ASEAN members states chart course to renewable energy future

(Eco Business, 26 Sep 2016) New report by IRENA and ACE to outline how ASEAN can achieve 23 per cent renewables by 2025.

Energy Ministers from across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met on 23rd September at the 34th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) to accelerate efforts to boost renewable energy deployment in the region.

ASEAN Member States are currently on track to source 17 per cent of their combined total primary energy supply from renewables by 2025. To achieve the target of 23 per cent by 2025 set by ASEAN at the 33rd AMEM, the region must rapidly accelerate the deployment of renewables.

To help enable the needed energy transition, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) gave Ministers a preview of a soon-to-be-released joint study on the potentials, costs, and benefits of renewable energy in the region.

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