Part of the IEA World Energy Outlook series, the Southeast Asia Energy Outlook highlights the trends in domestic energy needs and supply prospects in Southeast Asia, including the status of fossil-fuel subsidies and energy access; the role of coal in fuelling the region’s power sector; implications for energy trade and energy-import bills; the level of investment needed to expand energy-supply infrastructure; as well as the substantial energy security, economic and environmental gains possible if the region were to realise a “high efficiency scenario”.
About the Report
The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are, along with China and India, shifting the centre of gravity of the global energy system to Asia. They make up an extremely diverse set of countries with vast differences in the scale and patterns of energy use and energy resource endowments. The region’s energy demand has already expanded by two and half times since 1990, but future growth is scarcely in doubt, especially considering that it has favourable economic prospects and per-capita energy use of its 600 million inhabitants is still very low, at just half of the global average. This special report, in the IEA’s World Energy Outlook series, assesses the prospects for Southeast Asia’s energy future and outlines the implications for regional and global energy markets.
The report highlights:
- Trends in domestic energy needs and supply prospects, including the status of fossil-fuel subsidies and energy access.
- The central role that coal is set to play in fuelling the region’s power sector.
- Implications for energy trade and energy-import bills.
- The level of investment needed to expand energy-supply infrastructure.
- The substantial energy security, economic and environmental gains possible if the region were to realise a “high efficiency scenario”.