Going global with sustainable solar
“I believe OYW is a great place for helping to focus on a cleaner, brighter and greener side of the energy debate, and charting out plans favouring clean energy technologies under UN Sustainable Development Goal 7. It’s also a fantastic opportunity for me to take my research to a global level and maximize its impact.” – Ms Gurleen Kaur
Ms. Gurleen Kaur is a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and also a Research Associate in Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), NUS. She was awarded the 2019 BP Advancing Energy Scholarship to attend the One Young World Summit in London, United Kingdom. (https://www.oneyoungworld.com/news-item/30-young-leaders-building-carbon-neutral-futures-attend-oyw2019-bp-scholarship) This scholarship is for young leaders who are focused on advancing the energy transition, creating low carbon businesses, and mitigating the impact of climate change. Thirty exceptional individuals in the energy sector were chosen by BP plc from a competitive pool of over 2,500 applicants around the globe.
Ms. Kaur has also been featured as one of the eleven young leaders tackling the need for cleaner energy in 2019 by BP-Magazine at One Young World Summit London 2019, 22 – 25 Oct 2019, London, UK. (https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/news-and-insights/bp-magazine/future-energy-leaders.html)”
Gurleen’s doctoral research focuses on developing low-cost and high-efficiency solution architectures for industrial solar cells. She also works on screening low cost, biodegradable, novel material alternatives (organic PEDOT:PSS) in collaboration with the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore. She along with her team has published over 12 journal articles, book chapters, and given over 20 talks at a variety of conferences, institutions, including International Energy Agency on Energy Efficiency and Standards and the Singapore-Asia Pacific Meet and public outreach events detailing her research in renewable energies.
She is also the founder of ‘Solisfix’ aimed at addressing insurance and maintenance issues of solar products in South East Asia.
