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Mr HO Hiang Kwee (Adjunct Senior Research Fellow)
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Hiang Kwee joined the Energy Studies Institute in March 2024 as an Adjunct Snr Research Fellow. From 2012 to 2023, he was the Lead Technologist at the National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), Strategy Group, Prime Minister’s Office. His earlier career included serving national service as a Combat Engineer Officer (becoming a Battalion Commander as an NSman), working as a marine engineer in a shipping company (1980-1983), and as an Associate Professor at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from 1983 - 2010, and as an Adjunct Research Scientist and A/P from 2015 - 2023. While at NTU, he was also a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (1992-3), Programme Director of A*STAR’s Energy Technology Research Programme (2007-8), and founding Director of the Experimental Power Grid Centre (2008-10). He has also served as the Chairman of the Energy Standards Committee under the Singapore Standards Council from 2011 to 2017. Prior to working at NCCS, he worked at the DNV Clean Technology Centre as Director (Urban Solutions) from 2010 - 2012. 

Since his retirement from the public service, Hiang Kwee continues to be involved in teaching, advisory, evaluation and consulting work related to sustainable energy and climate change mitigation, providing analysis and assessment on a wide range of technologies that contribute to energy sustainability, climate change mitigation and green growth opportunities. He has been retained by NCCS as an independent Science & Technology Consultant, and has been appointed an Adjunct Fellow at the Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) Academy. He serves on various Advisory committees on behalf of MPA, Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI), and the Energy Market Authority (EMA). He is also a Part time Lecturer/Instructor at NTU, NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), and SMOU’s Wavelink Maritime Institute.

Hiang Kwee graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Marine Engineering (under a Colombo Plan Scholarship) and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (on a NTU Academic Staff Development Scholarship)
  •  Technology Assessment and Decarbonisation Pathways - including
    • Energy system modelling and analysis and the integration of bottom-up models and top-down models, national models and sectoral models;
    • Decarbonization analysis for ASEAN countries and the domestic and international shipping sector
  •  Energy Security , Reliability and Resilience
    • Analysis of technology supply options in the region, including regional power grid, hydrogen and other low/zero emission fuels, carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), solar power and natural gas markets
    • Analysis of ASEAN energy interconnection – challenges and benefits
  •  Energy and Climate Strategies of Other Countries
    • Analysis of technology options and related policy in other key jurisdictions’ carbon neutral and decarbonisation strategies
  • Role of the private sector, regional and International energy organisations and Singapore’s interactions and engagements with them, including ASEAN Centre for Energy, ADB, World Bank, IEA, IRENA

Selected Research Publications[1]

