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Description: Webinar recording - One Year Later&ioskeysep; the Impact of the US Inflation...
Webinar description
Together with U.S. alternative fuel and refining experts Kristin Moore and Terrence Higgins, SGS INSPIRE Jorge Sierra and Claire Couet will explore the IRA's impact on:
- the U.S. biofuels sector, and bioenergy in general
- the hydrogen landscape, accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy in the U.S.
- the U.S. aviation industry with a particular focus on the IRA's potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in air travel, and the role of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)
- global energy markets and industrial policies in other regions of the world
Discussion topics
Biofuels in Transportation: Biofuels, encompassing biodiesel, ethanol, and advanced variants, offer promise in curbing transportation emissions. The webinar will explore environmental advantages, challenges tied to feedstock sourcing and sustainability.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Advancements: the webinar will delve into SAF production technologies, regulatory standards, industry commitments, and the role of SAF tax credits within the IRA.
Hydrogen in Transportation: the webinar will focus on hydrogen's production methods (green and blue), infrastructure challenges, and the policy and investment landscape, highlighting the IRA's role in promoting hydrogen adoption within transportation.
Target Audience
The webinar is aimed at all professionals involved in the transportation sectors, including refiners and biofuel producers, engine and vehicle parts manufacturers, fuel traders and policymakers.
Language
English
Cost
Live participation at the webinar is free of charge for anyone who registers.
The recording of the webinar are included in the SGS INSPIRE annual subscription.
If you are not subscribed to SGS INSPIRE, you can purchase both by sending us the Purchase Order with all the relevant company details to sgs-inspire@sgs.com
Address
SGS Germany GmbH, Am Neuen Rheinhafen 12a, D-67346 Speyer. For further information, please contact: sgs-inspire@sgs.com.

Speakers

Description: Aida Gonzalez Palomino
Aida Gonzalez Palomino
Chief Analyst, SGS INSPIRE

Aida manages content for SGS INSPIRE and leads its team of analysts. She is an expert in energy and transport policy.

Aida joined SGS INSPIRE in May 2019, as a market analyst responsible for the Americas region. She is an expert in energy-related issues, mostly fuel quality, electricity, transport and environment, and has 14 years of experience in consulting, policy development and market analysis in Europe and Latin America.

Prior to joining SGS INSPIRE, Aida was the energy policy director at the Spanish Photovoltaic Association, and an advisor at the European Electricity Association, where she did policy development work for renewable electricity, advising governments and industry. She was manager for Latin America at Hart Energy, where she covered fuel quality regulation and biofuel markets. She also worked as a project manager for a German photovoltaic company.

Aida has a master’s degree in Chemistry and several postgraduate studies in European law and project management. She holds an executive master’s degree in Business Administration and speaks Spanish, English, German, Dutch and French.

aida.gonzalezpalomino@sgs.com

Description: Chee Yin Lee
Chee Yin Lee
Market Analyst for Asia Pacific, SGS INSPIRE

Chee Yin Lee is a chemical engineer and expert focuses on fuel quality regulation, conventional & biofuels market, and transport policy. Based in Singapore, Chee Yin is a market analysis for Asia & Oceania region, mainly covering China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is an expert in biofuels market and transport policy.

Chee Yin holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. He speaks Chinese, Cantonese and English.

cheeyin.lee@sgs.com

Description: Couet Claire
Claire Couet
Business Development Manager, SGS INSPIRE

Claire is in charge of representing SGS INSPIRE in Brussels, as the capital of Europe. She contributes to the promotion of all SGS INSPIRE activities. She positions SGS INSPIRE market intelligence services with a broad range of stakeholders and works on expanding the client portfolio.

Claire joined SGS INSPIRE in July 2023, as a business development manager for Europe. She is an expert in EU public affairs and brings in 11 years of experience in campaigning in the areas of energy, climate and environment policies. Prior to joining SGS INSPIRE, Claire held the positions of Policy Director at the European solar industry association (SolarPower Europe) and Public Affairs & Communications Director at the European paper industry association (Cepi). Previously, she worked for the European Electricity sector as a policy advisor as well as public affairs consultant advising European and global companies in the energy and transport sector. Claire has a Masters Degree in Political Sciences and International Relations from Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence (France) as well as a post-graduate certification in people management from ICHEC, Brussels Management School. She speaks French, English, Spanish and Italian.

claire.couet@sgs.com

Description: Daria Kochetkova
Daria Kochetkova
Market Analyst for Europe and Eurasia, SGS INSPIRE

Daria recently joined SGS INSPIRE in March 2023 as a Market Analyst for CIS countries, Western Balkans and Turkey. She is an expert in fuel production, fuel quality regulation, and market analysis. Daria has extensive research experience in fuel production and development, including biofuels.

