The document proposes a plan to transition Australia to 100% renewable energy within 10 years. It outlines how solar thermal power and wind could supply 100% of Australia's stationary energy needs by 2020 through a national smart grid system. The plan estimates renewable energy costs would be lower than fossil fuels and includes feasibility analyses showing the technical and economic viability of the transition.
The document proposes a plan to transition Australia to 100% renewable energy within 10 years. It argues renewable energy technologies like solar and wind could provide baseload power and are now cost competitive. The plan involves building large solar thermal plants and installing thousands of wind turbines across Australia to meet its energy needs. It asserts the transition would create jobs, improve national and regional security, and save money compared to fossil fuels over time.
Solar Power Construction Project Engineer in NYCalvinarnold843
The Wesson Group offers Alternative Energy Construction including Wind Power Engineering, Hydroelectric Construction, and Solar Power Construction Projects.
BrillPower is developing new battery technology to revolutionize energy storage. Their technology aims to provide smarter control for longer battery lifetime (up to 60% longer), lower costs, and higher performance compared to conventional batteries. Prototype testing showed their technology extended battery capacity by 46% over more cycles compared to conventional batteries. Their business model involves licensing their battery management system technology to battery makers and electric vehicle companies. The global energy storage market is estimated to reach $23.1 billion by 2026, presenting a major opportunity for BrillPower's technology to reduce battery waste and CO2 emissions.
Renewable energy revolutionizes the energy industryDoris Capurro
“The Stone Age didn’t end for lack of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil”, said Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani. Are we experiencing the end of the oil addiction?
17. NECS 2016 _ Energy_ Evolving power situation and investment opportunities...FICCINorthEast
Presentation made at 3rd Northeast Connectivity Summit on Evolving power situation and investment opportunities by Mr.S. K. Rakesh, Principal Secretary, Power, Govt of Tripura
The document discusses a new report by researchers at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in the UK. The CAT has a history of pointing towards a sustainable energy future for Britain. Their new report, called "Zero Carbon Britain 2030", describes in detail how the UK could transition to a zero carbon society as early as 2030. The report models how the UK could achieve this transition through steps like rationalizing energy demand, implementing low/zero carbon supply systems, and employing net-negative carbon processes.
The document proposes a plan to transition Australia to 100% renewable energy within 10 years. It argues renewable energy technologies like solar and wind could provide baseload power and are now cost competitive. The plan involves building large solar thermal plants and installing thousands of wind turbines across Australia to meet its energy needs. It asserts the transition would create jobs, improve national and regional security, and save money compared to fossil fuels over time.
Solar Power Construction Project Engineer in NYCalvinarnold843
The Wesson Group offers Alternative Energy Construction including Wind Power Engineering, Hydroelectric Construction, and Solar Power Construction Projects.
BrillPower is developing new battery technology to revolutionize energy storage. Their technology aims to provide smarter control for longer battery lifetime (up to 60% longer), lower costs, and higher performance compared to conventional batteries. Prototype testing showed their technology extended battery capacity by 46% over more cycles compared to conventional batteries. Their business model involves licensing their battery management system technology to battery makers and electric vehicle companies. The global energy storage market is estimated to reach $23.1 billion by 2026, presenting a major opportunity for BrillPower's technology to reduce battery waste and CO2 emissions.
Renewable energy revolutionizes the energy industryDoris Capurro
“The Stone Age didn’t end for lack of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil”, said Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani. Are we experiencing the end of the oil addiction?
17. NECS 2016 _ Energy_ Evolving power situation and investment opportunities...FICCINorthEast
Presentation made at 3rd Northeast Connectivity Summit on Evolving power situation and investment opportunities by Mr.S. K. Rakesh, Principal Secretary, Power, Govt of Tripura
The document discusses a new report by researchers at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in the UK. The CAT has a history of pointing towards a sustainable energy future for Britain. Their new report, called "Zero Carbon Britain 2030", describes in detail how the UK could transition to a zero carbon society as early as 2030. The report models how the UK could achieve this transition through steps like rationalizing energy demand, implementing low/zero carbon supply systems, and employing net-negative carbon processes.
The State of Clean Tech Innovation 2014Frans Nauta
This document summarizes the state of clean technology innovation in areas like wind, solar, storage, electric vehicles, and energy efficiency. It outlines key metrics for each sector such as installed capacity, production costs, and sales. It also profiles major players in the cleantech industry from countries like Denmark, Germany, the US, and China. Finally, it reviews trends in cleantech investment and venture capital funding globally.
This document provides information about various topics related to power generation including different types of power plants (hydro, nuclear, gas, diesel, thermal), sources of energy (renewable like wind, hydro, solar, biomass vs. non-renewable like coal, LPG, natural gas, nuclear, fuel cell), energy consumption per capita in different countries, the share of different energy sources in power generation, installed power generation capacity in India by source, and some key parts and issues involved in thermal power plants. It also discusses electrical safety, power distribution, transmission losses, and common problems and solutions in electrical power systems.
The document proposes installing piezoelectric energy harvesting devices in railway tracks to capture kinetic energy from passing trains and convert it into electrical energy. A prototype in Israel showed that energy from 10-20 trains per hour could generate 120 kWh of electricity per hour, equivalent to £67.40 worth. Over 12 hours daily, a 100m section could produce energy worth £283,100 annually. Piezoelectric devices have no moving parts and can be manufactured cheaply at scale. China is proposed as the location due to its rapid expansion of rail infrastructure, making integration easier.
Andy Technology presents several zero-carbon transportation and power generation solutions using novel air engines and bearings. These include electric and air motor-powered vehicles like bikes, cars, trucks and rail that can achieve double to triple the speed of conventional vehicles using the same horsepower. For power generation, Andy Technology proposes air-powered engines that collect heat from solar concentrators, nuclear plants, geothermal sources or compressed air to drive generators without turbines or boilers. Cost estimates are provided for trial runs of various zero-carbon transportation and concentrated solar power generation systems ranging from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions of dollars.
The document discusses the history and advantages of solar energy. It notes that Frank Shuman built the world's first solar thermal power station in Egypt in 1912-1913. While early solar power development was slowed by World War I and the rise of cheap oil, interest has renewed since the 1970s. Rooftop solar power has many benefits, including reducing transmission losses and land usage. India has significant potential for rooftop solar given the large number of homes, and some states have introduced policies to promote it.
Saba Capital | Solar Outlook | Fuel Cell | Lithium ion batteries | NewsflowBikramjeet Singh Guram
Bloom Energy is a startup that uses fuel cell technology to convert natural gas or biogas into electricity on-site at homes and offices. Their generators provide clean, reliable power without needing the electric grid at a lower cost than grid power. Global prices for lithium-ion batteries are falling and expected to drop to $73 per kWh by 2023-2025 as electric vehicle sales increase demand. The non-electric vehicle battery market is also growing rapidly and expected to increase from 1 GWh currently to 81 GWh by 2024. Amplus plans to set up a 50 MW solar park in Mirzapur, while UP cancelled a 1000 MW solar auction due to higher than expected prices.
The document summarizes the construction of the Knabs Ridge wind farm near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It discusses the local council initially vetoing the plan for eight 300ft turbines due to environmental concerns, but a government inquiry overruled this decision and approved construction. The airport and local council remained opposed, concerned it could interfere with radar and be an eyesore, while supporters argue it is needed to tackle climate change and create jobs through renewable energy.
This document discusses several topics related to renewable energy and energy costs. It provides a table summarizing 14 solar projects in various countries from 2015, including project details like location, size, and client. It also includes charts projecting growth in the frequency drive market from 2009-2015 for motor applications, wind, and solar. Additionally, it lists import duty rates for several countries.
Renewable Energy Innovation - Disruptive Decade Part 1 - Jan 2019Keith Timimi
The first part of the disruptive decade looks at exponential s-curves in technology adoption, and what that has done to the renewable energy and battery markets.
