Issue 07 | Dec 2025
Forging New Frontiers
Industrial Systems Engineering and Management
Powering a shared energy future
New modelling shows that linking ASEAN’s power grids could accelerate the region’s path to net zero, cutting costs and easing the burden of a just energy transition.
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cross Southeast Asia, the appetite for electricity is increasingly voracious. By 2050, consumption is expected to more than triple from 2018 levels as populations grow and economies industrialise further. However, the region still generates most of its power from fossil fuels, giving it one of the fastest-rising emissions trajectories in the world. Hydropower from the Mekong Basin remains the region’s dominant source of renewable energy, while the vast solar and wind potential across its member states is still largely untapped.
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