Asia Clean Energy Forum 2025: Empowering the Future - Clean Energy Innovations, Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Financing Solutions

The Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF), an annual flagship event of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will be held from 2 to 6 June 2025 at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines, under the theme “Empowering the Future: Clean Energy Innovations, Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Financing Solutions.”

Seungduck Kim

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Seungduck Kim currently works with the Asian Development Bank's Central and West Asia energy division. He has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, with expertise in renewable energy, conventional generation, hydropower, energy efficiency, and power transmission and distribution across Asia and the Middle East. His most recent professional focus has been on energy sector reforms in Central Asian countries, with the goal of attracting private sector investments across the energy value chain and regional linkages.

Swasti Raizada

Swasti Raizada is a Policy Advisor at IISD with experience in policy studies and financial modeling for energy transition. She has advised national and state utilities, multilateral donors and electricity regulators on business planning, impact assessment studies and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining IISD, she was a Deputy Manager at Deloitte Consulting’s Energy and Resources practice where she led engagements on a range of technologies like battery storage, hydropower and solar PV.

Local government action in Solar Photovoltaic (PV) skill development to support national energy transition target in Indonesia

The presentation will offer an understanding of how the provincial government of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) reacts to the Government of Indonesia’s renewable energy commitment and draws a link to their commitment to skill development programs to support green growth. The presentation will also provide a brief outlook on the market conditions in the province from the private sector perspective.

CO2 Abatement Scenarios for Viet Nam’s Power Sector to 2030

The power sector is a key CO2 emitter in Viet Nam and it is projected to be the most significant by 2030 as in the country’s Updated NDC. This study investigates the options for Viet Nam’s power sector to reduce CO2 emissions based on the priority principle: energy security, affordability, and higher emission reduction. Four scenarios are developed and evaluated. A combination of power balance, hourly economic dispatch, and grid models are used to assess the supply and demand balance and security of supply for a whole year at hourly resolution.