The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia region has been experiencing a rapid growth in urbanisation in the last few years which is likely to continue for some time. In particular, the increase in urbanisation has been remarkable, among others, in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Such growth has seen overall energy demand rise, driven by the increase ...

The East Asia Summit (EAS) region is still experiencing significant growth in energy demand, especially in the form of electricity, at faster rates than the world average. This is mainly driven by industrialisation, urbanisation, motorisation and increases in per capita income (ERIA, 2015). Investment in energy infrastructure in this region is not likely to be satiated in the coming decades (IEA, ...

According to the East Asia Summit (EAS) Energy Outlook produced by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), which covers ASEAN 10 countries plus Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand and United States, the total primary energy supply (TPES) will increase from 7,487 Mtoe in 2015 to 10,931 Mtoe in 2040. The annual growth rate will be 1.5% (1.46 times), ...

The objective of this study is to review and explore measures to promote the development of oil stockpiling in the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). According to the ‘Southeast Asia Energy Outlook’, which was co-authored by the Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia and the International Energy Agency (IEA), energy demand in the ASEAN has been growing ...