Seminar on Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 – Technological options and research needs

13 Jan 2022 10.00 AM - 11.00 AM The Arc - Learning Hub North, LHN TR+14 (LHN-L1-02) Current Students, Public

Ho Hiang Kwee
 
Adjunct Associate Professor

NTU, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering


Venue: The Arc - Learning Hub North, LHN TR+14 (LHN-L1-02)

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This seminar will be chaired by Associate Professor Wan Man Pun.

Seminar Abstract

Under the Paris Agreement, governments agreed to keep global warming well below 2 degree Celsius, and to make efforts to keep it below 1.5°C. A 2018 IPCC report concluded that in order to keep global warming below 1.5°C, global GHG emissions  need to reach net-zero around mid-century. In this seminar, some of the key needle-moving and cost-competitive technological options being developed and implemented across the world to enable net-zero emissions will be presented and discussed. These include Energy conservation and efficiency in and across multiple demand sectors; Renewable energy/electricity (including solar and wind); Carbon removal (Including Carbon capture, utilization and storage, CCUS) and Zero emissions fuels/carriers (including Hydrogen).  Research needed to improve technology performance and reduce costs will be discussed, in particular those related to mechanical engineering disciplines. 

Speaker’s Biography​

Hiang Kwee is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, where he previously spent more than 25 years as a full time academic. He is also the Lead Technologist at the National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), Strategy Group, PMO.

He has also worked or held concurrent appointments at Stanford University (as a Visiting Scholar), Agency for Science Technology & Research (A*STAR), Energy Studies Institute (National University of Singapore),  Energy Research Institute@NTU (ERI@N), DNV Clean Technology Centre, Neptune Orient Lines and the Singapore Armed Forces.

At NCCS, Hiang Kwee provides advice, analysis and assessment on a wide range of technologies that contribute to energy sustainability, climate change mitigation and green growth opportunities. He has been actively involved in the development of Technology Primers, Feasibility Studies, and Roadmaps which have informed Singapore’s RD&D efforts as well as policy and regulatory decisions and innovations in climate change mitigation.

He received his university education at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA).

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