trends and developments in sustainability and reneawable enrgy

TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

Jan Willem Dijk MSc

Jan.willem.dijk@dconsult.nl

NBI Expo, March 6th 2012

Jan Willem Dijk MSc.

Owner and director DConsult Consultancy on sustainability and energy International business analyses EU27,

China, Indonesia, etc. Project financing and feasibility studies Expert environment European

Commission http://www.dconsult.nl

Table of Content

Opening speech:

Renewable energy Sustainable buildings Sustainable mobility and transport Innovation, from research to new

products and services

Table of Content

Opening speech:

Renewable energy Sustainable buildings Sustainable mobility and transport Innovation, from research to new

products and services

Renewable energy

Wind power Hydropower Solar energy Biomass Biofuel Geothermal energy

700 BC: making fire and burn ants

300 BC – 20 AD

100-600 BC

1767 first solar collector by Horace de Saussure

1921Albert

Einstein wins the Nobel

Prize for his explaining

the photoelectric

effect.

1916: Experimental proof of the photoelectric effect

1883Charles Fritts1st Solar Cell

Solar nowadays

I. Solar thermal:

Water heating Heating,

cooling and ventilation

Water treatment

Cooking Process heat

II. Solar power:1.Photovoltaic2.Concentrated solar

power

Improving solar efficiency

Table of Content

Opening speech:

Renewable energy Sustainable buildings Sustainable mobility and transport Innovation, from research to new

products and services

Energy Efficiency in buildings

45.000 BC Prehistoric living, shelters and wood fired heating

19th century:-body heat-wood, peat

Until the 60s of the 20th century, many houses in the Netherlands and Belgium were heated with coal stoves.

1. Effective Insulation

2. High-Performance Windows

3. Tight Construction and Ducts

4. Efficient Heating and Cooling Equipment

5. Lighting and Appliances

Last decade, a zero-energy building: a building with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually

Next step: energy delivering houseA house delivers more power and heat than it requires

Smart-grids

Connecting energy supply and demand in a city in a decentralized way

Smart interconnection between residential homes, offices and industries, and e-mobility (batteries)

FUTURE

Table of Content

Opening speech:

Renewable energy Sustainable buildings Sustainable mobility and transport Innovation, from research to new

products and services

2200 BC – 21st centuryHorse drawn vehicles

1st Industrial revolution: Coal Train

1908-1927: T-Ford: innovation

Gasoline, kerosene, and ethanol (alcohol) powered engine (biofuel)

Innovation hampers

1908 the Model T had fuel economy of 11 Liters per 100 km

2008 cars drive on average on 8,3 Liters per 100 km

100 years of innovation resulted in 13% fuel reduction

New technologies developed

New: Bio-fuel mobility Electric mobility

Reasons: energy security, less oil dependency green house gas

reduction

Bio-fuels

1ste generation Biodiesel (vegetable oils and animal fats) and ethanol (corn or sugarcane)

Problem: food versus fuel production, deforestation

Bio-fuels 1st generation

1ste generation Biodiesel (vegetable oils and animal fats) and ethanol (corn or sugarcane)

Problem: food versus fuel production, deforestation

Bio-fuels 2nd generation

2nd generation: biofuels algae and

cellulosic biomass

Problem: expensive, less volumes available, pollution, high energy content

Electric mobility

Electric vehicles are 100% emission-free

having no polluting byproducts,

are more fuel-efficient,

get a better mileage,

and have less moving parts to wear out

PROBLEM: BATTERIES

Are hydrogen and fuel cells a solution for electrical vehicles?

Table of Content

Opening speech:

Renewable energy Sustainable buildings Sustainable mobility and transport Innovation, from research to new

products and services

Sustainability and renewable energy opportunities are based on technology

For the development of this technology a knowledge economy is required

For the development of sustainable technology a knowledge economy is required

A knowledge economy creates ideas and technical knowledge that is applied through innovation into new products and services resulting in new economic growth

One of main the main problems is: Transferring research into innovation into new products and/or services

Besides: their is a gap between universities and companies, and entrepreneurship is lacking behind

Solution: Stakeholders have to come together have to come together

To become innovative and successful An economic and institutional regime to

provide incentives for the efficient use of existing and new knowledge and the flourishing of entrepreneurship;

An educated and skilled population to create, share, and use knowledge well;

An efficient innovation system of firms, research centres, universities, consultants and other organizations to tap into the growing stock of global knowledge, assimilate and adapt it to local needs, and create new technology;

Information and communication technology to facilitate the effective creation, dissemination, and processing of information