Online – WebEx
‘The coming of age of renewable energy‘
09:30 | Prof Tariq Muneer, Dr Stathis Tingas and Dr Viviani Onishi: Welcome and Host |
09:35 | Michael Greenhalgh, Interim Dean of the School of Engineering and the Built Environment (SEBE), Edinburgh Napier University, UK: Welcome Address |
09:40 | Prof Koji Matsubara, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, Japan: ‘High-temperature solar thermal volumetric receiver and its application to solar fuel production using thermochemical carbon dioxide decomposition’ |
10:10 | Dr Parimita Mohanty, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Asia Pacific Office: ‘Renewable Energy for South East and South Asia – Potential and Opportunities’ |
10:40 | Prof Matteo Chiesa, Khalifa University, UAE: ‘From Black Gold to Light Gold: What is going on with Middle Eastern solar prices and what does it mean for the rest of us?’ |
11:10 | Comfort Break |
11:20 | Prof Tariq Muneer, Edinburgh Napier University, UK: ‘Napier’s Solar Energy research’ |
11:50 | Prof Radwan Almasri, Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: ‘Reality and challenges of solar energy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)’ |
12:20 | Dr Johannes Schmidt, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria: ‘Wind power expansion in Brazil: socio-environmental and economic implications’ |
12:50 | Diletta Zeni, Wind Europe, Belgium: ‘Markets & Regulation – Wind in the energy transition’ |
13:20 | Nigel Holmes, Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (SHFCA), UK: ‘Exporting Sun & Wind to UK and Europe’ |
13:50 | Dr Stathis Tingas, Dr Viviani Onishi, Edinburgh Napier University: Concluding remarks |
14:00 | Event closes |