  • Chan, S.H., Stempien, J.P., Ding, O.L., Su, P.-C., Ho, H.K., Fuel cell and hydrogen technologies research, development and demonstration activities in Singapore – An update, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(32), pp. 13869-13878, 2016 [30 citations]             
  • Zhang, X ,  Chan, S.H,  Ho, H.K et al, Towards a smart energy network: The roles of fuel/electrolysis cells and technological perspectives  (Review), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 40, Issue 21, 8 June 2015, Pages 6866-6919 [142  citations]
  • Kamal Soundararajan; Hiang Kwee Ho; Bin Su, Sankey diagram framework for energy and exergy flows, Applied Energy, Volume 136, December 01, 2014, Pages 1035-1042, 2014.[114 citations]
  • Zhang, X., Chan, S.H., Li, G., Ho, H.K., Li, J., Feng, Z., A review of integration strategies for solid oxide fuel cells, Journal of Power Sources 195 (3), pp. 685-702, 2010  [355 citations]
  • Kannan, K.C. Leong, R. Osman and H.K. Ho, "Life Cycle Energy, Emissions and Cost Inventory of Power Generation Technologies in Singapore", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 11 (4), pp. 702-715, 2007.  [97 citations]
  • Kannan R, Leong KC, Ramli Osman, Ho HK and Tso CP, “Life cycle assessment study of solar PV systems: An example of a 2.7 kWp distributed solar PV system in Singapore”, Solar Energy, 80 (5), pp. 555-563, 2006.  [213 citations]
  • Kannan R, Leong KC, Ramli Osman, Ho HK and Tso CP, Gas fired combined cycle plant in Singapore: energy use, GWP and cost—a life cycle approach, Energy Conversion and Management 46 (13-14) , 2145-2157, 2005.  [55 citations]
  • Kannan, R., Tso, C.P., Osman, R., Ho, H.K., LCA-LCCA of oil fired steam turbine power plant in Singapore, Energy Conversion and Management 45 (18-19), pp. 3093-3107, 2004  [48 citations]
  • Ho HK et al, Fuel cell research, development and demonstration activities in Singapore, Fuel Cells Bulletin, Elsevier, June 2004. [2  citations]
  • Chan, S.H., Ho, H.K., Tian, Y , Multi-level modeling of SOFC-gas turbine hybrid system, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 28 (8), 2003   [214  citations]
  • Chan, S.H., Ho, H.K., Tian, Y. , Modelling for part-load operation of solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine hybrid power plant , Journal of Power Sources 114 (2), pp. 213-227 , 2003 [116 citations]
  • Chan, SH, Ho, HK, Tian, Y, Modeling of simple hybrid solid oxide fuel cell and gas turbine power plant, Journal of Power Sources 109 (1), pp. 111-120 , 2002  [325 citations]
  • Wong ACB, Ho HK, and Teo CY, Use of an expert system shell to develop a power plant simulator for monitoring and fault diagnosis, International Journal of Electric Power System Research, Elsevier Sequoia, Lausanne, Volume 29,(1994), pp 27-33. [9 citations]

Selected Reports and Articles

  • Lessons from Singapore’s Approach to Developing Clean and Digital Energy Systems, in “Digital Decarbonization – Promoting digital innovations to advance clean energy systems”, V Sivaram (editor), Council on Foreign Relations, New York USA, 2018.
  • The Use of Sankey Diagrams in Tracing and Visualizing Energy and Exergy Flows, ESI Report: ESI/WP-02/2013-07, August 2013.
  • Development of Technical Specifications for Alternative Energy Technology R&D and Test-bed Centre, Final Report, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), April 2007
  • The Economics of the Kyoto Protocol: A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Singapore, Report prepared for the Singapore Government, NUS-NTU Study Team, April 2006. (based on MARKAL-MACRO analysis)
  • Independent report on Performance of Liquid Desiccant Cooling System for industry and government agencies, 2006.

Selected presentations and courses at conferences, seminars and technical meetings

