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Time2022-06-17 | 15:00 - 16:30
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Venue:C405, Beijing Lufthansa Center/Zoom Online
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Address:C405, Beijing Lufthansa Center, Liangmaqiao Road 50, Beijing/Zoom Online
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Fee:Members: 200 |
Non Members: 400
To achieve its climate commitments for 2030 and 2060, China must continue to increase its deployment of renewable energy (RE). In recent years, corporates’ interest in and demand for RE procurement has been increasing substantially, a trend that will be one of the major drivers for RE investment and deployment in China.
With a series of supportive policies from the central and local government in place to scale up green energy procurement, there has been a gradual growth in direct transactions for green electricity supply, which is leading to widening opportunities within the market. However, certain barriers and challenges for companies are yet to be resolved.
In the second edition of the EU-China Green Development Series, the European Chamber is delighted to welcome a distinguished group of experts from leading research institutes and global specialists in the energy sector, who will present on the status quo of corporate RE procurement in China and address the key challenges and opportunities in the market.
Agenda
15:00–15:05 Welcome remarks
- Guido Giacconi, vice president, European Chamber
15:05–15:10 Opening
- Kitty (Xueying) Xia, national vice chair, Energy Working Group, European Chamber
15:10–15:25 Challenges and Opportunities Facing Companies in Green Energy Procurement in China
- Nan Zhang, senior associate, Carbon Trust
15:25–15:35 Analysis of the 14th Five-year Plan for Renewable Energy Development
- Ying Li, Policy Researcher, China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI)
15:35–16:30 Experts Dialogue/Q&A
Moderator:
- Kitty(Xueying) Xia, national vice chair, Energy Working Group, European Chamber
Panelists:
- Dr Bernhard Weigl, vice president, direct procurement, Asia Pacific, BASF
- Jordi Torres, vice president, Asset & Operations China, EDF Renewables
- Sharon Feng, Director of Research and Advisory Services, Azure International
- Conor Gask, Head of Renewables and Power Sector, FCDO, British Embassy in Beijing
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Speakers
Mr. Guido Giacconi
Ing. Guido D. Giacconi is co-founder and currently President of In3act Srl, an Italian business strategy consulting and advisory company with operations in China since 2006, focused on Energy and Environmental Protection, Regions Business and Economy Planning, Automotive, Consumer Goods, Chemical, Retail. Among many European Clients, In3act is honored to assist also National and Local Chinese Governments -unique Italian strategy consulting company to serve Public Administrations in China.
He is also CEO of In3act Global - a Group holding with interests in consulting and investments - CEO of GDG&C Srl, a business consulting company specialized in SMEs, active in Europe and China.
Former national Chair of EUCCC Energy WG, former Vice Chairman of the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce, former Chair of the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce Energy and Environment Protection Working Committee, consultant to the Embassy of Italy in China and Italian Trade Agency. In 2017 Ing. Giacconi has developed and issued an advanced study of the Made in China 2025 Chinese Government program and released to Italian Institutions for designing and setting up the most proper Sino-Italian cooperation.
Recently participated as advisor to EU Commission and the State Council think tank Development Reform Center about the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investments under discussion between Europe and China.
Associate Prof. at Scuola Sant’Anna di Pisa, Member of Experts Committee and professor at Global Management China Master and lecturer in many Universities in Europe and China including Tsinghua University in Beijing, member of the Scientific Committee of Rigneracity/Remtech.
Deep strategy consulting experience having covered positions as senior partner of prominent business strategy firms such as Bain Company, KPMG, Booz Allen and Hamilton, Roland Berger with assignments in many countries in Europe and USA.
Matured a deep managerial experience assuming the role of Managing Director and CEO in several companies in Europe. Ing. Giacconi started his career in Procter & Gamble where he worked for about a decade and achieved the responsibility of VP EMEA for several product categories in USA and Europe. Ing. Giacconi worked in USA, UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and China where Ing. Giacconi is resident for years.
Degree in Electronic and Bioengineering at Bologna University. Matured deep experiences, both as manager and strategy advisor, in many industrial sectors with specific focus on Energy and Environment Protection, Urban Energy Planning, Circular Economy, Healthcare, Consumer and Luxury Goods, Government Affairs, Agriculture, ICT, Industrial goods, etc.
