SIEW 2009: Clean Energy Expo Asia 2009

The Clean Energy Expo Asia (CEEA) trade fair and conference was held last week, and brought together leading players in the various clean enery sectors, to discuss the challenges and opportunities in developing clean energy technologies and to explore the role of energy efficiency in a viable clean energy future. Around 71 exhibitors, 80 speakers, and 2,000 participants from over 20 countries were at the trade fair and conference. CEEA is jointly organized by the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and Koelnmesse and is part of the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW).

Opening Addresses

In his address, Edwin Khew, Chairman of SEAS, shared a new initiative launched by the Asian Development Bank called the Energy For All or E4ALL. This is a partnership between the Bank and the private sector and NGOs, to promote capacity building, clean energy and energy efficiency technology, support, carbon management and project financing through sustainable energy associations in each of the Asia Pacific countries within the E4ALL program.

In his address, David Tan, Deputy Chief Executive of the Energy Market Authority (EMA), announced that EMA will launch a call for an Expression of Interest (EOI) on 20 November, to invite companies to submit proposals to design, build and operate an Intelligent Micro-grid with Clean and Renewable Energy Technologies on Pulau Ubin.

There is currently no power grid to supply electricity to the 100 residents in Pulau Ubin and they use their own diesel generators for electricity. EMA intends to develop 5 interconnected micro-grids serving the north, south, east, west and jetty regions of the island in the future. The micro-grids will rely on renewable energy such as solar PV, concentrated solar power, micro-wind turbines, and biofuels.

The implementation project will start with a small-scale, intelligent micro-grid at the jetty area to integrate the different clean energy technologies and ensure the reliability and quality of the electricity supply. The current annual energy consumption at the jetty area is about 460 MWh, and the current loads include the offices of the National Parks Board, the Police Coast Guard Office, the Ubin Lodge, the Singtel mobile base station, and a small number of residential premises and businesses at the jetty area.

Trade Fair

Here are some photos of clean energy technologies taken at the trade fair:

Smart Environments – Monitor, optimise and visualise using intelligent sensors linked to an open platform

Using Daylight

Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

Different Solar Panels

Cylindrical Solar Panels

Solar and Wind Powered Streetlights

LED Streetlight

Electric Bicycle

Developing Renewable Energy and Carbon Abatement Projects in Southeast Asia

Venue: Seminar Room II, ISEAS

Speaker: Mr William I Y Byun, Managing Director, AsiaRenewables Pte Ltd, Singapore

AsiaRenewables Pte Ltd is an energy and infrastructure company focusing on the economic growth opportunities provided by renewable energy, carbon abatement, and industrial infrastructure projects and investments. AsiaRenewables acts as an end-to-end project developer and investor. It has offices in Singapore and Beijing and a project site office in Chennai, reflecting its focus on the Asian emerging markets of China, India and South East Asia.

Mr William Byun will speak on some of the practical challenges and opportunities in developing renewable energy and carbon abatement projects in Asia including:

• some of the political, social, and economic factors in renewable energy development;
• the real role of carbon credit markets in financing renewable energy projects;
• where “borderline” Annex I countries like Korea may be heading in terms of renewable/climate change; and
• some thoughts on where Southeast Asia could position itself for the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2009 in Copenhagen.

For details and registration, visit the ISEAS website.

Source: ISEAS

Possible Environmental Crises Facing Singapore and Appropriate Responses: The Case of the Poh Ern Shih Buddhist Temple

Venue: ISEAS Seminar Room II

Speaker: Mr Lee Boon Siong, Honorary President and Director, Poh Ern Shih Temple

The Poh Ern Shih Temple (Temple of Thanksgiving), built in 1954, is an ecologically friendly Buddhist temple located at Chwee Chian Hill, off Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore. In 2000, the Directors decided that the temple had to be redesigned to deal with the rising costs of water, electricity and an over-dependence on fossil fuel. It was noted that environmental degradation had been increasing over the decades and that adopting ecologically friendly technologies was the way to go in the age of rising global temperatures and climate change.

This seminar will focus on Poh Ern Shih Temple’s efforts to protect the environment. The temple takes advantage of Singapore’s abundant sunlight to produce: (i) Electricity by employing three different kinds of solar energy cells – Polycrystalline, Monocrystalline and Amorphous Cells (ii) Hotwater from Solar Heat Collector Cells in Solar Panels, and (iii) Night Lighting of its landscaping and common corridors with batteries charged by electricity collected from hybrid sets of wind/solar energy units.

Meanwhile, Singapore’s abundant rainfall has made it possible to (i) Irrigate the temple grounds (ii) Generate electricity via the deployment of Micro Hydrogenerators for charging the batteries of in-house motorized wheelchairs and lighting for its landscaping and common corridors as well as (iii) Conserve, collect and convert the rainwater to drinkable water by deploying Reverse Osmosis Techonology in Portable Filtration/UV Units available overseas in the event of natural disasters.

