SIEW TechTable

Chua Shun Loong, Assistant Chief Executive, Sustainable Supply Division, Energy Market Authority

Mohammed Y. Al Masrahi, Director of Global Analysis, Aramco

Landon Derentz, Senior Director, Morningstar Chair, Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council 

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Mohammed Y. Al Masrahi, Director of Global Analysis, Aramco

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) can play a major role in helping the world reduce emissions, especially in hard-to-abate sectors. By effectively incorporating CCUS into GHG reduction strategies, we can put the world on a pragmatic pathway to a lower emissions future. However, wide-scale adaptability and scalability remains challenging and needs far more intensive global efforts to realize its promise. Investments in CCUS technologies have been significantly lower compared to investments in alternative technologies, despite its significant potential. Closing this investment gap and addressing the challenges are essential to realize the full potential of CCUS and its contribution to a sustainable future. The panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities that pertain to scaling up CCUS to ensure creating a model that is sustainable and effectively addresses the GHG emissions challenge.

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Presented by VFlowTech

Dr Avishek Kumar, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, VFlowTech

Long-duration energy storage is a critical enabler of the energy transition. Vanadium Redox Flow Battery technology is emerging as a potential alternative to Lithium-ion batteries for long-duration energy storage applications. This presentation will cover recent developments in the Vanadium redox flow battery, demonstrating its potential for scaling to MWh and GWh deployments. The presentation will explain the benefits of flow battery design driven by safety and location, showcasing a few one-of-a-kind flow battery systems that use existing tanks. The technology is prepared to meet the demands of scaling while being cost competitive. The presentation will further solidify vanadium redox flow batteries' role in bolstering grid stability and facilitating the integration of renewable energy sources.

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Luca Melluso, Vice President, Customer Solutions, AirTrunk

Jose Castaneda, Vice President Innovation and Intelligence, AirTrunk

The technology sector is playing an increasingly significant role in the energy landscape, with adoption of digital services, including cloud and artificial intelligence (AI), driving demand for data centre capacity and energy usage. The limits of traditional cooling methods in data centres are being tested by the powerful computing operations required by AI.

Against this backdrop, liquid cooling technology has emerged as a game changer in the cooling of data centres – driving significant energy savings. As an industry leader in the research, testing and deployment of liquid cooling technology, AirTrunk has reported a reduction in energy consumption by up to 23 percent and predicts that in the near future 30-60 percent of all new data centre loads deploying AI hardware will be liquid cooled. The technology has also enabled AirTrunk to improve its already leading design Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE).

Join us for this insightful session at Singapore International Energy Week, where leaders from AirTrunk’s solutions and innovation team will launch a liquid cooling whitepaper that includes insights along with real world lessons from AirTrunk’s major deployment of liquid cooling in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The AirTrunk JHB1 data centre features an AI-ready design with direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology alongside traditional indirect evaporative cooling (IEC) systems for cooling high-density racks.

Jennifer Ganten, Chief Global Affairs Officer, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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Fusion, the process that powers the sun, can supply round-the-clock power with virtually unlimited fuel and no carbon emissions. Through recent scientific and materials advances, we have seen the rapid growth of a new commercial fusion industry and as a leader in this space Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on track to bring fusion power plants to market in the early 2030s.

Dr Jean-Christophe Niel, Director General, Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety

Nuclear safety is of paramount importance when discussing the future of nuclear technologies. As industry pursues innovations to meet rising energy demands and deal with climate change, ensuring the control of radiological risks for nuclear solutions is essential to protect both people and the environment.

IRSN DG will thus highlight how to accompany innovation in nuclear technologies in terms of safety, giving its participants a glimpse of the role of Technical Safety Organizations (TSOs) in supporting regulatory authorities and other stakeholders. This session will also provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the importance of mobilizing science-based collective intelligence through international collaborations in research, for enhancement of nuclear safety worldwide.

Steven Bartholomeusz, Head of Public & Regulatory Affairs, Asia Pacific, Neste

Aviation accounts for 2-3 % of global carbon emissions but could grow to >20% by 2050 if no action is taken and as other sectors, especially road transport, decarbonise. While there are a number of pathways for aviation to decarbonise, including technology (electric and hydrogen powered aircraft), operations and infrastructure and offsets, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is key for achieving aviation industry’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Ramping-up SAF production is key to achieve aviation’s emission reduction goals and to stay in sight of the Paris Agreement targets. But what are the challenges to making aviation greener? Is there enough SAF around and what mechanisms can drive the growth in this sector?

Sheena Thomas, Interim General Manager Research Strategy and Partnership, GNS Science

Sheena Thomas, Interim General Manager Research Strategy and Partnerships at GNS Science, will discuss the economic potential and viability of superhot geothermal in New Zealand. By drilling deeper to access hotter geothermal resources, this abundant energy source could revolutionise low-emission, reliable, and renewable energy production, benefiting not only New Zealand but also accelerating its development globally.

Paul Cairns, Chief Business Development Officer, Eavor Technologies Inc

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Achieving energy autonomy is the hardest part, and to accomplish that, project development opportunities need to be abundant.

Two things are restricting traditional open-loop geothermal from providing energy autonomy: subsurface risk (small operators cannot tolerate it) and scalability (larger operators require a substantial market opportunity).

Next-generation closed-loop geothermal, such as the Eavor-Loop™, has little to no subsurface risk and can be scaled globally. It can deliver as much energy as you desire, and this technology can be implemented anywhere. Currently, the cost is too high to go everywhere.

The solution? The solution is all of you.

Professor Alessandro Romagnoli, Energy Research Institute @ Nanyang Technological University