cleansource is a network dedicated to knowledge sharing on clean (low-carbon) energy. Launching November 09 - info@cleansource.me

1. can the energy industry
save the world?
a 2-minute proposal

2. climate change is scary

3. We may already be
past the safe level
Safe level?
(Hansen et al)

4. Yet government and voters are
not meeting on action...
Government
tell us what we dont
you want? action? know!
Voters

5. there is a lot of negative
thinking.. which doesnt help

6. could a more positive
vision help?

7. here’s the simplistic
version to start with...

8. Energy is the primary source of GHGs
energy

9. but energy is great

10. it is the engine of civilisation

11. it powers our knowledge banks

12. and we need more... for
everyone on the planet

13. what would that look like?...
to power 9 billion people?
- at european levels?
9 billion x 50 MWh/y
=

14. and how does this compare
4.5 x 10^5
TWh/y

15. say, to the energy
available from the sun?

16. (compares pretty well...)
4.5 x 10^5
TWh/y

18. 2.3 x 10^8 Solar energy
TWh/y on land
4.5 x 10^5 TWh/y
source: Nitsch

19. ... energy also available as wind...
2.6 x 10^7 Wind energy
TWh/y on land
source: Nitsch

20. Hydro
Wave & Tidal ... and many other
Geothermal
renewed sources
Biomass

21. and for the transition, we have
low-C options including nuclear
and fossil with carbon capture
and storage

22. clean is now a small share...
5000 Clean energy as share of European electricity
4000
3000 but clean energy
2000
growing at 25 -
40% per year
1000
renewable
nuclear
0 hydro
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
source: IEA / WRI

23. Clean as share of European electricity
5000
4000
3000
if growth
2000 maintained...
1000 renewable
nuclear
hydro
0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

24. Clean as share of European electricity
5000
4000
3000
it becomes a big share,
2000 and with the right policies...
1000
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25. (zooming out)
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26. Clean as share of all European energy
30000
25000
...could we repower Europe
20000
in around 20 years?
15000
heat,
transport
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27. such a programme would
lead to large-scale
growth in manufacturing

28. such a programme would
lead to large-scale
growth in manufacturing

29. such a programme would
lead to large-scale
growth in manufacturing

30. ... and construction

31. ... and construction

32. ... and engineering

33. ... and jobs

34. ... and would equip us to go
on to power the world

35. Is this a vision which could
win popular support?

36. Should we try to make a plan?

37. Wave_g1 1 1 1
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Demands
35
Air con 30
Light 25
GW
20
Space heat
15
Heat
10
EV charge
5
Ele spec
We need a system which
0
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Supplies balances supply and demand..
60
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TradeIn
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image: Barrett -10
TradeOut

38. .. and possibly a large-scale
grid, and panregional market
image: Czisch

39. its a big task

40. that’s why we’re creating:

41. the knowledge platform for the
design and construction of a
clean energy system
www.cleansource.me

42. a not for profit funded
through membership
www.cleansource.me

43. from the core industries
energy
€ finance
bringing together
companies and experts
engineering policy

44. to aggregate knowledge
and expertise

45. to plan and design the
clean energy system
!
?

46. to communicate the facts
and the vision
!

47. to collaborate to
make it happen
...
solution yes
would be to
join ...

48. info@cleansource.me
launching Nov 09