Energy policies beyond 2016 up for review in PowerTrends
In the face of dwindling prices of oil, major players in the energy industry will reevaluate Philippine short- and longrange plans for costcompetitiveness of renewable sources of energy, production of electricity, transportation, coal production, and energy efficiency and conservation beyond 2016 in PowerTrends, a regular international conference on energy supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) since 1995.
Players include not only policy-makers in the government and private sectors but also local and international investors who help shape the country’s energy infrastructures through energy development programs triggered by the PowerTrends conference series.
The conference will be held on September 23-24, 2015, while the exhibition will be till Sept. 25 at the SMX Convention Center.
DOE Undersecretary Loreta G. Ayson will open PowerTrends. German Ambassador Thomas Ossowski and Norwegian Ambassador Erik Forner will deliver welcome remarks. Senator Loren B. Legarda will make a keynote speech and formally open the exhibits.
The business forum of PowerTrends includes panel discussions and presentations on The Economics of Energy Planning: Demand and Supply Crystal Ball, Power and Electricity: Revisiting Statutory and Policy Framework, Financing Power and Energy Projects in the Philippines, Building Blocks for Energy Resource Expansion: Challenges and Hurdles, and Investment Opportunities: Upstream, Midstream and Downstream.
Moderators for the panel discussions are former Energy Secretary Francisco Viray, former DOE Undersecretary Jose M. Layug Jr., former Finance Secretary Margarito B. Teves, former DOE Undersecretary Jose Victor Emmanuel de Dios, and former DOE Undersecretary Cyril C. del Callar.
The presentations also include Integrating Renewable Energy to Address Power Demand: The German Experience by Ing Christoph Menke of the Trier University of Applies Sciences; the Importance of Energy Planning for Philippines by Martin Lambert of Shell Easter LNG, Philippines Power and Energy Outlook – Looking Beyond 2016 by DOE Director Mario C. Marasigan
Building Legacy Gas Projects: The Story of First Gas by Francis Giles B. Puno of First Gen Corporation, Building Solar Farm Projects Through Developmental Finance Institutions by Terje Osmundsen, Searching for Gas in the Philippines: The Total Experience by Fabien Colmet Daage of Total E&P Philippines, Challenges in Exploration in the Philippines by Rufino B. Bomasang of Otto Energy Philippines, Comparative Wind Regulatory Framework in Asia by Torsten Pedersen of Vestas Asia Pacific & China
Taking the Forefront of Wind Development in the Philippines: The 150-MW Burgos Wind Project by Naveen Balachandran of Vestas Asia Pacific, There’s More Sun in the Philippines by Craig Marsh of Equis Fund Group and Soleq Philippines, and The Philippine Bioethanol Industry: Filling the Demand Gap by Job Adrian M. Abrosio of Bioeq Energy.