15-07-2025
Roadmap for Asean Power Grid to be tabled in October, says Fadillah
Fadillah speaks during the fireside chat titled 'Malaysia's Role in Driving Regional Clean Energy Leadership'.
KUCHING (July 15): The roadmap for the Asean Power Grid (APG) will be tabled at the 43rd Asean Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) this October, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
He said the roadmap was presented at the 43rd Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) held here last month, with all senior officials indicating their agreement.
'From that meeting, I received a report that all the senior officials have more or less agreed. So, it will be tabled during AMEM in October, which will help to plan out. Eventually, it will be tabled in November to the leaders of Asean.
'When it (42nd AMEM) was hosted by Laos at that particular time, I can see that it's very positive as far as Asean member states are concerned.
'So, hopefully, by the end of this year, we'll be able to come up with an Asean-coordinated roadmap. It will then be passed on to the Philippines who is going to chair next year. Implementation will start from there,' he said.
He said this during a fireside chat titled Malaysia's Role in Driving Regional Clean Energy Leadership at International Energy Week (IEW) 2025 at the Borneo Convention Centre today.
Speaking to reporters after, Fadillah, who is also Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister, said the roadmap will be deliberated and endorsed by Asean energy ministers before being brought to the Asean Leaders' Meeting in November.
'Once endorsed, implementation will start next year. In the roadmap, every member state will have roles and functions,' he added.
He said the discussions will also cover grid connection standards and how each country will carry out the plan domestically.
He noted that Malaysia is already well-positioned as the nation has committed to increasing renewable energy production either through hydro, solar, gas, or bio-energy, but the grid system needs to be upgraded to account for the new energy coming in.
Furthermore, Malaysia is already connected to Thailand, Laos and Singapore, while Sarawak has a grid connection with West Kalimantan.
'In Kalimantan, they have to upgrade the entire grid system. So that they will also be connected to Sabah. And eventually, there will be a loop in Borneo.
'And it will also be connected to the southern Philippines. Then we have undersea cable from Sarawak to Peninsular Malaysia. Eventually, also to Singapore.'
Fadillah also said a feasibility study on an undersea cable connecting Sarawak to Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore has been completed but alignment details are still being finalised.
'We have also engaged with Indonesia. Indonesia has no objection for us to connect directly to Peninsular Malaysia, but they have some observations when it comes to the connection to Singapore.
'For Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, we have to thresh it out,' he said. Asean Ministers on Energy Meeting Asean power grid Fadillah lead
