The 2nd i-TREC 2017 topics are covered by three symposia, namely:
Symposium 1: Renewable Energy System and Regulation The following topics will be included in this symposium (but will not be limited to):
Renewable energy business and economics
Smart grid and smart city
Low energy building and eco-architecture
Innovative and ecologically sensible design
Wind energy
Solar energy and solar cells
Hydrogen and fuel cell
Energy efficiency and storage
Hydropower energy
Modeling and simulation for energy storage and conversion devices
Electrochemical process and supercapacitors
Sustainability and regulation
Marine renewable energy conversion
Symposium 2: Biomass and Biotechnology The following topics will be included in this symposium (but will not be limited to):
Advanced thermal and chemical processes
Waste to energy
Biomass industries and application
Process chemistry and technology
Recent advances in petrochemistry and engineering
Life-cycles analysis
Biomass conversion technologies for liquid and gaseous fuels, chemicals and materials
Biomass conversion technologies for heating, cooling and electricity
Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
Bioenergy in integrated energy system
Biogas and landfill gas
Greenhouse gas balances of biomass and bioenergy system
Advanced biofuels technology
Symposium 3: Multifunctional and Advanced Materials for Renewable Energy Applications The following topics will be included in this symposium (but will not be limited to):
Carbon, graphene, oxides, composites/nanocomposites and mesostructured materials
Catalyst and intelligent/smart materials
Advanced superconducting, magnetic and material technologies
Lithium, sodium, magnesium and potassium ion batteries
Photocatalytic and electrochemical water splitting
Electrolyte and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices