Renewable Energy World Asia 2015 Conference

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Sessions (62)

Joint Opening Keynote Session

01 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Kurujit Nakornthap ; Nigel Blackaby ; Piyasvasti Amranand ; Soonchai Kumnoonsate

Delegate Coffee Break 1

01 Sep 15
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Is Geothermal Energy the "foster child" of the Renewable Energy Space?

01 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Anthony Hinde ; Hezy Ram
Geothermal energy has the potential to be the premium RE technology all over the world: 1. But for Hydro, it is the oldest form of RE fully comme... More...

Session 1 - Renewables in the ASEAN Region (Room Jupiter 8)

01 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Philip Napier-Moore

The Sustained Development of Renewables in Asia Requires Two Fundamentals; The need for clear Government Policy on Renewables & the Widespread Understanding of the Need for Renewables (Room Jupiter 8)

01 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Paul Davison
Increased need for renewable energy as an alternative to conventional power generation provides many challenges in Asia, not least of which is the ... More...

Delegate Lunch

01 Sep 15
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Session 2 - Renewable Energy Project Development - A Panel Discussion (Room Jupiter 8)

01 Sep 15
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker(s): Alan Dale Gonzales ; Francois Carpentier ; Iban Vendrell Armengol ; Kiran Jethwa ; Michael Vawser

Delegate Coffee Break 2

01 Sep 15
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Achieving Grid Parity (Room Jupiter 8)

01 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Kurt Branthover ; Tony Segadelli
Historically one of the key constraints with renewable energy has been the high cost compared to “conventional” technologies. This perception rema... More...

Floating Wind Turbines - Overview of Main Challenges, Expectations & Future Project Solutions (Room Jupiter 8)

01 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Mathieu Cornet ; Miguel Sanchez
Floating wind is considered as the breakthrough to overcome foundations costs related to offshore wind in deep locations (either near or far shore)... More...

GREEN : Makes Business Sense’ using Biomass fuel for Power Generation (Room Jupiter 7)

01 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Manish Saxena ; Monish Ahuja

Palm Oil Residues Power Plant, Case Study and Potential of Thailand (Room Jupiter 7)

01 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Kiattisak Kobkanjanakorn

Quantum Shift in Supply Chain - How Disruptive Technologies are Reshaping the Electricity Industry & what can Utilities do to Adapt? (Room Jupiter 8)

01 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Craig Chambers
Many electricity systems around the world are experiencing unprecedented changes due to technology, policy and economic factors and these changes a... More...

Session 3 - Biomass in the ASEAN Region (Room Jupiter 7)

01 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Ludovic Lacrosse

Session 3 - Future Trends of Renewable Energy (Room Jupiter 8)

01 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Seung Joo Choe

Upgrading Biomass into High-quality Solid Bioenergy Carriers (Room Jupiter 7)

01 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Edze Diemer
Co-firing is expected to play a dominant role in the pursuit of renewable energy targets worldwide. ECN has been developing solutions for biomas... More...

Biomass & Waste to Energy Power with High Efficiency & Multi-Fuel Technology in Asia (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Simon Parker
- Recent advances in new fuel applications for Asia: case studies for coconut-waste-based power and energy-grass-based power in HPHT (high pressure... More...

Distributed Renewable Power Generation with Combined Heat and Power (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): John C.Y. Lee ; Michael A. Devine ; Peter Lau ; Steven Szymanski ; Suan Hwee Song
The discussion of this paper focuses on using renewable fuels to enable high efficiency combined heat and power generation at small scales. Several... More...

Mini Compact Hydropower – “A Sustainable & Viable Solution” (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Aniruddha Bandyopadhyay

Scaling up Rural Energy Access Initiatives (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Krish R. Krishnan

Session 4 - Biogas & Waste to Energy (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Palghat Balasankari

Session 4 - Rural Electrification (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Somsak Chutanan

Successfully Integrating Energy from Waste within a Renewable Energy Strategy to Gain Maximum Public Acceptance (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Paul Davison
Asia needs to increase energy generating capacity while also needing more residual waste plants. So on the face of it, Energy from Waste (EfW) shou... More...

Waste to Energy for the Rice Milling Sector in Cambodia (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Louise Robb ; Thomas Blackburn
Nexus Carbon for Development, based in Singapore and Cambodia have been developing small scale renewable energy projects at the household level for... More...

Delegate Coffee Break 3

02 Sep 15
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Better Control of Solar Power Projects with Smarter Asset Management (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Kelvin Tan ; Ming Hui Zhang ; Shuaixun Chen
Improving asset management capabilities for solar power projects through the use of business intelligence and advanced control techniques is a tren... More...

Development & Demonstration of Smart Inverters for High Penetration PV Applications (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Leon Roose ; Marc Matsuura
The growth of distributed PV installations in Hawaii have essentially doubled every year since 2006 to the point where now more than 10% of the res... More...

Ecosystem Approach as Sustainability Framework for Hydropower Development in Asia-Pacific (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Malcom Pious
Ecosystem analysis at the landscape/watershed (river basin) level should be implemented as an integrated approach for land and water resources plan... More...

kW or kWh? Lessons Learned in 50 Years of Small Hydro Turbines Design, Fabrication, Installation & Operation (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Dario Gamba
Modern Small Hydropower can be considered not only an important alternative to sustain today's demand of Energy, but sometime the only sustainable ... More...

