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The Energy Studies Institute (ESI) seeks to advance the understanding of energy issues

by conducting independent research and analyses.

HIGHLIGHTS

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ESI Staff Named Highly Cited Researchers 2024

Two ESI Staff, Professor Ang Beng Wah and Dr Su Bin, are named in the 2024 Highly Cited Researchers Report published by Clarivate Analytics. They are among the 46 NUS researchers who are named in the 2024 Report. See the NUS news in the link: https://news.nus.edu.sg/nus-researchers-ranked-among-worlds-most-impactful-scholars
21 Nov 2024
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ESI Hosts Wuhan University Delegation for Workshop on Green Development of Asian Countries

On November 13, 2024, the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) had the honor of hosting a distinguished delegation from Wuhan University. The delegation included Dr. Ling Xiong, Associate Professor of International Law and Assistant Dean of the Institute of International Studies; Dr. Xiujie Tan, Associate Professor of International Law and Deputy Director of the Center for Climate Change and Energy Economics; Dr. Yishuang Liu, Postdoctoral Researcher and Executive Committee Member of the Climate Change Economics Forum; and Shuo Yan, PhD Candidate in World Economics. They engaged in discussions with Dr. Bin Su, Senior Research Fellow and Division Head at ESI, Dr. Sheng Zhong, Senior Research Fellow and Program Lead, along with other researchers.
The joint workshop, co-chaired by Dr. Bin Su and Dr. Ling Xiong, focused on the theme “Green Development of Asian Countries”.
13 Nov 2024
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ESI@NUS and ACE Leads Discussion on Decarbonising Southeast Asia at SIEW 2024

In a global context focused on achieving net-zero target, ASEAN plays a crucial role in transitioning towards a decarbonised energy sector. The region’s reliance on fossil fuels, particularly coal and oil, has created significant regional and global environmental issues. Rapid economic growth in ASEAN, along with high energy demand, necessitates strategic planning of the renewable energy mix, grid modernisation, investment and collaboration of financing from public and private sectors, and socio-economic benefits from domestic and regional perspectives. To address this challenge, the Energy Studies Institute at the National University of Singapore (ESI@NUS) and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), recently co-hosted a roundtable, "Decarbonising Asia: Energy Transformation”, during Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2024.

13 Nov 2024
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Visit by Fudan University and Joint Workshop

On October 8, 2024, ESI had the pleasure of hosting a distinguished delegation from Fudan University. The delegation included Prof. WU Libo, Full Professor at the School of Economics and the School of Data Science, Vice Dean of the Big Data Research Institute, Fudan University, President of Shanghai Academy of AI for Science, and Dean of Shanghai Institute for Energy and Carbon Neutral Strategy; Associate Prof. Zhou Yang from the Institute for Big Data, Associate Prof. TANG Weiqi from the Fudan Development Institute and the Shanghai Institute of Energy and Carbon Neutrality Strategy, and Dr SHI Zhenyu, from Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Incubation Institute, Fudan University. They met with Prof. LEE Poh Seng, Executive Director of ESI, Dr. SU Bin, Senior Research Fellow and Division Head, and other ESI researchers. They organized a joint workshop on “Intelligent Strategies for Energy Transition and Climate Action”, chaired by Dr SU Bin and Prof WU Libo.
08 Oct 2024
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Visit by China University of Petroleum (East China)

On September 26, 2024, ESI was delighted to welcome the delegation from China University of Petroleum (East China), which included Prof. CAO Ning, Vice Chairman of the Shandong Materials Society and Deputy Director of the Heat Treatment Committee of the Shandong Mechanical Engineering Society, and Mr. LIU Tao, Director of the Comprehensive Office at the Guzhenkou Campus. They met with Prof. LEE Poh Seng, Executive Director of ESI, Dr. SU Bin, Senior Research Fellow and Division Head, and Ms. HE Junyi, Research Associate.
26 Sep 2024
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Five ESI Staff Ranked in Top 2% of Scientists in the World (2024)

Five ESI Staff, Professor Ang Beng Wah, Professor Chou Siaw Kiang, Associate Professor Lee Poh Seng, Dr Su Bin, and Dr Roger Fouquet, are ranked in the top 2% of scientists in the world in recent Stanford study.
16 Sep 2024
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Dr. Yao Lixia, Senior Research Fellow, was interviewed by CNA on Singapore’s energy security issue

