Energy

At a workshop in Bintulu, Sarawak, BIMP-EAGA policymakers and regulators explore opportunities to deepen cooperation in energy efficiency and conservation.

Blessed with bountiful sunlight, BIMP-EAGA has significant potential to develop solar power, along with other renewables, to speed its energy transition.

Increased collaboration and coordination in agriculture, energy, and tourism is being explored.

Linking the two states is a major step toward realizing the Borneo Grid and the ASEAN Power Grid.

Indonesia’s easternmost region promises to become a bioenergy hub with the opening of the first bioethanol factory in Merauke in 2027.

Stronger regional coordination needed, along with infrastructure investments, scaling sustainable feedstock supply, and fostering technology transfer.

The Malaysian state is strengthening its position as a renewable energy hub through strategic partnerships.

The framework lays out strategies and action plans that address economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability.

The Mindanao Development Authority is helping explore ways to deploy renewable energy in salt production in the province.

A project supported by the BIMP-EAGA–Republic of Korea Fund provides a conceptual framework for creating a regional market.