Integrating Solar and Wind in Southeast Asia Webinar

9:00 to 11:00 Paris Time

Southeast Asia stands at a critical energy crossroads with electricity demand surging across the region and a narrow but powerful window of opportunity to shape a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future. With abundant renewable resources – solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and geothermal – Southeast Asia has the potential to meet rising demand cost-effectively and sustainably while reducing the region’s reliance on fossil-fuel imports and enhancing energy security. The region’s combined technical potential for utility-scale solar PV and wind exceeds 20 terawatts, underscoring the immense opportunity for Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) integration.

The IEA recently released a new report “Integrating solar and wind in Southeast Asia: Status and outlook for secure and efficient integration strategies“, which assesses the readiness of Southeast Asia’s power sector to integrate higher shares of VRE and identifying opportunities and challenges. It reviews technical and regulatory measures that are being implemented and applies the IEA’s six-phases of VRE integration framework to assess potential challenges and outlines practical actions for policymakers, regulators, utilities and regional entities from 2025 to beyond 2030

Following the report’s successful launch at the ASEAN Energy Business Forum (AEBF) in Kuala Lumpur, featuring a keynote address from Secretary of Department of Energy Philippines and panel discussions with representatives from the Energy Commission Malaysia, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Lao PDR) and the ASEAN Centre for Energy, this webinar will delve deeper into the report’s key findings, recommendations, and country-specific insights.

This webinar is intended present the key findings and insights in more detail, highlighting both opportunities and consideration in accelerating VRE integration in Southeast Asia, followed by an interactive Q&A session.