The US-Israel war on Iran has triggered the most severe global energy supply shock in decades, if not “the greatest threat to global energy security in history”1. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil trade and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) pass, has caused sweeping disruption to fuel supply chains […]
Palembang, 11 June 2026 – The project Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy (CASE) for Southeast Asia, together with the Communication and Outreach Department of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), collaborated with Buku-Buku Linda, a local community in Palembang, to strengthen climate and energy transition literacy through a screening of the Pelita Asa film. […]
Pelita Asa is a documentary that tells the story of how the energy transition has changed lives in East Kalimantan, capturing the experiences of three villages with distinct stories and impacts. Following its launch in Jakarta on 11 May 2026, the project Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy (CASE) for Southeast Asia, in collaboration with the […]
Amid growing pressures from ongoing crises and Thailand’s environmental commitments, the clean energy transition extends beyond government policy. It increasingly depends on enabling citizens to play an active role in shaping and participating in the country’s evolving energy landscape. This shift has supported efforts to promote clean energy adoption at the household level, creating opportunities for citizens […]
Written by Rowena Cristina L. Guevara. Undersecretary at the Department of Energy Philippines From 2023 to 2025, the Philippine power system experienced a period of sustained pressure. Electricity demand continued to rise, with Luzon peak demand exceeding 14,000 MW for the first time. Yellow and Red Alerts occurred in all three grids during the dry […]
What does “communities’ solar” look like in practice? As part of its ongoing work on “Communities’ Solar” in Thailand, the project CASE for Southeast Asia (CASE) in Thailand conducted a field visit to the Ban Yang Daeng community, Khu Yai Mi Sub-district, Chachoengsao Province, on 7 May 2026, to better understand how community solar initiatives are […]
Despite the rapid expansion of electricity generation and near-universal electrification across much of Southeast Asia, many households and essential public services continue to face unreliable or unaffordable electricity. A report by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the NewClimate Institute, published under the project “Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia” (CASE), titled Powering Wellbeing: Rethinking Electricity Planning Beyond GDP […]
The Strait of Hormuz has long been recognised as a critical node in global energy supply chain. As a key transit route for a substantial share of the world’s seaborne oil trade, traders modelled the risk, navies prepared for it, and governments war-gamed the scenario. But most investors still treated a prolonged disruption as a low-probability event. Two months into the US-Israel war with Iran, that assumption […]
The project Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia (CASE) in Thailand joined the Health Station Talk (สถานีกลางสุขภาวะ) programme held by the National Health Commission Office (NHCO) for a podcast series exploring practical, people-centred perspectives on solar energy. The series was structured into three sessions: installation, use and maintenance, and end-of-life. The podcast series […]
What do the recent Middle East tensions have to do with your electricity bill in Thailand? The answer… may be more than you think. Thailand currently relies on natural gas for 58.19% of its electricity generation.1 Beyond domestic sources in the Gulf of Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar, the country also imports Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from abroad, including Qatar and the United States, accounting for over 35% of all natural gas used […]
