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Day 1: Wed 8, Oct
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8.45am | Global outlook for clean energy: Implications and prospects for Asia’s clean energy industry
This session provides fresh insights and industry perspectives on global clean energy development. It will highlight the drivers, challenges, opportunities and investment requirements to address climate change and promote clean energy development. This will eventually zero in on implications and prospects for Asia. Each keynote speaker is given 20 minutes to deliver their presentations and a live interview will
follow to stimulate a no holds barred discussion.
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| CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS |
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9am | The booming business of green business investing: Prospects for Asia
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9.20am | How to tackle the climate and energy challenge: Neste Oil's view on renewable diesel business
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9.40am | Regulatory developments in the EU: The Barroso package on
climate and energy and prospects for Asia players in Asia
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10am | In conversation with global experts Live interview with former anchor of CNBC
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10.30am | Morning refreshments
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| ADVANCING CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH REGULATORY SUPPORT |
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11am | New Initiatives to Advance Clean Energy Opportunites in Victoria, Australia
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Providing an overview of Australia's response to the climate change challenge with a particular emphasis on the leading role the State of Victoria is taking. This will include details of the Commonwealth Government's activity and the success to date of initiatives under the Victorian Government's $370 million Energy Technology Innovation Strategy.
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Victoria's actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be discussed, with focus on a major solar photovoltaic demonstration project and the new opportunities for large scale pre-commercial demonstration of sustainable energy in the State.
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The State's activities, to date, in the area of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. The future opportunities for deployment of CCS will be outlined, including content on grant funding from the Victorian and Federal Government, the State and Federal legislative framework, Victoria's energy and carbon storage resources, carbon storage regulatory policy and the State's investment climate.
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| | Dale Seymour, Deputy Secretary - Energy, Resources and Major Projects, Department of Primary Industries, VIC
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11.30am | Straight talk from Asia’s regulators
Fast-tracking clean energy development in Asia through supportive regulatory regime
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| | Mr Vu Van Thai , Deputy Director General , Ministry of Industry and Trade
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12.30pm | Networking lunch
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| SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS IN ASIA: OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES |
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1.30pm | Solar Chairperson’s opening remarks
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1.35pm | The new role of solar energy in the future global energy supply
• Global photovoltaic (solar electric) and solar thermal energy market drivers and growth expectations
• Will supply catch up with demand?
• What is needed to make solar energy a commercially viable option?
• Effects of the introduction of a favourable legal and financial framework in Europe |
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1.55pm | Asia: the new solar power hub of the world
• Singapore's focus on solar as a key growth area
• The Singapore government's commitment and initiatives to support and grow the solar industry
• The launch of SERIS (Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore): Successful R&D as the differentiating factor of success
• The potential for price parity between solar energy and the electricity grid
• Huge potential for grid and off-grid market in South East Asia
• Singapore as a base to serve the booming Asian solar market |
| | Mr Goh Chee Kiong, Head of the Environment and Clean Energy unit, New BIZ Group, Economic Development Board (EDB)
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2.15pm | Solar manufacturers’ panel discussion: PV technology
developments and impact on prices and market development
• Rising prices - concern of overcapacity: Where is the shakeout and will rising solar prices threaten the viability of the industry?
• Will capacity outstrip demand?
• Availability of raw materials and impact on prices and future adoption of solar in Asia
• Impact of technology development, manufacturing efficiency and economies of scale on prices and market
• What is the future potential of PV technology?
• What are the research and technological development requirements
• How can a stronger market for price-competitive Solar technology be developed (critical issues that need to be addressed for developing low-cost reliable products). |
| | Mr Jörg Walberer, Managing Director, SolarWorld Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Asia Pacific Ms Hu Runqing, Associate Professor, Center for Renewable Energy Development;Energy Research Institute, NDRC
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2.50pm | Solar energy users’ roundtable: Can we afford to wait? How to overcome today’s barriers to growth in solar energy
• Successful market entrance policy, development tools and incentive schemes
• How to address bottlenecks related to policies, technologies, financing and capacity?
• Policies needed to ensure that solar energy is produced and commercialized for consumption in larger quantities?
• How to build capacity and know how?
• Feed-in tariffs and subsidy programmes: which course to be set?
• How to ensure fair grid access for solar electricity
• Integrating solar into the energy mix: challenges and opportunities |
| | Vernon Tan, Director, Climate Solutions, AES Transpower Pte Ltd/Sindicate Mr Christophe Inglin, Chairman Renewable Energy Committee, Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd
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3.30pm | Afternoon refreshments
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| GLOBAL COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS |
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4pm | Commercial deployment of CPV Technologies: The unprecedented innovative approach in the installation of the 3MW CPV project in Castilla-LaMancha, Spain
• Update on the project: Addressing the most important components of CPF including performance, energy production, safety and reliability in the move to full-scale commercial deployment
• Initiatives to accelerate the development and adoption of CPV technology
• Expected upcoming large scale multi-partner projects |
| | Mr Pedro Banda, General Director, Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics Systems (ISFOC S.A. )
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4.20pm | The Gochang Solarpark project in Korea: Continuous technological optimization resulting in increase of efficiency
• About the largest individual solar project in Asia
• Economies of scale
• The use of novel technology and impact on costs |
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4.40pm | Experiences in the building of the 5MW grid connected PV power plant in Japan
• Innovative use of the latest technologies
• How to achieve maximum cost reduction and increased efficiency
• Lessons learnt: keys to successful development of innovative solutions |
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5pm | The world’s largest solar-powered community
• How a grid-connected project can be profitable enough to install PV solar panels without subsidies
• Efficiency improvement to decrease consumption
• Project financing: keys to success |
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5.30pm | Chairman’s summary and close of day one
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6pm | Welcome cocktails
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Day 2: Thu 9, Oct
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8.45am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
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| FINANCING ASIA’S QUEST FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT |
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9am | Investors panel: Assessing investors’ appetite for clean energy projects, companies and technologies
• Understanding the mix of environmental, social and commercial considerations in clean energy investment
• Assessing clean energy investment prospects in Asia and identifying critical evaluation criteria
• Examining various investment options: direct versus indirect investment, funds, private equities, stocks, bonds, etc.
