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BI:FROST INTRO SOLUTION OUR PLAN CONCLUSION
FINDING #1
RISING DEMAND FOR ENERGY
”
To achieve GDP growth, countries

1 need to generate more energy
FINDING #1
FINDING #2
THE NEED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
FINDING #3
LIMITATIONS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY
FINDING #4
CHALLENGES FACING APG
Which sources of energy should capacity be increased?
[1] Muta et al., Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2022

2
Rising energy demand needs to be
fuelled by renewable sources
“
FINDING #1
“
The adoption
adoption of EV also opens the
FINDING #2 opportunity to accelerate the
accelerate the
THE NEED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY Our assessment of ASEAN’s deployment of of renewable
renewable energy,
energy
power sector pathways to and in the long term can provide
net-zero
net zero emissions (NZE) by 2050
2050 flexibility in the demand side
is consistent with the Paris Paris through vehicle-to-grid operation.2
FINDING #3
Agreement
Agreement goal to limit global
LIMITATIONS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY - F. Padhilah et al. (2023)
warming to 1.5 °C.1 1
1.5ºC Institute of Essential Services Reform
- K. Handayani et al. (2022)
ASEAN Centre of Energy
FINDING #4
[1] K. Handayani et al., 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118580)

[2] F. Padhilah et al., 2023 (https://iesr.or.id/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Indonesia-Electric-Vehicle-Outlook-2023.pdf)
2
Rising energy demand needs to be
fuelled by renewable sources
“
FINDING #1
“
The adoption
adoption of EV also opens the
FINDING #2 opportunity to accelerate the
accelerate the
THE NEED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY Our assessment of ASEAN’s deployment of of renewable
renewable energy,
energy
power sector pathways to and in the long term can provide
net-zero
net zero emissions (NZE) by 2050
2050 flexibility in the demand side
is consistent with the Paris Paris through vehicle-to-grid operation.2
FINDING #3
Agreement
Agreement goal to limit global
LIMITATIONS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY - F. Padhilah et al. (2023)
warming to 1.5 °C.1 1
1.5ºC Institute of Essential Services Reform
- K. Handayani et al. (2022)
ASEAN Centre of Energy
FINDING #4
CHALLENGES FACING APG Is a net-zero energy sector achievable?
[1] K. Handayani et al., 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118580)

[2] F. Padhilah et al., 2023 (https://iesr.or.id/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Indonesia-Electric-Vehicle-Outlook-2023.pdf)
Regional energy trades can facilitate

3 access to renewable energy
FINDING #1
ENERGY EXPORTERS* ENERGY IMPORTERS*
FINDING #2 14.2 -49.0

THE NEED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY TWh TWh
CAMBODIA THAILAND
FINDING #3
58.3 7.6 -9.2 -4.4
TWh TWh TWh TWh
LAO PDR MALAYSIA SINGAPORE PHILIPPINES
FINDING #4
ASEAN Power Grid is key to our net-zero vision
*Based on the LCO projections at year 2050, in The 7th ASEAN Energy Outlook 2020-2050.
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Many obstacles need to be overcome to

4 progress towards ASEAN Power Grid
FINDING #1
FINDING #2
FINDING #3
FINDING #4
Regional Electricity Trade in ASEAN (PwC Singapore, 2022)

ASEAN Security Outlook 2021 (ASEAN, 2021)
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Many obstacles need to be overcome to

4 progress towards ASEAN Power Grid
FINDING #1
FINDING #2
FINDING #3
FINDING #4
Regional Electricity Trade in ASEAN (PwC Singapore, 2022)

ASEAN Security Outlook 2021 (ASEAN, 2021)
IN SUMMARY…
The progress of APG is not in pace with our net-

zero emission vision
Pertinent challenges of APG needs to be addressed
Empower individuals through education and bring APG

into the spotlight in order to drive the progress of APG.
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BI:FROST
BI:FROST
A visualisation
visualisation and modelling
modelling platform that
seeks to accelerate the region’s progress on
ASEAN Power Grid.
BI:FROST
WHY IS THERE A NEED?
1. Ease of access to information
2. Empower individuals through easy

to understand visualisations
3. Support key decision-makers with

region’s grid planning
A visualisation
visualisation and modelling
modelling platform that
seeks to accelerate the region’s progress on
ASEAN Power Grid.
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FEATURES OF BI:FROST
Visualise each country’s energy Learn about the challenges Keep up-to-date on the latest
profile and the renewable behind a regional grid grid development
capacity
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FEATURES ROADMAP
01 02 03 04
BASIC
VISUALISATION
• Current/planned
interconnections
• Energy generation
landscape
FEATURES ROADMAP
INTERACTIVE
VISUALISATION
• What-if analysis
• Variable generation/
consumption patterns
01 02 03 04
BASIC
VISUALISATION
• Current/planned
interconnections
landscape
FEATURES ROADMAP
ENTERPRISE
INTERACTIVE MODELLING
VISUALISATION CAPABILITIES
04x 05x
01 02 03 04
BASIC
EDUCATION
VISUALISATION
• Current/planned
interconnections
landscape
FEATURES ROADMAP LEAST-COST

