【Webinar】Energy Transition and Challenges: Exploring Facts and Outlook of the Power Shortage in South China Go back »
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Time2021-07-02 | 14:00 - 15:20
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Venue:Online - Event link will be shared prior to the event by email
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Address:Online Zoom Meeting
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Fee:Members: 150 |
Non Members: 300
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With the upcoming summer season, many manufacturing enterprises have faced the same imposed power cuts by authorities across South China which will likely continue for the months to come, significantly impacting production.
There have been short-term measures to mitigate the issue, primarily focusing on increasing coal-fired and gas-fired power generation. However, China’s commitment to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060 is a great challenge to current industrial development, especially in the sectors of energy, transportation and manufacturing, among others.
Although some of the imposed power rationing is lifted in Guangdong, we believe the power shortage risk remains in the short run and is likely to become a recurring issue at least into the midterm. The affected region will not be limited to Guangdong, either. It will be worth a discussion about what to expect, which hopefully can help you develop strategies to tackle the power shortage issue.
In order to prepare our members for this volatile period of power shortages, we would like to invite business analysis experts to share their insights and perspectives.
Agenda:
- 2:00-2:15 Introduction - by Jörg Wuttke, President of the European Chamber; Chief Representative China, BASF (China) Co., Ltd.
- 2:15-2:40 Facts and outlook of the power shortage situation in South China – by Lara Dong, Senior Director, Greater China Power and Renewables, IHS Markit
- 2:40-2:55 The European Chamber’s government advocacy actions – by Klaus Zenkel, European Chamber Vice President and European Chamber South China Chapter Chair
- 2:55-3:15 Q&A
- 3:15-3:20 Conclusion remark - by Christian Gassner, Manufacturing Forum Chair, European Chamber South China Chapter
Moderator: Peter M. Drucker, Business and Government Affairs Manager, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, South China Chapter
>> Language: English
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Speakers
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Wuttke is President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China – an office he already held from 2007 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2017. Wuttke is a member of the Advisory Board of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin. He contributes regularly to the Swiss financial blog https://themarket.ch/. Wuttke has lived in Beijing for more than three decades.
Mr. Klaus Zenkel
Biography:
Born in Germany and graduated in Industrial Engineering. Until late 80's mainly remained in Germany near his hometown in Erlangen, where he had a position at Siemens Healthcare HQ.
From 1993 to 2006 he was based in Hongkong, Malaysia, Germany and China for several executive management positions within the Siemens Healthcare organization, one of which was Technical Director at Siemens Healthineers facility(SSMR), based in Shenzhen's Hi-Tech Industrial Park.
In 2006 start-up and developed from scratch the Shenzhen subsidiary of a Swiss Company, Imedco AG. Imedco is global player involved in the healthcare Industry, manufacturing MRI shielding solutions for hospitals and research institutions.
Involvement at European Chamber South China Chapter board since 2016. As an active board member of the European Chamber South China Chapter he holds the Chair of the board position since 2021. In the capacity as EU Chamber Vice President supports the member companies and meets with government officials on a regular basis to discuss the current economic and technological issues.
In March 2021 Klaus was elected as a Director of the Board at the Swiss Chamber in South China. He is also a member of the German Chamber in South China.
Ms. Lara Dong
Lara Dong is a senior director on the Climate and Sustainability Group at IHS Markit, based in Beijing, China.
Lara Dong leads Greater China power and renewables research and is a member of Asia's research and consulting team. Ms. Dong focuses on Greater China's power and renewable market fundamentals, key players across the value chain, and policy and market reform analysis. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Ms. Dong spent eight years at Rio Tinto, most recently as principal advisor, where she researched commodity market fundamentals and generated China policy insights in coal resources and electricity procurement options for aluminum smelting. In her role at Rio Tinto, she oversaw global coal price forecast and cross-commodity research on industrial, environmental, and state-owned enterprise reform policies. Earlier, Ms. Dong served at Noble and BHP Billiton as an analyst with cross-commodity research responsibilities, and at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as a debt market research analyst. A CFA charterholder, Ms. Dong holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Xiamen University, China, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto, Canada.