Presentation of the Thai Energy Minister's Vision for National Energy Policy and ASEAN Leadership Perspective, as well as how to lead the Thai energy economy for all Thai people to overcome the coronavirus crisis, alongside the national energy position that is in line with global warming action.
Dr. Sompop Pattanariyankool
Assistant Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy Spokesman of Thailand
Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimura
President of The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
To accelerate the transition of the fossil fuels industry, targeted support to innovative low-carbon activities. How government supports business whilst conditioning to climate commitments. Boost the construction sector with green-buildings and green-infrastructure projects while prioritizing help for global economy to recover, while building a healthier, more resilient, and net-zero emissions economy, from the head of policy and planning.
Mr. Shirai Toshiyuki
Director of Advanced Energy Systems and Structure Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
Prof. Masatoshi Sugiura
Head of the Asia Pacific and Partnerships Division, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Dr. Hong Peng Liu
Director of Energy Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Mr. Mark Pickup
Principal Policy Advisor, Energy & Resource Markets Branch, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, New Zealand
Dr. Linda Wright
Chief Executive, New Zealand Hydrogen Association
Dr. Nuki Agya Utama
Executive Director of AEAN Center for Energy (ACE), Indonesia
Mr. Justin Wu
Head of Asia-Pacific, BloombergNEF
The world's energy demand is drastically reduced due to Covid-19. International Energy Agency (IEA) states that the global energy consumption is down by 6% this year and is equivalent to India's total energy demand, meaning that the entire country is gone from the system. That shows how big the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is.
The world which cuts off travelling whether by air or by land, due to the measures of city closure, causes the world's electricity demand to decline. Thus, The International Energy Agency expects the figure to drop around 20% considering full-year electricity demand. It is expected to decline around 5%, the biggest drop since The Great Depression of the 1930s. The time has come where the world has pushed us to stand in front of two crossroads. Become the part of this proposed solution!
Mr. Michael Williamson
Chief Sustainable Energy Development Section, Energy Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Dr. Bart Lucarelli
Managing Director of Power and Utilities, AWR Lloyd
Mr. Jack Kneeland
Partner, Vector Energy Advisory
Mr. Nimit Sujiratanavimol
Assistant Director, Generation and Transmission System Planning Division – 1, EGAT
Dr. Kamol Trakabutr
President, Thai Technical Volunteer Foundation, Thailand
We discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on the future of liquefied natural gas (LNG). MOEN will point out the importance of LNG’s energy policy & planning side. LNG has become an increasingly important component of Thailand’s energy mix. The panelist from all key players in Thailand will discuss thoroughly for short, medium, and long-term investment of LNG demands and spot.
Dr. Sarawut Kaewtathip
Director General of Department of Mineral Fuels, Ministry of Energy, Thailand
Mr. Arunphun Pootong
Executive Vice President, B.GRIMM Power, Thailand
Mr. Rajat Kapoor
Managing Director Oil & Gas, AWR Lloyd
The Community power plants were the most discussed issue in the days before the Covid-19 epidemic and during the change of the Thai Energy Minister. Which stakeholders will come together to find a solution for the community power plant is necessary for the participation of people who think alike and work within the understanding of issues, impacts and challenges. Including policy and technological changes, or even carbon dioxide emissions?
Mr. Payomsarit Sripattananon
Director of Alternative Energy Encouragement and Efficiency Department, Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), Thailand
Mr. Surapun Wongopasi
Energy Consultant , Assembly Energy Co., Ltd.
Mr. Pajon Sriboonruang
Founder & Director of RE Power Group, Northern Biogas Limited, RE-Power Services, Thailand
Clean power systems offer the single biggest investment opportunity of the next decade. Massive investments in renewable electricity generation, flexibility provision, and power grids are indispensable to both decarbonize existing power provision and meet growing electricity demand from rapid electrification of buildings, transport, and industry. To support its carbon reduction and economic development plans, Thailand, Despite the short and medium-term interruption to investment in the renewables sector, the outcome and effects of COVID-19 pandemic could provide some interesting opportunities going forward from all power producers to be discussed here.
Mr. Peradach Patanachan
Senior Executive Vice President, B.GRIMM Power, Thailand
Mr. Zhanyuan Cai
CEO, TC Renewable Energy Co., Ltd.
Dr. Akarin Suwannarat
Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President, Energy Absolute PCL.
