Table 1 Cumulative monetary savings on trade in coal, oil and natural gas in the NDC projection relative to the baseline as well as total savings in the period 2022-2030

From: Energy trade, emissions and import dependence in Southeast Asia

 

Savings coal trade (USD bn)

Savings oil trade

(USD bn)

Savings gas trade (USD bn)

Total savings (USD bn)

RE Investment needs for NDC

(USD bn)

RE investment needs/energy trade savings

Brunei

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Cambodia

0.2

1.7

0.0

1.9

2.5

76.1%

Indonesia

3.5

9.2

5.2

17.9

27.6

64.9%

Laos

3.4

2.6

0.0

6.0

14.7

41.1%

Malaysia

4.6

14.2

27.1

45.9

60.8

75.5%

Myanmar

0.7

9.5

6.6

16.8

20.7

80.9%

Philippines

1.8

4.7

0.8

7.3

12.7

57.6%

Singapore

0.2

21.9

9.8

31.9

38.7

82.3%

Thailand

0.9

9.0

6.2

16.2

18.9

85.4%

Vietnam

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

ASEAN total

15.2

72.9

55.8

143.9

196.7

73.2%

  1. RE investment needs denotes the investments required to build up solar capacity to replace the reduced fossil fuel consumption. The final column states the ratio between savings from energy net imports and the investment needs for renewable energy capacity in the NDC projection.