While Australian natural resources play a key role in meeting Taiwan’s demands for energy and natural resources, Australia is also positioned to remain as the major partner for Taiwan’s ambitious transition to low- and no-emissions energy.

Existing demand for Australian resources is expected to continue growth in the short-term, but the new opportunities for Australian firms to build Taiwan’s renewable energy future are truly exciting.

Key opportunities are expected in the fields of project development and investment, technology innovation and joint R&D, environmental expertise and geotechnical engineering.

These opportunities and more will be explored in the Australia-Taiwan Renewable Energy Future webinar.

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AGENDA:

[13:00-13:03] Welcome and opening remarks - Ms Andrea Myles, Associate Director, Global Markets – Greater China, NSW treasury

[13:03-13:05] Mr John Toigo, Chairman, Australia-Taiwan Business Council (ATBC) introduces the Moderator – Ms Amy Kean and the Panel

[13:05-13:10] Opening by the Moderator – Ms Amy Kean, Director, Stride Renewables

[13:10-13:20] Dr Steven Hou-Peng Wan, Deputy General Director, Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories (GEL), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

[13:20-13:30] Mr Paul Curnow, Partner at Ashurst | Teaching Fellow Renewable Energy Law UNSW

[13:30-13:40] Mr Jeffrey Huang, President, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd

[13:40-13:50] Mr Richard Romanowski, Executive Director, eleXsys Energy/Planet Ark Power

[13:50-14:10] Moderated Q&A session & closing remarks

MODERATOR AND SPEAKERS:

Ms Amy Kean, Director, Stride Renewables

Amy Kean is a Director at Stride Renewables, a boutique energy advisory firm. Amy has over 20 years of experience in energy markets across the public and private sectors, nationally and internationally, and has a background in Science, Arts and Law. Before joining Stride, Amy was the NSW Government Renewable Energy Advocate.

Amy has also worked at the Clean Energy Council, Pinpoint Mastercard, Accenture, Hydro Tasmania and was a board member of Renewables SA, Renew and REEEP. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy.

Amy is a recipient of the NSW Green Globe award for Public Sector Leadership, the Energy Minister's Leadership Award and services to the Duke of Edinburgh Award from HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

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Dr Steven Hou-Peng Wan, Deputy General Director at Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories (GEL), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Dr Hou-Peng Wan is a Principal Researcher with the ITRI since 1999. He received his Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Chung-Yuan Christian University (CYCU). His research is mainly focused on the biomass energy, waste-to-energy, air pollution control, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) etc. He was honoured as one of Taiwan’s top ten Outstanding Engineers in 2017 by CIE (Chinese Institute of Engineers) and has been awarded two R&D 100 Awards in 2013 and 2017.

Since 2020, he has been prompted as deputy general director of GEL, ITRI. He is overseeing the new and renewable energy area of GEL. (PV, Geothermal, bioenergy, energy storage, hydrogen energy etc.) GEL.

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Mr Paul Curnow, Partner at Ashurst | Teaching Fellow Renewable Energy Law UNSW

Paul is recognised as one of Australia's leading renewable energy lawyers and globally as a long-standing market leader in climate change and sustainable finance. He has extensive experience in all aspects of clean energy markets, including in project development, innovative offtake arrangements, energy regulation and financing. For more than two decades, Paul has been a driving force behind renewable energy greenfields and M&A transactions across solar, wind, pumped hydro, batteries, energy from waste and other emerging technologies at both utility-scale and distributed energy generation, and a long-standing policy voice for the clean energy sector.

Paul led international climate change negotiations at the Australia Greenhouse Office from 2002 to 2004, and acted as General Counsel of Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (on secondment) from its set up in 2013, overseeing the legal execution of the financing of clean energy projects and reporting to the CEFC Board. Paul is an Adjunct Fellow at the University of New South Wales Law School where he lectures in renewable energy law.

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Mr Jeffrey Huang, President, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (APFCT)

Mr Huang continues the legacy of the Founder of APFCT – Dr Yang which it was founded in March 2000. He leads the management team with more than 40 years of experience in the engineering industry as an entrepreneur. APFCT’s aim as a technology provider is to build strong and enduring partnerships with OEM manufacturers to bring our R&D expertise to the commercial market. He is also the President of New Energy Association of Taiwan.

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Mr Richard Romanowski, Executive Director, eleXsys Energy/Planet Ark Power

Mr Romanowski is a performance-driven senior executive in the clean energy and technology sector delivering transformational business strategies to bring innovative ideas to fruition.

Leading change and commercialisation for various organizations in Australia and Canada over 40 years. Investing in clean-tech companies that deliver innovations to help transition the world into a clean energy future. Nurturing team leader and futurist.

Co-founder and Executive Director of Planet Ark Power, a leading Australian technology and artificial intelligence company, that developed technology which enables the electricity grid to accept up to 13 times more decentralised energy – reducing emissions and electricity prices while drastically improving returns on rooftop solar.

Solved the challenge of voltage volatility from the feed-in of too much rooftop solar from behind the meter. Developed over 7 years, the patented technology enables remote solar farms to move onto urban environments, allowing for communities to utilise 100% cost-effective clean energy.

Supported by the NSW Government