Library Talk "Solar - Wind - Renewables : Reinforcing the Electric Grid"

Solar - Wind - Renewables : Reinforcing the Electric Grid
Modern civilization inherently depends on the unfailing supply of high amount of energy. For example, every year Singapore requires ca. 45 Tera Watt hour (1 TWh=10¹² Watt hour) of electrical energy, USA requires about 25,000 TWh, etc. Most of the energy worldwide still comes from burning the fossil fuels, e.g., most of Singapore’s power is generated from gas. With increasing industrial and personal electrical & electronic appliances, the energy demand is only going to increase, while the sources are depleting. Fossil fuel based power generation also has serious negative impacts on the environment. Therefore, we have to look into the renewable energy for long-term solution to meet our energy demand. This talk will give an overview of the energy landscape, different forms of renewable energy, and their utilization in the electric grid with the respective challenges.

Speaker: Abishek Ukil
Assistant Professor, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

Prof. Abhisek Ukil is Assistant Professor in the School of EEE, NTU. Prior to this, from 2006–2013, he was Principal Scientist at ABB Corporate Research, Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland. His expertise and research interests include power systems, renewable energy, smart grid. Currently, he is leading a group of 20 researchers on electrical power and clean energy topics, with various authorities and industrial partners. He is inventor of 10 patents, and author of 1 monograph (Springer, Germany), 2 book chapters, more than 75 papers. He is a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA and Registered Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK.