The 38th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy takes place online on August 24 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The 38th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting onEnergy (SOME 38) took place online on August 24 to review a series of activitiesand prepare for the upcoming 38th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting(AMEM).
Under the chair of Hoang Tien Dung, Director of the Ministry of Industryand Trade’s Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority, the meeting gathered representatives from ASEAN member states, the ASEAN Centre for Energy, theInternational Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency(IRENA), and partner countries such as China, the Republic of Korea, NewZealand, and the US.
Participants reviewed the outcomes of implementation during 2016-2020 ofthe ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) for 2016-2025,cooperation between the bloc and its dialogue partners and internationalorganisations, and the hosting of the 38th AMEM in November.
They agreed that ASEAN members and international organisations shouldwork together to complete contents in the second phase (2020-2025) of the APAECtowards sustainability, adding the need to finish the 6th ASEAN Energy Outlook tosupplement this phase.
They also emphasised the completion of plans from the Heads of ASEANPower Utilities/Authorities (HAPUA) and the ASEAN Power Grid ConsultativeCommittee (APGCC) for better regional integration and multilateral electricitytrade within the bloc.
The completion of the first and second phases of the ASEAN InterconnectionMasterplan Study (AIMS) III is important for making suggestions about necessarypower transmission infrastructure for multilateral electricity trade and for theintegration of renewable energy into the ASEAN grid, they said.
The goals set for related intra-bloc collaboration this year includereaching a high-level agreement among member states on the study of a mechanismfor mobilising private funds to serve the building of ASEAN’s powertransmission infrastructure.
A host of related meetings are scheduled from August 25 to 27, includingthe 11th dialogue between SOME and IEA and the 2nd dialogue between SOME and IRENA./.
They also emphasised the completion of plans from the Heads of ASEANPower Utilities/Authorities (HAPUA) and the ASEAN Power Grid ConsultativeCommittee (APGCC) for better regional integration and multilateral electricitytrade within the bloc.
The completion of the first and second phases of the ASEAN InterconnectionMasterplan Study (AIMS) III is important for making suggestions about necessarypower transmission infrastructure for multilateral electricity trade and for theintegration of renewable energy into the ASEAN grid, they said.
The goals set for related intra-bloc collaboration this year includereaching a high-level agreement among member states on the study of a mechanismfor mobilising private funds to serve the building of ASEAN’s powertransmission infrastructure.
A host of related meetings are scheduled from August 25 to 27, includingthe 11th dialogue between SOME and IEA and the 2nd dialogue between SOME and IRENA./.
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