Dr. Yao Lixia, Senior Research Fellow, was interviewed by CNA on Singapore’s energy security issue.
06 Aug 2024
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Dr. Yao Lixia, Senior Research Fellow, spoke on China-Australia energy investments into Southeast Asia at the 2024 Australia-China Energy Transition Forum held by Australia-China Relations Institute in Sydney

Dr. Yao Lixia, Senior Research Fellow, spoke on China-Australia energy investments into Southeast Asia at the 2024 Australia-China Energy Transition Forum held by Australia-China Relations Institute in Sydney.
01 Aug 2024
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PUBLICATIONS

From Installation to Operation: The Critical Role of Maintenance in Solar Energy Expansion

Mohamed Faadhil Liyaff, Sita Rahmani

06 Jan 2025

Future Development of ASEAN Power Grid: Innovation, Integration and Interconnections

Yeung Fu Sau, He Junyi

23 Dec 2024

ESI Bulletin on Emerging Trends in Carbon Pricing

Joydeep Ghosh, Li Hongyan, Gao Xi

30 Nov 2024

Transboundary CCS Developments in Southeast Asia: Key Challenges Ahead

Sita Rahmani, Sung Jinseok

28 Nov 2024

ESI Bulletin on Policies and Institutions for the Low Carbon Energy Transition

Ojasvee Arora, Yeung Fu Sau, Sung Jinseok, Sita Rahmani, Mohamed Faadhil Liyaff, Kendra Ho, Angel Mah

30 Aug 2024

Cooling Down a City: Singapore’s Urban Greenery Policies to Mitigate Urban Heat

Kaitoh Hidano, Ng Zu Xiang, Kim Jeong Won

31 Jul 2024

Dragger or Puller? The Role of International Trade Rules in Achieving Net Zero

Wannaphaluk Tonprasong, Kim Jeong Won

30 Jul 2024

ESI Bulletin on Factors that Affect Decarbonisation Progress of Southeast Asia

Do Huynh-Son, Ng Zu Xiang, Wannaphaluk Tonprasong

31 May 2024

A Hidden Challenge for Decarbonisation of the Building Sector: Implications from Heat Pump Boom in Europe

Kim Jeong Won, Kwon Pil-Seok

31 Mar 2024

The Growth of Voluntary Carbon Markets and Challenges for Further Development

Li Hongyan, Kim Jeong Won

29 Mar 2024
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SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY TRANSITION

SEMINAR
09 Jun 2023 14:00 – 15:00 hrs (Singapore Time, GMT+8)

 

Sustainability and Energy Transition

 

Dr. Harry Bradbury


Friday, 9 June 2023
2:00pm – 3:00pm (Singapore Time, GMT+8)

National University of Singapore
Energy Studies Institute
ESI Conference Room
29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Block A, #10-01, Singapore 119620



Imaginatives Group (https://www.theimaginatives.com/) has worked on various aspects of sustainable development including taking clean technologies from R&D to full commercialisation. Its subsidiary The Heat Vault Company (https://www.theheatvaultcompany.com/) is pioneering large scale, long term energy storage in natural rocks. This is destined to transform the deployment and usability of renewable energy systems. 


About the Speaker

 


Dr. Harry Bradbury was a leader of three of the world's largest advisory firms. He has global experience in professional advisory services for Companies, Governments and Development Banks over more than thirty years. He was with Deloitte (Managing Partner for 20 countries); Booz.Allen& Hamilton (EMEA Leader, World Technology Business based in Paris); and AT Kearney (Emerging Markets Leader based in London).

He has created and led business and managed teams in London, Paris, Warsaw, Moscow and Johannesburg. He is founder & CEO of two awardwinning, London Stock Exchange-listed, Anglo-American groups of clean technology and service companies. He was Chief Economic Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain Government and has led creation of national industrial and economic growth strategy, Economic Development Board and Vision 2030.

Before his career in business and government, he had decade long full-time academic career in UK (Cambridge and London) and as Yale University Assistant Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences in USA.