Highlights from SIEW TechTable
For the inaugural SIEW TechTable, speakers explored emerging and nascent low carbon technologies that can accelerate the global energy transition.
Ralph Foong, Deputy Chief Executive of Energy Market Authority, opened the session by sharing about the need for collective concrete plans for Singapore to achieve its net zero goals.
An additional S$129m will now be set aside for phase 2, says Ralph Foong of @EMA_sg, with a strong focus on #hydrogen to further Singapore's national hydrogen strategy. #SIEW2022 #SIEWTechTable
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Bernard Salha, CTO EDF Group & Senior EVP of R&D from EDF Group, shared more on nuclear energy as a reliable, flexible and predictable carbon-free power in conjunction with renewables.
Bernard Salha @EDFofficiel recaps three key things that Europe must protect in their energy journey: affordable prices, sovereignty and the #environment. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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For ASEAN, Bernard Salha @EDFofficiel posits that #nuclear has strong potential across the region - the question is getting political buy-in from governments as well as building the safety and competencies accordingly. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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King Lee, Director Harmony Programme of World Nuclear Association, highlighted nuclear energy’s role to attain sustainable development. He also shared how clean and affordable nuclear energy can help to reach the Paris Agreement goals.
#Nuclear offers great opportunities for #decarbonisation, King Lee of @WorldNuclear, by producing not just energy but heat and other synthetic fuels such as #hydrogen. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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#Nuclearpower has not just a low impact on human health and eco-damage indicators, King Lee of @WorldNuclear, but also the lowest #greenhousegasemissions amongst other solutions, with a global average of just 5.5.g of CO2 per kilowatt hour. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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Digitalisation, another hot button topic, was also discussed by Amanda Peterson Corio, Google’s Global Head of Data Center Energy. She gave insights on innovative technology solutions which Google has deployed globally to advance towards running on carbon-free energy.
Amanda Peterson Corio @AmandaCorio, @Google discusses how Google has been #carbonneutral since 2007 through high-quality carbon offsets, and their goal to achieve #netzero emissions and utilise 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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The grid of the future must be a two-way grid, says Amanda Peterson Corio @AmandaCorio, @Google, citing how Google has adjusted their demand through the use of carbon-intelligent load shifting to align with greener hours on the #grid. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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Hydrogen, the new frontier to accelerate decarbonisation for power and other sectors, was another important topic shared by Professor Chris Fogwill, Pro Vice Chancellor of Cranfield University, and Peter David DeVries, Chief Technology Officer of Sydrogen.
Professor Chris Fogwill shares how @CranfieldUni is creating living laboratories to explore product transport and utilisation and overcome real-life challenges for the implementation of #hydrogen. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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Hydrogen fuel cell cost is expected to be more affordable as parts to make it are available in mass produced! Peter David DeVries of Sydrogen shared their development in pushing for H2 fuel cell! 💨🌏🌳 #SIEW2022 #SIEWTechTable pic.twitter.com/1X5rcT9Cmu
— Jonathan Lee (@Jonleejs) October 27, 2022
Justin Oettmeier, Director of Business Development, Asia Pacific, Low Carbon Solutions, ExxonMobil, explored the role that Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) can play in helping to reduce global CO2 emissions. This is particularly for the hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as power generation and the petrochemical, steel and cement industries.
Justin Oettmeier, @ExxonMobil cites a predicted hundred-fold increase in the capacity of #CCS to enable the #energytransition. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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Justin Oettmeier, @ExxonMobil discusses the benefits of policy intervention in two key areas to advance #CCS in APAC - fiscal and financial support, as well as advancements in the regulatory space. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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Genevieve Ding, Head of Sustainability Policy, Asia-Pacific and Japan for Amazon Web Services (AWS), dived deeper into how cloud-enabled technologies can help decarbonisaton and sustainability transformation.
The cloud can accelerate #decarbonisation in two ways, says Genevieve Ding of @awscloud - through migrating to a more efficient infrastructure, and leveraging tech and data for #sustainability. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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On the sectors that could benefit from cloud application, Genevieve Ding of @awscloud emphasises that a variety of sectors can benefit such as agriculture, finance and education. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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Srimonto Ghosh, General Manager, Emerging, Chevron New Energies, shared his perspectives on harnessing geothermal energy.
#Geothermalenergy currently accounts for 16GW of global resource potential, says Srimonto Ghosh, @Chevron New Energies, but a 10x increase can be unlocked through new technologies. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022
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When asked about areas with most potential for #geothermal development, Srimonto Ghosh, @Chevron New Energies, cites the rich potential in the APAC region in countries such as Japan, Indonesia and China. #SIEWTechTable #SIEW2022 pic.twitter.com/A3Floc2kRV
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