See part two here: https://www.slideshare.net/KeithTimimi/transportation-evs-avs-and-maritime-disruptive-decade-part-2-jan-2019-129340681/
This document discusses the emergence of a "Climate Camelot" - a world shifting from carbon-based energy to non-carbon energy. It describes several technologies that could help drive this transition, including thermal energy storage systems, container-based energy storage for rail transportation of electricity, and wave energy generation. The key is developing market incentives and financial models to make non-carbon technologies economically appealing to users and spur a large-scale paradigm shift away from carbon.
Kigali | Sep-15 | Off-grid Village Initiatives in KenyaSmart Villages
By S. M. Kasanga
To help collect and distil the knowledge and experience from the last 15 months of engagement in East Africa, a concluding workshop was held in Kigali, Rwanda. The workshop brought together over 40 government representatives and other key stakeholders from across the region to share information on progress and remaining challenges, and to reflect on lessons learned.
More info: http://e4sv.org/events/east-africa-workshop/
The document discusses the author's senior project of constructing a magnetic generator as an alternative energy source. It notes that current solar technology is inefficient and expensive. Magnetic generators have zero emissions and can be placed anywhere. The document then discusses issues with fossil fuel usage and the geopolitical impacts. It provides some details about the author's process of building the magnetic generator and challenges faced. It concludes by noting that magnetic generators are no longer the focus of research and that large solar and wind farms have taken their place instead.
Transportation, EVs, AVs and Maritime - Disruptive Decade Part 2 - Jan 2019Keith Timimi
This document discusses disruptions in transportation, including electric vehicles becoming cheaper and more popular than gas vehicles, autonomous vehicles using cheaper LIDAR technology, and the rise of mobility as a service replacing personal car ownership. It also covers emerging electric aviation and maritime technologies like electric planes and ships, as well as autonomous ferries and container ships. Renewable energy technologies like sails and underwater bubbles are improving ship efficiency. The transition to electric, autonomous, and renewable transportation will significantly impact oil demand and create new business models in coming decades.
Can India achieve 100GW Solar Power Generation by 2022? Can Rajasthan develop 25GW? An analysis in the light of Solar PV Roadmap, 2014 by IEA
Installed PV capacity worldwide is 135GW by 2013. Approx. 40GW being added every year. The 210 GW of cumulative capacity projected by IEA by 2020 is being achieved five years earlier. This has made IEA come out with a new Solar PV Roadmap, 2014 where the
capacity expected for 2020 will be double of what was foreseen in the 2010 roadmap.
IEA’s analysis is based on a bottom-up TIMES* model that uses cost optimisation to identify least-cost mixes of energy technologies and fuels to meet energy demand, given availability constraints of natural resources. IEA projects that India can achieve 142GW by 2030 in a high renewable scenario and around 575GW by 2050 wherein PV will contribute to 16% of overall energy generated.
* The Integrated MARKAL (Market Allocation)- EFOM (energy flow optimisation model) System.
Financing clean energy projects in nepal: A practitioner’s perspectiveKushal Gurung
This paper was presented at a discussion program titled "Financing Climate Resilient Development in Nepal:opportunities and Challenges on accessing climate finance" on 7th of March 2017. It was organised by Prakriti Resources Centre (PRC) and Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) with the support of Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).
Entrepreneurship Course -- Pitching for VCjayjstewart
In March/April 2009, I took an entrepreneurship course on pitching for VC funding with a focus on sustainability.
This was a mock up company and my first ever pitch to a panel of industry experts in VC and sustainability. Fun!
If the world is to beat climate change and meet the conditions of the Paris agreement, society must see a fundamental transformation in the way we produce, distribute, and consume energy across transportation, heating, and home and business consumption of electricity. There are many ways to achieve this goal, and only time will tell whether we as a society will succeed and by what means.
For the first of the SPARK webinar series, John Armstrong kicks off with his predictions for the future of the energy sector. He’ll look at 10 key areas which are due to see radical change.
is John right? Has he been too bold, or not bold enough?
The document outlines how to become an entrepreneur in the solar energy sector in India. It discusses the working of solar plants, requirements like land and funding options. It also addresses distributing generated power, necessary government permissions, problems faced by solar plants like dust accumulation, and recommendations such as improving solar panel lifetime through research funding. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions from coal power through increased solar power capacity.
BZE monthly Monday discussion group, presented by Matthew Wright and Patrick Hearps with pictures, vedio of SolarPACES conference in France and Torresol SENER’s Gemasolar solar power tower in Spain.
The document proposes a plan to transition Australia to 100% renewable energy within 10 years. It argues renewable energy technologies like solar and wind could provide baseload power and are now cost competitive. The plan involves building large solar thermal plants and installing thousands of wind turbines across Australia to generate electricity. It also discusses transitioning transport to electric vehicles and public transport to reduce energy demand and make the grid transition feasible.
Schneider Electric provides integrated energy solutions including medium and low voltage power distribution systems, electrical equipment, engineering design services, and prefabricated structures like e-houses and mobile substations. They offer turnkey project delivery from design to installation and commissioning. Their customizable e-house and mobile substation solutions provide plug-and-play functionality to efficiently deliver temporary or permanent power.
The State of Clean Tech Innovation 2014Frans Nauta
This document summarizes the state of clean technology innovation in areas like wind, solar, storage, electric vehicles, and energy efficiency. It outlines key metrics for each sector such as installed capacity, production costs, and sales. It also profiles major players in the cleantech industry from countries like Denmark, Germany, the US, and China. Finally, it reviews trends in cleantech investment and venture capital funding globally.
This document provides information about various topics related to power generation including different types of power plants (hydro, nuclear, gas, diesel, thermal), sources of energy (renewable like wind, hydro, solar, biomass vs. non-renewable like coal, LPG, natural gas, nuclear, fuel cell), energy consumption per capita in different countries, the share of different energy sources in power generation, installed power generation capacity in India by source, and some key parts and issues involved in thermal power plants. It also discusses electrical safety, power distribution, transmission losses, and common problems and solutions in electrical power systems.
The document proposes installing piezoelectric energy harvesting devices in railway tracks to capture kinetic energy from passing trains and convert it into electrical energy. A prototype in Israel showed that energy from 10-20 trains per hour could generate 120 kWh of electricity per hour, equivalent to £67.40 worth. Over 12 hours daily, a 100m section could produce energy worth £283,100 annually. Piezoelectric devices have no moving parts and can be manufactured cheaply at scale. China is proposed as the location due to its rapid expansion of rail infrastructure, making integration easier.
Andy Technology presents several zero-carbon transportation and power generation solutions using novel air engines and bearings. These include electric and air motor-powered vehicles like bikes, cars, trucks and rail that can achieve double to triple the speed of conventional vehicles using the same horsepower. For power generation, Andy Technology proposes air-powered engines that collect heat from solar concentrators, nuclear plants, geothermal sources or compressed air to drive generators without turbines or boilers. Cost estimates are provided for trial runs of various zero-carbon transportation and concentrated solar power generation systems ranging from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions of dollars.
The document discusses the history and advantages of solar energy. It notes that Frank Shuman built the world's first solar thermal power station in Egypt in 1912-1913. While early solar power development was slowed by World War I and the rise of cheap oil, interest has renewed since the 1970s. Rooftop solar power has many benefits, including reducing transmission losses and land usage. India has significant potential for rooftop solar given the large number of homes, and some states have introduced policies to promote it.
Saba Capital | Solar Outlook | Fuel Cell | Lithium ion batteries | NewsflowBikramjeet Singh Guram
Bloom Energy is a startup that uses fuel cell technology to convert natural gas or biogas into electricity on-site at homes and offices. Their generators provide clean, reliable power without needing the electric grid at a lower cost than grid power. Global prices for lithium-ion batteries are falling and expected to drop to $73 per kWh by 2023-2025 as electric vehicle sales increase demand. The non-electric vehicle battery market is also growing rapidly and expected to increase from 1 GWh currently to 81 GWh by 2024. Amplus plans to set up a 50 MW solar park in Mirzapur, while UP cancelled a 1000 MW solar auction due to higher than expected prices.
