KUCHING: Sarawak Energy (SEB) debuted as a patron of the World Energy Council at the 26th World Energy Congress, a global energy event attended by international energy stakeholders.
In its press release, themed ‘Redesigning Energy for People and Planet’, the four-day event was co-hosted by the World Energy Council and the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.
“Datuk Sharbini Suhaili, Sarawak Energy Group Chief Executive Officer, spoke in a plenary session entitled ‘Building Resilience Together in Asia Pacific: A New Outlook on Energy-Climate Corporations,’ where he emphasised the criticality of interconnections in Asean’s energy transition, so resource rich countries could harness renewables such as hydropower and share their surplus capacity with neighbours with high energy demand.
“Interconnections and cross-border collaborations are key to getting the Asean region member states to adapt and transition in a just manner together.
“Each member state must capitalise on their resources and share with neighbours, and only then can we materialise the trans-Asean power grid,” it said.
It added that the dialogues address opportunity spaces for unlocking global energy transitions, new ways of aligning diverse needs and interests for impact at speed and scale,
and requirements for (re)designing change maker ecosystems around tipping points.
“The 26th World Energy Congress also served as an ideal platform for SEB to meet with several high-level stakeholders, along with sustainability partner International Hydropower Association, to create the foundation for potential partnerships and collaboration and keep informed of global developments and impending challenges in the energy sector.”