Acquired a broad experience in business management and practicing in complex multicultural environments and in structuring business internationalization strategies aimed at harmonizing business practices and culture gaps, both for SMEs and MNCs.
Ms. Xueying Xia
Kitty has over around 20 years’ experience at multi-national companies, with solid track record in the energy industry, from petrochemical, oil & gas, to power and electrical industry. She has with both conventional energy sector, and new/integrated energy sectors.
She has deep understanding of the digital transformation of energy management and manufacturing industry. She has accumulated expertise from various roles including business development, strategy and integration, government and partner affairs, public policy advocacy, corporate communications and campaigns, and CEO thought leadership. More importantly, she has adequate understanding of China political and social ecosystem with first-hand experience in business access, capital project investment, operational issues of challenges, with key government agencies and business partners.
Ms. Nan Zhang
Nan has more than five years experience working in low carbon development and climate change related fields. She has worked on a wide range of projects involving circular economy, low carbon technology innovation, low carbon cities and carbon footprinting, accumulating significant expertise in these areas.
Before joining Carbon Trust, Nan Zhang worked for WWF-China for four years, focusing on climate and energy related policy research and south-south renewable energy cooperation. She supported the project design, coordination and implementation of WWF’s South-south RE Cooperation Initiative. She also worked on the low carbon city initiative, together with local partners, to promote the low carbon transition of Chinese cities.
She holds a Master's of Environmental Science from Peking University.
Ms. Ying Li
Ms. Li joined CREEI in 2019 with more than 10 years research experiences in renewable energy. She mainly engages in renewable energy industrial development and policy research, the design of Chinese Green Electricity Certificate mechanism and studies about green electricity trade. With the valuable insights provided by her working experiences, she is committed to promoting green electricity consumption and the energy transition in China.
Before joining CREEI, Ms. Li had worked in Chinese Wind Energy Association and Carbon Resource Management, her responsibility included renewable energy development planning and researches. She successfully promoted more than ten RE projects to become Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects.
Dr. Bernhard Weigl
Vice President, Direct Procurement Asia Pacific, BASF.
Dr. Bernhard (Bernie) Weigl was born on May 20th, 1974 in Germany. He owned his PhD and master degree in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He also received the MBA degree with focus on Financing and Marketing from FernUniversity Hagen, Germany. Bernie started his BASF career in 2003 at BASF Ludwigshafen HeadQuarters and speaks German, English, and Chinese mandarin.
Mr. Conor Gask
Conor Gask is policy lead within the British Embassy Beijing Energy Unit, focusing on Renewable Energy and Power Sector Reform in China. Working to promote closer bilateral exchange on offshore wind, power market design, energy storage and carbon management standards in support of global climate goals.
Ms. Sharon Feng
Sharon leads Wood Mackenzie's research coverage for China power and renewables. She helps clients to understand the latest market trends in China and grows China business with her market knowhow and expertise. Sharon also manages the China power modeling and market analysis team and provides wider supports to renewables, gas, coal and other teams.
Sharon has over ten years of market research and policy analysis experience in the China power and renewable energy sector. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Sharon was the Director of Research and Advisory Service of Azure International, where she provided renewable and power consulting services and decarbonization services for clients. She has also worked for other international companies including General Electrics, Siemens, HSBC and American Chamber of Commerce South China.
Sharon is also a student of the dual-degree EMBA program of Tsinghua-INSEAD. She holds a bachelor degree of International Business at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and a diploma of Finance at Pekin University.
Mr. Jordi Torres
Jordi TORRES has an engineering PhD and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School.
He began his professional career at international companies such as Hewlett Packard, Lear Automotive, and Vestas Wind Systems.
In Vestas, he worked as Director of Sales for the Service business in Vestas Mediterranean with responsibility for more than 12 countries for around 6 years.
Since 2012, he has been working for EDF Renewables in different international assignments in Portugal, France, and the UK.
In EDF, he started in Portugal, moving after to deploy the EDF EN Services strategy in North Europe. In March 2013, he joined the EDF RE UK team to kick off the operations business. In 2020, UK operations included more than 600MW onshore and offshore wind in 25 different assets.
Currently, he holds the position of Chief Operation Officer of EDF Renewables China. In his position, Jordi is responsible for the operations, cPPA, financial, and strategic aspects of EDF China portfolio including C&I, Onshore and offshore wind and solar projects.