Renewable Energy World Asia, the regions premier conference and exhibition for the the leading event for the large scale renewable, alternative and sustainable energy industry, has announced the preliminary conference programme of annual gathering, this year hosted in Bangkok, Thailand from 3rd to 5th October 2012.
The preliminary conference programme includes over 130 international experts presenting across 6 conference tracks, with co-located power-gen Asia, including topics focusing on strategic and technical power issues and challenges, as well as the growth of the renewable and alternative energy sectors.
This years keynote session, taking place on Wednesday 3rd October, also welcomes high profile speakers:
– Arak Chonlatanon, Minister of Energy, Thailand
– Sutat Patmasiriwat, Governor, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), Thailand
– Kenji Uenishi, President, GE Energy, Asia Pacific, Singapore.
Conference Director, David Appleyard, said, This years conference programme is lining up to be one of the most interesting and exciting for Renewable Energy World Asia. With many local and regional challenges facing the Asian power market, we will be tackling these challenges head-on looking at how issues could be addressed to achieve the right solutions.
Renewable Energy World Asia, will be co-located with POWER-GEN Asia in the new Challenger Hall 1 at the IMPACT Exhibition & Convention Centre in Bangkok, and is anticipated to receive around 7,000 power and renewable industry professionals, who will gather for three days to enjoy the industrys leading conference and experience the latest developments and ideas for the future of the Asian renewable and alternative energy sector.
Towards a Clean Energy Future
Thailands GDP is predicted to see a 5.6% growth, leading to a 6% growth in peak power demand between 2012-2016 to 35,600 MW and 44,200 MW by 2021. With current capacity of around 28,500 MW, and despite current energy imports from neighbouring countries, Thailand will see a shortfall in capacity in the next few years.
Investment in renewable energy is a goal for replacing imported oil, currently 9% of energy use, and to increase energy security for the country and the Ministry of Energy has employed a number of schemes and incentives to encourage renewable energy development. These schemes include tax incentives, investment grants, Energy Soft Loans, Government co-investing schemes and the Adder feed in premiums policy.
Thailand, in the heart of South East Asia, has an abundance of natural resources like many of its ASEAN neighbours, with huge potential to harness and develop a significant sustainable energy industry for a diverse solution to the renewable energy challenges.
The Renewable Energy World Asia conference is a key forum for senior executives, industry leaders and senior engineers to discuss a range of important topics, the latest issues and solutions, in order to meet the challenge of the growing demand for electricity in the region.
Event Director, Glenn Ensor, said, We are delighted that Renewable Energy World Asia will be returning to the wonderful city of Bangkok from 3rd to 5th October. Thailand has some aggressive renewable energy plans, with the Ministry of Energys Renewable Energy Development Plan (REDP) aiming to increase the share of alternative energy mix from 7% to 20% (approx 5,600MW) of energy demand by 2021. This is indeed a big challenge for the country and gives rise to some great debates over the 3 day event.