Ms. Sawita Thinsantisuk
Vice Chairman of Corporate Communication of Renewable Energy Industry Club, Renewable Energy Industry Club
Mr. Rafael Gallego
Engineering Manager, Energy Advisory ASEAN UL
Mr. Kiran Jethwa
Managing Partner, Fumase
Mr. Allen Himes
Managing Director, Indigo Energy
Mr. Kyle Katoski
Partner, Vector Energy Advisory
Mr. Thanh Pham
Business Development Manager for South East Asia, Wärtsilä Corporation
Dr. Ing Cuong Nguyen
Senior Consultant Head of PTI, Southeast Asia, Siemens Limited, Thailand
Mr. Napapadol Sukkasem
CEO, GAT International and Assembly Energy Co., Ltd.
Presentation by the leader of Power for Thai Happiness and the leading figure of Power Generation in ASEAN ‘s Leadership Perspective. He will discuss on how to lead the Thai energy economy for all Thai people to overcome this pandemic crisis and the current national energy position that will act towards global warming and climate change.
Mr. Prasertsak Chengchawano
Deputy Governor of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
Announcement of vision from the president of the top-rank power producer, B.GRIMM Power to initiate the development program to support all ASEAN countries with high management in the largest project of Renewable Energy and moving towards sustainable-clean energy & technology for support of the global commitment “Carbon Emission”.
Mrs. Preeyanart Soontornwata
President of B.GRIMM Power
Energized by increasing interconnectedness through digitalization and globalization, exacerbating environmental conditions, severe economic challenges, uneven distribution of wealth, and geopolitical crises. The region is a complex system and the rapid change among its sub-systems builds up pressure for any efforts to anticipate changes and shaping the processes of transformation within the condition of post-normality. Emerging technologies such as AI and renewable energy systems adds to the complexity of societies, and thus to the regional of ASEAN and post-normality. In foresight, there are more focus on the probable and surprising developments. The need for a new emission-free, cost-effective, and democratized energy system is obvious for the current globalization of this century.
An energy transformation to reach 100% renewable energy is envisioned in four transformational neo-carbon energy scenarios. Energy is increasingly a societal and even cultural issue - above all a security issue. where the scenarios were tested are presented. Applications brought forward for the energy security, as the world increasingly seeks to move towards a renewable energy-based society, are explored.
Dr. Prasert Sinsukprasert
Director General of Dept. of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, Ministry of Energy (MOEN), Thailand
Mr. Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
Senior Energy Economist of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia
Ir Mohd Yusrizal Mohd Yusof
Managing Director, TNB Renewable Energy, Malaysia
Mr. Parinya Ekpornpisal
Chief of Power Connection and Cooperation Planning Department Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
Dr. Nuki Agya Utama
Executive Director of ASEAN Center for Energy (ACE) Indonesia
Mr. Rawiwat Panasantip
President of Thai ESCO Association
Mr. Ittiporn Intravisit
First Vice President of Commercial Credit and Housing Loan Product Management Department, Kasikornbank
Ms. Sawita Thinsantisuk
Vice Chairman of Corporate Communication of Renewable Energy Industry Club
Dr. Supawan Saelim
Renewable Energy Senior Policy Specialist, USAID Clean Power Asia
Energy Industry Governance are the most important issue nowadays to future of sustainable development growth from the UN. The Energy Regulatory Commissioner of each country will give insight of the development plan from each panelist for developing a low carbon emissions trajectory to mitigate climate change and for doing so urgently. What is needed is a transformation of the energy sector and an ‘energy transition’. Such a revolution can only be achieved through effective energy governance nationally, regionally, and globally. But frequently such governance is constrained by the tensions between energy security, climate change mitigation and energy poverty.
At national level, there is a chasm between what is needed and what governments do ‘on the ground’, while regionally and globally, collective action challenges have often presented insurmountable obstacles. The session will discuss what forms of energy law, regulation and governance are most needed to overcome these challenges.
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Mr. Sabar Bin Md Hashim
Special Officer of Energy Division Economic, Planning Unit, Prime Minister's Department, Government of Malaysia
Mr. Tim Rockell
Managing Director of Energy Strat Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore
Dr. Venkatachalamm Anbumozhi
Senior Energy Economist of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Challenges in an age where technology is changing the world and the new normalcy from COVID-19. Many have continued investing in the research, development, and demonstration of advanced technologies while also developing new modeling and analytics capabilities that must evolve alongside the technology and policy that requires further establishments.
