Clean, affordable and secure energy for Southeast Asia (CASE)

The project supports the transformation of the Southeast Asian energy sector towards ambitious climate protection. To this end, it is implementing regional measures in the four countries with the greatest energy demand. The focus is on expanding renewable energies, phasing out fossil fuels and electrifying the end consumer sectors. Based on a strong regional network, the project develops fact-based, socially harmonised solutions for decision-makers. At the same time, it strengthens coordination in the energy sector, provides technical and political support and promotes dialogue on new energy visions. Through these activities, the project contributes directly to the transformation of the energy sector into an innovative, economically successful and environmentally friendly model in the region.

Project data

Countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam
IKI funding: 29,550,000.00 €
Included preparation phase: 435,227.87 €
Duration: 03/2020 till 02/2027
Status: open
Implementing organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Political Partner: Department of Energy (DOE) - Philippines

Department of Energy Policy and Planning (DEPP / EPPO) - Thailand

National Assembly of Vietnam - Committee on Science, Technology and Environment

State Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) - Indonesia
Implementing Partner: Thailand Development Research Institute - TDRI

Agora Energiewende Smart Energy for Europe Platform gGmbH*

Energy Research Institute (ERl)

Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC) - Philippines

Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR)

NewClimate - Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability gGmbH
Online: http://www.caseforsea.org/

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State of implementation/results

CASE launched the SEA Information Platform for the Energy Transition (SIPET), which contains dynamic donor mapping and up-to-date information on the region's electricity sectors (link: www.sipet.org).
Regional:
- In 2023, the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), the Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership (ETP) and CASE signed a MoU to formalise their partnership in order to jointly work on the ASEAN Power Grid.
- Several studies are nearing completion and are expected to be adopted at the ASEAN Energy Ministers' Meeting (AMEM) in October 2025. Based on their recommendations, a strategy and pilot project to promote multilateral electricity trading in the region will be developed, with UN ESCAP supporting the identification and design of the pilot project.
IDN:
- In addition to various training and continuing education courses for government representatives and study contributions, including on fair energy transition in the context of phasing out coal, CASE developed several publicly available products, including fact sheets on emissions trading, net-zero emissions, electricity demand scenarios and CCS and infographics on the coal phase-out.
PHL:
- CASE, in collaboration with the Department of Energy (DOE), organised workshops on compliance with Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirements for small islands and isolated grids. Most electricity cooperatives and energy producers use the Simplified Planning Tool Version 4 (SPT 4), enhanced by CASE, to calculate their optimal energy mix.
THA:
- CASE developed workshops on Thai Carbon Neutral, Climate Finance & Thailand Taxonomy and Unlocking Solar Rooftop Investment.
- In May 2025, CASE and TGC-EMC jointly organised the workshop ‘Vision 2030 for Renewable Energy Development’ and in June 2025 CASE and the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) jointly organised the workshop ‘Navigating Thailand's Energy Transition: Policies, Outlook, and Finance’.
VNM:
- CASE has supported events, such as the Earth Hour campaign and the awareness-raising event ‘Clean Energy – Green Earth’. The project focused on training vocational school instructors on the installation of solar panels on roofs.
- CASE co-organised an annual student forum on ‘Sustainable Energy Transition’, an event to promote student research in the field of renewable energies and energy transition. The forum attracted around 500 applicants for 87 research projects from eight technical universities in Vietnam. Two hundred students and lecturers attended the event in Hanoi in person.
- In August 2025, CASE, with the support of the state-owned coal and minerals company (VINACOMIN) and the Quang Ninh coal region, held a two-and-a-half-day press training course on coal phase-out for 12 journalists for the second time.
- Also in August, two seminars (five days in total) on the energy transition were held in collaboration with the IKI project (JET Coal Region) for middle managers from coal-fired power plants and mining companies – the first time such a comprehensive course had been offered for professionals from the coal sector.