OPTIMISATION
DISRUPTION
ANALYSIS
• Based on existing • Prevent flow-
infrastructure & loading disruptions via a robust
ENTERPRISE requirements grid system
04x 05x
01 02 03 04
BASIC
EDUCATION
VISUALISATION
• Current/planned
interconnections
landscape
FEATURES ROADMAP LEAST-COST

OPTIMISATION
DISRUPTION
ANALYSIS
• Based on existing • Prevent flow-
infrastructure & loading disruptions via a robust
ENTERPRISE requirements grid system
04x 05x
01 02 03 04
BASIC
EDUCATION INTEGRATION
VISUALISATION WITH LMS
• Current/planned • Enable integration with
interconnections teaching tools (e.g. quizzes)
for educators
landscape
TARGET AUDIENCE
How can users benefit from our platform?
STUDENTS
PUBLIC
INVESTORS
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TARGET AUDIENCE
STUDENTS
Access to information regarding
the ASEAN Power Grid (APG)
Early exposure to challenges

facing APG
Early interest development
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TARGET AUDIENCE
INVESTORS
Understand importance of APG
in securing the region’s future
Make better informed business

decisions
Visualise potential of their

investments towards APG
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TARGET AUDIENCE
PUBLIC
Stay updated on changes to
regional energy landscape
Take part in energy

conversations
Become advocates for change

TARGET AUDIENCE

ACCELERATING
ASEAN POWER GRID
How does awareness drive progress?
• Increased confidence and financial
support towards the regional grid
• Vote for policies which prioritizes grid

development and regional energy trades
• Future policymakers, engineers,

stakeholders, etc.

IMPLEMENTATION
PROCESS Implementation 2024
To Schools
Public
Outreach
Enhancing 2025
Bifrost Q1
Platform
Learn &
Engage
2025
Q3
Identify
topics of
interest
Gather 2026
feedback
FUNDING APPROACH
Regional effort headed by

ASEAN Centre for Energy
IN ALIGNMENT WITH…
INDUSTRIES, INNOVATION
4 QUALITY EDUCATION 9 AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• Promote sustainable development through • Developing reliable and sustainable

global citizenship education and national Invest in transborder
regional/transborder infrastructure to achieve
Education as the driver of
education policies affordableinfrastructure
and equitable access
to enable
sustainability
• Upgradingequitable access
infrastructure and retrofit
industries to make them sustainable by 2030
AFFORDABLE AND
7 CLEAN ENERGY
• Significantly increase global renewable energy share by 2030

• Enhancing international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology by
Increase renewable energy capacity;
2030
Expand infrastructures to support sustainable energy services
• Expanding infrastructure and upgrading technology for modern and sustainable energy services to
developing countries by 2030
UN Goal 4 (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4) ;UN Goal 7 (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal7); UN Goal 9 (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal9)

B.6 GOOD GOVERNANCE C.4 ENERGY
• Enhance engagement with private sector and other • Increase component of renewable energy to a
stakeholders mutually agreed percentage number
Enhance public-private
•
Increase renewable capacity
Better profile of ASEAN energy sector
• collaboration
Improve synergies of government policies and
business actions across industries in ASEAN region. internationally though annual publication on ASEAN
energy cooperation
CONTRIBUTION OF
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC
B.8 DEVELOPMENT
C.5 STAKEHOLDERS ON REGIONAL
INTEGRATION EFFORTS
• Foster policies supportive of renewable energy and • Enhance engagement to promote better
set collective targets accordingly understanding of ASEAN economic integration
Enhance connectivity through initiatives Increase communication with
• Enhance connectivity within ASEAN through
multilateral electricity trade stakeholders on ASEAN initiatives
multilateral electricity trade under framework of • Enhance consultation with stakeholders on new
ASEAN Power Grid. initiatives
ASEAN Community Blueprint 2025 (https://aseandse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AEC-Blueprint-2025-FINAL.pdf)

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 (https://aseandse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/8.-March-2016-ASCC-Blueprint-2025.pdf)
EMPOWERED PEOPLE AND