  • Net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – Technological options, Sustainability 101 course for Singapore civil servants, organized by NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, Jul 2023 - 2024
  • Alternative fuels for decarbonization of the shipping industry, Half day course organized by Wavelink Maritime Institute (Training arm of the Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union). Conducted multiple online runs of course in 2023-2024.
  • Energy sustainability and energy management systems, Lead trainer for 5-day course organized by Singapore Institute of Technology Energy Efficiency Technology Centre, March 2024.
  • Carbon accounting in a complex, decarbonizing world, presentation to public officers from multiple countries participating in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs-funded program organized by NTU, Singapore Jul 2023.
  • Decarbonisation - Towards a Net-Zero Future, SMOU Maritime Seminar on Building Resilience in the Maritime Industry, Manila, May 2023
  • Carbon dioxide removal and carbon recycling/re-use – a preliminary assessment, NTU Internal seminar, April 2023.
  • Singapore and CCS, International Sustainable Energy Summit, Kuala Lumpur, Sep 2022
  • Net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – technological options and research needs,  NTU-MAE internal seminar, Jan 2022
  • Session Chair, 6th International Conference on Energy and Environmental Science,  (online), U of Malaya, KL, Malaysia, Jan 2022.
  • Panelist at Singapore Energy Centre (SgEC) Seminar on Challenges and opportunities in accelerating low carbon energy transitions, Oct 2021.
  • Speaker at Sustainable development and climate change: SG Strategies and Approach, SMF-SPECS Seminar, Aug 2021
  • Panelist at Linde Technology and Solutions Summit – Decarbonising our world – challenges and opportunities, Dec 2020
  • Singapore’s climate change and low emission development strategy, keynote presentation to Nordic Green Conference, Singapore, Oct 2020.
  • Briefing to EMA’s Energy 2050 Advisory Committee on Climate change-related topics, Sep 2020.
  • Context of Singapore’s LEDS, and CCUS/H2, Norway-Singapore webinar, May 2020
  • Singapore’s R&D efforts to transform and decarbonize its energy system, presented to IEA Hydrogen TCP ExCo Meeting, Rotorua, Feb 2019
  • R&D policies to transform and decarbonize the energy system and markets: Singapore, presented to IEA EGRD (Expert Group on Research and Development) Workshop on “Future Energy Market Designs: Research and Innovation Needs”, Berlin, Oct 2018.
  • Hydrogen from renewable resources in the energy system of the future – perspectives from a small city state, Keynote address, HYPOTHESIS  XIII, Singapore, July 2018,
  • Singapore’s efforts in energy and digitalization, Workshop on Energy & Digitalization, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, Feb 2018.
  • Experience and Practice in Building Low Carbon Cities – Singapore’s Experience, Asia Pacific Forum on Low Carbon Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China, Nov 2017.
  • Energizing a smart nation: challenges and opportunities, IEA Workshop on Energy & Digitalization, Paris, April 2017.
  • Recent Trend of Energy System Modelling and Technology Assessment in ASEAN: Singapore’s Experience, Kick-off Meeting for 5th ASEAN Energy Outlook, Bali, Oct 2016.
  • Smart Technology and Energy Efficiency for Greener Buildings, Gammon Sustainability Conference, Hong Kong, June 2016.
  • Lowering carbon emissions in buildings and the built environment, RICS Asian Construction Conference, Hong Kong, Jan 2016.
  • Singapore Standardisation Programme and Overview of Energy Standards Committee, Launch of a Series of Standards in Support of SS ISO 50001 on Energy Management Systems, May 2015
  • Low Carbon Energy Innovations in Singapore – Challenges & Opportunities, Invited talk, E2S2 CREATE Workshop, Shanghai, Nov 2014.
  • Climate Change mitigation: technology and beyond, Invited talk, 20th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference, Singapore, Apr 2013
  • Technology-based and cost-optimized approach to meet national sustainable energy and carbon emissions mitigation challenges, NUS Sustainability, Energy and Environment Research Seminar, Singapore, Apr 2013.
  • Decarbonising the building sector – are technology innovations the answer?, UNEP-SBCI Fall Symposium, October, 2012.
  • Overview of Singapore Initiatives on Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Standards eXchange on Energy and Environmental Sustainability, SPRING, July 2012
  • LNG for distributed power generation and microgrid systems, PowerGen Asia 2011, Kuala Lumpur, September 2011.
  • Evaluating energy efficiency for complex and integrated energy systems, National Energy Efficiency Conference, Singapore, May 2011
  • Energy efficiency and management – system and life-cycle approach, Clean Energy Expo Asia Conference, Singapore, Nov 2010
  • Energy efficiency – a low hanging fruit?, ASME Singapore Energy Forum, Aug 2010.
  • Integrated energy systems, IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET), Singapore, Keynote speaker,  Nov 2008.
  • Integration of renewable energy into minigrids, Renewable Energy Asia 2008, Invited speaker, Bangkok, June 2008.
  • New and Alternative Energy Technologies: A Singapore Perspective, at SME/Next Energy Conference on “Tomorrow’s Energy .. Today”, Keynote speaker, Detroit, Oct 2006.
  • Presented Singapore Country Report at various Training Courses on Energy Conservation/Efficiency, and New and Renewable Energy at IEEJ (Institute of Energy Economics, Japan) and ECCJ (Energy Conservation Centre of Japan), 2005-6
  • Energy efficiency in Singapore, (with Wong YW), presented at Taiwan International Conference on Atmospheric Protection, 2005.
  • Keynote speaker at EnergyAsia’s Climate Change Forum, Singapore, Oct 2005

[1] with number of Scopus citations as of Mar 2024

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