Biography

Professor Dr. Mohammad B. Kassim

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International Affairs)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Graduated with a B. Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry with Energy & Fuel Science in 1993 from Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and Master of Science (Chemistry) in 2005 from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He was conferred a PhD (Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry) in 2003 by University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Previously, he served as the Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology (2018 – 2020), a visiting professor at University of Tsukuba (2018), Gifu University (2017) and Osaka University (2015); and researcher at the University of Sheffield (2011). He specialised in coordination chemistry, molecular electronics, photo-electrochemistry, x-ray crystallography and decarbonization of CO₂.

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THE ROLE OF MAHE IN HYDROGEN ECONOMY FROM NGO’S PERSPECTIVE

Given the continued growth in the world’s population as well as the progressive industrialisation of developing nations, particularly in Asia, the global demand for energy is expected to continue to increase by more than 50% until 2030 with fossil fuels continuing to dominate global energy use. At the same time, there is a growing global consensus that greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, which keep rising, need to be managed, to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. In the COP 21 in Paris 2015, Malaysia has committed itself to reduce carbon emission intensity by 45% based on 2005 level in 2030. Hence, various parties including the government are stepping up their efforts to address the challenges of sustainable development and to foster the expansion of low-carbon fuels. The number of attempts and efforts to develop and test hydrogen-related technology in power generations, vehicles and implement the necessary hydrogen supply infrastructure has increased in recent years, resulting in numerous hydrogen demonstration projects around the globe. Malaysia has both the strength in scientific know-how on hydrogen energy and fuel cell, and industrial strength to further pursue the development of hydrogen economy. Despite the challenges, there is a growing trend of universities and industries collaborating to develop hydrogen economy in Malaysia. With a share of more than 80% in total energy use in the transport sector, the automotive sector is the driving force for the introduction of hydrogen as fuel. Recommendations and action plan have been proposed to help establish hydrogen economy in the 12th Malaysia Plan and beyond. As such, the role of Malaysian Association of Hydrogen Energy (MAHE) to catalyse the promotion of hydrogen fuel and technologies will be highlighted to increase the trajectory for the transition to a hydrogen economy in Malaysia.

Biography

Prof. Dr-Eng. Eniya Listiani Dewi, B.Eng., M.Eng.

Professor Research

National Research and Innovation Agency (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, BRIN), Indonesia

Email: eniya.listiani@bppt.go.id

Eniya Listiani Dewi was born in Magelang in 1974. She completed Doctor of Engineering in the Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, in 2003. She was promoted as Professor in 2014. Her current affiliation is the Deputy Chairperson for Technology of Information, Energy and Materials on the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT).

Her interests are on electron transfer phenomenon on the nanocatalysts, hydrocarbon polymer materials, PEM-fuel cells, zinc-air fuel cell batteries, as well as hydrogen production from biomass and PEM-electrolysers. Her activities have been recognized by several awards, such as Mizuno Award, Koukenkai Award, Asia Excellent Award, Best Scientist Award, Engineering Award, Energy Research Award, Patent Innovation Award, Habibie Award, BJ Habibie Technology Award etc. Recently, she got award from GE Electric as one of Inspired Woman in STEM. She served on the Indonesia Delegation in APEC Meeting 2012, Nobel Laureates Meeting 2006 and International Visitor Leadership Program USA 2011.

She is active as Board Director for International Association Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) from 2013 until now, and she’s also a founder and Chair for Indonesia Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy (IFHE), and also running the consortium of fuel cell and hydrogen of Indonesia since 2014. Now, She became the Chairman of Indonesia Polymer Association (HPI) for 2017 until now. She is currently leading the National Priority Program: Development of Charging Station, Geothermal Energy Plant and Industrial Salt Project.

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TOWARD TO INDONESIA DECARBONIZATION ENERGY PLANNING BY PROMOTING ECOSYSTEM OF HYDROGEN

Indonesia has committed to reduce the GHG (Green Houses Gaseous) emission in the Paris Agreement 2015, by reducing CO₂ emission 29% in 2030 with self-efforts, and of 41% with international assistances. To achieve this target, several programs have been conducted. Replacing fossil fuel with a renewable energy sources is the main concern, and some of ongoing programs are: the co-firing in coal power plants, and the replacement or converting oil fuel in diesel power plant (PLTD) with renewable energy sources. However, another breakthrough program is needed, and it needs to be accelerated for support the energy transition in Indonesia toward to net zero emission era.

PLN, as the biggest electricity company in Indonesia has a program road to net-zero emissions by 2060. The utilization of new and renewable energy sources for power generation will be increased to add electricity capacity of 1,500 TWh by 2060. This amount is five times larger than the existing capacity. Another program is to replace more than 5,000 diesel power plants (PLTD) with capacity about 2,000 megawatts by renewable energy-based power plants. An in line program is also committed by Pertamina, as the biggest oil-fuel company in Indonesia, to support the government in achieving the carbon neutral. Pertamina has a program to increase  the green energy portfolio to be at 17% by 2030. This program is implemented through the development of geothermal power plant, hydrogen energy, batteries for electric vehicle and energy storage systems (ESS), gasification, bioenergy, green refinery, circular carbon economy and new and renewable Energy program.