Session of “Smart grid or Grid Modernization and Energy Storage” technologies are made possible by two-way communication technologies, control systems, and computer processing. These advanced technologies include advanced sensors known as Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) that allow operators to assess grid stability, advanced digital meters that give consumers better information and automatically report outages, relays that sense and recover from faults in the substation automatically, automated feeder switches that re-route power around problems, and batteries that store excess energy and make it available later to the grid to meet customer demand.
Dr. Worawut Waruttamapornsu
Country Managing Director of ABB Power Grids (Thailand) Limited
Mr. Steven Goldman
Regional Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific of Fluence – A Siemens and AES Company
Ms. Theresa Capellan
CEO of Megawatt Solutions
Mr. Jack Kneeland
Partner, Vector Energy Advisory
Mr. Chatchai Mawong
Director, Hydro and Renewable Energy Power Plant Development Division Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
Ast. Dr. Prof. Montri Luengchavanon
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Energy System (IGS-Energy), Prince of Songkla University
What did the energy industry learn from this difficult time? "Stimulating Energy Economy after COVID-19 and Energy’s New Normal " IEEJ worked very hard during this huge confrontation to achieve positive results in energy balance to benefit the SETA 2020.
Prof. Masakazu Toyoda
Chairman & CEO of Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
Prof. Masatoshi Sugiura
Head of the Asia Pacific and Partnerships Division, Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC), International Energy Agency (IEA)
The fact that technology changes the world is not just a dream! Even though, the COVID-19 crisis has slowed down the collective flow of the population, As long as all the big cities doesn’t stop this fluctuation of people, Global warming and carbon emissions in major cities will never fully disappear. However, it also becomes a drive to persist towards the creation of clean, environmentally friendly energy of the city and the world. Projects like Small hydrogen power plants and fuel cells linked with Smart city and clean air for the “We are not alone” concept which will be discussed in this session.
Dr. Yosapol Rathamarit
Engineer of Power Plant Engineering Division, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
Mr. Francesco Cervini
Regional Sales Leader-Asia of NOVA Turbomachinery & Process Solutions, Baker Hughes, Singapore
Mr. Sebastian-Justus Schmidt
President, Enapter
Mr. M. K. Balaji
Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP, USA
Dr. Aqil Jamal
Chief Technologist of Carbon Management Division, Research & Development Center, Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Mr. Prach Viboontapachart
Vice President, B.GRIMM Power
It’s true! Hydrogen fuel is one of the world’s clean and purest alternative energy source. How good would it be if Thailand's hydrogen economy becomes the central hub of ASEAN? Thai energy policy defines hydrogen energy as one of the renewable energy plans of PDP. This session is a forum to drive the Thai hydrogen industry, covering both Blue Hydrogen and Green Hydrogen, to be ready for innovation development, extending research and working with the private sector in this field. The production of hydrogen and electricity from renewable energy as well as from industrial wastewater will undoubtedly expand between 2020-2030, driven by clean energy. To improve each sector of Thailand’s and Asia’s economy and industrial sector.
Mr. Piyabut Charuphen
Managing Director of Bangkok Industrial Gas Co.,Ltd
Dr. Sumitra Charojrochkul
Director of Materials for Energy Research Group, MTEC, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation
Dr. Linda Wright
Chief Executive, New Zealand Hydrogen Association
Prof. Dr. Navadol Laosiripojana
Chairperson, Energy Division, The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE) King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
Dr. Bart Lucarelli
Managing Director & Utilities AWR Lloyd
COVID-19 and the end of the combustion engine era leads to more support for the automotive sector to pursue clean energy and consumption, the heavy transport vehicle manufacturing industry will be the real goal of the transition to hydrogen energy technology for transport in many Asian countries. Amid the volatile conditions of fossil fuels, there will be a two-dimensional impact: reducing less-efficient existing energy use and finding new energy sources in conjunction with energy technologies nowadays. Discuss this topic to create new opportunities and to look for new challenges in special industrial zones, hydrogen production bases and fuel cells in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Opinions of the foreign private sector operating in hydrogen will come together to expand and find opportunities in this pandemic crisis.
