Third Quantum Leap in Wind Workshop
Accelerating Wind Development in Asia & the Pacific
ADB Headquarters, Manila, 4-5 June 2012
This event is part of the 7th Asia Clean Energy Forum 2012 and will bring together participants from different regions of Asia and the Pacific involved in wind power development to discuss the current status with a close examination of the challenges in ADB’s Member Countries. The first day was dedicated to six case-studies of wind projects in Asia. The second day was dedicated to country presentations on wind power development, identifying current installed capacity, targets, and plans, while highlighting supporting regulations and fiscal incentives already in place. The second day also featured a panel discussion on topics of interest to wind projects.
Monday June 4, 2012 (Day 1) Program
Wind Energy Project Development Training:
Theory vs Practice Through Case Studies in Asia
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Time |
Topic |
Speakers |
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9:00 - 9:05 |
Welcome Remarks |
Pil-Bae Song, Senior Advisor and Energy Practice Leader, ADB |
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9:05 - 9:15 |
Jitendra (Jitu) Shah, Advisor, ADB |
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9:15 – 10:30 |
Brief introduction to the six case-studies of wind projects |
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| Case Study 1. Sri Lanka | Manjula Perera, CEO, Wind Force | |
| Case Study 2. Mongolia | Sukhbaatar Tsegmid, Senior Advisor, Newcom LLC | |
| Case Study 3. Philippines | Poch Ambrosio, Corporate Secretary, NorthWind Power Development Corporation | |
| Case Study 4. Pakistan | Jens Olsen, CEO, Nordex China | |
| Case Study 5. India | S.Lakshmanan, Director-Technical, Windward Tech | |
| Case Study 6. Thailand | Phil Napier-Moore, Lead Energy Advisor, Mott MacDonald | |
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11:00 - 11:45 |
Case Studies: Lifecycle of a Wind Project |
Moderator: Pramod Jain, President, Innovative Wind Energy, Inc., USA |
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11:45 - 1:00 |
Case Studies: Wind Resource Assessment |
Moderator: Arvinder Singh, International Sales Account Manager for Asia Pacific region, NRG Systems |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
Case Studies: Wind Turbine Generators |
Moderator: Ramon Terrones, Gamesa |
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3:00 - 4:00 |
Case Studies: Wind Project Siting, Connectivity and Contracts |
Moderator: Rajendra Kharul, WISE |
| 4:30 - 5:15 | Financial Model for Wind Projects | Moderators: Dana Younger, Chief Renewable Energy Specialist, IFC and Siddhartha Shah, Senior Investment Specialist, ADB |
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5:15 – 6:00 |
Profitability and Lessons Learned |
Moderator: Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, GWEC |
Tuesday June 5, 2012 (Day 2) Program
What will it take to accelerate wind development in Asia?
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Time |
Topic |
Speakers |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome Remarks | Woochong Um, Deputy Director General, RSDD, ADB |
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9:15 – 9:30 |
Keynote address: "Renewable Energy Develoment in Asia and the Role of Wind" |
Anthony June, Director SEEN, ADB |
| 9:30 - 10:10 |
Country Updates (Session 1): What will it take to accelerate wind development in your country? |
Moderator: Priyantha Wijayatunga, Senior Energy Specialist, SAEN, ADB |
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J. Osgonbaatar, Director of Renweable Energy Center |
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Jose Layug, Undersecretary, Department of Energy |
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| Sri Lanka |
Noel Priyantha, Chief Engineer (Renweable Energy), CEB |
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Pham Thuy Dzung, New and Renewable Energy Department |
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10:30 - 12:30 |
Country Updates (Session 2):What will it take to accelerate wind development in your country? | |
| Bangladesh | Selim Uddin, Senior Asst. Secretary, Power Division MPEMR | |
| Thailand | Twarath Sutabutrm, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Energy | |
| Pakistan | Mohammed Azim Hashimi, PRM, ADB | |
| Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | Marcos dos Santos, Director General, Secretary of State for Energy Policy | |
| Fiji | Hasmukh Patel, CEO, Fiji Electric Authority | |
| Afghanistan | Mohamed Shafi Sharifi, Professor, Kabul University | |
| India | Rajendra Kharul, Joint Director and Head (Wind Power), World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) | |
| People's Republic of China | Liming Qiao, China Director, GWEC | |
| 2:00 - 2:45 |
Panel Discussion: |
Asad Aleem, Energy Specialist, ADB Mohsin Amin, Head of Engineering, PMO, DABS, Afghanistan Vince Perez, Chairman, Merritt Energy |
| 2:45 - 3:30 |
Panel Discussion: Wind Resource Assessment and its role in roadmap development |
Toby Barber, regional Manager, GL Garrad Hassan Pramod Jain, President, Innovative Wind Energy, Inc., USA Felicisimo Ople, MD, WESTechnology Knud Hedeager, COO, Alternergy |
| 4:00 - 4:45 |
Panel Discussion: Financing |
Sungwoo Kim, Regional Head of Climate Change and Sustainability in Asia Pacific, KPMG Hannah Kaplan, Senior Market Development Manager, GE Energy Robert Lockhard, Young Professional PSOD, ADB |
| 4:45 - 5:30 |
Panel Discussion: Technology and Infrastructure |
Ramon Terrones, Regional Director Asia Pacific, Gamesa Corporation |
| 5:30 - 6:00 | Summary and Closing Remarks | S. Chander, Director General, RSDD, ADB |
Thursday June 7, 2012 Asian Clean Energy Forum Program
| 2:00 - 3:30 | Pictures of the QLW Workshop | |
| Summary of two-day workshop | ||
| Global Wind Market & GWEC/IRENA Policy Project Update | Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council | |
| Opportunities and Challenges of Wind Development in Asia | Pramod Jain, President, Innovative Wind Energy, Inc. | |
| Third Quantum Leap in Wind Workshop: What will it take to accelerate wind development in Asia? | Jitu Shah, Advisor, Asian Development Bank |