TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Jan Willem Dijk MSc
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