The ASEAN Forum on Coal (AFOC) and ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) are actively promoting the development and utilisation of cleaner coal technologies in the ASEAN Member States. The AFOC Members have expressed their commitment to support and implement the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) programme no 3: Clean Coal Technology (CCT). […]
Read MoreThe Philippines is the first ASEAN Member State (AMS) to build a nuclear power plant. In response to the oil crisis in 1973, the Philippines decided to build the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) sits on a 389-hectare protected land at Napot Point, a peninsula in the west coast of Morong, […]
Read MoreThe ASEAN Energy Efficiency & Conservation Sub-sector Network (EE&C-SSN) met in Bangkok, Thailand on 7-8 March 2017 for the Post Meeting of ASEAN-Japan Energy Efficiency Partnership (AJEEP). The two-day Meeting was jointly organised by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and Energy Conservation Centre, Japan (ECCJ). Hosted by Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE), […]
Read MoreThe 2nd ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement (APSA) Task Force (TF) Phase II Meeting was held back to back with the Special Senior Official Meeting on Energy (SOME) and the 19th ACE Governing Council on 23 January 2017. The Meeting was attended by 7 (seven) ASEAN Member States (AMS); Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, […]
Read MoreThe Special Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) was held on 24 January 2017 in Yangon, Myanmar. The Meeting was attended by 10 ASEAN Member States (AMS) and representatives from ASEAN Specialised Energy Bodies (SEB); ASEAN Council on Petroleum (ASCOPE), Heads of ASEAN Power Utilities/Authority (HAPUA), ASEAN Forum on Coal (AFOC), and representatives from Sub-sector […]
Read MoreThe 2nd Renewable Energy for Indonesia 2016 (RE4I 2016) Conference and Exhibition was held on 6 and 7 December 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia. During the opening ceremony, H.E. Ignasius Jonan, the Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources delivered the keynote address and launched the Renewable Energy for Indonesia 2016 (RE4I 2016). In his speech, […]
Read MoreOn Tuesday, 6 December 2016, Japan Coal Energy Center (JCOAL) and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) representatives paid a courtesy call to the ASEAN Centre of Energy (ACE)’s Office in Jakarta, Indonesia. JCOAL’s Senior Executive, Mr. Masamichi Hashiguchi alongside with NEDO Director General, Mr. Noboru Aoki, shared JCOAL’s efforts to reduce emissions […]
Read MoreThe ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) launched in 2015 calls for a well-connected ASEAN to establish an integrated, competitive and resilient region. Stakeholder collaboration is becoming more central for the region to achieve the goal. Energy, as one of the key sectors in AEC, is supporting the vision. Through the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy […]
Read MoreUnder the ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting Plus Three (AMEM+3) and the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy Plus Three (SOME+3) Work Programme, the 2nd ASEAN-China Capacity Building on Civilian Nuclear Energy was co-organised by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and the China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN), supported by the National Energy Administration […]
Read MoreThe ASEAN-Japan Energy Efficiency Partnership Scheme 2 on “Practical Energy Manager Training (Training of Trainers)” under the Senior Officials Meeting on Energy – Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (SOME-METI) Work Programme 2016-2017 was held on 14-18 November 2016 at the Practical Energy Manager Training Centre in Pathum Thani, Thailand. The Training was jointly organised […]
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