MEEM Group for Renewable Energy
Aim
The group aims to expand research into clean energy. The initial focus will be primarily on harvesting energy of the ocean and sunlight, and on producing bio-fuel from rice husks and electricity from waste energy of machines. These plentiful renewable resources are all around Hong Kong.
Members
- Dr. TSE, W.T., Peter
- Dr. DJORDJEVICH, Alexandar
- Dr. MA, Weiyin
- Dr. TAM, Hon Yuen
- Dr. LI, C.L., Eric
- Dr. LUK, Bing Lam
- Dr. HUI, K.S., Oscar
Needs and Challenges
International consensus has been building about dramatic effects of pollution. The evidence is overwhelming. Hong Kong API records and HK Government’s urgency to clear the air attest to the omnipresent local effects. The Central Government has mobilized too. Entire industrial regions were shut down for the Olympics. One longer-term course of action is reportedly shifting of production capacities inland to reduce pollution in major centers. Such shutting down or diluting by spreading pollution over large area attests to the need for research into clean and renewable energy sources. Nobody disputes the benefits of pollution-free energy. What is being challenged is primarily the potential to produce it in quantity. Renewable energy sources are expected to provide 8 percent of the total electricity for USA in 2010 [1]. Europe is leading the way by far with the ambitious 21 percent prediction [2]. These predictions are limited by complexity of research problems needing solutions. We are trying to contribute. Our ongoing endeavour is represented by the following projects (click):
- Capturing Sea Energy
- Flexible Photovoltaic Window Curtains (PDF - 95KB)
- Ethanol from Rice Husks
- Electricity from Waste Energy of Machines (PDF - 119KB)
References:
- Clean Energy Solutions, NHPIRG Education Fund, 2002.
- "Energy for The Future: Renewable Sources of Energy", European Commission, http://ec.europa.eu/energy/res/index_en.htm
Last modified on 8 April, 2009