Finally, the temple is able to leverage on the abundance of a renewable resource, bamboo, (i) to reduce the culling of our valuable forests by deploying bamboo for all the temple’s new furniture wherever possible since it is readily available from neighbouring states and is a 5-year renewable resource as compared to a 100 year old or 300 year old oak or teak tree and (ii) to reduce the pollution from the steel industries, by making all its in-house new wheelchairs from bamboo.

For details and registration, visit the ISEAS website.

Source: ISEAS

ecoWise First in Singapore to Successfully Register CDM Project with UNFCCC

This article is a media release from ecoWise Holdings Limited.

Singapore 30 December 2008 – Mainboard-listed ecoWise Holdings Limited (“ecoWise”), a Singapore-based integrated environmental solutions provider, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bee Joo Industries Pte Ltd (“Bee Joo Industries”), has become the first Singapore registered company to successfully register its first CDM project with UNFCCC.

Mr. Lee Thiam Seng, Chairman and CEO of ecoWise proudly remarked, “Last year, we were the first Singapore-based company to receive the Letter of Approval from the Designated National Authority for our CDM project. After a year of consistent effort, we are indeed very pleased to have our project registered with the UNFCCC.” Read more

4th World Renewable Energy Summit 2009

Recent developments have cast a cloud over the renewable energy business. The capital markets have turned risk-averse, making financing for alternative energy hard to come by. Declining oil prices make it harder for cleaner transport fuels to compete with gasoline. In a slumping economy, governments will be reluctant to pass climate change legislation that will raise gas and electricity rates.

Despite the dark clouds and lack luster sentiment, renewable energy is still seen to be the way of the future as businesses and corporation realize that the world is running out of fossil fuels and it is only a matter of generations when natural resources are completely depleted. Governments and businesses need to be constantly at the forefront of the sectors’ technology and policies in order to capitalize on market opportunities and socio-infrastructure eco-development.

Due to the speed at which the renewable energy market progresses, it is vital that businesses are kept up to date with technical advancements and industry trends. UNI Strategic is proudly organizing a regional conference:

4th World Renewable Energy Summit 2009

Hotel Novotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

17th – 18th February 2009 Read more

Green Business Times Interview – Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd

There has been great interest in solar energy in Singapore over the past few years. To understand more about solar energy technologies, issues and trends, we have the privilege of interviewing Mr Christophe Inglin, Managing Director of Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd.

About Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd

Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd (Phoenix Solar) is the Singapore subsidiary of Germany-based Phoenix Solar AG. The company designs, engineers and installs solar photovoltaic power systems for grid-connected and off-grid applications. Since it started operations here in early 2007, Phoenix Solar has secured contracts for over 400kWp of PV systems in Singapore, Malaysia and China. Read more

The Fuel of the Future – Hydrogen

Speaker: Dr. George M. Sverdrup, Laboratory Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, US

Venue: The Auditorium, National University of Singapore, University Hall, Lee Kong Chian Wing, Level 2, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077

The speaker will discuss the promise of hydrogen as an energy carrier, and share on the hydrogen R&D program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Check out details and registration here.

Green Business Times Interview – Conergy Renewable Energy Singapore

There has been tremendous growth and interest in clean energy in Asia and Singapore over the past few years. To understand more about clean energy issues and trends, we have the privilege of interviewing Mr Stefan Mueller, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific of Conergy Renewable Energy Singapore.

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About Conergy Renewable Energy Singapore

Conergy Renewable Energy Singapore has been established since 2006 and operates as Regional Headquarters for Hamburg-based Conergy AG. In the Asia-Pacific, Conergy offers a broad range of renewable energy solutions, serving customers from its satellite operations in Australia, China, India, Korea, Singapore and Thailand. Our office in Singapore serves as regional headquarters for the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East; and with a sales, engineering and operational unit for all other countries. Read more

Asia’s Largest Solar Power Plant in South Korea

Conergy Korea announced yesterday an agreement for the extension of Asia’s largest solar power plant (currently 19.6 MWp) in SinAn, South Korea, to 24 MWp. The completed 24 MWp solar power plant will cover an area of 720,000 m2 (about 96 soccer fields) and produce 33,000 MWh annually. This energy is sufficient to supply 7,200 households with clean energy annually and will help South Korea reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 24,000 tons a year. Read more

A Peek into Green Personal Mobility

Take a peek into some green personal mobility products below. On the growing trend of green personal mobility, companies need to ask themselves: Are we ready to tap on this trend? Are there opportunities or threats?

Personal Transport Mobility

Use your own personal transport to move around. No more travelling by cars or waiting for taxis. Toyota has developed the personal mobile transporter called the Winglet, which is more compact than the Segway. The Winglet comes in three sizes and can cruise at a maximum speed of 6 km/h. It’s powered by an electric motor that takes only 1 hour to charge. Read more

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