• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Dr. Jay Mariyappan

PETRONAS

Head of New Energy

Dr. Jay Mariyappan joined Petronas in Oct, 2018 as Head of New Energy, a new business unit that has been set up within the PETRONAS Group to focus on clean energy. He has 20+ years working experience in the power industry and financial services with a focus on clean energy. His previous experiences varied from utility planning, project development, investments, operations, trading and business development in Europe, USA, Asia and Africa. He spent 10 years at a Singapore based Renewable Energy developer where he was a Managing Director responsible for delivery, sales and trading of environmental products in Asia, and business development in South East Asia. Prior to that he was a Vice President, based in London, at a Global financial services firm where he focused on Clean Energy in India and other parts of Asia. Other roles include utility planning at a major utility power company and as an energy specialist at a renewable engineering company, where he was also seconded to the UK Government to advise on climate change mitigation projects and policy. He holds a PhD from Imperial College, London in decentralized energy systems, a Master’s in Environmental Management from University of Nottingham, UK and an Executive MBA from Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern, USA) and HKUST (Hong Kong).

Sessions With Dr. Jay Mariyappan

Thursday, 12 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Where Is the New Engine for Renewables Growth in Asia?
    Power & Renewables

    Given bullish growth rates in power demand and strong policy support from government, Asian countries are seeing a wave of renewable developments. However, conventional thermal generations are still on the roadmap of most countries. How are renewable markets developing in Asian countries beyond China and India? What is the status of recent Asian renewable developments? What are recent policy changes that support renewables? How will renewables work together with coal and gas in the fuel mix? Where are the opportunities for international renewable players in Asian markets?

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Solar Power: Are we on a new cost curve?
    Power & Renewables

    Photovoltaics costs have decreased dramatically over the past decade, mostly driven by a sustained decline in module costs, which have fallen nearly 90% on average between 2010 and 2020. Going forward, further decreases are expected but the sources of improvements could be more diverse. Further gains could come from a combination of incremental cost reduction to existing technological platforms, but also through the emergence of new technologies. At the same time, the focus is shifting from reducing capex to increasing the value over the lifetime of a project. How well positioned is the supply chain to deliver on future cost reductions? How can past cost reductions be sustained in the future? What new technologies are on the horizon? How likely their success? What potential for cost reduction is there beyond the module?