Deep Dive Workshop
Digital Innovations for Just Energy Transition
Thursday, 6 June 2025
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (GMT +8)
Digitalization is a catalyst and the key to just and clean energy transition as it enhances and optimizes development, operation and management of clean energy solutions. Digital innovations provide the requisite platform for decarbonization of energy systems through data sharing, analysis as well as demand and supply optimization. They increase productivity, efficiency, safety, security, reliability and sustainability of clean energy solutions. Despite their high relevance, digital innovations are yet to be fully mainstreamed and operationalized due to prevailing gaps and barriers on information, infrastructure and skills/knowledge.
There are already various attempts by multiple actors including GIZ to fill the gaps and to overcome the barriers for digital transformation in just energy transition. There is a need for dissemination of knowledge, skills and experiences to a wider audience active in just energy transition. In this backdrop, GIZ together with other partners / stakeholders are sharing examples of real experiences from the countries in Asia and the Pacific regarding development and application of innovative digital tools in the field of clean energy.
AGENDA
9:00 - 9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Objective
Narayan Prasad Chaulagain, Senior Energy Specialist, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programme, GIZ Nepal
9:10 - 9:20 a.m.
Opening Remarks
ADB
9:20 - 10:15 a.m.
Pecha Kucha Presentations
Towards a Just Energy Transition: Empowering Island Fishery Communities Through Smart Solar-Powered Ice Production
Emy Aditya Pramita Sari, Energy Advisor for Solar Cooling Project, GIZ Indonesia
From Data to Decisions: SIPET and the Power Policy Tracker for Smarter Transitions
Maximilian Heil, Project Coordinator, GIZ Thailand
Digital Management of Green Investment Project Pipelines in the Commercial & Industrial Sector: An Application Use Case
Eunice Doan (Doan Tran Thao Nguyen), Energy Advisor, GIZ Vietnam
Digital Innovations for Demand-Responsive Cooling in India and China
Prasun Pandey, Manager, CLASP
Empowering Local Governments Through Digital Innovation: Advancing Municipal Energy Plans for Just Energy Transitions
Bikash Uprety, Energy Specialist, GIZ Nepal
Technologies & Digitalization for Just Energy Transition
Akilur Rahman, CTO, Hitachi Energy India
10:15 - 10:25 a.m.
Q&A and Interaction
10:25 - 10:30 a.m.
Closing of Morning Session
GIZ
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:05 a.m.
Opening and Objective
Narayan Prasad Chaulagain, Senior Energy Specialist, GIZ Nepal
11:05 - 11:25 a.m.
Keynote Address: Digital Innovations for Clean Energy Transition: A Perspective from a Liberalized Market
Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, Under Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), the Philippines
11:25 - 12:25 p.m.
Expert Panel Discussion: Accelerating Just Energy Transition Through Digital Transformation and Innovation
Moderator: Jacqueline Lam, Regional Director for Asia at SEforALL
Panel Theme: Enabling Just Energy Transition Through Digitalisation for Appliance-Level Demand Response and Grid Resilience
Panelists:
Cuong Nguyen Mau, Head of Siemens Power Technologies International – Southeast Asia
Reena Suri, Executive Director, India Smart Grid Forum
Demand response in cooling appliances
Prasun Pandey, Manager, CLASP
Smart RAC: WiFi enabled technologies
Pooja Sharma, Country Director, Practical Action Nepal
Digital Innovations for e-cooking market development
Nawa Raj Dhakal, Executive Director, Alternative Energy Promotion Centre, Government of Nepal
Enabling policy environments for modern energy solutions through digital innovations
Frederic Tesfay, Energy Team Lead, GIZ Philippines
Looking ahead: Philippines' National Acceleration and ASEAN Collaboration for Digital Solutions supporting Just Energy Transition
12:25 - 12:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Narayan Prasad Chaulagain, Senior Energy Specialist, GIZ Nepal
SPEAKERS
Narayan Prasad Chaulagain
Senior Energy Specialist, GIZ
Emy Aditya Pramita Sari
Energy Advisor for Technology Development and Demonstration, GIZ
Maximilian Heil
Project Coordinator, CASE, GIZ GmbH
Eunice Doan
Energy Advisor, GIZ
Prasun Pandey
Manager, CLASP
Bikash Uprety
Energy Specialist, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) Nepal
Akilur Rahman
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Market Innovation - South Asia, Hitachi Energy India
Frederic Tesfay
GIZ Philippines
Rowena Cristina Guevara
Undersecretary, Department of Energy
Jacqueline Lam
Regional Director for Asia, Sustainable Energy for All
Cuong Nguyen Mau
Head of Siemens Power Technologies International, Southeast Asia, Siemens Limited
Reena Suri
Executive Director, India Smart Grid Forum
Pooja Sharma
Country Director, Practical Action
Frederic Tesfay
Energy Team Lead, GIZ Philippines
Nawa Raj Dhakal
Executive Director, AEPC