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SE Asia Power Demand From Data Centres, EVs And Green Industrial Parks To Grow By More Than 100 TWh

Southeast Asia’s next phase of growth is moving onto the power grid. Demand from green industrial parks, data centres and electric vehicles is forecast to rise by more than 100......

Malaysia, SE Asia on red alert for severe haze risk in 2026, warns SIIA report

SINGAPORE, June 24 — Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore could face severe transboundary haze in the coming...

Can ASEAN’s Green Goals Survive Its Data Center Boom?

Data centers are critical enablers of ASEAN’s digital economy, but rapid digitalization presents a number of serious sustainability challenges.

Green economy reshapes Korea-Indonesia relations

The newly announced Special Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between South Korea and Indonesia has drawn attention to security cooperation and expanding trade ties. Yet its deep...

Southeast Asia’s AI buildout is racing toward a power wall

Southeast Asia is in the middle of one of the most significant infrastructure buildouts in its history. Hyperscalers, cloud providers, and sovereign AI initiatives are pouring capi...

Southeast Asia’s ‘red alert’ haze fight faces economic test

A potentially dangerous haze season looms for Southeast Asia, as rising energy and fertiliser costs threaten to weaken fire-prevention efforts just as extreme weather patterns rais...

Southeast Asia's middle-class energy conundrum

Southeast Asian nations chart important new course toward environmental justice (commentary)

The countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have made an important commitment to environmental justice for the 680 million people who call this region home....

Shock absorber: will Asean’s power grid be up to the task by 2045?

Southeast Asia has been planning a unified electricity grid since 1997. Now, nearly 30 years later, its leaders are giving renewed impetus to the push to get energy flowing seamles...

National movement encouraging SMEs to go green launched, aims to change view that sustainability comes at a cost

The Green 100 initiative is about lowering barriers and raising incentives for smaller firms to become sustainable, said Singapore climate ambassador Ravi Menon. 

Asia may grow old before it goes green

Southeast Asia’s State Power Giants Face Financial Reckoning

Rising electricity demand collides with government ambitions to keep prices low

Report: Global green economy surpasses $10tr market capitalisation milestone

If considered as a standalone sector, the green economy overtook healthcare as the world's third largest industry in 2025, according to London Stock Exchange Group

Southeast Asia's No.1 economy promotes 600-km seawall project to tackle climate change

The Indonesian government is accelerating plans to build a “giant sea wall” along the northern coast of Java to address climate change, protect strategic economic centers, and miti...

Southeast Asia Has 5 Proposed Subsea Power Cable Projects By 2040 — But The First Link It Needs Is Governance

The technical case for subsea power cables connecting Southeast Asia’s electricity systems has long been established. The next challenge is ensuring that governance arrangements ev...

This Southeast Asian country ranks best in the world for natural environment

In a historic win for Southeast Asian conservation, Cambodia has been crowned the world's top nation for natural environment in 2026 by U.S. News & World Report, validating yea...

Green transformation opens new sourcing advantages for Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry is gradually strengthening its position in sustainable manufacturing as factories increase focus on renewable energy, energy efficiency, an...

Southeast Asian mangroves shift from historic decline to net growth

For decades, Southeast Asia was the global epicenter of mangrove deforestation, but a recent study reveals a dramatic reversal: Since 2010, the region has transitioned from a net l...

Malaysia’s gas-guzzling data centre boom clashes with its clean energy goals

Malaysia has staked its economic future on becoming Southeast Asia’s data-centre capital. It has also promised to slash fossil fuel use by 2050. Right now, those two ambitions are...

A Four-nation Electricity Alliance Could Accelerate ASEAN’s Energy Transition

Power trading between Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore could be an important step toward the realization of the ambitious ASEAN Power Grid.

AI boom needs green power from Indonesia

Malaysia to surpass 2040 renewable energy target by 2031, forecasts GlobalData

Malaysia is poised to exceed its National Energy Policy’s (NEP) 2040 renewable energy capacity target of 18.43GW by 2031, driven by aggressive large-scale solar tenders, strong pol...

WEP SEA 2026 to Supercharge ASEAN Packaging

The 2nd World Expo of Packaging Industry-Southeast Asia (WEP SEA) will take place from 27–29 August 2026 at Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) in Indonesia The post WEP SEA 2026 t...

Renewable power seen as key to Cambodia’s apparel competitiveness

Key insights • Nearly one million jobs in Cambodia’s apparel sector could benefit from a faster clean energy transition.• Global fashion brands are increasingly prioritizing low-ca...