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Post Date: 08-February-2023
Lecture on "Powering the Future with Sunlight"

On Tuesday 31 January, Prof Zhao Tianshou, Chair Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, the Southern University of Science and Technology, presented a lecture on “Powering the Future with Sunlight” at our school.

In attendance were the Principal Mr. Dennis Yuen, teachers interested in the topic, our IAL students and a group of students from St. Louis School.

An academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Zhao is serving as our honorary lecturer. He started the lecture by discussing fossil energy consumption, climate change and the importance of carbon neutrality. This was followed by an explanation of how sustainable energy could be generated and stored with cutting-edge technologies. The lecture concluded with the groundbreaking concept of using electrically rechargeable liquid fuels in solar energy storage.

In the Q&A session, our students asked some insightful questions about energy storage technologies and the implementation.

The lecture encouraged the students to apply scientific knowledge in daily life and contribute to the sustainable development of the world.