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New Type of Power System Enabling a highly Efficient, Safe and Low-Carbon Energy Future - Insights from China and ASEAN

ORGANISER	China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI) and Agora Energiewende
DATE	26 October 2023
TIME	14:00 - 16:00 hrs
VENUE	Level 4, Orchid Junior Ballroom, 4211 and 4311, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
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ASEAN and China have been actively increasing renewable investments and gradually accommodating more variable renewables in the power mix towards the energy transition and a sustainable energy future. Since higher integration of solar and wind means greater variability of power system operation, additional sources of flexibility are in urgent need. Both strive to develop technical flexibility, improving regulations and market designs while safeguarding power supply security and ensuring positive economic impact of renewables investment. Enabling technologies with a particular emphasis on energy storage as well as on promoting the integrated operation of source-network-load-storage, has become key strategies to support development of new power system in China and in several ASEAN countries. Grid infrastructure upgrade, large-scale interconnection, and sector coupling hydrogen has also been tapped to provide resilient electricity and support power system transition.

Against the above backdrop, this roundtable organized by CREEI and Agora Energiewende is designed to facilitate in-depth exchange on emerging technology, innovative policy instrument, regulatory framework restructuring and market designs as part of the Singapore International Energy Week:

New features for the emerging energy system to deliver energy transition targets.
Opportunities and challenges faced by China and ASEAN Member States (AMS) when increasing grid integration of intermittent renewables.
Specific short- and long-term technologies to improve flexibility of the power system, such as pumped storage, sustainable hydropower, flexible high voltage direct current, smart grid, etc.
Supporting policies, regulations and market mechanisms to establish new type of power system and avoid curtailment.
Potential synergies between China and ASEAN countries in establishment of new type of power system.

14:00 – 14:02 hrs Welcoming Remarks

Dr Gu Hongbin, Deputy Director General, CREEI/ Chairman, Ecosystem Study Commission for International River (ESCIR)

14:02-14:05hrs

Prof. Kevin Tu, Director Agora China

14:05-14:15hrs China’s Renewable Energy Development and Building New Type of Power System

Keynote:

Xie Hongwen, Deputy Chief Engineer, CREEI

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14:15-14:25hrs ASEAN Power System Transformation and ASEAN-China Way Forward on Low Carbon Energy Transition

Keynote:

Beni Suryadi, Manager, Fossil Fuel, Alternative Energy and Storage (PFS), ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)

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14:25-14:35hrs Prospects of Hydropower Development in Building New Type of Power System by Leveraging Regional Resources

Keynote:

Xue Lianfang, Deputy Chief Engineer and Director of Environmental Protection Department, CREEI

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14:35-14:45hrs Enhancing Power System Flexibility to Reach Carbon Neutrality

Keynote:

Dr Tharinya Supasa, Project Lead Southeast Asia Energy Policy, Agora Energiewende

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14.45 - 14.50hrs Q&A Session

Speakers:

Xie Hongwen, Deputy Chief Engineer, CREEI

Beni Suryadi, Manager, Fossil Fuel, Alternative Energy and Storage (PFS), ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)

Xue Lianfang, Deputy Chief Engineer and Director of Environmental Protection Department, CREEI

Dr Tharinya Supasa, Project Lead Southeast Asia Energy Policy, Agora Energiewende

Moderator: Dr Gu Hongbin, Deputy Director General, CREEI/ Chairman, Ecosystem Study Commission for International River (ESCIR)

14:50-15:50hrs Panel Discussion

Panellist:

Xie Hongwen, Deputy Chief Engineer, CREEI

Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director,Institute for Essential Services Reform

Xiangnan Li, Executive Director, Project Finance Institutional Banking Group, DBS Bank

Zhang Muzi, Secretary General, ESCIR

Moderator: Marianna Morra-Skryabina, International Outreach Project Manager, Agora Energiewende

Specific short- and long-term technologies to improve flexibility of the power system.
Application and roles of T&D key technologies, virtual power plant, large-scale renewable energy consumption technologies, energy storage technologies and source-network-load-storage technologies;
How T&D tariff pricing and regulatory mechanisms and grid investment planning and management can be better adapted to the building of new type of power system to accelerate power system transformation and avoid curtailment.
Potential synergies between China and ASEAN countries in establishment of new type of power system.
Sharing of experience in promoting the coordinated development of new energy and conventional power sources through reform and innovation of capacity compensation mechanisms;