“The countries of Southeast Asia are set to play an increasingly important role in global energy markets in the decades ahead”, said Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) today in Singapore at the Clean Energy Technologies Symposium. In the IEA’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2009, the region’s energy demand expands 76% by 2030, a faster rate of growth than the rest of the world. Such rapid growth in energy demand will require enhanced energy efficiency to ensure security, growth and sustainability. The region’s share of global CO2 emissions reaches 5% in 2030, up from 3.5% today. Therefore, rapid and large-scale development and deployment of clean energy technologies and improved energy efficiency in the region are crucial.
The IEA, together with the Energy Market Authority of Singapore, is hosting the Clean Energy Technologies Symposium as an important event of the Singapore International Energy Week 2010. This is the first time that the IEA has brought a full team of energy technology experts to the region to present a wide range of analyses and policy recommendations including Energy Technology Perspectives 2010, a portfolio of Technology Roadmaps, Policy Pathways for Energy Efficiency and its multilateral technology initiatives.
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