The document summarizes the construction of the Knabs Ridge wind farm near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It discusses the local council initially vetoing the plan for eight 300ft turbines due to environmental concerns, but a government inquiry overruled this decision and approved construction. The airport and local council remained opposed, concerned it could interfere with radar and be an eyesore, while supporters argue it is needed to tackle climate change and create jobs through renewable energy.
This document discusses several topics related to renewable energy and energy costs. It provides a table summarizing 14 solar projects in various countries from 2015, including project details like location, size, and client. It also includes charts projecting growth in the frequency drive market from 2009-2015 for motor applications, wind, and solar. Additionally, it lists import duty rates for several countries.
Renewable Energy Innovation - Disruptive Decade Part 1 - Jan 2019Keith Timimi
The first part of the disruptive decade looks at exponential s-curves in technology adoption, and what that has done to the renewable energy and battery markets.
See part two here: https://www.slideshare.net/KeithTimimi/transportation-evs-avs-and-maritime-disruptive-decade-part-2-jan-2019-129340681/
This document discusses the emergence of a "Climate Camelot" - a world shifting from carbon-based energy to non-carbon energy. It describes several technologies that could help drive this transition, including thermal energy storage systems, container-based energy storage for rail transportation of electricity, and wave energy generation. The key is developing market incentives and financial models to make non-carbon technologies economically appealing to users and spur a large-scale paradigm shift away from carbon.
Kigali | Sep-15 | Off-grid Village Initiatives in KenyaSmart Villages
By S. M. Kasanga
To help collect and distil the knowledge and experience from the last 15 months of engagement in East Africa, a concluding workshop was held in Kigali, Rwanda. The workshop brought together over 40 government representatives and other key stakeholders from across the region to share information on progress and remaining challenges, and to reflect on lessons learned.
More info: http://e4sv.org/events/east-africa-workshop/
The document discusses the author's senior project of constructing a magnetic generator as an alternative energy source. It notes that current solar technology is inefficient and expensive. Magnetic generators have zero emissions and can be placed anywhere. The document then discusses issues with fossil fuel usage and the geopolitical impacts. It provides some details about the author's process of building the magnetic generator and challenges faced. It concludes by noting that magnetic generators are no longer the focus of research and that large solar and wind farms have taken their place instead.
Transportation, EVs, AVs and Maritime - Disruptive Decade Part 2 - Jan 2019Keith Timimi
This document discusses disruptions in transportation, including electric vehicles becoming cheaper and more popular than gas vehicles, autonomous vehicles using cheaper LIDAR technology, and the rise of mobility as a service replacing personal car ownership. It also covers emerging electric aviation and maritime technologies like electric planes and ships, as well as autonomous ferries and container ships. Renewable energy technologies like sails and underwater bubbles are improving ship efficiency. The transition to electric, autonomous, and renewable transportation will significantly impact oil demand and create new business models in coming decades.
Can India achieve 100GW Solar Power Generation by 2022? Can Rajasthan develop 25GW? An analysis in the light of Solar PV Roadmap, 2014 by IEA
Installed PV capacity worldwide is 135GW by 2013. Approx. 40GW being added every year. The 210 GW of cumulative capacity projected by IEA by 2020 is being achieved five years earlier. This has made IEA come out with a new Solar PV Roadmap, 2014 where the
capacity expected for 2020 will be double of what was foreseen in the 2010 roadmap.
IEA’s analysis is based on a bottom-up TIMES* model that uses cost optimisation to identify least-cost mixes of energy technologies and fuels to meet energy demand, given availability constraints of natural resources. IEA projects that India can achieve 142GW by 2030 in a high renewable scenario and around 575GW by 2050 wherein PV will contribute to 16% of overall energy generated.
* The Integrated MARKAL (Market Allocation)- EFOM (energy flow optimisation model) System.
Financing clean energy projects in nepal: A practitioner’s perspectiveKushal Gurung
This paper was presented at a discussion program titled "Financing Climate Resilient Development in Nepal:opportunities and Challenges on accessing climate finance" on 7th of March 2017. It was organised by Prakriti Resources Centre (PRC) and Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) with the support of Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).
Entrepreneurship Course -- Pitching for VCjayjstewart
In March/April 2009, I took an entrepreneurship course on pitching for VC funding with a focus on sustainability.
This was a mock up company and my first ever pitch to a panel of industry experts in VC and sustainability. Fun!
If the world is to beat climate change and meet the conditions of the Paris agreement, society must see a fundamental transformation in the way we produce, distribute, and consume energy across transportation, heating, and home and business consumption of electricity. There are many ways to achieve this goal, and only time will tell whether we as a society will succeed and by what means.
For the first of the SPARK webinar series, John Armstrong kicks off with his predictions for the future of the energy sector. He’ll look at 10 key areas which are due to see radical change.
is John right? Has he been too bold, or not bold enough?
The document outlines how to become an entrepreneur in the solar energy sector in India. It discusses the working of solar plants, requirements like land and funding options. It also addresses distributing generated power, necessary government permissions, problems faced by solar plants like dust accumulation, and recommendations such as improving solar panel lifetime through research funding. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions from coal power through increased solar power capacity.
BZE monthly Monday discussion group, presented by Matthew Wright and Patrick Hearps with pictures, vedio of SolarPACES conference in France and Torresol SENER’s Gemasolar solar power tower in Spain.
The document proposes a plan to transition Australia to 100% renewable energy within 10 years. It argues renewable energy technologies like solar and wind could provide baseload power and are now cost competitive. The plan involves building large solar thermal plants and installing thousands of wind turbines across Australia to generate electricity. It also discusses transitioning transport to electric vehicles and public transport to reduce energy demand and make the grid transition feasible.
Schneider Electric provides integrated energy solutions including medium and low voltage power distribution systems, electrical equipment, engineering design services, and prefabricated structures like e-houses and mobile substations. They offer turnkey project delivery from design to installation and commissioning. Their customizable e-house and mobile substation solutions provide plug-and-play functionality to efficiently deliver temporary or permanent power.
This document outlines a vision for building resilient, zero carbon cities through sustainable transport. It discusses trends showing that global governance is moving towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2050. The key aspects of a sustainable transport city outlined are: 1) Reducing car use by at least 50%, 2) Transitioning to electric, renewable transport in cities, and 3) Using renewable natural gas for regional and freight transport. The document analyzes transport trends in cities globally and shows progress being made as well as areas needing improvement, particularly in Australian cities.
The document discusses several proposals and technologies for transitioning to 100% renewable energy by 2030 or 2050 including:
1) Al Gore calls for 100% clean electricity and independence from foreign oil within ten years. Mark Jacobson proposes transitioning the world to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030 through wind, solar and other renewable installations.
2) Concentrating solar thermal power is discussed as a key technology, including past and existing solar thermal plants in Spain and the US that provide baseload power through thermal energy storage.
3) The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 plan outlines proposals to supply all of Australia's energy by 2020 through distributed solar thermal and wind farms connected by a national renewable grid.
Hans-Josef Fell is our special guest at the Beyond Zero Emissions discussion group held in partnership with the University of Melbourne Office of Environment Program
Dr. Keith Lovegrove unveiled the ANU's new solar thermal dish in September at the SolarPACES international solar thermal conference in Berlin to much acclaim. This will be the first time it will be presented in Melbourne.
It is the world's biggest solar dish that comes with a mass production system that can build one dish a day. The dish has the highest optical efficiency of any commercial solar technology in the world and a field of 500 produces 100MW electrical power. ANU's dishes can be used on undulating ground, which is difficult for current solar thermal systems that use mirror fields or troughs.
Dr. Keith Lovegrove will also talk about replacing all of Australia's energy needs with this solar technology used in conjunction with thermal salt storage.
Dr. Keith Lovegrove is a senior lecturer in Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the Australian National University (ANU). He heads the ANU Solar Thermal Group which works on a range of projects involving high and low temperature thermal conversion of solar energy. This includes looking at dish and trough concentrators and thermochemical energy storage. He is widely published in scientific journals and has advised the Australian Government on CSP . Dr Lovegrove and his team are at the forefront of International research into concentrated solar power.
