solar energy and personal behaviors - homepages at wmukarowe/karowe lla week 8... · 2014-10-10 ·...
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Solar Energy and Personal Behaviors
Emissions reductions need to be rapid and large
- 80% reduction by 2050 to avoid worst scenarios
solar wind
Urgent need for alternate energy sources
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Algae as a source of green liquid fuel
Diatoms are single-celled algae that make silica shells
Some produce 60% lipid by weight
Lipids can be converted to biodiesel or other petroleum substitute
Estimated oil production: 5,000-20,000 gallons/acre/year
At least 10 times yield of next best biofuel crop (palm oil)
>200 times higher yield than corn ethanol
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DOE: In open raceway ponds, enough biodiesel to replace ALL petroleum transportation fuels could be grown in
~10 million acres (~12.5% of the Sonora desert)
Can be produced domestically on otherwise economically undesirable land
- cost estimated by U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory to be $1.65 to $2.75/gallon
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Wind power could supply 16 times current U.S. electricity demand using only onshore turbines
- Michigan can supply 12 times our use
Solar is the most plentiful energy source
More energy reaches Earth from the sun in 1 hour than humans on the entire planet use in 1 year!
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Two main ways to capture solar energy
1. Photovoltaic (PV) panels- generates electricity directly
2. Concentrating solar power (CSP)- generates heat, then steam, then electricity
Three main methods for Concentrating Solar Power
1. Central tower: mirrors concentrate the sun's energy on a heat exchanger located on a central tower
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2. Parabolic trough: long, curved mirrors concentrate the sun's energy on a pipe that runs down the center of the trough
- this heats the oil flowing through the pipe, whichboils water in a conventional steam generator toproduce electricity
Mojave desert, CA
3. Parabolic dish: parabolic mirrors concentrate the sun's energy on a Stirling engine
- heat causes expandable fluid to drive a piston or turbine to produce electricity
New Mexico
- can be used on individual level or in large arrays
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We have very good solar sites in the U.S.
But August is much better than January
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A solar array 100 x 100 miles could provide all of US electricity needs today
Could solar energy be used to power Europe?
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Could solar energy be used to power Europe?
A small portion of the Sahara desert could supply all of Europe’s electricity (and the world’s)
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Excess energy captured during the day could be stored as heat and used to produce electricity at night
- can help “stabilize the grid”
- excess energy could be used to run desalinization plants
CSP could also help greenify the desert
Northern Egypt coast
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Greenhouses could even be located under parabolic trough arrays
Globally, can wind and solar supply enough energy?
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USA1,000Sunpower
China1,000Sunneeg
China1,100Jinko
Germany1,400SolarWorld
China1,500Hanwha Solarone
China1,700Yingli
China1,900Trina
China2,000Canadian Solar
China2,500LDK
China2,400Suntech
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Who are the global leaders in solar energy?
Sooo… we’re not doing it now because the cost is much higher than electricity from coal, right?
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Sooo… we’re not doing it now because the cost is much higher than electricity from coal, right?
Coal electricity doesn’t include many “external costs”- e.g. the cost of its CO2 emissions
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- e.g. the human health effects of pollutants
When all true costs are included, coal is more expensive than almost all green options
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The real problem involves not building better technologies but convincing regulators and
ratepayers that it is in society’s best interest to price electricity fairly and accurately.
(Sovacool 2008)
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“Humanity already possesses the fundamental scientific, technical, and industrial know-how to solve the carbon
and climate problem for the next half-century.”(Pacala and Socolow, Science 2004)
7 emission reduction “wedges” needed to maintain emissions at 2004 levels through 2054- would keep CO2
level <500 ppm by 2054
What can I do in the meantime to minimize adverse impacts of climate change?
Household behaviors could provide one “wedge”
Household energy use accounts for ~38% of overall U.S. CO2 emissions
~ 8% of global emissions
more than any country’s emissions (except China’s)
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What can I do over the next 10 years to minimize adverse impacts of climate change?
Most important behavioral changes:
1. Replace 20.8-mpg vehicle with 30.7-mpg vehicle
Next time, buy a more fuel-efficient car
20 mpg 30 mpg
50 mpg
Increasing by 10 mpg saves $585 and 1.6 tons of CO2 per year
34 mpg
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What can I do over the next 10 years to minimize adverse impacts of climate change?
2. Weatherize your house: weather-strip, adequately insulate attic, and replace single-pane windows with triple-pane windows
- with 90% compliance, would reduce CO2 emissions by 21 million tons (3.4% of overall household emissions)
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What can I do over the next 10 years to minimize adverse impacts of climate change?
3. Next time, buy energy star appliances
- with 80% compliance, would reduce CO2 emissions by 12 million tons (1.9% of overall household emissions)
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What can I do over the next 10 years to minimize adverse impacts of climate change?
4. HVAC equipment: when necessary, replace older furnace and central AC unit with Energy Star model
- with 80% compliance, would reduce CO2 emissions by 11 million tons (1.7% of overall household emissions)
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5. Change to compact fluorescent light bulbs
One per household would have the same effect as taking 6 million cars off the road
Can save 7 tons of CO2 per year for a family of four
6. Turn the thermostat down (winter) or up (summer)
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- same as driving 3,300 fewer miles
- costs $1.50/month
7. Buy green electricity
One GreenBlock supports 150 KWh of electricity from wind and landfill methane
Unfortunately, energy conservation is not a solution
- really just delays the inevitable
50 mpg
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Emissions reductions need to be rapid and large
- 80% reduction by 2050 to avoid worst scenarios
solar wind
Urgent need for alternate energy sources
Who has the largest impact on Earth’s future?
8. Contact your representatives!
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9. Educate others
10. Vote
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