Solar, Storage & Smart Grids : Global Outlook in Asia

This presentation gave an overview of Asia's global solar PV market share in 2018, as well as trends in solar farm costs and lithium-ion battery prices. It also suggested some next steps in unleashing solar energy such as the introduction of smart grids as new business models and promoting higher productivity through the development of innovation and certification standards.

Victoria Lopez

Victoria Lopez is the Executive Director of Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya (SIBAT), Inc., a Philippines non-profit organization which founded and developed the Community-based Renewable Energy System (CBRES) approach about 25 years ago, focusing on small-scale hydropower, solar PV, and wind. Ms. Lopez had led in building CBRES as a strategy to deliver sustainable energy access to rural communities -- through grassroots work, technology and policy development. She graduated MS Physics and was a faculty member at the University of the Philippines.

Mohd Adzha Husin

Adzha is a solar engineer, with a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Electronic Engineering from the Universiti Malaysia Perlis. He also certified as a grid-connected photovoltaic system designer. Before joining SEDA, he served as a senior engineer at a solar PV developer company, Cypark Resources Berhad and as a Technical Manager at a solar PV EPCC company in Malaysia.

Gary Zieff

Gary Zieff is an accomplished renewable energy expert with over 18 years’ experience in emerging and established energy markets. He is currently based in Viet Nam serving as Principal Energy Advisor with USAID’s Viet Nam Low Emission Energy Program. He works with GVN on the DPPA policy design, pilot program implementation and private sector investors supporting access to financing and development expertise. Gary brings cross-functional development experience to V-LEEP through prior work in the US, Caribbean, East Africa, and Eastern Europe.

Elisabeth Rianawati

Elisabeth Rianawati is the Director of Resilience Development Initiative (RDI), a think tank institute based in Indonesia. Under her direction from 2013, RDI has built networks with institutes in Europe, the U.S., Australia, and South East Countries. She has been involved in securing competitive project grants on renewable energy (biofuels, biogas, solar PV) from European Union, Global Challenge Research Fund (UK), ASEAN Science Technology and Innovation Fund (ASTIF), International Foundation of Science (IFS).

Are Gloersen

Are Gløersen is the Director of Ocean Sun Asia and is responsible for their pilot installations in ASEAN and Singapore, as well as developing the company’s efforts in the region. His work includes both business development for future projects, technology development, and supply chain for the solution. Mr. Gloersen holds a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Washington and has 16 years of experience in Solar PV, Industrial Automation, project and business management from Norway and Singapore with corresponding regions.

How the Energy Field of Study at the Asian Insitute of Technology Can Support the Indonesia Center of Excellence with ADB

Indonesia’s transitional path to clean energy will require a considerable amount of resources—human, technological, and financial, among others. The Asian Institute of Technology, with its core competency and extensive research work in the field of energy, aims to participate in and contribute to Indonesia’s indigenous energy development process.