LONDON, April 24 — Malaysia, as 2025 Asean chair, will focus on realising the Asean Power Grid and improving the energy exchange programme among members, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
He said realising the power grid will improve energy security, accessibility and affordability within Asean.
Fadillah, who is also energy transition and transformation minister, said one of the issues regarding energy supply among Asean countries is that there are instances where a member state has extra power but cannot export the surplus.
“We are chairing Asean this year, so our focus will be on the Asean Power Grid. Within the Asean region, we need to support each other.
“Our focus this year is to come up with regulations and also study from other countries how we can improve the energy exchange programme among (Asean) members,” he said at the “Whole-of-System Approach: Addressing the Energy Trilemma” panel during the Summit on the Future of Energy Security event at the Lancaster House here today.
The topic was discussed during Plenary Session 1, titled “Mapping the Energy Security Landscape-Defining a Holistic Approach of the Summit”.
Among the other panellists were Spanish Deputy Prime Minister and Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge Minister Sara Aagesen Munoz, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Affairs Minister Hayyan Abdel-Ghani, Egyptian Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Karim Badawi, and Colombian Mines and Energy Minister Edwin Palma Egea.
Fadillah said by focusing on the power grid, Asean will be able to achieve energy security and affordability in terms of the electricity supply through cooperation among all the member states.
“We also will be able to contribute towards our commitment to clean energy for future generations,” Fadillah said.
He added that Malaysia updated its energy policy by introducing the National Energy Transformation Roadmap, which focused on ensuring Malaysia has a secure electricity supply countrywide and contributing to regional energy security.
The deputy minister highlighted that regional cooperation is one of the focus areas Malaysia is exploring in terms of commitment to the energy trilemma of balancing sustainability, security, and affordability.
“To do that, we formed an implementation and planning committee for electricity at a high level between agencies and ministries that would decide in terms of planning the energy requirement and what the energy mix for the future would be,” he said.
The two-day Summit on the Future of Energy Security that kicked off today was organised by the International Energy Agency and the United Kingdom government and will see global decision-makers convene to advance actions to map and mould the future of energy security.
— Bernama
