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Chapter 9
Energy
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In 2009, China became the world’s number one consumer of energy.
• While the country consumes more energy in absolute terms, it comes nowhere close to outconsuming the United States on a per capita basis.
• More than four times the population of the United States
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Maximum power consumed globally at any given moment: roughly 12.5 terawatts (TW)
By 2030: 16.9 TW
If planet were powered entirely by wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, and hydro power something
interesting occurs….
Global power consumption would presently be only 11.5 TW.
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If we invest heavily in wind power, won’t world be blanketed with
windmills?
• Footprint of the 3.8 million turbines needed to supply over half of the total future global energy demand is less than 50 square kilometers.• Roughly half the size of Denver!
• Stick with fossil fuels, demand by 2030 will rise further than with renewables, which require some 13,000 new coal plants (and additional mining).
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Wind Doesn’t Blow All the Time
• Smart mix of renewable energy sources will ensure something is always blowing, shinning, turning, etc.
• Coal plants are not online all the time either. – Average US coal plant offline 12.5 percent of the
year for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance
– Newest-generation wind turbines: 2 percent on land and 4 percent at sea
– Photovoltaic systems: about 2 percent of the year
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Clean Coal
• According to industry-sponsored American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, “Clean coal technology refers to technologies that improve the environmental performance of coal-based electricity plants. These technologies include equipment that increases the operational efficiency of power plants, as well as technologies that reduce emissions.”