Discussion 3 - 1 Power Point

1. A Look Into Energy Policy
A POWERpoint by Gabriel Campos
“Green Energy Lightbulb”

2. Energy Policy:
What is it?
“Energy policie are the actions governments take to affect the demand for energy as well as the supply of it.
These actions include the ways in which governments cope with energy supply disruptions and their efforts
to influence energy consumption and economic growth.” (Encylopedia.com)
“Conundrum Of
Energy Policy”

3. Why Have Energy Policy?
▪Carbon mitigation is one of the main points of
energy policy.
▪The burning of coal, oil, and other fossil fuels is the
leading cause of the greenhouse effect.
▪Because reliance on fossil fuels has such a
devastating impact on our environment, not to mention
the increasing financial burden it causes, a shift to
renewable resources is a necessary action.

4. Bioenery
Driving Economies
“Biomass affords sustainable growth through
decreasing financial and ecological
expenditures concerning transport and
contributes to national energy security by
diminishing the reliance on fossil fuels”
(Armeanu et al.)
In their article, "Does Renewable Energy Drive
Sustainable Economic Growth? Multivariate Panel
Data Evidence for EU-28 Countries," Armeanu et
al. concluded that for the 28 countries they
studied, gross domestic product per capita actually
increased when diverting to renewable resources
“BioEnergy Investment”

5. What Is Biomass?
Biomass is organic material recycled for the use of
energy production and can include: wood, yard
waste, plants, animal and human waste, etc.
“Substituting biomass for fossil fuels in the energy
system for uses such as generating electricity or
creating liquid fuels could reduce CO2 emissions.”
(Wise et al.)
“Substituting biomass for fossil fuels in the
energy system for uses such as generating
electricity or creating liquid fuels could reduce
CO2 emissions.” (Wise et al.)
“Types of Biomass”
“Bioenergy”

6. Other Types of Bioenergy
▪Hydropower
▪Geothermal energy
▪Wind power
▪Solar energy
“EITF- Lightbulb”
Many countries around the world are
instituting energy policy in order to mitigate
climate change and pollution, seeing it as
necessary for the future of our people and
planet. “In order to be sustainable, a
renewable resource should be
boundless, but without harming the
environment, whereas a sustainable
energy should be inexpensive over an
extended period, while satisfying the
community desires and fitting with
actual and future civil rules” (Keles
and Bilgen).

7. Works CitedArmeanu, Daniel Ştefan, et al. "Does Renewable Energy Drive Sustainable Economic Growth? Multivariate Panel
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“Green Energy Lightbulb”. Sandra.. Wallpapermania.eu, 7 May 2012, http://www.wallpapermania.eu/wallpaper/green-energy-light-
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Joachim. “The Condundrum of Energy Policy.” Green Rhino Energy, 18 February 2013, http://www.greenrhinoenergy.com/blog/?
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Keleş, S. and S. Bilgen. "Renewable Energy Sources in Turkey for Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Sustainability." Renewable &
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