A.2 STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONS
• Increase competencies and resilience of relevant stakeholders with advanced technological and
managerial skills
Empower individuals through education
• Harness use of information and communication technologies as a means to connect regional
community
• Promote ASEAN awareness among government officials, students, children, youths and stakeholders as
part of building ASEAN identity
SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
C.4 AND PRODUCTION
• Strengthen public-private partnerships to promote the adoption of environmentally-sound

technologies for maximising resource efficiency
Enhance capacity of stakeholders;
• Enhance Integrate
capacity ofsustainable practices
relevant stakeholders tointo policies
implement as part
sound of efficiency
energy CSR activities
solutions
• Promote integration of sustainable consumption and production strategy and best practices into
national and regional policies as part of CSR activities
ASEAN Community Blueprint 2025 (https://aseandse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AEC-Blueprint-2025-FINAL.pdf)

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 (https://aseandse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/8.-March-2016-ASCC-Blueprint-2025.pdf)
IN CONCLUSION
Empower individuals through education
Enable key decision makers with modelling

and analysis tool
Achieve progress towards ASEAN

Power Grid
BI:FROST
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ACE (2022). The 7th ASEAN Energy Outlook (AEO7). ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), Jakarta. http://www.aseanenergy.org/the-7th-
asean-energy-outlook
ASEAN. (2021). ASEAN Security Outlook 2021. ASEAN. https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ASEAN-Security-Outlook-ASO-
2021.pdf
ASEAN. (2016). ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025. ASEAN DSE. https://aseandse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AEC-
Blueprint-2025-FINAL.pdf
ASEAN. (2016). ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025. ASEAN DSE. https://aseandse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/8.-
March-2016-ASCC-Blueprint-2025.pdf
ASEAN Business Council: Growth Projections. US-ASEAN Business Council. (2019). https://www.usasean.org/why-
asean/growth#:~:text=With%20a%20projected%20annual%20growth,is%20supported%20by%20favorable%20demographics.
EMA: Singapore Energy Statistics | Energy Transformation. (n.d.). https://www.ema.gov.sg/singapore-energy-statistics/Ch02/index2
Greenhouse Gas Inventory. (n.d.). https://www.nea.gov.sg/our-services/climate-change-energy-efficiency/climate-
change/greenhouse-gas-inventory
Handayani, K., Anugrah, P., Goembira, F., Overland, I., Suryadi, B., & Swandaru, A. (2022). Moving beyond the NDCs: ASEAN pathways to
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Key findings – Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2022 – Analysis - IEA. (n.d.). IEA. https://www.iea.org/reports/southeast-asia-energy-
outlook-2022/key-findings
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Muta, T., Gould, T., & Mcglade, C. (2022). Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2022. https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/e5d9b7ff-559b-
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BI:FROST INTRO SOLUTION OUR PLAN CONCLUSION

To achieve GDP growth, countries

Which sources of energy should capacity be increased?

[1] Muta et al., Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2022

[1] K. Handayani et al., 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118580)

[1] K. Handayani et al., 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118580)

Regional energy trades can facilitate

FINDING #2 14.2 -49.0

LAO PDR MALAYSIA SINGAPORE PHILIPPINES

ASEAN Power Grid is key to our net-zero vision

Many obstacles need to be overcome to

Regional Electricity Trade in ASEAN (PwC Singapore, 2022)

Many obstacles need to be overcome to

Regional Electricity Trade in ASEAN (PwC Singapore, 2022)

The progress of APG is not in pace with our net-

Pertinent challenges of APG needs to be addressed

Empower individuals through education and bring APG

Images from freepik.com

1. Ease of access to information

2. Empower individuals through easy

3. Support key decision-makers with

Images from 7th ASEAN Energy Outlook

Images from 7th ASEAN Energy Outlook

FEATURES ROADMAP LEAST-COST

FEATURES ROADMAP LEAST-COST

Images from flaticons.com

Early exposure to challenges

Early interest development

Icons and images from flaticons.com and wikipedia.com

Make better informed business

Visualise potential of their

Icons and images from flaticons.com and wikipedia.com

Take part in energy

Become advocates for change

Icons from flaticons.com

Icons from flaticons.com

• Vote for policies which prioritizes grid

• Future policymakers, engineers,

Icons from flaticons.com

Regional effort headed by

• Promote sustainable development through • Developing reliable and sustainable

• Significantly increase global renewable energy share by 2030

UN Goal 4 (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4) ;UN Goal 7 (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal7); UN Goal 9 (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal9)

B.6 GOOD GOVERNANCE C.4 ENERGY

ASEAN Community Blueprint 2025 (https://aseandse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AEC-Blueprint-2025-FINAL.pdf)

EMPOWERED PEOPLE AND

• Strengthen public-private partnerships to promote the adoption of environmentally-sound

ASEAN Community Blueprint 2025 (https://aseandse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AEC-Blueprint-2025-FINAL.pdf)

Empower individuals through education

Enable key decision makers with modelling

Achieve progress towards ASEAN

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