ASEAN MOVES FORWARD ON PLANS TO CONNECT SOUTHEAST ASIA POWER SYSTEMS

A south-east Asian regional power grid is moving closer in the latest stage of a phased 10-year plan to bring energy security, accessibility, affordability and sustainability, New, upgraded, extended, stronger, and more flexible electricity transmission and distribution grids are key to this ongoing programme, helping the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to meet the power demands of population and economic growth, rising urbanisation and affluence. Power grids are also key to tapping the region’s considerable solar and ...


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