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Associate Professor Dr Bundit Fungtammasan, Director of The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand presents this joint Centre for Environmental Policy/Porter Alliance seminar.
Abstract: Thailand has put in place a fairly ambitious renewable energy policy, with a target for modern renewable energy deployment set at 9.5% of total energy consumption by 2011. Attractive incentives have been introduced for electricity generated from different renewable technologies, resulting in rapid increase in the use of biomass for heat and power. The biofuels industry has also taken off and in last 3 years, and bioethanol production has jumped to about 1 million litres/day and biodiesel to 1.2 million litres/day.
In this seminar Dr Fungtammasan will give an overview of Thailand’s renewable energy policies and programs focusing on bioenergy and biofuels. It will address fundamental questions such as: are there enough resources to meet these targets? What about the life cycle energy balance and GHG emission reduction? Are energy crops competing with food crops for land?
Biography: Dr. Bundit Fungtammasan obtained a BE (Hons I) and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok in 1981, and taught there for about 20 years in the areas of thermofluids and combustion science. His positions have included Dean of Engineering and Vice President for Research and Development. His research interests are centered on combustion and energy utilisation. In 2002 he was appointed Director of the Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, of King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, a graduate education and research consortium involving five universities. He is currently directing an energy policy research project aimed at promoting the development and deployment of renewable energy and improving energy efficiency.