1) The document discusses the opportunity for technology to improve organizational efficiency and transition economies into a "smart and clean world."
2) It argues that aggregate efficiency has stalled at around 22% for 30 years due to limitations of the Second Industrial Revolution, but that digitizing transport, energy, and communication through technologies like blockchain can help manage resources and increase efficiency.
3) Technologies like precision agriculture, cloud computing, robotics, and autonomous vehicles may allow for "dematerialization" and do more with fewer physical resources through effects like reduced waste and need for transportation/logistics infrastructure.
The document discusses the potential for renewable energy sources in the UK, including offshore wind, tidal, wave and solar power. It notes that the UK has excellent renewable energy resources and could potentially meet 53-67% of its electricity needs from renewables by 2050. Large-scale renewable projects being explored include tidal barrages and tidal lagoons. Investing in renewable technology and improving energy efficiency could create many new green jobs in the UK.
- Demand side management (DSM) through demand response could help integrate intermittent renewable generation like wind power by shifting consumption from peak to off-peak periods.
- Red Eléctrica de España is developing data and methodologies to estimate the benefits of DSM, including reduced energy losses, spinning reserves, and CO2 emissions.
- Preliminary estimates for 2020 in Spain show DSM from households could reduce energy consumption by 15 million MWh, CO2 emissions by 261,000 tonnes, and lower the system peak by 2,300 MW.
Cal Marine Power & Water "straw" scam presentationFingerPointer
This document was created to entice investors into a snare - the words Nigerian Scam ring a bell - Investors Beware it screams....scam, fraud all come to mind....
Search for John Cutten Fraudster....
The presentation proposes a grand plan to provide 100% of US electricity from solar power by 2050. It details a visionary plan to build 3000 utility-scale solar power plants across deserts in the Southwest US, including a proposed 340MW solar plant in the Mohave Desert, to replace coal and gas. The plan estimates it would cost $2-6 trillion but save $400 billion annually and cut carbon emissions by 80%. It analyzes the potential locations, technologies, costs, schedules and partnerships required to implement a solar power network on this scale.
This document summarizes the work of Tecnalia, a Spanish applied research center. It focuses on Tecnalia's work in developing marine energy technologies, including offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy. Some key points:
- Tecnalia has over 1,500 experts working across 7 divisions to develop innovative technological solutions and generate business opportunities for companies.
- In marine energy specifically, Tecnalia has tested a full-scale wave energy device, participated in 10 European projects, and helped define Spain's marine energy strategy.
- They provide expertise in areas like floating offshore wind platforms, large wind turbine generators, and wave and tidal energy converter design.
- An example project
The document discusses the Desertec concept of generating solar power in deserts and transmitting it to Europe and other parts of the world using high voltage direct current transmission lines. Key points include that concentrating solar power plants could provide abundant, clean electricity from deserts; an HVDC supergrid would allow efficient transmission of this solar power over long distances; and the Desertec Industrial Initiative aims to build solar plants and develop this transmission grid.
This document discusses the history and future of solar thermal electric power plants. It covers the recent boom in Spain, emerging markets in the US, MENA region, India, China and Australia. It also discusses the DESERTEC concept of generating electricity from solar thermal plants in desert regions and transmitting it to population centers in Europe via HVDC lines. Overall it presents optimism about the future prospects of solar thermal electric technologies and their ability to provide sustainable, affordable electricity on a large scale.
The Role of Storage in Smart Energy Systems | Henrik Lundicarb
This document discusses the role of energy storage in smart energy systems. It begins by defining smart energy systems as an approach that combines and coordinates smart electricity, thermal, and gas grids to identify synergies between sectors to achieve optimal solutions. Energy storage plays a key role in integrating renewable energy sources. Different types of energy storage are compared, including pump hydro storage, natural gas storage, oil tanks, and thermal storage. Power-to-heat, power-to-transport, and power-to-gas/liquid fuels are identified as important technologies to balance renewable energy sources hourly through various storage methods. The overall goal is a least-cost, 100% renewable energy system modeled hourly using tools like EnergyPLAN to analyze synergies between smart
This document discusses India's national missions and goals regarding sustainable power development through green power technologies. It outlines India's three stage nuclear power programme and goals to increase renewable energy and clean coal technologies. The document also summarizes the challenges of increasing power generation while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change. It promotes utilizing green energy technologies like carbon capture and storage to help India meet its energy needs in a sustainable manner.
The document discusses renewable energy resources used in the UK and provides examples of how other countries utilize renewables. It finds that the largest contributors to UK electricity generation from renewables are onshore wind (28%), offshore wind (29%), and bioenergy (21%). Case studies show Iceland generates energy from geothermal and hydropower, Costa Rica uses hydropower providing 99% of its electricity, and Brazil produces bioethanol from sugarcane replacing 42% of its gasoline. Each country demonstrates the potential for transitioning to renewable resources but also faces their own challenges.
CPI-International Energy Unit (IEU) is a subsidiary of CP International Group dedicated to introducing next generation renewable energy technologies and sustainability solutions. IEU focuses on strategic areas like solar energy, waste-to-energy, and environmental sustainability. Key technologies include a hybrid solar PV-thermal collector and an advanced thermal process for converting waste to energy without combustion. IEU provides turnkey solutions and has investment opportunities in solar and waste-to-energy projects in MENA, with estimated total investments of $5 billion by 2030 generating annual net profits of $3.8 billion.
The document summarizes initiatives several MGM Resorts International properties have undertaken to increase energy efficiency and sustainability, such as installing variable frequency drives, improving lighting efficiency, increasing recycling rates, and implementing renewable energy projects. These projects have resulted in annual savings of over $5 million and 50 million kWh of energy across MGM properties.
Why Use Renewable Energy?
Viable Alternative
Fossil fuel are more expensive
Environmental concerns/Green Technology and sustainability
Multiple/limitless fuel to turn a Renewable Energy Infrastructure like wind, solar and wastes
Increase range of Technologies
Cost effective than its alternative
Sydney’s energy usage is 15% per capita higher than other developed cities in the world. The government is introducing a Carbon Trading Scheme as a proactive response to Greenhouse Gas Emissions. This presentation discusses the outcomes and benefits of the decentralised trigeneration, New York Cities renovation of existing power plants and solar /wind power.
Abengoa's KaXu Solar One is the first commercial solar plant to operate in South Africa. It went operational in February 2015 and has the capacity to generate enough clean electricity to supply 80,000 homes.
ACCIONA is a leading global company that develops sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy projects. It operates in over 30 countries with a focus on wind, solar, hydro, and biomass energy generation as well as water treatment, construction, and concessions. ACCIONA aims to contribute to economic and social development wherever it operates through projects like power generation facilities, rail and road construction, and desalination plants.
Fuel Cells are becoming the preferred alternate energy but unless the constraints are understood and dealt with it will not be adopted at the rate it should
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdf
BZE talk at Geelong 27 May 2010
1. Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy: A plan for repowering Australia with 100% renewable energy in ten years
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6. Oil and Gas Coal exporters Generators The CAN'T DO campaign The CAN'T DO MANTRA “ Renewable energy cant supply baseload power” “ Renewable energy is too expensive” “ Renewable energy will wreck the economy” “ Renewable energy will cost jobs”
11. Al Gore calls for 100% clean electricity and independence from foreign oil within ten years “ a political promise to do something 40 years from now is universally ignored because everyone knows that it's meaningless. Ten years is about the maximum time that we as a nation can hold a steady aim and hit our target.”
12. Mark Jacobson: Shifting the world to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030 The cost of generating and transmitting power would be less than the projected cost per kilowatt-hour for fossil-fuel and nuclear power. 3.8 million large wind turbines, 90,000 solar plants, and numerous geothermal, tidal and rooftop photovoltaic installations worldwide.
