Securing the Future of Energy

New Renewable Energy Resources A Guide to the Future (1994)

Securing Europe s Energy Future

Future energy development trends

Steven Cowley Fusion is energy's future

Droit A l'Energie SOS Futur Mr. Serge Perez

In the news, the subject of where our future water is going to come from and where our power is going to come from is in all the papers all the time.

Fondation Internationale Carrefour (Special, 2003)

Saul Griffith's kites tap wind energy

What is the future of truly sustainable, carbon free energy?

13. European Business Council For a Sustainable Energy Future, Velp, Netherlands

Fear comes from the unknown.

Inlined from unknown source

The grid of tomorrow is no grid, and energy, clean efficient energy, will one day be free.

And the way we'll make energy in the future is not from resource, it's really from knowledge.

I think future engineered species could be the source of food, hopefully a source of energy, environmental remediation and perhaps replacing the petrochemical industry.

It is projected that world energy demand will continue to grow rapidly in the coming decades.

And that continues into the future with the renewables that we're developing today, reaching maybe 30 percent of primary energy by mid century.

33. European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future, Velp, Netherlands

(b) Increasing the share of non fossil energy sources, in particular renewables

Economic Commission for Europe decisions

Annex III contains a summary of resource estimates for the coming biennium from all funding sources.

Land use and water security are firmly linked.

Based on the Monterrey Consensus, resources for development could be expected to increase in the years to come.

Indigenous peoples must be able to manage their resources since this would allow them to control their lives and future.

129. Children are the most important resource for the future.

10. Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future, Washington D.C., United States of America

Since then, it has powered its explosive economic growth almost exclusively with highly polluting coal, lifting 680 million people out of poverty. Today, China gets a trifling 0.23 of its energy from wind and solar.

The Solar Challenger was made to serve as a symbol that photovoltaic cells can produce real power and will be part of the world's energy future.

NEW YORK The surest bet on the future of energy is the need for low carbon energy supplies. Around 80 of the world s primary energy today is carbon based coal, oil, and gas.

The US consumes 25 of the world's oil but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil free future? After losing 150 million investing in wind energy, Pickens suggests it isn't, not yet. What might get us there? Natural gas. After the talk, watch for a lively Q A with TED Curator Chris Anderson.

Well, I think out ahead of us a few decades is peak gas, and beyond that, peak renewables.

Furthermore, the region, in general, has not succeeded in mobilizing sufficient financial resources for development needs.

Energi terbarukan dari tenaga angin dan surya mampu bersaing dengan pembangkit listrik tenaga yang berasal dari bahan bakar fosil serta harga minyak merosot tajam yang belum pernah dialami pada tahun tahun sebelumnya. Perkembangan ini menempatkan kita pada jalur transformasi energi global selama kita mampu menetapkan langkah langkah berikutnya dengan tepat.

Does Growth Have a Future?

Can he change the shape of things to come?

They do not explicitly include energy issues or mention the need for improving access to modern energy.

(c) Asia Pacific Futures Course An Introduction to Futures Studies (Futures of Development Historical Roots, Present Trends and Alternative Futures), Bangkok, Thailand, August 1992

During the review, government officials stated that the introduction of demand side management measures and integrated resource planning are under discussion in connection with future energy policies.

At least for the next few decades, it will also require accepting a diverse mix of energy sources and technologies, with increased attention to be given to renewable sources of energy (see sect. II above).

Total programme expenditures from regular resources, projected in the present plan, are based on forecasts of future regular resources income.

The future's not ours to see

The future's not ours to see...

Can't put me finger on what lies in store

The reality is that humanity has spent recent centuries getting away from renewables. In 1800, the world obtained 94 of its energy from renewable sources.