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Strengthening Co-Benefits of Health, Climate Change and Air Quality Improvement in Energy Investments in Asian Cities

20 June 2019
Asia and the Pacific have the highest number of air pollution deaths in the world. The health effects were estimated to cost US$ 1.7 trillion in 2016, equivalent to 10% of the regions. Air pollution creates a massive economic burden for governments causing a loss of productive labor, thereby…

PRC’s Carbon Market: Accelerating a Green Economy in the People's Republic of China and Reducing Global Emissions

20 June 2019
Adopting a carbon emission trading system provide a theoretical way to solve the problem of inefficient allocation of carbon emission rights and may bring huge potentials for energy saving and emission reduction. This presentation explored the emission reduction effect of carbon emission trading…

Integrating Renewable Energy through Participative Local Energy Planning

20 June 2019
Globally, cities use 75% of the world’s energy, emitting 75% of all its GHG emissions. Yet most cities do not engage directly in planning for their power requirements. Using a participative decentralized multi-stakeholder local energy planning process undertaken in the Philippines’ largest off-grid…

Innovating for a Carbon Smart Future

20 June 2019
In this scene-setting presentation, Jennifer Holmgren emphasized the need to re-think the carbon economy, as well as the need to put carbon only where we need to. Her company, LanzaTech, is a carbon recycling company that is working to deploy carbon capture and reuse facilities globally to make…

Moral Hazard of Renewable Energy Economic Incentives: A Private Sector Perspective

18 June 2019
Investors need certainty. Yet, government incentives are public policy-based goods. Public policy is not law and can change at any moment. Change in government, change in strategy, change in budget all influence public policy. Acknowledging possible public policy change upfront is a necessary part…

Making Brownfields Blue: Catalyzing Sustainable Investment in the Ocean Economy with Rigs-to-Reefs

18 June 2019
Offshore energy development has led to the installation of thousands of offshore structures in the world’s oceans, including about 1400 in Asia, most of which will be decommissioned in the near future. Many of these platforms are home to some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet, making…

From France to the Philippines: Pioneering Tidal Stream Energy

18 June 2019
The San Bernardino Ocean Power Project is a transformative initiative carried out by H&WB (Filipino project developer) and SABELLA (French technology developer) to develop the Philippines’ and the ASEAN’s first commercial power plant deploying tidal in-stream turbines. The first phase sees a…

Solar Boats: A New Paradigm to Respectfully Sail the Seas

18 June 2019
Many Asian countries rely heavily on the ocean as a principal source of income, mainly from fishing and tourism. While clean mobility has the spotlight on land, little has been done to render marine transportation cleaner and more cost-effective for low-income fishermen or small business owners.…

Achieving 100% Renewable Energy Using New Offshore Floating Solar Technology

18 June 2019
Offshore solar is a unique alternative clean energy source. For island nations and densely populated coastal areas, floating solar at sea might be the only opportunity to achieve their [100%] renewable energy goals. Such areas face land challenges, ranging from scarcely available land to…

Re-defining the Marine Scientist in the Energy Space

17 June 2019
This presentation gives an overview of Blue Latitudes, a marine environmental consulting firm that develops sustainable, creative, and cost-effective solutions for environmental issues that surround the offshore energy industry. An example of their work is their Rigs-to-Reef (R2R) program, which…