24. Solar Two – 1996 - 1999 Run by the U.S. DoE, Sandia National Laboratories, Lockheed Martin 10MW turbine, 3 hrs storage
25. Baseload Solar Thermal Power Andasol 1,2 and Extresol 3 Spain, operating now, 7.5 hours energy storage Torresol Gemasolar Spain, on line 2010, 15 hours energy storage 24 hour Dispatchable Power
41. Electricity and Energy Demand ZCA2020 energy demand = 1,708PJ ZCA2020 electricity demand = 1,165PJ 2007 energy demand = 3,915PJ 2007 electricity demand = 822PJ
42. Electrifying vehicle fleet: 5:1 efficiency gain, biofuels reserved for heavy machinery, range extension on electric vehicles and other vehicles that can’t be electrified. Modal shift: Large shift to freight rail. Electric trains and trams, 50% of urban passenger-kilometres, 25% of non-urban by public transport Electrifying transport
43. Nissan Patrol Capacity 5 17 litres per 100km How Easy is Energy Efficiency in Transport?? Siemens Combino tram Capacity 190 16 litres per 100km (Oil Energy Equiv) The Nissan Patrol uses more energy to move 5 people around the city than a Siemens tram uses to move 190 people
48. China : 150,000 MW wind by 2020 ‘ Three Gorges of Wind ’ Project , under construction now, equivalent electricity output of Three Gorges Dam
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Thank whoever organised the talk, Introduce yourself and who you are, Introduce who beyond zero emissions are. “ I'm going to talk to you about climate science and how we can solve climate change by repowering Australia with 100 renewable energy in 10 years… When we are confronted by an overwhelming problem without a solution that we think can’t actually solve the problem, the effect is disempowering and demoralising- people don’t want to put energy into something they have no control over, into a fight that cant be won. With regards to energy, at the moment, the overwhelming perception in the community, and among our elected decision makers, is that it is impossible, or at least way too hard, too expensive or too disruptive to decisively transition our energy system to clean energy. The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 project is a campaign aimed squarely at shifting this dominant paralysing and inaccurate CANT DO perception, and presenting a detailed, rigorous and empowering vision of a path Australia can take to transform our energy sector. We believe it is not only necessary, but entirely possible, and indeed broadly beneficial in a whole lot of collateral ways, to act decisively to transform our energy system to clean energy. The project has at its core a series of 5 reports outlining this vision in different sectors of the economy. The stationary energy sector report is the one that is closest to completion, and I’ll be giving a brief overview of that today. Its no accident that the disempowering CANT DO perception dominates in this country. It’s the result of a very deliberate, well funded and effective campaign by a small group of industries with a very strong vested interest in a continuation of the status quo. Reference http:// www.beyondzeroemissions.org /about/history
Arctic ice is in decline, has been for several decades Recent years loss of summer sea ice has accelerated This is indication of the earth's energy imbalance Wieslaw Maslowski the US Navy’s lead oceanographer said that by 2015 it is possible that there will be complete loss of arctic sea ice cover. So the why, why zero emissions in 10 years. I'm not here to talk in detail about climate science and the greenhouse effect. Just going to show you what's been happening and the recommendations from recent studies. The Arctic Summer Sea Ice cover has been in decline since 1979. Observations by satellites and recorded by the Navy’s of many countries has not seen a substantial loss of summer sea ice like we are seeing at the moment. Normally in winter the Sea Ice extend covers 13 million sq kilometres. The sea ice normally shrinks to 7 million square kilometres in Summer an area the size of Australia. When the arctic ocean is covered in ice like this about 90% of sun light radiation that strikes the ice is reflected back out of the earths atmosphere and into space allowing the region to stay within its current cool temperature bounds. Unfortunately between 2005 and 2007 an area the size of NT was lost in sea ice cover. That’s an area the size of NT absorbing all the sunlight striking it at the suns full intensity, and heating up the region. In 2009 the sea ice extent recovered a small amount (an area the size of Victoria) versus 2007 summer ice extent. However the ice thickness across most of the Floating ice pack has reduced from 4 metre + perennial ice down to 1 year ice which is around 1 metre or less thickness. This 1 metre ice tends to not remain from season to season. Wieslaw Maslowski the US Navy’s lead oceanographer said that by 2013 it is possible that there will be complete loss of arctic sea ice cover, other experts on the ice such as scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre say that it will happen by 2020. BZE radio Maslowski: http://beyondzeroemissions.org/media/radio/dr-wieslaw-maslowski-predicted-2013-ice-free-summer-arctic-five-years-ago-now-he-says-ma
Worse that IPCC forecasts Research indicates that deglaciation is related to greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. This is in stark contrast to the IPCC that forecast worst case loss of sea ice cover 2070 and an average of 2300 before we’d see an ice free arctic with the effects of global warming. The IPCC is conservative and dumbed down the science. And remember, this is already occurring with the average 0.8 degrees Celsius global warming that we've observed so far. Yet most leaders are targeting a rise of 2 degrees warming. Evidence that this of drastic change happening right now and that we already have too much greenhouse in the atmosphere. Recent studies from NASA's James Hansen have found that over the long history of the planet, greenhouse gas concentrations above 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere have lead to deglaciation of most of the planet. We are currently at about 390ppm and rising. It's not too late, as long term deglaciation can take decades to centuries, but our ultimate target is get to zero emissions and below, so we can get back below 350ppm, some scientists say even lower (Schellnhuber says below 300ppm) Hansen's 350ppm reference: http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/TargetCO2_20080407.pdf Discussion on ClimateProgress: http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/17/hansen-et-al-must-read-back-to-350-ppm-or-risk-an-ice-free-planet/ Schellnhuber's full report available here: http://www.wbgu.de/wbgu_sn2009_en.html Beyond Zero Radio on climate science: http://beyondzeroemissions.org/media/radio/james-hansen-no-more-conventional-coal-and-carbon-stabilisation-below-350ppm-080228 http://beyondzeroemissions.org/media/radio/professor-schellnhuber-potsdam-institute-talks-pre-industrial-carbon-levels-safe-climate http://beyondzeroemissions.org/media/radio/ken-caldeira-carnegie-institute-stabilizing-carbon-emissions-only-option-080229
The problem with the loss of Arctic Sea ice cover is that it that the Arctic Ice sits right next to Greenland and Greenland holds about 2km of Ice average, and at it’s peak has 4.3km thick ice cover. This translates into 7 metres of sea level rise if it all melted. This is a serious threat to international Trade and international shipping With just 1-2metres of sea level rise International shipping which relies on port facilities around the globe is seriously compromised. The earth’s crust that Greenland sits on is depressed around 300metres. And as melting of the Greenland ice sheet occurs this causes earth quakes which trigger Ice quakes which trigger earth quakes. The melting is occurring in a non linear way and much of the Ice is just slipping off the ice shelf and into the sea where it doesn’t float for long before getting to more mild climate and melting adding to sea level. Segway : “ considering the gravity of this issue. It is not surprising that there is a highly motivated and connected group that is in and out of political offices, talking about this issue, unfortunately this isn't us…” See mark ogge's t10 talk - http://beyondzeroemissions.org/node/255
So it's not surprising given that climate change is such an urgent and dangerous threat, that there is a large, well funded and well organised campaign to affect government greenhouse policy. Unfortunately, it's not us. It's what we call the CAN'T DO Campaign Every year the carbon lobby spends tens of millions of dollars on lobbying and PR professionals who relentlessly lobby key decision makers in government and the bureaucracy, and run a media and PR campaign that effectively sets the parameters of the debate in this country. And they spend all this money because it works. They effectively write climate and energy policy in this country. But the key thing is to understand is their messaging. When you strip all back, the underlying message is what we call the CAN'T DO MANTRA, and it goes something like this: Renewable energy cant supply baseload power Renewable energy is too expensive Renewable energy will wreck the economy Renewable energy will cost jobs The CAN'T DO MANTRA. CAN'T DO, because its designed to disempower, and MANTRA, because its repeated endlessly, and if you repeat something often enough, it becomes accepted as reality- and it has become accepted reality by almost all our elected representatives and decision makers, most of the media, the overwhelming majority of the general public, and even many in the environment movement. PH delivery style note: it is important to point out the power of the fossil fuel lobby and the Can't Do campaign. However don't spend too much time banging on about this slide, as we don't want to do their work for them, repeating “Can't Do and Overwhelmingly Hard” too much probably doesn't grab audiences References: “High & Dry”, Guy Pearse, 2007 for an Australian perspective, or his Quarterly Essay “Quarry Vision
So to counter this head on, we've formed what we call the Can Do campaign. We've got together a team of engineers, scientists and ordinary Australians to map out a vision of what it would actually take to solve climate change. The whole plan is to map out how each sector of the economy can be completely decarbonised in line with the climate science. We don't see the point of figuring out how to solve half the problem decades too late, which is why we go for target of zero emissions in ten years. These are members of the Stationary Energy team, whose report on how to achieve 100 renewable energy is to be released shortly Beyond Zero Emissions has motivated and put together a team to write the transition of each sector of the economy. Pictured here are meetings and members of the Stationary Energy 100% renewable energy team. We consist of Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical, Renewable, Computer and Automotive Engineers. We’ve got mathematicians, PhD researchers, Physicists, Nuclear Physicists, Specialists and experts from within industry from the fossil fuel sector and from universities. This is an exciting inspiring and interesting project and we are still trying to work through the level of interest we’ve got. We’ve then got a support team to get the message out doing talks and editing and publishing our original content and making this all something that the Australian people can get behind.
