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Daily web coverage
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Highlights for Tuesday, 18 January 2011
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 On Tuesday, the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2011 was organized around the theme of “Business Forum.” Participants heard a keynote address by Truman Semans, Principal, GreenOrder, and former Executive Committee Member, US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), US, who said we are entering an age of “radical transparency,” characterized by: “private regulation,” in which supply chains must reveal information regarding production practices; increasing transparency of government actions. In the morning, participants also heard a panel discussion on renewable energy featuring high-level executives, followed by parallel sessions on green cities, global energy policy and carbon capture and storage. In the afternoon, participants attended parallel sessions on wind power, business opportunities, green buildings, electric vehicles, and energy efficiency.
In addition to the plenary and parallel sessions, delegates participated in side events throughout the day, including a roundtable on hydrogen technology convened by UNIDO, an EU-GCC meeting of the Clean Energy Network, a presentation on solar photovoltaics at the US pavilion, and advice to young future energy leaders by MIT president Susan Hockfield.
In an evening reception at the Emirates Palace, H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, awarded the Zayed Future Energy Prize, which celebrates achievements that reflect innovation, long-term vision and leadership in renewable energy and sustainability, to Vestas. In the awarding ceremony, Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Jury for the Prize and of the IPCC, called award recipients "torch beares for change." On behalf of Vestas, CEO Ditlev Engel, announced half of the award money would be donated to the other three Prize finalists.
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In this plenary session, speakers highlighted, among others: the importance of addressing energy efficiency in buildings; investments in solar energy, biofuels, and CCS; the success in Germany and China with feed-in tariffs; how to transition from an oil to an energy company; the lack of educational programs to train students on new energy technologies; the importance of transmission lines and types of storage are important for increasing the share of renewables; and the role of the financial crisis in forcing short-term policies on long-term issues.
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L-R: Andrew Beebe, Suntech Power, US; Arnaud Chaperon, Electricity and Renewable Energies, Total, France; Tom Curtis, Deutsche Asset Management, US; Errol Barnett, CNN International; and Dominic Emery, BP Alternative Energy, UK |
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L-R: Artem Volynets, First Deputy General Director, EN+ Group, Russian Federation; Errol Barnett, CNN International, US; René Umlauft, CEO Renewable Energy, Siemens, Germany; Frank Wouters, Director, Masdar Power, UAE; Ditlev Engel, Global CEO, Vestas, Denmark; and Philippe Joubert, Alstom, France |
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L-R: Bernd Holling, Linde Group, Germany; John Barry, Shell International Upstream, UAE; Walid Fayad, Booz & Company, Middle East; Jeff Chapman, CEO, Carbon Capture and Storage Association, UK; Bob Pegler, Global CCS Institute, France; Sherri Stuewer, ExxonMobil, US; and Peter Brooks, Executive Director, Worley Parsons Energy Services, Australia |
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L-R: Alfonso Faubel, Alstom Wind, Spain; Peter Jørgensen, Energinet.DK, Denmark; Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council; Ashok D’sa, Suzlon Energy, India; and Morten Albaek, Vestas, Denmark |
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L-R: Jürgen Weiss, The Brattle Group, US; Siobhan Smyth, HSBC, UK; Tom Curtis, Deutsche Asset Management, US; Peter Sharratt, WSP Group, UK; and Neil Auerbach, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, US |
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L-R: Kentaro Kawaguchi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan; Mili Majumdar, The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), India; Chair Husam Al Waer, University of Dundee, UK; Susan Roaf, Heriot Watt University, UK; Matthew Plumbridge, Department of Municipal Affairs-Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Afshin Afshari, Masdar City, UAE |
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L-R: Henrik Fisker, CEO, Fisker Automotive, US; Herbert Kohler, Daimler, Germany; Chair Pierre Loing, Nissan International; Paul Mulvaney, ESB eCars, Ireland; Robin Voogd, LeasePlan Emirates, UAE; and Hiroshi Osawa, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan |
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Daily web coverage (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
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Summit resources
 Summit website
Summit programme
WFES 2010 Summit and Exhibition
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