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Renewable energy will change balance of power in the world

renewable-energy-world-SmA Renewable Energy Thought Experiment  Clean Technica 20 Dec 13, The role that renewable energy could play in changing the balance of power in the world is often overlooked. Rick Bosman of the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) in Rotterdam and Daniel Scholten, Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology, undertake a thought experiment with stunning implications for future consumer-producer relations. Must reading for energy market and political strategists. 

……. what does the development of renewable energy sources and supporting technologies imply for energy-related patterns of cooperation and conflict between producer, consumer, and transit countries? Will a transition to a renewable energy system provide solutions to the geopolitical challenges associated with the use of fossil fuels or merely replace old challenges by new ones?

The sheer possibility of switching to domestic production gives consumer countries leverage on the bargaining table when push comes to shove……

  • First and foremost, the availability of renewable sources of energy, especially that of wind and solar, far outstrips that of fossil fuels and uranium (graph)
  • Second, every country has access to at least some form and amount of renewable energy, be it wind, solar, biomass, hydro, or geothermal, thereby all countries could become energy producers.
  • Third, because renewable energy can be more efficiently harvested at certain locations than others, some countries can generate energy cheaper than others.
  • Fourth, electricity is the energy carrier for most renewables and especially those with the most psotential (solar and wind), influencing the distance over which energy is transported and traded.
  •  Fifth, a great part of renewable energy production is of an intermittent nature and electricity generation may be distributed in a large number of small units……http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/20/renewable-energy-thought-experiment/

December 21, 2013 - Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable

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