- Completely accept current climate science evidence on what has to be done & by when - Renewable energy solutions exist now - Technology is not the limiting issue in moving to sustainable energy supply - We have all the tools! - 100% Renewable Energy by 2020 These are some of the main tenets of the CAN DO VISION, they may seem quite radical but they are based of world best science and are completely achievable from a technological viewpoint. The human will inputs are all that are needed As you transition to next slide (so how soon do we have to become a zero carbon australia?) Reference The ZCA plan!
So we needed a target for reducing emissions, and a timeline for it to be achieved. Our starting point was not received wisdom about what is generally considered technically or politically achievable, But what is necessary This graph by Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the director of the Potsdam institute – one of the world's most authoritative climate research institutes – shows the rate of emissions reductions for selected countries if we are to have only a 67% chance of avoiding 2 degree warming- given an equitable rate of global reductions, taking into account current per-capita emissions levels of different countries. Slide shows if every country had same carbon budget per person since 1990. (Because Australia has consumed near the most we have to reduce more quickly. Who else out there is calling for 100% by 2020? Remember two degrees is in itself a huge level of risk, given the danger of crossing tipping points within the climate system. We accept that this is as being the based on the best available science We accept that global emissions reductions need to be equitable So we accepted that for Australia, ten years was the necessary timeframe to transition to renewable energy We believe the only question worth asking is what it would take to do the whole job properly in time- not doing half the job ten years too late –
From a planning point of view, we agree with Al Gore When in the context of his inspiring call for America to move to 100% clean electricity and independence from foreign oil, he said: A political promise to do something in 40 years from now is universally ignored because everyone knows it is meaningless. Ten years is about the maximum amount of time that we as a nation can hold a steady aim and hit our target.
And we are not alone in calling for a transition on this scale The lead story of Novembers issues of Scientific American Last year, the enormously respected Stanford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Mark Z Jacobson published his Wind Water Sun scenario for the world to move to 100% renewable energy by 2030,using almost entirely solar and wind power Given that equity considerations imply a far more rapid transition for developed countries, this is entirely consistent with a ten year timeframe for Australia. Segway: “ so how are we going to get to 100% by 2020, what technologies?” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=powering-a-green-planet
So now to talk about the Zero Carbon Australia plan. A key technology that underpins this work is solar thermal power. It's an elegantly simple technology. You use mirrors to concentrate the sun's light to create heat, boil water to create steam and run a steam turbine. Steam turbines are exactly the same technology use in fossil and nuclear power stations, except they burn coal or try and control nuclear reactions to run what is essentially a glorified kettle. There are several different configurations of mirrors used for solar thermal, but I'll talk about just two – parabolic troughs and power towers
This is not new technology. Parabolic troughs haves been proven technology since 1911. This plant was generating steam to drive pumps to irrigate cotton fields in Egypt. However it was bombed in World War 1, then they found oil, so they didn't rebuild it.
This is a more modern parabolic trough system. In the 1980s , 354 MW of parabolic troughs were built in the Mohave Desert in California. They are still operating today http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=28
But the really exciting technology is the molten salt power tower systems that were proven by the U.S. Department of Energy back in the 1990's. Remember the Can't Do claim that renewable energy can't supply baseload power? Solar thermal smashes that myth. For the working fluid it uses molten salt, a mixture of potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate which melts above 220degrees Celsius. In this system, you have a 'cold' tank of liquid salt at 290oC, which is pumped up a tower surrounded by a field of flat mirrors, called heliostats. These track the sun and concentrate the sun's light on the top of the tower, where the salt if heated to 565oC, the same temperature that a coal plant operates at. This is then stored in the 'hot' tank, like a big insulated thermos. Whenever you need power, the hot salt is used to generate steam and drive the turbine, then sent back to the cold tank. In this way, the heat storage allows you to generate power around the clock, 24 hours a day. Unlike Solar Photo-Voltaic which produces electricity directly, Solar Thermal concentrates the suns energy using mirrors to produce heat- which is used to create steam to drive a turbine and produce electricity. Heat is much easier and cheaper to store than electricity. The heat that is created using the these parabolic trough mirrors during sunlight hours is used to heat molten salt in these highly insulated tanks- and then dispatched at night as it is needed. This is around the clock, dispatchable solar power- and can replace inflexible baseload power from coal plants which produce the same amount of power 24/7- at 5pm when you need it- and 3 am when you don't- and the plants blow steam and waste power.
This was proven in the 1990s by the U.S. Department of Energy's “Solar Two” project, run by Lockheed Martin and a number of other national energy laboratories and energy companies. They successfully demonstrated the molten salt power tower technology for 3 years from 1996-1999. Other background The U.S. DoE was all set to scale up its solar thermal program in the early 2000s, but under the watch of the Bush Administration they had almost all of their funding cut off. Full Solar Two program was run by- Sandia National Laboratories – they do solar, nuclear and national security research, run by Lockheed Martin under contract from the U.S. DoE National Renewable Energy Laboratories
Baseload solar thermal is now in operation and being built over in Spain. - They are undergoing a solar thermal renaissance The top set of images is of the Andasol plants, which combine the parabolic trough technology with molten salt storage. They have enough storage to run at full output for 7.5 hours without sunlight. Below is the Torresol Gemasolar plant, which uses the tower technology when it's operational at the beginning of next year, will have enough storage for 15 hours. That's baseload power even in the middle of winter. This technology has a capacity factor of 75% (ie the amount of the plants capacity utilised) which is higher than NSW black coal
Close up of the Andasol 1 & 2 plants. These were built by Spanish construction giant ACS Cobra – who owns Leighton Holdings, Australia's largest construction company.
An important point about solar thermal is that it's already a commercial technology, it doesn't need more R&D – there are lots of companies all over the world who are building and operating industrial scale solar plants right now. We just need to scale up the industry as fast as possible.
The central receiver tower technology that we have specified in our plan was designed by Sandia Laboratories, which are run by Lockheed Martin as part of the U.S. Department of Energy. We have based our system on the Solar 220 MW modules designed by Sandia laboratories, as mentioned before, although our plan involves a progressive ramping up from smaller systems for learning purposes. We have chosen this size because it is about the maximum size for a single tower system, as beyond that there are difficulties in focusing the mirrors on the central receiver. Thus you can maximize the economies of scale, by getting the most amount of power per tower receiver, turbine, These are some engineering drawings drawings of this particularly technology which is currently being commercialized by the US company Solar Reserve at the 50MW Alcazar plant in Spain, and two 150MW in Rice, California and Tonopah , Nevada. Some of the reasons we prefer this technology are that it produces much higher temperatures, which increases efficiency, allows more heat energy to be stored in the thermal storage tanks, and there are far lower line losses than parabolic trough plants which have kms of collector pipes running the length of the mirror field.
