Designing Water and Used Water Schemes to Generate Energy and Minimize Energy Use Read more about Designing Water and Used Water Schemes to Generate Energy and Minimize Energy Use Water/Used Water Utilities are significant power users but also have the opportunity to generate their own power and design facilities which are more efficient. This presentation discussed a number of examples taken from projects around the world, including the Philippines and UK where renewable technologies have been made integral elements of capital investment programs. These examples include a hydro-turbine on a used water treatment plant, hydro-turbine on large scale water transmission lines, solar power at a water treatment site and wind turbines within treatment plants.
Xia Li Keywords clean energy solar energy poverty alleviation bottom of pyramid renewable energy Read more about Xia Li Xia Li obtained her Master’s degree in Business Administration from Ursuline College. She is a young entrepreneur and the Founder of Shenzhen Power-Solution Ind. Co., Ltd., a solar company dedicated to supplying the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) people with high-quality and affordable solar solutions. Her work contributes to the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the areas of Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7) and poverty alleviation (SDG 1).
Wei-Nee Chen Keywords photovoltaic solar energy renewable energy climate change energy mix sustainable energy energy transition Read more about Wei-Nee Chen Dr. Wei-Nee Chen was appointed as Chief Corporate Officer of SEDA on 1st October 2011. She was the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SEDA from 2nd August 2018 until 8th January 2019. Dr. Wei-nee Chen holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, a Master of Business Administration from Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, and a Doctor of Business Administration from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Venkat Rajaraman Keywords photovoltaic renewable energy solar energy sustainable energy Product Design Engineering Management Read more about Venkat Rajaraman Venkat is the Founder and CEO of Cygni and an Advisory Committee member of National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE), India. He has over 20 years of experience in Product Design and Engineering Management. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Solarsis and Su-Kam Power Systems, a leading power back-up and RE solution provider from India. Earlier to moving to renewable energy space, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Portal Player, a company that was acquired by NVIDIA Corp in Jan 2007. He worked at Sun Microsystems, USA.
Thomas Reindl Keywords photovoltaics solar energy solar power renewable energy sustainable energy Read more about Thomas Reindl Thomas Reindl is the Deputy CEO of the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) and Principal Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He started with photovoltaics (PV) in 1992 at the SIEMENS Corporate R&D Labs. After holding several management positions at SIEMENS and running one of the leading German PV systems integration companies as Chief Operating Officer, he joined SERIS in 2010 and soon became Director of the Solar Energy System cluster.
Shishir Seth Keywords solar energy solar power portfolio monitoring renewable energy sustainable energy Read more about Shishir Seth Shishir Seth is currently working with International Solar Alliance Secretariat as Senior Consultant and primarily assisting in partnerships, coordination, program implementation, and strategy. He supported the preparation of briefs and inputs on the issues relating to solar energy, innovative policies, projects, programs, capacity building measures, and financial instruments to mobilize resources.
Ruth Yu-Owen Keywords renewable energy wind power wind energy Hydro Power hydro energy solar power solar energy energy efficiency solar roof waste heat recovery Read more about Ruth Yu-Owen Ms. Ruth Yu-Owen has almost 20 years of experience in the field of renewable energy, developing wind power, hydropower, and solar projects. Ms. Yu-Owen is the President of the Upgrade Energy Philippines, Inc., a joint venture between her own company PhilCarbon, Inc. and Upgrade Belgium. Together, they offer renewable energy and energy efficiency expertise from Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) to owning a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar roof, waste heat recovery and other energy efficiency solutions.
Roy Torbert Keywords integrated energy planning energy project cost analyses renewable energy energy efficiency finance clean energy solar energy solar power energy financing Read more about Roy Torbert Roy is a Principal on the Islands Energy Program specializing in integrated energy planning, project cost analyses, and renewable and efficiency finance to expand and accelerate the transition to a global clean energy economy. Roy manages the Islands team helping the governments and utilities of Caribbean islands reduce their dependence on imported fossil fuels. He has worked with leading universities and global multinationals to analyze net-zero opportunities and deliver roadmaps to reaching carbon reduction goals.
Philline Donggay Keywords solar energy climate change Read more about Philline Donggay Philline is co-Founder of Greenergy Solar PH, the first commercial brand for solar rooftop installations in Mindanao, Philippines. Previously, she managed the Low-Carbon Development project in the country under the Global Climate and Energy Initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). She later worked in Climate Finance as the Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist for the ADB-administered Climate Investment Funds (CIF).
Nathalie Risteau Keywords microgrid renewable energy solar energy electrification solar mini-grids energy access Read more about Nathalie Risteau Nathalie is the Co-founder and Director of Mandalay Yoma Energy (MYE), a Myanmar-based company which is a Joint Venture between ENGIE, the world’s largest private IPP, and Sol Partners Pte Ltd. (Singapore), focusing on rapid electrification of Myanmar via decentralized renewable solutions. The company enables access to energy programs for rural Myanmar through solar mini-grids and also develops rooftop Commercial & Industrial solar plants to enable MNCs and SMEs to reduce their reliance on heavily-polluting Diesel and create clean energy savings.