📋 Tender Overview
Project No.: EWG_103_2025A
Project Title: APEC Workshop on Promoting the Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Future Energy and Sustainable Development
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: Energy Efficiency, Low Carbon and Energy Resiliency Measures (EELCER)
Project Year
2025
Project Session
Session 1
APEC Funding
99,988
Co-funding Amount
10,000
Total Project Value
109,988
Sponsoring Forum
Energy Working Group (EWG)
Topics
Energy; Science and Technology
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
Viet Nam
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Papua New Guinea; Singapore; Thailand
Expected Start Date
01/09/2025
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Pham Quynh Mai
Job Title 1
Deputy Director General
Organization 1
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Telephone 1
+842422202525
Email 1
MaiPQ@moit.gov.vn
Project Proponent Name 2
Not Applicable
Job Title 2
Not Applicable
Organization 2
Not Applicable
Telephone 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Not Applicable
Declaration
Pham Quynh Mai
Project Summary
In response to the APEC’s commitment stated in the APEC 2024 Energy Ministerial Meeting that reaffirm the importance of ensuring energy security, resilience and access in the region, accelerating clean, sustainable, just, affordable, inclusive and sustainable energy transitions through various pathways, consistent with global net- zero greenhouse gas emissions/carbon neutrality by or around mid-century, taking into account the latest scientific developments and different domestic circumstances among economies,… , this project aims to explore the opportunities and challenges that AI-based technologies can help accelerate renewable energy as a stable and reliable source of energy for energy security as well as provide capacity building for the APEC member economies through sharing information, experiences, practices in addressing obstacles on the way to promote efficient application of AI in energy sector for the sustainable development through a 2-day physical workshop in Viet Nam in 2025/2026.
Relevance
Region
In face with the increasing global population and development of the economy and society, the demand for energy has inevitably increased. The depletion of fossil fuel due to large-scale use as well as impacts of the global warming and climate change make the use of replenished natural sources such as solar, wind, bioenergy, geothermal, hydropower, etc., or renewable energy as a trustworthy alternative for the sake of both dynamic and sustainable development.
However, renewable energy might not always be a stable and reliable source to be integrated into the distribution network on a large scale due to its intermittency, chaos, a
