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        "msgid": "prabowo-at-asean-summit-energy-becomes-urgent-issue-amid-middle-east-instability-1778162153",
        "date": "2026-05-07 20:02:22",
        "title": "Prabowo at ASEAN Summit: Energy Becomes Urgent Issue Amid Middle East Instability",
        "author": "Danu Damarjati",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "At the ASEAN Summit, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto highlighted energy resilience as a pressing challenge due to global pressures and instability in the Middle East, urging BIMP-EAGA members to optimise untapped resources like hydropower, solar, and wind energy. He called for immediate action to harness these potentials not only to meet subregional needs but also to support ASEAN's energy transition, citing examples such as solar development in Indonesia and the Trans Borneo Power Grid. Prabowo emphasised the need for financing, technical expertise, and stronger regional partnerships, while underscoring that ASEAN's future depends on securing energy and food resilience alongside economic growth.",
        "content": "<p>At the ASEAN Summit podium, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto\nspotlighted energy resilience as the primary challenge that must be\ncollectively addressed amid the dynamics of security situations in the\nMiddle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnergy resilience is one of the important issues we face today. With\nincreasing global pressures and instability in the Middle East, this is\nno longer a long-term problem, but an urgent one,\u201d Prabowo stated at the\nSpecial Summit of Brunei Darussalam\u2013Indonesia\u2013Malaysia\u2013Philippines East\nASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) in Cebu, Philippines, on Thursday\n(7\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>According to him, hydropower, solar power, wind power, and fertile\nland have not yet been optimally utilised in the BIMP-EAGA region.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo then questioned the readiness of member countries to leverage\nthose potentials to meet regional needs while supporting ASEAN\u2019s energy\ntransition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is whether we are ready to act on those potentials. Not\nonly to meet our subregional needs, but also to contribute to ASEAN\u2019s\nenergy transition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Several steps highlighted include the development of hydropower in\nBorneo, the expansion of solar energy projects in Palawan, and the\nutilisation of wind energy in coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo also exemplified several steps that Indonesia is currently\nundertaking to accelerate solar energy development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFull speed ahead, 100 GW of solar power, invite our friends, enhance\nour energy infrastructure, we have the potential,\u201d Prabowo said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to energy development, Prabowo stressed the importance of\nstrengthening subregional connectivity, including increasing the\ncapacity of the Trans Borneo Power Grid electricity network so that\nenergy distribution can run more efficiently in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo assessed that all these agendas require financing support,\ntechnical expertise, and closer partnerships with regional development\npartners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this will not happen without the right support. We need to\nsecure funding, mobilise technical expertise, and deepen partnerships\nwith our regional advisors and Development Partners,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo simultaneously sent a strong message that ASEAN\u2019s future is\nnot only determined by economic growth, but also by the region\u2019s ability\nto maintain energy, food, and societal resilience amid a constantly\nchanging world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, energy is only part of the story. Food resilience is just\nas fundamental,\u201d added the Head of State.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowo-at-asean-summit-energy-becomes-urgent-issue-amid-middle-east-instability-1778162153",
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