Photo 1. The ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2026-2030 Roundtable Session.
Jakarta, 2 December 2025 – The ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2026–2030 Roundtable Session, organised by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), were convened to disseminate the collective strategies for the implementation of the APAEC 2026-2030, which was endorsed at the 43rd ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) in October 2025. The event gathers 88 participants, from ASEAN dialogue partners, international organisations, development partners, and financial institutions. Supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) through the ASEAN-UK Green Transition Fund (GTF), the session provided a platform to align the ASEAN Member States priorities as reflected in the APAEC 2026-2030 document and explore and identify concrete partnership opportunities across the APAEC Programme Areas.
Photo 6. Presentation by Nadhilah Shani on PA 1 (left) and APG roundtable session (right).
Programme Area 1: ASEAN Power Grid (APG)
Following the scene-setting presentation by Beni Suryadi, Senior Manager of APAEC and Strategic Partnership at ACE on the overview of ASEAN Energy Cooperation. Nadhilah Shani, Manager of the PIN Department at ACE, led the roundtable session on Programme Area, which highlighted key achievements under APAEC Phase II: 2021–2025, including the identification of 18 priority interconnection projects through the ASEAN Interconnection Masterplan Study (AIMS) III, and the endorsement of APG Enhanced Memorandum of Understanding and AIMS III Phase 3. The roundtable discussion reaffirmed strong political and technical support from partners, with key takeaways highlighted opportunities for collaboration in renewable energy integration, battery energy storage systems, subsea interconnections, geothermal development, regulatory reform, and financing mechanisms.
ACE expressed appreciation for the active engagement and constructive inputs from all partners and reaffirmed its commitment to incorporating these perspectives into the implementation of the APAEC 2026–2030. The session underscored that ASEAN’s pathway towards energy security and carbon neutrality will depend not only on ambition, but on collective action, trust, and long-term collaboration.
