In this Issue:

AGEP:
- Closing ASEAN-RESP
- THE 2nd Working Group
Meeting of the 5th
ASEAN Energy Outlook
Development

RE:
Solar PV Trade Mission
A quarterly newsletter that shares know-how, experience and information on Indonesia 2017
renewable energy and energy efficiency & conservation in ASEAN and beyond
EE&C:
8th Energy Management
Action Network Workshop
MARCH 2017 EDITION
Contribution:
“Ocean Energy in Islandic
Conditions”

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Editor’s
Note

DEAR RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMMUNITY,

Welcome to the very first edition of ASEAN-German Energy Programme (AGEP) Newsletter!
Since we have concluded our work with Renewable Energy Support Programme for ASEAN
(ASEAN-RESP), the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) continue their cooperation with AGEP this year. From now on, we would
greet you with AGEP Newsletter and share experiences and information on renewable energy
(RE) as well as energy efficiency & conservation (EE&C) from across ASEAN.

Since the beginning of the new year, AGEP has actively participated in several events, including
the 8th Energy Management Action Network Workshop, Solar PV Trade Mission Indonesia
2017, and The Energy Research Institute @Nanyang Technological University’s workshop titled
“Ocean Energy in Islandic Conditions”.

We hope to continue being active contributors in RE and EE&C promotion in ASEAN

throughout the duration of our new jointly implemented project. In the meantime, please
enjoy this edition.

