MORE research needs to be conducted into developing renewable energy
sources, a senior official from the Prime Minister's Office said yesterday at
the First International Conference on Sustainable Future Energy 2012.
"Increased application of
renewable energy sources (is a) clear way to meet increasing oil and gas
demand," Hj Azhar Hj Yahya, permanent secretary (upstream) at the Prime
Minister's Office, said.
More than a hundred local and
international visitors attended the conference, which was held alongside the
10th Sustainable Energy and Environment Forum at the Centrepoint Hotel, Gadong.
Hj Azhar said advances in
technology had made renewable energy more affordable. "We have already
seen how the overall cost of producing solar cells, for example, has decreased
dramatically over the last ten years through technological research," he
said, adding that the next generation of flexible solar cells was likely to
fall further.
The permanent secretary praised
the research into green technology being conducted at Universiti Brunei
Darussalam (UBD) that is being backed by the Energy Research Group, with the
support of the Energy Department and the Department of Economic Planning and
Development.
He said considerable advances had
been made into low-cost solid oxide fuel cells, high efficiency dye sensitised
solar cells, low-speed wind turbines and thin film and coatings for energy
conservation and generation.
The permanent secretary added
that the next phase of research and development funding should be targeted at
design, manufacturing and commercialisation of functional materials, energy
materials, energy devices and systems to assist the diversification of the
Brunei economy, in addition to upstream and downstream oil and gas industries.
He also praised UBD for investing
in a new science and technology research building, as well as developments in
training local Bruneians in various areas of renewable energy sources.
"With the introduction of a
new fully integrated technology degree in August 2013, I am confident that UBD
will take up the challenge and provide training opportunities to local
technologists with practical skills in design and manufacturing," he said.
KOO JIN SHEN
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