It depicts energy landscape for the 21 century, and it does comparisons on energy cost, water use, energy density, and emissions.

1. ENERGY SUPPLY SCENARIO IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
ASSETS
(1)
GWh/ha
FUELS
HYDRO
POWER
CSP
POWER
PV
POWER
DEPENDENT ON RESERVES
OFFSHORE
WIND
Ivanpah Solar
US
703 GWh/2016
Area: 1420 ha
100
Topaz Solar
US
1266 GWh/2016
Area: 2500 ha
London Array
UK
2500 GWh/2015
Area: 12200 ha
(1)
m3
/GWh
Hidrelétrica Itaipu
Brasil
89500 GWh/2015
Area: 135000 ha
100
(1) Vicente Fachina – PETROBRAS, 2017
(2) U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2015
(3) Includes replacing combustion reactions by redox ones, and supercritical working fluids
100 t CO2e
/ GWh
GolfechI
France
17041 GWh/2008
Area: 136 ha
103
102
101
Fluvial water
Aceca-4 Fenosa
Spain
1563 GWh/2009
Area: 7 ha
200
Hellisheidi
Iceland
703 MW @ 90%
Area: 1151 ha
ONSHORE
WIND
Alta Wind Array
US
2680 GWh/2015
Area: 3600 ha
GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
●
TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY, WATER EFFICIENCY(3)
●
TO USE PRIMARY SOURCES WITH NO HARMFUL EMISSONS
●
TO USE Th-BASED NUCLEAR FISSION
●
TO USE FUSION NUCLEAR FUSION
(2)
US$/MWh
100
200
NUCLEAR