This is one of the tanks at the Andasol plants. It is standard steel tank – a very cheap and simple battery. Thermal storage or electric storage is equivalent to comparing a thermos mug to a laptop battery in terms of cost and reliability Solar thermal storage uses same material as industrial fertiliser.
26 April 2010 Spain has 2,440MW of Solar Thermal plant operating or under construction to be completed over the next 3 years. Enough to power about 1/3 of Victoria’s (1/5 of NSW) energy needs. This is over $20 Billion AUD worth of plant to be built by 2013 40 plants either built or under construction, mixture of troughs and towers 2440MW with old feed in tariff. 16000MW in pipeline. Next round of plants will have less feed in tariff use, showing the reduction in cost that occurs as more is built. Two main companies - solar resource, torresol have same technologies They’ve got over 15,000MW of Solar Thermal plant in planning that has received permission to connect to the Spanish Electricity Grid. This would be the equivalent of powering NSW and South Australia with Solar Thermal. The Spanish system is successful not just because it has a feed in tariff but the government is serious about making this happen. Unlike our government which pays lip service and has hobby scale projects to generally humour the public, but is not about seriously repowering our economy with renewables. Spain currently has a feed in tariff policy that backs 800MW per year of Solar Thermal with Storage (24 hour baseload solar) 500MW of direct solar photovoltaic (rooftop like PV) and 2,000MW per year of Wind Power. Spain will achieve 22.7% of Total Energy from Renewable Sources (Heat Water and Space, Transport and Electricity) and will achieve 42.3% of electricity from Renewables by 2020 http://www.la-moncloa.es/IDIOMAS/9/ActualidadHome/2009-2/07012010_SpainToSurpass_2020RenewableEnergiesTarget.htm Spanish Solar Thermal Industry Association: http://www.protermosolar.com/boletines/boletin24.html#destacados03 Use Google Translate! http://translate.google.com
You'll see here that Stationary Energy dominates Australia's Emissions. More than 35% of this is from burning Coal and Lignite. The remainder is predominately from burning gas. In Victoria more than 70% of emissions are from stationary energy and 55% from Burning brown coal. We can make fast transitional reductions by repowering with gas and ending thermal coal use for power production in 3-5 years. **Stationary Energy is the Gas for heating our houses, running peaking and intermediate power loads, and the coal for intermediate and “baseload” power generation. **Transport emissions (14%) are from Cars, Trucks, Busses and Diesel Trains **Fugitive emissions are unintentional emissions from Coal Mining, Industrial Chemical production, Petroleum plants and Gas distribution networks Industrial process emissions are from using gas onsite – cement making and steel production. **Agricultural emissions are predominately (12%) from belching of Cattle and Sheet (Farting and burping due to digestive system type) Methane is more global warming potential than CO2. **Land Use change and forestry is from forestry operations and land clearing such as large scale conversion of native forest to plantations. Reporting a bit dodgy. **Waste is from the decomposition of rubbish at tips and the associated Methane – this is being reduced now through methane flaring in small scale landfill gas setups creating renewable energy. “ cars, cows and coal”
Sankey diagram. Much simpler. Show how wasteful coal is – don’t need to replace all the energy on the left, just replace the delivered energy on the right with renewables.
So the first step for the Zero Carbon Report was to look at how much energy and electricity we need to use. We've projected that our current uses for electricity will get more efficient, but we also include switching current uses of natural gas and oil to electricity. The results is that in 2020, we use less than half the overall energy, but our electricity consumption goes up by over 40% How we generate the electricity is one side of the equation, but the other side of the equation is the demand side, how much energy we use. This is essentially half of the report, but I can only touch on this today. Under the ZCA2020 scenario, we take an integrated approach to the energy system across transport and stationary energy. Essentially our approach is to provide the energy services we currently with natural gas, so heating, cooking and many industrial processes, and oil for transport, with electricity generated from renewable sources. The fortunate thing is that for most applications, electrical systems are far more efficient . For example, in transport where electrical engines use around 1/8 of the energy to move a vehicle per km, compared to internal combustion engines, but also in heating, where an efficient electrical heat pump systems will deliver the same amount of heat for a third the amount of energy as ordinary gas heaters. So the switch of fuels itself, from oil and natural gas represents huge energy savings We also have ambitious, but very achievable electricity E E targets, mainly involving retrofitting Australias commercial and residential building stock, which would reduce our per capita electricity consumption from current very high levels at the moment, to about the same levels of other industrialised countries like Germany The end result is that we would significantly increase the amount of electricity we need to supply, but half the total amount energy use overall.
As with Mark Jacobson- Electrification of transport is central to system design Because electrical engines are so much more efficient than internal combustion engines – a factor of 5 can be made just from switching to electric motors When we include a decent shift to public transport, we can achieve massive energy savings- by a total factor of 10 or more! Obviously electrification requires a large investment in predominantly in rail and light rail infrastructure- but this small compared to the massive (and increasing) impost of of oil imports on our economy
This slide illustrates how such energy savings are achieved This Nissan Patrol takes the same amount of energy to move it as this Seimans tram. You can move 5 people in a Nissan Patrol- and 190 in a Seimans tram Taking average loadings into account- the energy use for every passenger KM you can move to a Seimans tram- is about one fortieth of that of Nissan Patrol A ford corolla has a fuel efficiency of 11.5 litres per 100km First mass produced all electric car being released in US in december – the nissan leaf - http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index#/leaf-electric-car/index The Leaf will go on sale in a limited way in December, and be widely available soon thereafter. Production of the first-ever mass produced all-electric, zero-emissions car sold in the US will be around 50,000 a year, reports Treehugger. Nissan surprised the emerging electric vehicle industry last month when it announced a remarkably low MSRP of $32,780 for the Leaf, which drops to $25,780 with a $7,500 federal tax credit. California and other states offer rebates that can bring the price down to $20,280. Nissan says the car will have a 100-mile range on one charge.
So we designed a grid to meet Australia's projected 2020 electricity demand – this is the 100% renewable grid that we can have by 2020. It uses a combination of 23 wind sites and 12 solar thermal sites to take advantage of Australia's great natural resources. This is the renewable energy grid and generators that we CAN have in 2020 with the help of you and the success of the CAN Do campaign. By defeating the Can’t do campaign. Here you can see the ZCA 2020 23 Wind Power and 12 Solar Thermal regions. We can choose to have this, or we can choose to burn coal with all the associated local pollution (radon, thorium, mercury, birth defects, 7x national cancer rates) and global warming pollution. The Red lines are the HVDC backbone and the Green lines the additional HVAC links, while the white links behind are the existing Australian electricity grid.
So now to supply 60% of Australia's 2020 electricity demand from solar thermal with storage, we have designed 12 sites around Australia. Each of these would have 3500MW. They would be made up mainly of 220MW tower modules, with up to 17 hours storage fro round-the-clock power. They have air-cooling that reduces water consumption by a factor of 10. We link about 19 of these modules together to form a 3500MW plant or solar region, in much the same way as a coal plant like Hazelwood consists of 8 times 185 MW (net generators linked together to form a single plant. There would be 12 of these plants dispersed across Australia to supply 60% of Australia’s energy PH Maths note – each of the 12 'sites' consist of 13 x 217MWe generating units, and 6 smaller ones from scale-up in the early stages. This is why 19 units is not (19 x 217 = 4123MW) Hazelwood has 8 separate generating units. It is nominally 1600MW, but only 1480MW net due to its parasitic requirements. 1480/8=185MW The land area required per 3500MW site is the equivalent of a square 15km x 15km – the size of a decent cattle station
The other 40% of Australias energy in 2020 would come from wind. Wind is the lowest cost, most technologically mature form of renewable energy This would require around 8000 turbines to be rolled out, so an average of of about 800 per year, dispersed across Australia. In our plan we've identified 23 of the best wind regions, for good geographical diversity Interestingly, over the last decade wind power has grown by around 30% a year. If we increased this to around 40% per year for the next ten years in Australia from where we are now, we would reach our target. When wind power is dispersed over a large area it is able to deliver firm and reliable baseload power - FROM http://www.nrel.gov/wind/systemsintegration/ewits.html found that from 14%-27% of rated capacity across Eastern Seaboard is baseload. I'e so if wind turbine are operating at 30%, almost half the elctricity they produce is firm p202 for conclusions
China is aiming for 15% of all energy from renewables by 2020, with a target of 100,000MW of wind by 2020. For the past four years, the installed capacity of wind power in China has doubled every year. In 2009 they installed almost 13,000MW of new wind capacity. If they continue at this rate of installation, they'll reach their 100,000MW target by 2015. This contrasts with Australia that has NO TARGET for all energy, and has a small pathetic 20% of electricity from renewables by 2020. The EU have got a target of 20% of all energy from renewables, and Spain for instance is going 42.3% by renewables by 2020, Denmark is going 50% wind by 2025 etc.
