At the third Sustainability and Renewable Energy Forum (SAREF 3.0), Sarawak Energy brought together stakeholders from all over the world to discuss key topics such as climate action, driving a just energy transition and the way forward for Southeast Asia’s journey to ensure a more sustainable future.
In collaboration with our media partners, we have encapsulated the valuable insights and discussions from SAREF 3.0 into two comprehensive publications featured by CNBC and The Edge. Click the special reports below to read the key takeaways and highlights.
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KUALA LUMPUR : Sarawak berperanan besar dalam memajukan sektor peralihan tenaga serantau melalui perkongsian tenaga hidro melibatkan negara-negara jiran melalui kesalinghubungan antara wilayah.
KUCHING (Sept 6): Sarawak can play a central role in progressing regional energy transition by sharing its hydropower-based resources with regional neighbours via interconnections, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg.
KUCHING, Sept 6: Less that one per cent of Sarawak’s total land area has been affected by the creation of reservoirs for the development of hydroelectric power plants in the region.
KUCHING, Sept 6: Sarawak is exploring the possibility of building cascading dams to enhance its power generation capabilities, taking inspiration from successful models in in Tasmania, the Nordic countries and Europe.
KUCHING, Sept 6: Dame Christiana Figueres considers Sarawak’s initiative in implementing the use of natural resources to be exemplary and potentially serving as a global model.
KUCHING (Sept 6): The United Nations Conference of Parties (UN COP) over the years was designed to bring countries together to make multilateral negotiations and agreements, which culminated in the Paris Agreement in 2015 that acted as a “business plan” to decarbonise the economy, said Dame Christiana Figueres at the Sustainability & Renewable Energy Forum (SAREF) 3.0 here on Wednesday.
SAREF 2.0 was organised in partnership with UN Global Compact Network Malaysia and Brunei (UNGCMYB) by integrating it within the GO ESG ASEAN 2021 Summit as a parallel session.
The forum featured insightful and purposeful dialogues about renewable energy sector’s role, building out for a sustainable shared energy future, and was covered by three panel sessions with discussions on:
Speakers included energy industry experts and leaders Datu Haji Sharbini Suhaili, Group CEO of Sarawak Energy; Ivan Tan, Chairman of Shell Malaysia; Wong Kim Yin, Group President and CEO of Sembcorp Industries; Ibrahim Ariffin, Director of Strategic Planning for Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia and Roger Gill, President of London-based International Hydropower Association.
Launched by the Premier of Sarawak, The Right Honourable Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg, the two-day forum attracted an audience of around 1,000 from 12 countries.
Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh also delivered a special keynote address in her capacity as a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador then.
Topics of discussion included:
International speakers who participated in the forum included Faroze Nadar, Executive Director of United Nations Global Compact; Takafumi Kadono, Senior Energy Specialist of World Bank Group; Eddie Rich, London-based CEO of International Hydropower Association; Tom Szaky, US-based CEO of Terracycle; and Quan Nan, Chief Representative of ASEAN Global Energy Interconnection.
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Built on a strong foundation of 100 years as a utility company, Sarawak Energy is taking bold steps to support the transformation of Sarawak in its vision to become a developed state by the year 2030.