As a national agency for assessment and application of technology, BPPT has important role on the development of hydrogen fuel in Indonesia. BPPT has an existing program on the development of fuel cell electric vehicle through the combination concept in hybrid of PV – Hydrogen for power generation. Some initial studies have been conducted, and documented as a milestone of the development of hydrogen fuel in Indonesia. Therefore, this paper has been made with an aim to describe and promote the hydrogen-energy as a potential source of energy development in Indonesia. The role of hydrogen energy needs to be strengthened to support decarbonization program. An integrated strategy for the implementation should be assessed in the development of green hydrogen technology, through the research and development as well as through the policy.

Keyword: decarbonization, energy transition, hydrogen, net zero emission

Biography

Prof. Dr. Nasir Haji Darman

Chief Technology Officer of Group Research and Technology

Project Delivery & Technology Division

PETRONAS

Nasir Haji Darman is currently the Chief Technology Officer of Group Research and Technology, Project Delivery & Technology Division, PETRONAS. In this position, he steers and drives all technology activities in PETRONAS Group wide. He joined PETRONAS in 1991 and has worked in many technical and managerial positions. He started his career as a Research Engineer in PETRONAS before moving on to resume various positions in various OPUs in PETRONAS. In his current position, he leads all technology projects and setting technology direction for PETRONAS activities, both in domestic and international assets. He also holds an honorary professorship from Institute of Petroleum Engineering Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh United Kingdom and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS as part of his contribution to the society.

He has published many technical papers in local and international journal especially in the area of sub-surface engineering. He is also the recipient the SPE 2010 Asia Pacific Regional Technical Award on Reservoir Description and Dynamics. He is currently the SPE Asia Pacific Regional Director and sits in the SPE Board of Directors.

Nasir Haji Darman graduated in BSc from Texas Tech University and PhD from Heriot Watt University, both in Petroleum Engineering, in 1990 and 2000 respectively.

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HYDROGEN FUTURE: ARE WE ON THE RIGHT PATH?

Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant, and most versatile element. It could play a role in several parts of the energy value chain and is versatile to fit diverse application pathways. As the energy system transforms, undergoes a dynamic shift towards decarbonisation and meets the global warming limit agreed in the Paris Agreement, the role of hydrogen seems to become more important than before. It can be a clean energy carrier or fuel, as it does not produce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) at multiple points of its application. As it can be produced from different feedstocks, both fossil fuels and renewable resources, hydrogen offers flexibility and compatibility with the current and future energy system, making it a sensible solution for the energy transition.

Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia’s fully integrated oil and gas company, is also embracing hydrogen. PETRONAS is leveraging its experience in the production and consumption of grey and blue hydrogen in existing plants and expanding towards green hydrogen as a solution to transforming its energy value chain as well as harnessing the opportunities of a hydrogen-based economy.

This paper will provide insights into the role of hydrogen in PETRONAS’ energy value chain and discuss some of the strategies driving hydrogen efforts. Technological achievements, challenges and future of research and implementations strategy are discussed, from the point of view of PETRONAS and industry.

Biography

Professor Dr. Eng. Nobuyoshi Nakagawa

Division of Environmental Engineering Science

Graduate School of Science and Technology

Gunma University

In 1989, he obtained a doctoral degree in research on a SOFC from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He moved to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gunma University in 1990. He became a full professor at Gunma University in 2005 and continues to this day. His current research interests are technologies related to high performance DMFCs and PEMFCs, including development of new electrode catalysts and electrolyte membranes. He has published more then 170 international journal articles so far. He is a chairman of Division of Energy Engineering, the Society of Chemical Engineering of Japan.

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MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE CATALYST AND CATALYST LAYER FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE DMFCS

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) has attracted a great deal of attention as promising power source for clean and renewable energy applications, due to its high energy density, efficiency and low emissions. However, several challenges still hinder DMFC commercialization, including low performance, high cost and insufficient durability. With respect to the performance improvement, development of breakthrough catalyst has been actively investigated by many researchers applying composites of Pt-based catalyst with nano-sized co-catalysts and 1D or 2D nano-carbon as catalyst support. In those studies, the mass activity on the basis of mass of the precious metal is generally used as an evaluation index of the catalyst.

In case of DMFC, it is necessary to apply a relatively large amount of catalyst to the MEA compare to that of the hydrogen fuel cell. This means the thickness of the catalyst layer increase, suggesting that the structure of the catalyst layer becomes critical for the fuel cell performance relating to the distribution of active reaction site, the mass and ion transport resistances. Therefore, in order to realize a high-performance DMFC, the macro and micro-structures of the catalyst layer are important. It is effective to make the active reaction sites as dense as possible on the surface of the electrolyte membrane, but in terms of mass transfer resistance, a certain volume of pores is necessary. It is a trade-off relationship, so it is not a simple matter. In particular, for fine particle catalysts in the shape of 1D or 2D, not only the activity of the catalyst itself but also the evaluation as a catalyst layer is indispensable.

Based on the previous studies on the structure of catalyst layer of DMFC including the authors works, structure for the highly active catalyst layer and the catalyst for that purpose will be considered.

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Selected papers will be published in journals indexed by WoS/Scopus/MyCite: Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences (MJAS), Journal of Engineering (Jurnal Kejuruteraan), and International Journal of Integrated Engineering (IJIE).

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