Location >> ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2026-2030
Date：2025-10-21
The 43rd ASEAN Ministers of Energy Meeting (AMEM), which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and hosted by the Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (PETRA) Malaysia, has endorsed the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2026-2030. APAEC 2026–2030 serves as ASEAN’s strategic blueprint to guide regional energy cooperation over the next phase. It reflects the region’s collective commitment to address evolving energy challenges and opportunities through a unified and forward-looking approach.
The APAEC is designed not only to support regional integration and policy alignment but also to drive the transformation of ASEAN’s energy systems in a way that is secure, sustainable, and inclusive. Guided by the 20-year theme of “ASEAN Energy Future 2045 – Secure, Resilient, and Interconnected Low-Carbon Energy Future”, and the five-year theme of “Advancing Regional Cooperation in Ensuring Energy Security and Accelerating Decarbonisation for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition,” the APAEC 2026–2030 is structured around the following three key objectives: 1). Strengthen regional energy cooperation and connectivity, 2) Enhance energy security, resilience, and accelerate the energy transition, and 3). Advance sustainable and inclusive energy development.
In addition to qualitative strategies, the APAEC 2026–2030 includes APAEC-level aspirational energy targets to ensure measurable progress in regional energy cooperation. The AMS have collectively set ambitions to achieve a 30% share of RE in total primary energy supply (TPES) and a 45% share of RE in installed power capacity by 2030. Furthermore, the region aims to achieve a 40% reduction in energy intensity (EI) based on TPES by 2030, compared to 2005. Efforts to achieve these targets are embedded across the strategies and action plans of all programme areas. As noted earlier, a key feature of this new five-year plan is the strengthening of cross-sectoral collaboration within and between programme areas. The strategies and action plans of the seven programme areas have been designed not only to address their respective objectives, but also to leverage synergies and maximise opportunities for cooperation.
Source: https://aseanenergy.org/publications/asean-plan-of-action-for-energy-cooperation-apaec-2026-2030/
