This video is an extract so you can take a peek into some of the topics.
We discuss, among other things, how clean energy can help to avoid conflicts like the one in Ukraine.
“Internationally, there are many conflicts over energy because, with fossil fuels, there is a lot of transporting of energy across international boundaries. Many countries rely on the import of fossil fuels.”
“We have found, based on plans we have developed for 145 countries, that every single country has enough renewable energy resources to power their own energy for all purposes.”
“Clean, renewable energy will never run out. Fossil fuels will run out, and their prices fluctuate quite a bit due to changes in supply and demand, and they cause international conflicts. Countries can hold other countries hostage over energy right now.”
“There are other types of energy insecurities, especially when you have big centralized power plants, and one of them goes down. In Puerto Rico, for example, electricity was out across parts of the island for eight months.”
“Modularize the electricity grid and provide all the electricity with clean, renewable energy help provide more safe reliable power that’s not susceptible to international conflicts.”
NO SUN, NO WIND FOR A WEEK. HOW WE POWER A CITY.
“When we electrify all energy and provide electricity with renewables, we reduce our power demand substantially.”
“District heating helps; that’s where you have centralized heaters and cooling as well, and then you provide through hot water pipes and cool water pipes heating and cooling to buildings. You can store heat for six months underground (seasonal heat storage), so it doesn’t matter if the wind is not blowing or the sun is not shining. You can also concatenate batteries together for electricity storage for days to weeks.”
TIMELINE TO ACHIEVE 80% OF ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY
“Our goal is 80% by 2030. Some countries are already at 100% electricity (from renewables), but we need all energy, and electricity is only 20% of all energy.”
MINING
“With renewables, you do have mining, but its orders of magnitude are less than fossil fuels. Fossil fuels need continuous mining for fuels every day for an infinite amount of time.”
“For wind and solar, you need mining one time to build the infrastructure, and then maybe after 30 years, when the infrastructure has run its course of life, you can usually recycle most of the material.”
PERCENTAGE SHARE (100%) OF VARIOUS RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN 2050
“We are going to end up with the order of a total of about 92/93% solar and wind, maybe 5% hydroelectric and 1% geothermal or so, and less than 1% of tidal wave power and other miscellaneous clean, renewable energy sources.”
The full interview…coming soon.
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