Mr. Akihito Hayasaka
Project General Manager of TOYOTA ZEV Factory, TOYOTA Motor Corporation
Mr. Masaki Shiga
Executive Director of Engineering Planning Department and Design, Isuzu Motors Limited
Mr. Ryo Chishiro
Manager of Hydrogen Energy Use Promotion Section, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Hydrogen Development Center
Mr. Uwe Zwiefelhofer
Vice President BD & Sales SEA & SA, Linde AG
Dr. Visarn Lilavivat
Partner, Researcher the National Energy Technology Center (ENTEC) Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, of Thailand
Mr. Pongsak Luarngchindarat
Senior Business Development Manager Bangkok Industrial Gas Co.,Ltd.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) will jointly hold a special event concerning the Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting online from Tokyo, Japan.Hydrogen contributes to diversifying the structures of energy supply and also has the potential to become a dynamo to achieve dramatic low carbonization in society. These expectations for hydrogen as a key technology to energy transitions and decarbonization have been attracting great attention worldwide.The Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting was held for the first time in Japan in 2018 as an opportunity for member countries to encourage countries worldwide to promote global-level utilization of hydrogen and to further consolidate collaboration among member countries in a harmonious manner. At the first meeting, member countries released the Tokyo Statement under which they shared the importance of international collaboration, including harmonization of regulations and standards and promotion of international joint research.Moreover, the second meeting in 2019 brought together over 600 participants from 35 countries and regions, far beyond the number in 2018, and member countries released the “Global Action Agenda,” as action guidelines for these countries’ efforts for hydrogen and fuel cells, which defines specific actions to achieve the Tokyo Statement.The 2020 meeting will be held as a special online event considering the current expansion of the novel coronavirus disease. Aiming to continue to maintain and expand the global momentum for achieving a hydrogen-based society, the 2020 meeting will be held as an opportunity for sharing member countries’ efforts for building a hydrogen-based society and participants will strive to further strengthen international collaboration.
Dr. Sama Bilbao y Leon
Director-General of World Nuclear Association
Dr. Thana Slanvetpan
General Manager of The AI and Robotics Ventures Company Limited (ARV) PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP)
Role of nuclear – Be aware of the modern nuclear technology and be clear about all aspects of the human and environmental impact regulations. Many industry observers have seen decarbonization as paving the way for a nuclear renaissance, arguing that no other source can provide large quantities of secure, carbon-free baseload power. Will nuclear have a role in the low-carbon future? Blocking nuclear is not a real solution to solve all energy problems.
Prof. Pisut Painmanakul, PhD.
University of Chulalongkorn (CU)
Ast. Prof. Dr. Thawatchai Onjun
Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT)
Mr. Akio Toba
Executive Director, JAIF International Cooperation Center (JICC)
Ast. Prof. Dr. Phongphaeth Pengvanich
Head of Department of Nuclear Engineering, Chulalongkorn University (CU), Thailand
Dr. Sopitsuda Tongsopit
Renewable Energy Consultant, USAID Clean Power Asia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Montri Wiboonrat
President of Wasted Energy Trade Association (WETA)
Will we see glimpses of nuclear in the future of energy? Global nuclear power generation fell by about 3% in Q1 2020 compared with Q1 2019, pulled down by electricity demand reductions. In our estimate for 2020, nuclear power will decline by 2.5% from 2019 due to lower demand and delays for planned maintenance and construction of several projects. You will hear from the world's nuclear technology manufacturers and developers who are participating in the panel discussion, mainly about Nuclear economy for commercial use.
Ast. Prof. Dr. Phongphaeth Pengvanich
Head of Department of Nuclear Engineering , Chulalongkorn University (CU), Thailand
Dr. K. Yamashita
Project Advisor of JAIF International Cooperation Center (JICC), Japan
Dr. Thawatchai Onjun
Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT)
Circular economy is one of the national policies for supporting the environment and reducing global warming in 3 areas: Bio, Circular and Green Economy of Thailand.
It is quite challenging to discuss this topic as Thailand is still in the process of developing several measures and policies in order to benefit from this exchange. Especially, with a special emphasis that is placed on the recycling of waste for electric power and other circular economy-based energy production.
Mr. Chatchai Luanpolcharoenchai
Thailand Country President of Dow Thailand Group
Mr. Chaya Chandavasu
Senior Vice President - Science & Innovation, PTT Global Chemical
Dr. Orathai Pongruktham
Director of Project Development Department of Thailand Environment Institute
Ast. Dr. Prof. Pruk Aggarangsi
Director of Energy Research and Development Institute, Chiang Mai University