Title:
Smart Grid Development in China
Abstract:
Ian Rowlands has just returned from participation on a Canadian ‘Smart Grid’ trade mission to China. With Canadian government, business and academic representatives, he travelled to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Nanjing to meet Chinese counterparts and to explore potential collaborations. In this seminar, Prof. Rowlands will report upon this trip, identifying key contemporary issues in China’s significant advances in the smart grid space, as well as reflecting upon his experience in this trade mission more broadly.
Bio:
Presented by Prof. Ian Rowlands - Associate Director, Global Initiatives, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy & Professor, Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo.
Prof. Ian Rowlands is recognised as a thought leader in the smart grid space in Ontario, and nationally in Canada. He has worked with – and continues to work with – a range of groups on these issues, including Natural Resources Canada, the Ontario Energy Board, the Independent Electricity System Operator and the Ontario Power Authority.