ENSC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Green Economy, Demand Response, Sustainable Energy
1 Nov 2017
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Big picture: renewable energy use is poised for dramatic growth, world energy use has risen by 38% since 1990, gains in north america, europe, china. "global weirding" seems well underway: floods in toronto & calgary, fires, storms: as weather costs economy more, likelihood of carbon constraints rises, only solar, wind power really fit the "zero emission" requirement. Options: electricity has become common currency of energy, option for use of increasing: cars, computers, phones, 3d printers, electric cars. Increasing demand will force new (renewable) onto the table. Increasing diversity of technology will also provide options for managing and storing power. Germany: 2. 3% of global energy, renewables going up 6. 6%/year. United states: 16% of global energy, renewables going up 5. 2%/year. China: 22% of global energy (biggest, renewables going up 5%/year. Canada: 2% of global energy, oil flat since 2010, coal down 4. 1%/year, natural gas up 3. 2%/year, 18% renewables, renewables going up by 3. 8%/year.
