ASEAN experts warn scrapping of coal could drag Southeast Asia into a self-inflicted energy crisis

Coal-fired power generation remains critical for providing secure and affordable energy, supporting economic growth, and enabling a just energy transition in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations , argue Chaedar Indra Pramana, Suwanto, Shania Esmeralda Manaloe and Beni Suryadi, energy analysts at the Asean Centre for Energy .  Within the next three years, 84 coal power plants, totalling 29,000 MW, are expected to come online. Funnels of the Paiton thermal power plant, East Java, Indonesia / © CEphoto, Uwe Aranas COAL REMAINS critical for providing secure and affordable energy, supporting economic growth, and enabling a just energy transition in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Scrapping coal without prudent energy planning could drag ASEAN member states (AMS) into a self-inflicted energy crisis. ASEAN's energy demand had grown by 67% from 2005 to 2019, with coal's share reaching 19% by 2019, nearly double its 2005 level. Under each country'

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AJM RESOURCES PUBLISHING was established in 1986 by marketing and media entrepreneur Geoffrey Gold to launch the Australian Journal of Mining. The following year, the Singapore-based Asia Pacific Mining magazine was acquired and merged with AJM to create the Australia, Asian and Pacific Journal of Mining and its companion annual, the Asia/Pacific Mining Yearbook.

In 1993, the magazine was unbundled to re-establish the Australian Journal of Mining and the Asian Journal of Mining as separate publications.

In Indonesia, Geoffrey Gold developed a local joint venture to co-publish a series of special publications in association with the Ministry of Mines and Energy including the Indonesian Mining Handbook series and the Indonesian Minerals Exploration and Mining Directory.

AJM Resources Publishing also conducted major mining industry conferences in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, Jakarta, Indonesia, Manila, Philippines and Singapore.

In 1998 the Australian Journal of Mining was sold to Informa plc in Australia. Geoffrey Gold retained the AJM trademark and published the Asian Journal of Mining from other markets.

From the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Rim AJM, now the AsiaPacific Journal of Mining, continues to publish research and analysis to exploration and mining companies, mining technology and service businesses, national and regional governments, media, sponsors and advertisers.

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