean energy sector, from job openings to calls for research papers, and upcoming events like Watt's Next? Unlocking the Job Market. There is also a curated list of publications on renewable energy frameworks, policy insights, and balancing ASEAN’s energy aspirations.

Stay informed, stay inspired.
Thought Leader Interview: Transition Finance

Bridging Ambition and Reality: Melissa Brown’s Take on Transition Finance in Southeast Asia

Explore how transition finance is bridging the gap between Southeast Asia’s current high-emission realities and its net-zero ambitions. In this exclusive interview, Melissa Brown, Director at Daobridge Capital, shares her expertise on the evolution of transition finance, the role of global frameworks, and the potential of innovative tools like sustainability-linked loans and bonds.

 
Looking Back to Move Forward:
Reflecting on Energy Transition Milestones of 2024
As Southeast Asia advances its energy transition, 2024 proved to be an important year for the project CASE for SEA. From regional collaborations like the ASEAN Power Grid Roadmap to local initiatives such as Indonesia Sustainable Energy Week and Viet Nam’s Energy Transition Forum, the year was filled with achievements that laid the groundwork for the coming year.

Read our retrospective on these milestones, written by Maximilian Heil, Project Coordinator, CASE for SEA, and learn how it plans to support Southeast Asia’s clean energy journey in 2025.

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According to the World Economic Forum’s The Future of Jobs Report 2025, green economy and energy transition related roles are among the fastest growing. As the global focus shifts towards sustainable, below are exciting opportunities in this space in Southeast Asia:

Events

  • Watt's Next? Unlocking the Job Market l 5 Feb 2025 l Zoom l Register here
  • 2nd Low Carbon Fuels Summit | 20-21 Feb 2025 | Singapore | Register here
  • 2nd Low Carbon Fuels Summit | 20-21 Feb 2025 | Singapore | Register here
  • Solar and Storage Live Thailand | 26-27 Feb 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand | Register here
  • ASEAN Solar PV & Energy Storage Expo 2025 | 5-7 Mar 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand | Register here

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CASE Consortium Updates

Solar Forecasting: Unlocking the Potential of Renewable Energy

Accurate solar forecasting offers a pathway to improved grid stability and increased adoption of solar power in Southeast Asia. Discover how innovative forecasting technologies and regional collaboration are helping overcome variability challenges, ensuring a smoother clean energy transition.

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RE-powering ASEAN: Readying Power Systems for Renewables

In this article, CASE Consortium members Dr. Tharinya Supasa Dr. Siripha Junlakar, Fabby Tumiwa, Alberto Dalasung III, and Sascha Oppowa explore strategies to overcome barriers, mobilise investments, and drive a sustainable, affordable energy transition in the ASEAN region.

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SIPET offers tools and resources developed to help clean energy professionals understand the current state of energy systems in Southeast Asia, identify areas for improvement, and track progress over time. They also provide support to identify best practices, innovations, and emerging technologies that can be adopted and scaled to support the energy transition.
Your Reading List
  • Policy Insight - Malaysia: Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme (CRESS) | Read more
  • Regional Frameworks for Cross-Border Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) Trading on Grid-to-Grid Transmission Lines: Gap Analysis vis-à-vis International Standards | Read more
  • The Role of Natural Gas in Balancing ASEAN’s Energy Transition Aspiration and Energy Supply Security | Read more
  • Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2024: Catalysing Finance and Policy Solutions | Read more
  • Climate and Energy Terminology Handbook for Media and Journalists | Read more
ABOUT CASEThe Project "Clean, Affordable, and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia (CASE)" aims to shift the energy sector narrative in Southeast Asia towards an evidence-based clean energy transition, with the aim to increase political ambition to comply with the Paris Agreement. SIPET is part of an effort by CASE to accomplish the shift of the energy sector narrative by supporting: (a) research and evidence, (b) transparency and mapping, (c) dialogue with non-energy sector stakeholders, (d) technical assistance on clean energy, and (e) promoting public discourse on the energy transition.CASE is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), and jointly implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and international and local expert organisations in the area of sustainable energy transformation and climate change: Agora Energiewende and NewClimate Institute (regional level), the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) in Indonesia, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) in the Philippines, the Energy Research Institute (ERI) and Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) in Thailand.
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