Renewable Energy job and business opportunities in the Illawarra The world picture A few Australian examples Opportunities for the Illawarra

The world picture – high growth Investment increased 400% from 2004 – 2008 and now exceeds investment in fossil fuel power Windpower and solar installations growing at over 30% p.a. worldwide World Windpower Growth

WINDPOWER IN SILVERTON $700M to local economy power for 430,000 homes 700 construction jobs, 120 ongoing jobs

Serious amounts of energy TWh

LARGE SCALE SOLAR May Feds announce tenders for MW solar power starting next year (approx. 1 coal power station)

10,400MW projects under review or announced in California (about 4 coal power stations) Target - 33% renewable by , 000MW solar project planned in Sahara desert to power Europe LARGE SCALE SOLAR

ORGANIC SOLAR Australian players CSIRO Dyesol UOW

Hong Kong 4 ferries for HK Jockey Club 2009/2010

OCEANLINX Existing prototype will be replaced by another prototype – testing at Port Kembla

RENEWABLE ENERGY – a BIG OPPORTUNITY for the ILLAWARRA Cut CO2 emissions Take advantage of local expertise Local income stream from energy production Diversify Illawarra economy Local employment in high growth industry

World wide wind The use of wind power continues to grow around the world. Global installed capacity at the end of 2008 was almost 121 gigawatts producing approximately 260 terrawatt hours of electricity annually. In 2008, more than 27 gigawatts of new wind capacity was installed around the world with a value of around $US48 billion - a 28 percent increase on The top four wind energy nations for 2008 were: United States - 25,170 MW Germany - 23,903 MW Spain - 16,754 MW China - 12,210 MW

SOLAR - WHYALLA

WAVE POWER Florence Wave Park Project - Oregon Wave Power from OCEANLINX – Australian Company 100MW Oregon plan is to be 25% renewable by 2025

SOLAR POWER World's largest solar installation to use Stirling engine technology 20-year purchase agreement between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. will result in 20,000+ dish array, covering 4,500 acres, and capable of generating 500 MW -- more electricity than all other present U.S. solar projects combined.

THE GHG VARIATION IS NOT NATURAL 15Gt pa / 5,140,000Gt (atmospheric mass) = 2.9ppm increase p.a., or about 35 years to add 100ppm Source: RH scale is 1/200 th of LH scale

El Nino…

Its getting warmer…

HUMAN EMISSIONS ARE NOT INSIGNIFICANT Source: volcanoes

SOURCE: IPCC 4 TH ASSESSMENT REPORT - ar4_syr_topic2.pdf Solar variation,sunspots etc Volcanoes, other pollution

GHG is NOT insignificant compared to solar changes change/dn W / m sq

Its getting warmer… 1 degree in 100 years

birds 70. Worldwide research has indicated that wind turbines account for between 1/5000th to 1/10,000th of annual bird deaths. Most of these occur as a result of impact with cars, powerlines and towers and glazed, particularly tall buildings. A 2001 US study into bird deaths is instructive. The proportion of bird deaths were found to be attributed as follows: a. Vehicles — 60-80million b. Buildings/windows—90-98million c. Powerlines — up to 174 million d. Towers — 40-50million e. Wind turbines million. That the National Parks and Wildlife Service has reported that 7000 animals a day are killed by vehicle strike in Australia, helps put this into perspective.

birds "Although birds do collide with wind turbines at some sites, modern wind power plants are collectively far less harmful to birds than numerous other hazards. The leading human-related causes of bird kills in the United States, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, are cats (1 billion deaths per year), buildings (up to 1 bn), hunters (100 million), vehicles (60 to 80 m), as well as communications towers, pesticides and power lines. Bird deaths due to wind development will never be more than a very small fraction of those caused by other commonly-accepted human activities, no matter how extensively wind is used in the future. Avian studies carried out at many wind farm sites in the US show that bird kills per megawatt of installed capacity average one to six per year or less. These include sites passed by millions of migrating birds each year. At a few sites, no kills have been found at all. In Europe, studies of almost 1,000 wind turbines in the region of Navarra, Spain, showed a detected mortality rate of between 0.1 to 0.6 collisions per turbine per year.

Noise Impacts Noise from modern wind turbines with advanced blade design has been greatly reduced since earlier designs. Their noise is generally rated at 350m to be 35db(A), the same as a quiet bedroom at night. By comparison, rural night-time noise is rated at 20-50db(A).

We could do it here… STEEL MAINTE NANCE ELECTR ICAL CONTR ACTOR S LANDO WNERS UOW COMPO NENT SUPPLI ERS

AZURE ENERGY HEATHCOTE

Selected renewable energy indicators[2][33] Selected global indicators Investment in new renewable capacity (annual) billion USDExisting renewables power capacity, including large-scale hydro1,0201,0701,140 GWeExisting renewables power capacity, excluding large hydro GWeWind power capacity (existing) GWeBiomass heating~250 GWthSolar hot water/ Space heating145 GWthGeothermal heating~50 GWthEthanol production (annual) billion litersCountries with policy targets for renewable energy use6673[2][33] Wind power market