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Is Electric Power Industry Ready for 5G?

17 June 2020
5G is positioned as the key technologies to support Energy Internet as a reliable and secure communication infrastructure that provides ubiquitous connectivity for Energy Internet. This presentation summarized various existing and future communication services for domains such as generation,…

The Road to Net-Zero in the Context of a Clean and Resilient Recovery

16 June 2020
Net-zero target. The UK was the first major industrialized country to set a net-zero target for 2050. This was a major theme of COP 26 and, we believe, of UNFCCC climate action going forward. We contributed to a discussion and: Raised awareness about the benefit and methodology for setting a net-…

Beyond the Grid: Driving an Economy-wide Energy Transformation by Cities and Industry in Asia

16 June 2020
Cities and industry play a pivotal role in driving a comprehensive energy transformation within Asian economies. The session unpacked the energy transformation outside of the power sector, shared case studies from low-carbon cities in China and new business models that promote the energy…

Net Zero and Near Net Zero Energy Districts – Case Studies from China, India, and the U.S.

16 June 2020
While first-cost typically governs single building development, entire new districts are able to reach net-zero or near-zero energy/emissions status through technology integration and design across multiple systems on a site. With project examples from China, India, and the United States, this…

Enhancing Power System Resilience—Improving Power System Adaptation to Climate Change

16 June 2020
Asia is the region with the most frequent and most severe natural disasters in the world. With the coming of climate change, disaster as typhoon, flood, droughts are becoming more intense while threatening the safe operation of the power system. Rather than a passive response to climate change with…

Sustainable Biofuel Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges after the Pandemic

16 June 2020
Based on Covid-19 first analysis of impacts on the transport fuel sector, this presentation urged policymakers to act at two different timescales: 1) to provide support to meet short- and medium-term goals, such as assist fuel companies to overcome the collapse of demand and the economic shock,…

Land Use Transport Interactions of High Speed Rail (HSR)

15 May 2020
Dr. Francesca Pagliara talks about her work on wider socioeconomic impacts of HSRs on mobility choices, mega cities, temporary offices, land prices and equity issues. Further, with her experience of co-editing two textbooks published by Springer on location choices, she shares insights about the…

Network Improvements in European Mega Cities through High Speed Rail

15 May 2020
This presentation talks about the positive effects of HSRs on economic growth, sustainability, and equity in European Mega cities.

HSR and Population Density

15 May 2020
This presentation discusses the improtance of Japanese HSR on new economic geography, population density, and size of cities. It highlights the need for experimental researches in measuring and understanding the impacts of HSR development.

Impacts of HSR on Land Use

15 May 2020
This presentation highlights the key challanges in modelling of the Land Use and Transport Interactions of High Speed Rails and emphasizes the lack of spatial resolution and need for multi-layer models to understand the land use effect of HSR.