Asean must connect energy planning with environmental protection: Philippines energy director

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As Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim handed over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) chairmanship to the Philippines two months ago in Kuala Lumpur, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr said the country will champion initiatives that empower the region’s security, economy, and people.

The Philippines is gearing up to meet its renewable energy goals through offshore wind as it inaugurates a green energy auction programme for the clean energy resource by the end of December. It follows the release of a roadmap for offshore wind projects to ensure that permit bottlenecks do not stall the country’s push to realise more than 178 gigawatts (GW) of its potential capacity.

But the clean energy drive will come alongside the protection of marine biodiversity. The risk of disturbing marine life due to the construction of offshore wind turbine foundations was cited by Sinocruz as one of the examples of why energy and the environment must be linked under Asean policy.

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