RT I: Energy Studies Institute

Emerging Technologies for Small-Scale Grids

ORGANISER	Energy Studies Institute (ESI)
DATE	27 October 2017
TIME	09:00 - 12:00 hrs
VENUE	Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands Singapore
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Consistent with SIEW 2017’s focus on seizing opportunities, this Roundtable will examine a selection of technologies that hold the promise of being able to provide energy supply to small-scale, community-based grids. This is particularly relevant to parts of Southeast Asia where significant populations live on islands or in other remote locations. These technologies are distinct from intermittent renewable energy technologies such as wind and solar that are already widely deployed on a commercial basis. Relevant technologies include: small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG), small modular nuclear reactors (SMR), and different forms of marine energy. All of these technologies are under demonstration, but none have been deployed commercially on a large scale in the region, if at all. The aim of the roundtable is to assess the state of development and potential of such technologies and identify the policies required to support their widespread deployment in Southeast Asia.

This Roundtable will discuss:

What is the need for such technologies?
Which of these technologies are most appropriate to Southeast Asia: marine energy, small-scale LNG, or SMRs?
What policy frameworks are needed to support the deployment of the most appropriate of these technologies?

Time	Programme
8.30am – 8.55am	Registration
9.00am – 9.05am	Opening remarks Dr Philip Andrews-Speed Senior Principal Fellow & Head Energy Security Division, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
9.05am – 9.20am	Presentation The need for new energy technologies for small-scale grids in Southeast Asia Beni Suryadi Acting Manager Policy and Research Analytics (PRA), ASEAN Centre for Energy Click here to download the presentation.
9.20am – 9.45am	Presentation Marine energy: wave and tidal Michael Lochinvar Sim Abundo Managing Director, OceanPixel Click here to download the presentation.
9.45am –10.10am	Presentation Small-scale LNG Tony Regan Managing Director, DataFusion Associates Click here to download the presentation.
10.10am – 10.30am	Q&A
10.30am – 11.00am	Coffee break
11.00am –11.25am	Presentation Small modular nuclear reactors Dr M.V. Ramana Professor University of British Columbia Click here to download the presentation.
11.25am –11.55am	Panel discussion
11.55am –12.00pm	Closing remarks Dr Philip Andrews-Speed Senior Principal Fellow & Head Energy Security Division, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore