The Workshop on Energy Transition and Scaling-up Renewable Energy, in the form of online,  was successfully held in Tianjin, China on 18 September 2020. Dr. Hongpeng LIU, Director of Energy Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Prof. Nedjib Djilali, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Dr. Yongping ZHAI, Chief of Energy Sector Group, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Secretariat of APEC Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET) and approximately 50 experts, scholars and researchers from 10 APEC economies and 2 European economies participated in the workshop.

The workshop was co-chaired by Prof. Jinlong MA, Vice President of APSEC and Dr. Yong SUN, Researcher of APSEC. On behalf of ENGRET, Dr. Tarcy Sih-Ting Jhou gave the opening remarks. The themes of Workshop’s two session are “Innovative Approaches of Scaling-up Renewable Energy” and “Roadmap and Practices of Energy Transition”. 14 experts gave excellent presentations and had heated discussions on related subjects during each of the two sessions. In 2014 APEC Leaders Declaration, the goal of “doubling the share of renewables in the APEC energy mix, including in power generation, from 2010 levels by 2030.” was put forward. APSEC has been actively seeking for cooperation with more economies, international organizations and research institutions toward effective energy transition and supporting to achieve the APEC renewables doubling goal.