RE-powering ASEAN: Readying Power Systems for Renewables
Renewables are ready to drive power system expansion in ASEAN, but adapting power systems to integrate wind and solar variability is crucial. Revising rigid fossil fuel
The current power system infrastructure and market frameworks in most of the ASEAN member states were designed with limited system flexibility, primarily based on the paradigm of centralised bulk generation with one-way transmission to demand centres where supply adjusts to follow demand.
And as solar is abundant in all AMSs, it is incumbent upon ASEAN to deploy large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) with battery storage, which this study accordingly thoroughly analyzes, as previously mentioned.
Therefore, ASEAN's energy transition hinges not just on ambition, but on infrastructure. Grid development is the connective tissue that will allow clean power to scale, flow, and deliver on its promise. The region should treat the grid as the foundation of a modern, prosperous and decarbonized energy system.
ASEAN's energy supply was 616 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in 2017, and it is expected to grow to 2006 Mtoe by 2060 in the BAU or Baseline scenario, per Fig. 3 and Table 1. Coal, oil, and natural gas accounted for approximately 80.06% in 2017, and are forecast to reach 85.09% in 2060 in the BAU scenario. Source Authors' calculations
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