Large Kaplan Units – Case Study Xayaburi (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Arno Gehrer ; Irida Skouteropoulou ; Luisa Lameiro ; Maria Collins ; Thomas Eiper
In many countries with not yet completely explored hydraulic potential, there are large rivers with very high flow rates. From the economic, ecolog... More...

Session 5 - Hydro Power in Asia (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Josef Ullmer

Session 5 - Solar Power I (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Arul Joe Mathias

Solar PV Renewable Energy Sustainability: Economic Essential or Financial Folly? (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Amir Basha ; Chandran Ponniah ; Ganendra Dennis ; Ravi Navaratnam
In a period of falling energy prices, many sceptics have cast doubts on the sustainability of renewable energy (RE) projects. This Paper will initi... More...

Solar PV Yield Assessment, Technology Selection & Solid Project Economics (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Sion Haswell
The success of an individual renewable energy project, but equally the transition to a sustainable generation mix, is highly dependent on a thoroug... More...

The Hydropower Lenders’ Technical Advisor (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Andrew Noble
In this paper we explore the role of the Independent Engineer (or “Lender’s Technical Advisor” - LTA) in identifying and mitigating risks in hydrop... More...

Delegate Lunch

02 Sep 15
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Joint Plenary Panel Discussion – The trends and drivers of domestic and cross-border power sector investment

02 Sep 15
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker(s): Cyril Cabanes ; Edward McCartin ; Geoffrey Tan ; Gregory Karpinski ; Justin Wu ; Mark Hutchinson ; Saud Siddique
Few doubt the need to expand electricity access and infrastructure in the ASEAN region but how is this investment and development to be achieved in... More...

Delegate Coffee Break 4

02 Sep 15
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Breaking Barriers to Showcase the Advantages of Energy Efficiency (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Brent Hyde-Smith ; Heleen Devos
With the growing energy demand, an important element to be looked at is energy efficiency, because the greenest energy, is the saved energy. The... More...

Concerns During Operation & Maintenance Monitoring Period of Solar Farm in Thailand (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Chalinee Suphasin
In the past few years, several of solar farms in Thailand have been operated and several more are under construction phase as the national energy d... More...

Converting Low Temperature Waste Heat in Electricity using ORC Technology

02 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Ward Van de Walle
Low temperature waste heat(water of 90 to 160°C, low pressure waste steam, exhaust gasses between 180°C to 300°C) is one of the most abundant energ... More...

Improving Solar Resource Assessment Through in-field Data Analysis for solar PV Projects in Thailand (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Krittee Ubol ; Nonthi Cherdsanguan
The solar power sector in Thailand currently represents over 1 GWAC of installed capacity, and under current National Targets is set to reach at le... More...

Market Drivers & Barriers to Renewable Energy Integration in Asia

02 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Ric O'Connell
Black & Veatch will discuss the high grown solar markets of south-east Asia through case studies of three utility scale solar projects in Thail... More...

Session 7 - Achieving a NegaWatt Status (Room Jupiter 8)

02 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Matthias Gelber

Session 7 - Solar Power II (Room Jupiter 7)

02 Sep 15
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Alan Dale Gonzales

Additional Revenues of Wind Farms by Enhanced Data Analysis (Room Jupiter 8)

03 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Dennis Braun ; Harald Spliessgardt ; Hartmut Popella
Volatile external influences have impact on the operation of wind turbines causing heavy loads on the components. They often degrade power producti... More...

Atmospheric Stability: Why Not All Wind is Born Equal (Room Jupiter 8)

03 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Jerry Randall ; Toby Barber
The global growth of onshore wind is increasingly being driven by emerging markets that are characterized by wind regimes that are different in nat... More...

High Penetration Renewable Integration Case Study for Island Power Systems in Hawai'i (Room Jupiter 7)

03 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Leon Roose ; Marc Matsuura
Island and isolated power systems offer unique opportunities and challenges to the integration of high penetration levels of solar and wind energy.... More...

Integrating Renewable into Utilities: Lessons Learned Globally and Key Success Factors (Room Jupiter 7)

03 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Ravi Krishnaswamy
Microgrids are localized mini grids that are self-sufficient with their own electricity generation source feeding a community, institution, a comme... More...

Integrating Utility-scale Solar PV - Grid Connection Studies (Room Jupiter 7)

03 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): David Bekaert ; Karim Karoui ; Mathieu Cornet
The integration of fluctuating renewable power sources into today’s power systems is a must as much as a challenge. Tractebel Engineering (GDF ... More...

Modification of Using Solar PV on-grid Inverter with Battery Unit (Room Jupiter 7)

03 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Vanichprapa Sombat
Solar PV plant is the lowest operation and maintenance renewable energy power plant. It contains only solar PV panel and Inverter either connects t... More...

Session 8 - The Challenges of Renewable Integration (Room Jupiter 7)

03 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Mark Fogarty

Strategy to Tackle Wind Power Projects in Low Wind Speed Region Such as Thailand (Room Jupiter 8)

03 Sep 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Krisada Techamanoon
Thai Government has been launched an attractive policy which adder shall be topped up the whole sale tariff for wind power project. This incident m... More...

Delegate Coffee Break 5

03 Sep 15
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Session 9 - ASEAN Power Week - Feedback & Summary Session

03 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Jacob Klimstra ; Matthew Wittenstein ; Matthias Gelber ; Mike Thomas ; Monte Beery ; Nigel Blackaby

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER

03 Sep 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker(s): Matthew Wittenstein