Advancing Emerging Energy Technologies for Asia's Low-Carbon Future

Date	29 Oct 2026, 14:00 - 16:00 hrs
Venue	Marina Bay Sands Singapore

Low-carbon technologies are increasingly part of the broader energy transition, alongside renewable energy deployment and system-level decarbonisation efforts. As these technologies mature, attention is shifting from early-stage development toward deployment, scalability, and integration into energy systems.

Technologies such as geothermal energy and biomethane are gaining attention as potential sources of reliable low-carbon power in suitable contexts. At the same time, advances in applied research and innovation are helping to bridge the gap between concept development and real-world deployment, enabling new solutions to move closer to commercial readiness.

This roundtable will explore how emerging low-carbon energy technologies can be scaled and integrated more effectively. It will also examine what is required to move from innovation to deployment, and how these technologies can contribute to a more resilient and flexible energy system.

Key Discussions:

The role of emerging energy technologies in supporting Asia's decarbonisation and energy security objectives
What role emerging low-carbon technologies can realistically play in future energy systems
How innovation can be translated into commercially viable and scalable solutions
Geothermal energy opportunities, innovations, and deployment challenges in Asia.
Biomethane opportunities and deployment challenges in Asia, including its role in gas networks, industry, transport, and bio-LNG for regional trade
What financing and investment conditions are needed to support early-stage and scaling technologies
What barriers are limiting deployment and how they can be addressed across markets

Time (GMT +8)	Programme
14:00 - 14:05 hrs	Opening Remarks by ERI@N Prof Madhavi Srinivasan, Executive Director, ERI@N
14:05 - 14:45 hrs	Session 1: Emerging Low-Carbon Technologies and Where They Can Be Applied This session will focus on identifying which low-carbon technologies are gaining real-world traction and where they can be applied within energy systems. It will examine technologies such as geothermal energy in suitable locations, alongside other emerging solutions that are progressing beyond early-stage development. The session will also cover biomethane's growing role in gas networks, industry, transport, bio-LNG for regional trade and other bio- & Green resources for dispatchable power generation with high flexiblity. The discussion will focus on potential at where these technologies can realistically contribute to energy supply, system flexibility, or emissions reduction in the near to medium term. Key Discussions: What role can emerging low-carbon technologies play in supporting Asia’s energy security and decarbonisation? Where can technologies such as geothermal, biomethane and other green resources be applied most effectively across Asia’s energy systems? How can these technologies contribute to energy supply, system flexibility and emissions reduction in the near to medium term? Panellists: Stefan Krook, Chairman and Co-Founder, Kivra (Invited) Charlotte Wolff-Bye, Chief Sustainability Officer, Petronas (Invited) Vickrem Vijayan, Chief Operating Officer, Sembcorp Industries, Singapore (Invited) Nicolas Eyssallenne, Founder & CEO, Karada One (Invited) Moderator: Prof Ric Parker, Chairman, Technical committee, Advanced Energy & Decarbonisation Office (AEDO)
14:45 - 15:25 hrs	Session 2: From Potential to Scale – What Enables Deployment of Low-Carbon Technologies While many low-carbon technologies show potential, scaling them remains a key challenge. This session will focus on the conditions required to move technologies, such as geothermal and biomethane, from pilot or demonstration stages to wider commercial deployment. The discussion will explore investment requirements, financing structures, system integration challenges, and policy or market barriers. It will also examine what makes a technology bankable and how deployment pathways differ across markets and technologies. Discussion questions: What is needed to move geothermal, biomethane and other emerging low-carbon technologies from early-stage development to commercial deployment? What financing and investment conditions are needed to make these technologies commercially viable and bankable? What are the key policy, market and system integration barriers to deployment, and how can they be addressed across different markets? Panellists Megumi Muto, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Mizuho Financial Group Hendra Soetjipto Tan, Group CEO, Star Energy Geothermal (Invited) Tan Wooi Leong – Senior Executive Director (Energy), Surbana Jurong Group (Invited) Vivek Dhaman, AVP & Head of Advanced Technology, ST Engineering (Invited) Thorsten Kolind, CoFounder, Underground Ventures (Invited) Moderator: Ang Qing, Correspondent, Straits Times

*Programme subject to change

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