SIEW Summit: Scaling up Future-Ready Low-Carbon Energy Solutions

by Wei Lek Tan Oct 27, 2025, 19:13 PM

At the SIEW Summit session "The Next Energy Breakthrough: Scaling Future Energy Technologies”, industry experts explored how innovation, collaboration, and policies are pivotal to accelerating the energy transition.

Before the session, General (Ret.) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Chairman of the National Economic Council, Republic of Indonesia, delivered his keynote calling for stronger regional cooperation. He shared Indonesia’s strategic roadmap toward sustainable growth and digital transformation.

The panel session put the spotlight on technologies shaping the next generation of clean energy—including carbon capture and storage (CCS), nuclear, renewables, and hydrogen—and how policies, financing, and cross-border partnerships will be crucial to scaling these solutions globally.

Nuclear is one of the key energy breakthroughs discussed in the session. Karine Herviou, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), highlighted the potential of small modular reactors (SMRs) in scaling up clean and reliable systems. She further shared how the IAEA’s initiatives are helping countries evaluate and develop nuclear programmes that meet global safety, security, and transparency standards.

Moderated by Dr Anders Hoffmann, IEA Governing Board Chair and Deputy Permanent Secretary of Denmark’s Ministry for Climate, Energy and Utilities, the panel discussion brought together Dominic Genetti, Senior Vice President, Carbon Capture and Storage, ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions; Tadashi Maeda, Chairman of the Board, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC); Dr Sama Bilbao y León, Director General, World Nuclear Association; Helle Kristoffersen, President Asia and Member of the Executive Committee, TotalEnergies; and Yaoyu Zhang, Assistant CEO and Global Head of LNG Trading and New Energies, PetroChina International, to discuss:

  • Low-carbon developments: CCS will remain essential beyond 2050 to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors. Panellists stressed the need for unified carbon accounting frameworks and policy incentives to reduce costs and enable regional CCS hubs across Asia.
  • Diversification of the energy mix: Panellists also called for long-term investment frameworks and regional cooperation to drive future-ready energy solutions, by combining renewables, gas, nuclear and hydrogen.

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