The ASEAN Energy Transition and Investment Roadmap was officially launched on 6 October 2026 at the ASEAN Energy Business Forum.
The roadmap marks ASEAN's commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 while meeting fast-growing energy demand. It details a credible pathway to an interconnected energy system powered by clean domestic and regional energy, including power, transport, buildings, industry, and agriculture.
Aligned with the ASEAN Strategy for Carbon Neutrality, APAEC 2026–2030 and the 9th ASEAN Energy Outlook, the Roadmap was developed by SEforALL in collaboration with the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and the ASEAN Member States, with support from the UK Mission to ASEAN through the ASEAN-UK Green Transition Fund.
1.2 tn
GBP fuel savings compared to the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario
57%
lower fossil fuel supply in 2050 compared to the BAU
210 bn
GBP in average incremental investment up to 2050 relative to BAU
8.6 m
additional jobs by 2050 compared to the BAU
ASEAN Energy Transition and Investment Roadmap Launch. Left to right: Dr. Zulfikar Yurnaidi, Head of the Energy Modelling and Policy Planning (MPP) Department, ACE; Dato' Ir. Ts. Razib Dawood, Executive Director, ACE; H.E. Helen Fazey, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to ASEAN; Stefano Marguccio, Deputy CEO, SEforALL
Key findings:
- To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the NZE pathway sees ASEAN's energy-sector emissions peak in the 2030s before reaching net-negative emissions of -2.2 GtCO₂ in 2050, compared with 5.3 GtCO₂ under BAU. This transition relies on electrification, energy efficiency, hydrogen, electric vehicles and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.
- Under NZE, fossil fuel supply is 57% lower than under BAU in 2050, as electricity’s share of total final energy uses rises from 17% to 63%. Utility-scale solar PV capacity increases from 20 GW to 830 GW, helping to reduce ASEAN's growing dependence on imported energy.
- Between 2020 and 2050, the NZE pathway will require an average incremental investment of approximately GBP 210 billion (USD 290 billion) relative to BAU. Over the same period, the power and transport sectors account for around 80% of the cumulative additional investment required relative to BAU.
- Higher investment is largely offset by cumulative fuel expenditure around 26% lower than under BAU through 2050, shifting spending from imported fuels towards long-lived domestic assets.
- In 2050, the NZE pathway supports 8.6 million more direct energy-sector jobs than BAU, bringing total direct employment to 24.4 million, mainly in the power and transport sectors.