This document discusses various energy resources and their relationship to earthquakes. It provides an overview of different energy sources including fossil fuels, renewable sources, and nuclear energy. It notes that production, refining, and distribution sites for energy are considered critical facilities that are subject to risks from earthquakes. Large earthquakes can damage these sites, and operations like drilling for oil and gas or injecting waste water have been linked to induced seismicity. The document emphasizes the importance of ongoing seismic monitoring near critical energy infrastructure to help understand background activity and identify any anomalous changes that could signal increased earthquake risk. Taiwan is highlighted as an area of high seismic hazard where proper evaluation of risk is important given its energy facilities.
This document summarizes the proceedings of the 2014 Energy Science Education Symposium held at Tsinghua University and Taiwan Normal University. It includes the agenda for each location, with speakers giving presentations on topics like renewable and sustainable energy, energy and earthquakes, and energy and national development. One presentation by Dr. Jiang Ren Tai discusses how most energy on Earth comes indirectly from nuclear fusion in the sun or directly from nuclear fission in power plants. It notes that while renewable energy is growing, technologies are still expensive and intermittent. Nuclear power produces no carbon emissions and very small amounts of other pollutants compared to fossil fuel power.
This document discusses various energy resources and their relationship to earthquakes. It provides an overview of different energy sources including fossil fuels, renewable sources, and nuclear energy. It notes that production, refining, and distribution sites for energy are considered critical facilities that are subject to risks from earthquakes. Large earthquakes can damage these sites, and operations like drilling for oil and gas or injecting waste water have been linked to induced seismicity. The document emphasizes the importance of ongoing seismic monitoring near critical energy infrastructure to help understand background activity and identify any anomalous changes that could signal increased earthquake risk. Taiwan is highlighted as an area of high seismic hazard where proper evaluation of risk is important given its energy facilities.
This document summarizes the proceedings of the 2014 Energy Science Education Symposium held at Tsinghua University and Taiwan Normal University. It includes the agenda for each location, with speakers giving presentations on topics like renewable and sustainable energy, energy and earthquakes, and energy and national development. One presentation by Dr. Jiang Ren Tai discusses how most energy on Earth comes indirectly from nuclear fusion in the sun or directly from nuclear fission in power plants. It notes that while renewable energy is growing, technologies are still expensive and intermittent. Nuclear power produces no carbon emissions and very small amounts of other pollutants compared to fossil fuel power.