Now it's one thing to size the system, but another to make sure it can reliably meet demand 365 days a year. We've had an actuary volunteer his time to do actual modelling on our system, using solar data from the 12 sites we've specified, and wind data from existing wind farms, scaled up to model the amount of capacity we have installed. Modelling over a 3 day period, haven't got WA in there yet, will make it more solid solar plug-in orange, wind in blue, new grid. Work done by SKM First image Here you can see actual wind output from South Australia over a 3 day period – steady for a few days but then it drops off Second image But at the same time, the wind was still blowing strong in Tassie & Victoria Third image In fact, if we switch them around you can see the really strong flat output from Tasmania's Windnorth farm. Up the top is the electricity demand. We need a power source that is flexible, and can always match the difference between demand and wind supply. This is where the solar thermal comes in. Fourth image When the wind is blowing strong, the CST plants don't have to release much electricity, and can hold more heat in their tanks for later. When the wind drops off, they can meet the difference. This modelling has been done over two years worth of data – 2008 and 2009. Our system can reliably meet 98% of demand with wind and solar. For the other 2%, a combination of existing hydro and a small amount of waste biomass is used for backup, to ensure 100% reliable supply.
This example shows hour-to-hour behaviour over 3 typical days in summer. The (purple) along the top shows reserve thermal energy storage. This is boosted by solar input each day (yellow loops). The demand (orange) is easily met by wind plus output from the solar turbines. Notice how the thermal storage ramps down a little overnight, then up quickly when the sun comes up.
Transmission map This slide shows the design of our transmission upgrade- Australia's new National Grid -that would be needed to incorporate the our new renewable energy generation. This is the High Voltage DC (Direct Current) Backbone, which efficiently transmits the electricity over long distances with low losses. High voltage AC (Alternating current) us also used, to strengthen the existing grid and interconnect the three main grids It was designed in conjunction with the generous in-kind support of Sinclair Knight Merz, one of Australia's leading engineering companies, who have reviewed the work and found it to be technically feasible, using mature technology. It also shows the spread of the Solar and wind sites we have chosen
So how would we build all this and achieve the transition in the ten year timeframe? We’ve looked at resourcing of the transition and the requirements of the build - all the major commodities and the ability to scale the labour force to meet the jobs requirements. Although it is not mandated that the materials and production would have to be met locally, we do think it is useful to be able to compare to what we do in our economy today. If you look at how much steel and concrete we'll need, it's a fraction of what we use already. We already pour 60 million tonnes of concrete a year in building, we'd need less than 7% of that production per year to be diverted towards the build-out, or grow concrete production. Similarly with steel – now if you looked at just what we produce domestically we'd need 20-30% of our steel production. But if you take into account that we one of the world's largest exporters of iron ore, we need less than 2% of all the steel that is produced from our iron ore. Now this is the really interesting stuff – the labour requirements. If you look at it, getting the job done in ten years is entirely achieveable Including manufacturing half the components domestically, we can create 80,000 on going jobs in manufacturing and operations and maintenance. That's about 4 times more jobs than currently exist in the domestic fossil fuel supply sector. And to build everything, we need a peak construction workforce of 75,000 – the construction industry during the boom times was growing at 50,000 per year and we currently have a construction workforce of 1 million in Australia.
Portugal wind turbine factory, built in one year. Both towers and blades located near wind turbines Manufacturing is not an issue
There are currently about 11 million total jobs in Australia. This graph just shows the industries that are most relevant to ZCA2020 – Construction; Manufacturing; Professional & Technical services (including engineering), and the existing electricity sector. To the left is actual jobs. It has flatlined and is projected to flatline since the GFC. The green is how many jobs we would create total
We cost our entire plan We go into great detail and use very credible sources- for instance with solar thermal we use US Department Of Energy's Sandia Lab cost projections- checked off by Sargent and Lundy- one of the oldest and Largest power engineering consultancies in the world As with technologies in general, there are enormous reductions in costs to be made with CST as the industry grows and more capacity is installed The essential point is that, it is projected that with 2600 MW (less than 2 Hazelwoods) installed globally ( Power Towers with Molten salt storage- the technology that we use in our plan) the price of this electricity will come do around the equivalent to wind And with another 6100 MW (3 and a bit Hazelwoods) The price is equivalent to that from new coal plants – about 5cents per kWh Australian
So this is another myth the Can't Do campaign perpetuates – that renewable energy will always be way too expensive to compete against fossil fuels. In reality, as we have already seen with wind power and solar PV, renewable energy consistently gets cheaper as the rate of installation grows. The single biggest factor in these cost reductions is not the ongoing R&D, but scaling up deployment of the technologies and industrial learning curves. In the short term, renewables need price support to compete. But eventually, they will be more competitive. In Spain, they have already reduced the next round of Feed-in-Tariff by 30% due to the industry reducing their costs.
We have only focused on the Environmental arguments for this type of technology but there are many other reasons why it makes sense to switch to renewable energy.
Safe climate a bargain at 3.5% GDP. $37 Bn /yr in a $1200Bn economy But to weigh against these costs, is how much we'd end up spending on keeping the existing fossil fuel juggernaut going. If you add in regular capital expenditure and buying coal & gas, the cost of ZCA2020 is only about $200Bn more than what we'd spend out to 2020 anyway – so that' s more like 2% of GDP opportunity cost. This compares to many things including gambling spend 17billion a year, Funding propping up the outer fringe housing development sector around $40 billion a year. $90 billion in two federal stimulus packages etc. And remember, this is a mixture of public and private money – we are not suggesting the taxpayer funds the whole project. As discussed with the cost reductions earlier, renewables in the short term need a price support policy to allow a level playing field. This makes it viable for private companies to invest capital.
This comparison shows that the renewable energy system not only reduces CO2 emissions, but also has a direct economic payback compared with Business-As-Usual. The graph shows the annual economic payback of this system relative to Business-As-Usual. The renewable energy system is installed between now and 2020, and the graph continues through to 2040. The zero line (just above the year dates) shows Business-As-Usual as the zero reference line. The bottom (red) curve shows expenditure on the renewable energy system in the fist 10 years – roughly $A 35 Bn/yr for the last few years before 2020. Then after 2020, the renewable energy system returns a continuing benefit of $A 10 to 15 Bn/yr compared with Business-As-Usual. This benefit is because we avoid the expansion costs and fuel costs of Business-As-Usual. The middle (green) curve is more spectacular. This allows for the savings in oil costs, and gives a saving of $A 65 Bn/yr after 2020. The saving in oil is because the overall plan moves most transport to electric vehicles (and the electrical energy comes from renewable energy sources). The top (blue) curve also adds in a cost for greenhouse emissions, and shows even better payback.
Remember that solar thermal plants and coal plants are similar in that they use heat, to boil steam, and drive a turbine. Difference is that solar uses mirrors, whereas a fossil plant burns coal. Each 1 m sq mirror we install in our Solar thermal plants- will save burning 20 tonnes of coal over its lifetime The rest of the generating infrastructure is roughly equivalent- same turbines- smokestacks similar to towers etc For every 1 msq mirror we choose not to install- we are choosing to burn 20 tonnes of coal, and put 72 tonnes of co2 into the atmoshere.