1. SET 101 – Intro to Sustainable Energy Lecture 2 9/8/2010

2. What is Sustainable Energy  Sustainable energy is the provision of energy such that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainable energy sources are most often regarded as including all renewable sources, such as plant matter, solar power, wind power, wave power, geothermal power and tidal power. It usually also includes technologies that improve energy efficiency.

3. Sustainable  Conventional fission power is sometimes referred to as sustainable, but this is controversial politically due to concerns about peak uranium, radioactive waste disposal and the risks of disaster due to accident, terrorism, or natural disaster.

4. What is Renewable Energy?  Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished).

5. Renewable  In 2008, about 19% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.2% from hydroelectricity.

6. Renewable  New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 2.7% and are growing very rapidly. The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 18%, with 15% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewables.

7. Course Topics  Wind Generation  Small scale  Commercial/Ind.  Large Scale  Offshore

8. Course Topics  Hydroelectric Power Plants  River & Storage Hydroelectric Plants  Large-scale hydro  Micro-hydro electric power

9. Concentrating Solar  Reflectors  Passive Solar

10. Photovoltaic  Thin Film  Monocrystalline Silicon  Multi Crystalline

11. Geothermal  Gros Schonebeck  Borehole production

12. Biomass  Creating liquid or gaseous fuels from biomass  Includes existing ‘waste’ biomass  Slash from timber  Straw  Oil seed  Soy  Canola/Rape  Others

13. Wave-motion

14.  Off the coast of Scotland

15. Hydrogen Fuel Cell  Germany  Ballard Washington

16. Other ‘Sustainable’  Conservation  Landfill methane  ‘Clean Coal’?

17. References  Info from Renewable Energy – Sustainable Energy Concepts for the Future.  Roland Wengenmayr – Wiley Pub.  ISBN 978-3-527-40804-7