The energy transition is now considered a necessity to move towards sustainable development and to improve living standards. This is especially the case in South East Asia where energy demand is expected to increase by 50% and electricity demand to double by 2025. The region has not enough fossil fuels to cope with this growing demand and will have to increase its imports which may endanger its energy securityIRENA ＆ ACE, (2016). Renewable Energy Outlook for ASEAN: A Remap Analysis. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Abu Dhabi and ASEAN Centre For Energy (ACE), Jakarta.. Other critical issues are associated with an over-dependence on fossil fuels: risk of choking due to coal burning, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) climate change, city congestion, and environmental damage. On top of that, the non-electrification rate now stands at 120 million people, in the ASEAN region out of a total population of 639 million, which means that nearly two out of ten people do not have access to electricityThe Institute of Energy Economics (2017). Asia/World Energy Outlook 2016, Japan.. The reason is poverty which makes energy too expensive and the huge cost of a national electricity grid which has to reach isolated inland areas and scattered islands in archipelago countries. In this context, energy transition must not be seen as an additional problem to resolve but as the solution to many of the issues described above and a source of new opportunities for economic development and wellbeing.