On Wednesday (21/2), the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia (FTUI) held a guest lecture at the Smart Meeting Room, FTUI Dean Building. This guest lecture invited Associate Prof. Dr. Md Hasanuzzaman from the University of Malaya. He gave lectures in 3 consecutive days as a series of Seminar Series of Future Energy events. The guest lecture on the first day was moderated by Prof. Dr. Ir. Adi Surjosatyo, M.Eng. and attended by students from the Energy System Engineering Study Program FTUI.
Starting the first day of this guest lecture, Prof. Dr. Ir. Yanuar, M.Eng., M.Sc. as Vice Dean for Education, Research and Student Affairs, gave his speech, “I would like to welcome all participants and speakers who attend the 2024 Seminar Series of Future Energy. We are very pleased to be able to organize this event and present speakers who are competent in their fields. This event was held with the aim of providing a forum for sharing knowledge and discussing energy-related discussions. I hope all participants can actively participate in the discussion and presentation later.”
In his presentation entitled Energy for Sustainable Development and Sustainability Concept, Dr. Hasan discussed the issue of energy, both from the demand and supply sides. According to him, in general, with the continued increase in the population of mankind, the demand or need for energy will always increase.
“Then the choice is how we reduce energy use or we can increase energy supply. From the supply side, we can see that our energy sector is still dominated by fossil fuels with a percentage of 80%. This has an impact on emissions that continue to increase with CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere having reached 424 ppm as of May 2023. So the next issue is how we can meet the energy increase, and on the other hand reduce CO2 emissions, without sacrificing development and economic growth,” explained Dr. Hasan.
Closing the presentation, Dr. Hasan presented three potential solutions to major energy challenges. The first is innovation and the use of green energy technology. The second is a good policy for energy technology. And the third is innovation and utilization of energy storage technology.
Dean of FTUI, Prof. Dr. Ir. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU., said, “We really appreciate this lecture considering we need to carry out sustainable development. This lecture is expected to be able to open our horizons related to sustainable development and provide answers to major energy-related challenges in the future.”
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