Asia’s Energy Future: Building a Diverse and Resilient System

Jonathan Goh, Director, External Relations Department, EMA

Dato' Ir. Ts. Razib Dawood, Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)

H.E. Chanthaneth Bualapha, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Lao PDR

Roble P. Velasco-Rosenheim, Director, Partnerships and Asia Pacific, I-TRACK Foundation

Cross-border electricity trade (CBET) features prominently in ASEAN’s energy and decarbonisation planning, and will also play a central role in corporate uptake of renewables in the region. However, many international actors do not currently recognise CBET transactions for reporting purposes outside of the European Union and North America. This presentation will describe several interrelated workstreams that are underway—each with the aim of ensuring CBET transactions capture and reflect sufficient data to be viewed as globally credible, such that electricity consumers can make credible claims in the global context. The presentation will discuss key progress over the past year, as well as what to expect going forward.

Focus: Exploring diverse technological solutions to decarbonise Asia’s energy systems.

Asia’s energy transition will not be driven by a single solution, but by a portfolio of technologies that together enable sustainability and resilience.

This session will examine the potential and readiness of carbon capture and storage (CCS), biomethane, hydrogen, advanced biofuels, and renewables to meet growing energy demand while reducing emissions. It will explore the latest developments in production, distribution, and integration, as well as opportunities to scale up these technologies across power, industry, and transport.

Key Discussions:

• Which technologies are most ready to be deployed at scale in Asia?
• How can CCS, biomethane, hydrogen, and advanced biofuels complement renewables in building resilience?
• What barriers (technical, regulatory, or infrastructural) must be addressed to accelerate adoption?

Panel:

• Beni Suryadi, Senior Manager, APAEC and Strategic Partnership, ASEAN Centre for Energy
• Craig Stewart, SVP International E&P and CCUS, MedcoEnergi
• He Yiyong, Founder and Director, Straits Bio-LNG
• Lynda Hayden, Branch Head, Regional Partnerships Branch, International Climate and Energy Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia
• Kelvin Wong, Managing Director and Global Head of Energy, Renewables and Infrastructure, Institutional Banking Group, DBS Bank

Moderator:

• Shabana Begum, Correspondent (Environment and Science), The Straits Times

Bratin Roy, Global head of Decarbonisation, TÜV SÜD

Focus: Mobilising investments and frameworks to enable technology deployment.

While technology options are advancing, financing and policy frameworks are essential to bring them to scale.

This session will focus on the role of investment, market design, and partnerships in advancing innovative solutions across Asia. It will consider how capital can be channelled effectively into CCS projects, biomethane infrastructure, hydrogen hubs, and renewable deployment, while ensuring long-term resilience and affordability.

Key Discussion:

• What are the latest investment trends shaping Asia’s low-carbon technologies?
• How can policy and regulatory frameworks de-risk investment in CCS, biomethane, hydrogen, and renewables?
• What forms of regional cooperation and partnerships are most effective in mobilising resources and building shared infrastructure?
• What role can various stakeholders – sponsors, developers, financiers, multilaterals and policymakers – play in catalysing investment in these emerging sectors?

Panel:

• Lim Han Kwang, Deputy CEO, YTL PowerSeraya
• Jennifer Tay, Partner, Asia Pacific Infrastructure Leader, PwC Singapore
• YBhg. Dato’ Hamzah bin Hussin, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA)
• Dorian Delteil, Executive Director, Project Finance, Institutional Banking Group, DBS Bank
• Michael Lin, Principal Investment Officer at Global Infrastructure and Natural Resource Group, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Moderator:

• Georgie Skipper, CEO, Lucetia Group, Consortium Partner of the Green Grids Initiative