Before joining SGS INSPIRE, Daria was working in Academia in the field of novel approaches for the production of liquid fuels from biomass. She was researching synthetic biodiesel via catalytic hydrotreating. Daria holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Environment. She speaks Russian, English, Czech, Spanish, and German.

daria.kochetkova@sgs.com

Description: Dhanisha Juleemun
Dhanisha Juleemun
Market Analyst for Europe and Africa, SGS INSPIRE

Dhanisha joined SGS INSPIRE in April 2021 as a Market Analyst for Europe and Africa. Her expertise is focused on fuel product development for both diesel and gasoline vehicles across the globe, as well as forecasting the trend for new technologies in the energy sector. She has 8 years experience working in product development for fuels and lubricant; analyzing vehicle parc to design engine tests, assessing new additive chemistries, new trends in engine technology and fuel composition.

Before joining SGS INSPIRE, Dhanisha was a Technology Analyst at bp where she led the techno-economic assessment and impact of emerging technologies to shape the strategy for business growth. She also inputted key recommendations to the senior executive team, on how technology can reduce carbon emissions in outdoor farming to achieve net zero through bioenergy production. Prior to this role, she was the Fuel Technology lead for the introduction of bp E10 fuels in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and China provinces. She has also delivered new bp fuel claims in Australia and supported the launch of fuels in new markets such as India, Indonesia, and Mexico.

Her previous roles at bp includes Marine Lubricant technologist and Analytical technician for lubricant development.

Dhanisha has a Master’s in chemistry and holds a Chartership status (CChem) by the Royal Society of Chemistry. She speaks English, French, Hindi and Mauritian Creole.

dhanisha.juleemun@sgs.com

Description: Henry Gomez
Henry Gomez
Market Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, SGS INSPIRE

Henry joined SGS INSPIRE in August 2022, as a market analyst covering Latin American and the Caribbean region. He is experienced in energy-related issues, mostly as technical support in oil commerce. He has a strong knowledge of trade and international oil policy and business development, including market monitoring, identification of new opportunities, and valuation to access new markets.

He has 13 years of experience researching, planning, pricing, forecasting and market analysis worldwide. Before joining SGS INSPIRE, Henry was a Senior Oil Market Analyst in the oil industry, forecasting crude oil and its product prices and evaluating the commercial value of different grades of crude oil and refining products. He prepared various market reports and performed heavy crude price forecasts with netback parity using dedicated software and tools, considering market fundamentals simultaneously. Previously, he was a Planning Analyst at the National Oil Company of Venezuela, developing strategic plans.

He is a Geochemistry professional with a Master’s Degree in Politics and International Oil Trade.

henry.gomezc@sgs.com

Description: Jorge_Sierra
Jorge Sierra
Market Analyst for North America, SGS INSPIRE

Based in Mexico City, Jorge joined SGS INSPIRE in 2023 as market analyst and business development manager for the North America Region. He has 15 years of experience in market analysis and consulting for the energy and finance industries, with proven expertise in performing economic research, outlining financial insights, regulatory & sector risks, and delivering market intelligence.

Before joining SGS INSPIRE, Jorge was the upstream senior research analyst for Wood Mackenzie for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, where he was responsible for carrying out financial and economic valuations of upstream assets as well as conducting economic analysis and writing market insights on topics such as commercial developments, oil & gas economics, fiscal regimes, among others. He was a business development consultant for an investment boutique firm focused on the O&G industry in Mexico.

Jorge also has vast experience in the financial sector, having worked in the investment banking division of Citigroup Latin America team developing financial and economic models for several industries. Jorge holds a B.A. in Economics and is currently a candidate to earn an Energy Law & Regulation degree.

jorge.sierra@sgs.com

Description: Lucky Nurafiatin
Lucky Nurafiatin
Senior Market Analyst for Asia Pacific, SGS INSPIRE

Lucky is the Sales Manager and Market Analyst for the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, she has more than 17 years of experience in policy analysis on fuel specifications, emissions, sustainability and alternative fuels.

As a Market Analyst, she understands the fuel market dynamics in the Asia Pacific region very well. Lucky also advises governments and refiners in the region on fuel and biofuel specification standards and policy implementations.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia and a master’s degree in Business Administration from SP Jain School of Global Management, Singapore.

Prior to joining SGS INSPIRE, Lucky spent more than ten years with Hart Energy in Singapore and has more than 15 years of experience in various roles in the manufacturing industry in Indonesia. Lucky also founded the Triumvirate Learning Centre in Jakarta, to teach fun science and math to scholars.

lucky.nurafiatin@sgs.com

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