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 AGEP
Bye ASEAN-RESP,
Hello
As previously announced, the duration of Renewable Energy Support Programme for
ASEAN (ASEAN-RESP) has ended last year. ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH entered this year with
another joint project; ASEAN-German Energy Programme (AGEP). The transitioning
works from ASEAN-RESP to AGEP have started. To celebrate the success of ASEAN-RESP’s
implementation and to end the project with a pleasant note, ACE and GIZ held a small
gathering in ACE Office on 14 March 2017. In the company of food and laughter, the
two teams shared good experiences in ASEAN-RESP, and expressed their commitments to
strengthen the teamwork with AGEP.
Credit:
ACE
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The Development of the
5th ASEAN Energy Outlook
AGEP is supporting the ASEAN Centre for Energy
(ACE) in realising its role as a regional energy
think-tank. Just like the previous Renewable
Energy Support Programme for ASEAN (ASEAN-
RESP) supported the development of the 4th
ASEAN Energy Outlook (AEO4), AGEP this year
supports the development of the 5th ASEAN Energy
Outlook (AEO5). The bi-annual outlook on energy
development in the ASEAN region is developed
by ACE and technically assisted by Fraunhofer
Institute for Systems and Innovation Research
(ISI). The AEO5 is a continuation of the AEO4
published in 2015. For the development of AEO5,
ACE and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH organised the 2nd
Working Group Meeting (WG2) in Bangkok (13-17
March 2017), with national experts from 7 (seven)
ASEAN Member States (AMS); Brunei Darussalam,
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand
and Vietnam. The five-day workshop covered
comprehensive and in-depth discussion in energy
modelling between AMS experts, ACE, Fraunhofer
and GIZ.
The WG2 Meeting was opened with welcoming
remarks from ACE’s Manager of Policy Research
and Analytics (PRA) Programme, Dr. Atit Tippichai;
followed by GIZ Advisor for AGEP, Mr. Rizky
Fauzianto; and from Deputy-Director General of
Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) Thailand,
AGEP
Dr. Prasert Sinsukprasert. This WG2 aims to develop
an ASEAN energy model as well as analyse the
model comprehensively to see how the first results
of each AMS could meet their energy target. The
AEO5 will present the results and analysis under
three scenarios; Business as Usual (BAU) scenario,
using econometric equation to forecast the future
energy demand; AMS-Target scenario, which
analyses AMS’ efforts in reaching their respective
targets (e.g in energy efficiency and renewable
energy); and AMS-Progressive scenario, which
assumes more ambitious efforts by AMS to go
beyond their targets. Moreover, on this occasion,
AMS’ policies and future strategies in terms of coal,
oil, and gas production, as well as import & export
were also shared among the
experts. The plans of each AMS
on power and energy development
were also shared. As a follow-up
of this meeting, AMS experts,
ACE, GIZ and Fraunhofer teams
are collaborating to finalise the
analysis and the results of the
model. The AEO5 is scheduled to
be launched at the 35th ASEAN
Ministers on Energy Meeting this
September in the Philippines. (PA)
 EE&C
Learning from ASEAN’s Best Practices
and Energy Efficiency Awards
The Energy Management Action Network (EMAK) was
established in 2009 to promote the improvement
of energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) in
industry and commercial sectors. EMAK is managed
by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the
Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). The EMAK
project contributes to the activities of a Task Group
of the International Partnership of Energy Efficiency
Cooperation (IPEEC) and the Government of Japan.
The primary objective of EMAK is to contribute to
accelerated uptake of energy management practices
and systems in industry and commercial sectors
through platforms to share proven and innovative
practices and through capacity building activities. This
includes creating a network between policymakers and
industry practitioners, as well as establishing platforms
to share best practices on policy frameworks,
human resource development, and on state-of-the-art
management systems.
The 8th EMAK Workshop was held on 3 February
2017, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Workshop was jointly
organised by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)
and the Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ) on
behalf of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry (METI). It was also supported by the
Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and
Energy Conservation (DGNREEC) under the Ministry of
Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) of Indonesia.
As AGEP includes the promotion of EE&C, this workshop
is valuable in identifying EE&C initiatives from the
private sector, that could provide lessons-learned and
further promote best practices at the regional level.
Companies like Indonesia’s state-owned PT Petrokimia
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Gresik and Summarecon Group shared the best
practices that earned them past ASEAN Energy Awards.
Others like Panasonic and Mie University, Japan, shared
how they were awarded Japan Energy Conservation
Grand Prize Awards through the implementation of
EE initiatives in their establishments. Other awarding
systems that were discussed includes the Indonesian
government’s National Energy Awards, Japan Energy
Conservation Grand Prize Awards, and The Clean
Energy Ministerial’ s Energy Management Leadership
Awards.
Panelists from ACE, DGNREEC and ECCJ discussed how
awarding systems could motivate the private sector
in contributing to regional and global EE&C efforts.
The challenge now is to raise the private sector’s
awareness and build their capacities in EE&C initiatives
and technologies. Efforts to further promote those
awarding systems were also discussed. Please contact
ACE, ECCJ and MEMR to apply for EE&C awards.
Ocean Renewable Energy
in Islandic Conditions
The Energy Research Institute @ Nanyang
Technological University (ERI@N) with the
International Agency System–Ocean Energy
Systems (IEA-OES), in collaboration with OceanPixel
Pte Ltd, Envirotek, as well as its regional partner,
ASEAN Centre for Energy – Southeast Asian
Collaboration for Ocean Renewable Energy (ACE-
SEACORE), has organised a workshop on “Ocean
Energy in Islandic Conditions”, 8 to 9 March 2017
in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
The workshop looked at and discussed the viability
of ocean energy as an alternative energy source in
islands and remote coastal areas. Participants and
15 presenters discussed the different opportunities
and barriers to adopt ocean renewable energy
(RE) technologies (technical, socio-economic and
political aspects). All of the attendees came from
different sectors of ocean energy and islands’
supply chain. They are crucial in championing
ocean renewables in their own respective sectors.
CONTRIBUTION
The workshop includes not only the presentations
of key experts in the field, but also group activities
that simulate real decision-making processes
necessary to realise the implementation of ocean
renewables in ASEAN islands. The various roles
that stakeholders can play were also discussed, as
various players (government, academe, industry
and local end-users) can push for more ocean RE
activities in the region’s islandic conditions. In this
opportunity, ACE also shared its views on the topic
through the Manager of ASEAN-German Energy
Programme, Ms. Badariah Yosiyana. She explained
the regional landscape of marine energy policies in
ASEAN.
(Mary Ann Joy Quirapas and Dr. Srikanth
Narasimalu, Wind and Marine Renewables Team
of the Energy Research Institute @ Nanyang
Technological University, https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/
seacore/).
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Solar PV Business
Opportunities in Indonesia
An event aimed at facilitating information
exchange on solar photovoltaic (PV) business
in Indonesia, “Solar PV Trade Mission Indonesia
2017”, was held on 27 February – 3 March 2017
in Jakarta by SolarPlaza, a Netherland-based
company that focuses on the promotion and
business development of solar PV across the
globe. The programme was divided into 3-days
of trade mission and 2 days of conference,
aimed to provide a complete overview of
the Indonesian solar market. ASEAN Centre
for Energy (ACE), as a catalyst to unify and
strengthen ASEAN energy cooperation and
integration, took part in this event. ACE’s
Executive Director, Dr. Sanjayan Velautham,
mentioned in his welcome remarks that
the ASEAN Member States (AMS) recognise
the crucial role of renewable energy (RE) in
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increasing the diversity of energy supply and
reducing the environmental impact of energy
use in the region. He further mentioned
that ACE, together with dialogue partners/
international organisations, has been
conducting studies on RE to raise awareness on
the region’s RE potentials—including solar PV--
and provide information on opportunities to
further boost RE deployment in the region.
Ms. Badariah Yosiyana, ACE Project Manager
of ASEAN-German Energy Programme (AGEP),
delivered a presentation on the role of solar
PV in ASEAN energy status. She emphasised
that deployment of RE in ASEAN in the last
eight years has shown significant increase with
total additional capacity of 28 GW. However,
the perception of high cost of renewable
technologies still somehow exists among the
Member States. This is mainly due to the cost
figures oftentimes not being based on fact,
since the costs will vary by projects, scales,
locations and periods of development. She
also presented the finding from ACE’s study on
levelised cost of electricity (LCOE), conducted
under ASEAN-RESP, which shows that the
average price for solar PV in the region has not
yet reached grid parity.
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GIZ Senior Advisor of AGEP, Mr. Anant Shukla,
also shared his experiences from the project
which can be applied in Indonesia. One of
the highlighted issues mentioned for quite a
few times during the discussion was the new
Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources’ decree on feed-in tariffs (FiT) and
its potential reduction by more than 50%.
This creates a crucial momentum for industry
players to be more creative in designing their
strategic business plan in order to overcome
financing assistance to banks or other financial
financial challenges in their projects.
institutions for their PV projects. Among the
important factors mentioned were the Five
In the last session of the conference, a
C’s (character, capacity, capital, collateral and
brief Green Banking workshop for local
conditions) of bank lending; the due diligences
companies was organised by The Renewables
done by banks on some aspects such as legal,
Academy AG (RENAC), in cooperation with
technical, financial, commercial, environmental
the Association of Development Financing
and social aspects; location of the project;
Institutions in Asia & Pacific (ADFIAP). The
power purchase agreement (PPA); contractors/
speaker for this workshop was the Executive
suppliers of the projects; and financing
Director of Prime Consultancy, Mr. Volker
concept. Providing the banks or other
Bromund. The workshop aimed to share some
financial institutions with all the requested
important factors to be considered by project
information will shorten the length of time to
developers in Indonesia when they apply for
get the loan. (BY, LT, MW)
We always look forward to your news and articles on RE & EE.
Let’s get connected with RE and EE community in ASEAN and beyond!”
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