Views from SIEW Energy Insights
Industry players from across the energy spectrum discussed the latest in smart cities, battery technologies and sustainable practices.
S Harsha, Managing Director, Sustainable Energy Solutions, Singapore at SP Group, shared insights into the technologies and smart city solutions that are powering Tengah, Singapore’s eco-friendly smart energy town. He also touched on the ways to overcoming cybersecurity challenges and key considerations when scaling up its low carbon, smart energy town concept to larger estates.
"As we integrate these [smart town] systems together, the idea is to translate this into energy-as-a-service" - S Harsha of @SPGroupSG, on their innovative business model #SIEW2020
— SingaporeInternationalEnergyWeek (@SIEW_sg) October 28, 2020
On the pathway to net zero, S Harsha of @SPGroupSG shares three considerations:
— SingaporeInternationalEnergyWeek (@SIEW_sg) October 28, 2020
1) Energy efficiency
2) Consumption of on-site renewables
3) Offsets#SIEW2020
The topic of sustainable smart cities was a natural lead-in to an exploration of the current and future deployment of new battery technologies in Singapore. The discussion was led by experts from A*STAR and Singapore Battery Consortium.
He goes on the share the aim of their Lithium ion battery recycling process research: Develop a solution with a high overall recycling rate of >90% #SIEW2020 https://t.co/298qV0H9c9
— SingaporeInternationalEnergyWeek (@SIEW_sg) October 28, 2020
The Singapore Battery Consortium aims to promote public-private partnership in this space with 29 industry members #SIEW2020 @Astarhq check out their new white paper on repurposing of Li-ion Batteries
— Jason Marcellus Yun 云友利 (@JasonMYun) October 28, 2020
There was also a robust debate among the speakers on how sustainable practices can be made economically viable—to encourage more businesses to integrate them into their processes.
Dr Yeo Zhi Quan of Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology explains how the Life Cycle Assessment can be used to create revenue generation opportunities #SIEW2020
— SingaporeInternationalEnergyWeek (@SIEW_sg) October 28, 2020
Follow us on Twitter (@SIEW_sg) to get the latest #SIEW2020 updates throughout the day!Converting carbon dioxide emissions into higher-value products is one of the many game-changing technologies being developed as part of the low carbon energy transition, shares Professor Karthik Kumar of @Astarhq #SIEW2020
— SingaporeInternationalEnergyWeek (@SIEW_sg) October 28, 2020