ESI Symposium 2023

Charting a Secure Low-Carbon Energy Future

The Energy Studies Institute (ESI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is the leading energy policy think-tank in Singapore and Southeast Asia, playing an important role in positioning Singapore as a centre for strategic research and thought leadership on energy issues. One of ESI’s core objectives is to contribute to our government’s agenda to enhance Singapore’s economic competitiveness and to stay relevant on the international stage, while at the same time ensuring Singapore’s energy security and increasingly ambitious environmental sustainability commitments.

The return from Covid-19 coincided with an opportunity for ESI to set-out a new vision of research within the institute until 2025. While maintaining its expertise in three core areas (energy economics, energy and the environment and energy security), it has now set-out five research programmes of direct relevance for advising the Singapore government on its agenda to achieve a secure low carbon energy transition:

I Programme 1: Technology assessment and decarbonisation pathways

II Programme 2: Energy consumption and life-cycle accounting

III Programme 3: Strategies of other countries

IV Programme 4: Security of supply

V Programme 5: Carbon pricing and climate finance

This half-day event on Friday 27th January 2023 offers a first opportunity to publicly present this vision and the five programmes of research, and discuss potential opportunities to engage and collaborate with stakeholders.

Friday 27th January 2023 at PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering, Conference Room, Level 2

Agenda

09:00 – 09:30 Registration

* Coffee and tea will be served during the registration period since there will be no break before lunch.

09:30 – 10:00 The ESI Roadmap

Welcome Remarks: Assoc. Prof. Poh Seng Lee (Executive Director, ESI)

Outlining the Roadmap: Dr. David Broadstock (ESI)

Q&A (10 mins)

10:00 – 11:00 Session 1:

Programme 1: Technology assessment and decarbonisation pathways: Dr. SU Bin (ESI)

Programme 2: Energy consumption, carbon accounting and the circular

economy: Dr. Roger Fouquet (ESI)

Programme 3: Strategies of other countries: Dr. YAO Lixia (ESI)

15-minute discussion and Q&A

Coffee break (11:00 – 11:15)

11:15 – 12:15 Session 2:

Programme 4: Security of supply: Dr. ZHONG Sheng (ESI)

Programme 5: Carbon pricing and climate finance: Dr. David Broadstock (ESI)

The nuclear governance project: Dr. Nur Azha Putra

Working with the Industry: Mr. LEOW Foon Lee

10-minute discussion and Q&A

12:15 – 12:30 Session 3: Final Word

Concluding Remarks: Assoc. Prof. Poh Seng Lee (Executive Director, ESI)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

Host or Publisher Energy Studies Institute - NUS