• Safe guard your investment: Return evaluation, risk assessment
and exist options
• Why clean energy: Clean energy investment versus other asset
classes
• Comparing the performance of Asian clean energy investment
with the rest of the world |
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9.45am | Capital and debt raising options for Clean Energy projects in Asia
• Assessing various options for clean energy projects to raise capital or debts
• Evaluating the different tried and tested options in different markets
• How can project owners ensure their projects bankable?
• Reaching out to investors in Asia, Middle East, US or Europe - Where is your best bet? |
| | Mr Takashi Hongo, Director General, Environment Finance Engineering, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
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10.30am | Morning refreshments
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| SOLAR POWER PROJECT FINANCE & INVESTMENT |
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11.30am | Solar innovations and investments: Keys to successful solar investment deals
• Why ReEX decided to invest in solar energy
• Funding and financing schemes
• Successful project examples and returns on investment
• Identifying and accessing investment prospects for solar energy in Asia |
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11.50am | Moser Baer Photo Voltaic: The largest private equity investment in the solar energy sector in India
• Investment opportunities in PV production and technology
• Why deciding on MBP
• Issues and opportunities going forward! |
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12.10pm | Successfully investing in large scale solar thermal projects in China
• Greatest obstacle: How to finance the initial investments
• Can solar thermal power plants be operated profitably?
• Challenges and lessons learnt |
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12.30pm | Innovative use of the solar technologies for off-grid power generation
• Solar energy options to provide electricity in areas not reached by the grid
• The successful rural solar home programme
• Keys to successful financing and development of renewable energy programmes
• Upcoming project plans and identifying what is needed to enhance growth in the renewable and solar industry in Bangladesh and beyond |
| | Mr Ehsanul Haque, Executive Director and CEO, Infrastructure Development Company Ltd
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12.50pm | Networking lunch
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| COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE UTILITY
SECTOR |
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2pm | The largest photovoltaic plant in Asia
• Details of the planning and realisation of the 18MW solar power plant project in South Korea
• How high yield is guaranteed and how to make the right technology choice
• Keys to success factors and challenges
• Upcoming projects in Asia |
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2.20pm | Keys to success of the on-grid solar PV Power Plant in the
Philippines
• Design of the plant and achieved annual energy generation
• The envisioned solar park and proposed PV plant with a total installed capacity of at least 10-MWp to be commissioned by 1012
• Solar technology considerations
• How Cepalco capitalizes on the increasing efficiency but decreasing costs of solar cells |
| | Mr Ramon C. Abaya, Chairman, Cepalco Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company, Inc (CEPALCO)
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2.40pm | 250MW Advanced Solar Thermal Plant Project Development in
Western Australia
• Why Advanced Solar Thermal (AST) technology was chosen as the most viable option to provide utility-scale renewable power into the electricity grid
• Expected improvements in efficiency in terms of power produced, construction, operation and maintenance costs
• Opportunities to optimise the processes to further reduce operating costs
• Risk analysis
• How can solar-thermal power be economic? |
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3pm | India’s first grid-connected photovoltaic solar power plant project
• Grid connected solar power plant project into grid connected solar power plant project
• Solar energy park’s private investors’ power projects
• Action plan to add 400 MW of power through renewable energy sources by 2012 |
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3.20pm | Afternoon refreshments
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| ADOPTING SOLAR ENERGY IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING |
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4pm | Mainstreaming sustainable architecture in Asia - role of emerging technologies, policies and design
• Market uptake, economics, barriers to change and role of education sector
• Role of good design in highlighting technology integration
• Policy innovations in mainstreaming sustainable design
• Leading case studies - 'beyond zero energy buildings |
| | Mr Deo Prasad, Director, Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment (CSBE); Director-Master of Built Environment Associate Professor Architecture; The University of New South Wales
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4.20pm | Successful implementation of BIPV installations in Malaysia
• How to develop proactive and integrated plans and policies that will create conducive environment for widespread adoption of BIPV
• Update on the first zero-energy building in Malaysia
• Showcasing the concept of incorporating photovoltaic systems into a building during the construction phase: The Monash University's new campus in Bandar Sunway
• Future plans to enhance adoption of solar integrated buildings in Malaysia
• Long term expectations of sustainable BIPV market development and price reduction in Malaysia |
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4.40pm | Solar architectural design achievements and upcoming projects in Singapore
• Successful examples of efficient solar architectural design and use of innovative enabling technology
• How innovative installation and cost recovery methods can significantly reduce the costs of generating electricity from solar energy
• Update Singapore Zero-energy building
• New developments and projects in solar architecture |
| | Dr. -Ing. Stephen Wittkopf, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment
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5pm | Panel Discussion: Incorporating solar: What is needed to make solar integrated green building structures mainstream
• What potential savings could be made if the principles of sustainable architecture were put into practice?
• Development of the technique of Integrating solar energy utilization with construction
• Promoting green building: systematic planning, market forces, research into science & technology |
| | Mr Deo Prasad, Director, Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment (CSBE); Director-Master of Built Environment Associate Professor Architecture; The University of New South Wales Dr. -Ing. Stephen Wittkopf, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment
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5.30pm | Chairman closing remarks and close of conference
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