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Clean  Energy  –  at  What  Price?  

John  Miles,    Arup/Cambridge  University  Presented  at  4th  Smart  Grids  &  Cleanpower  2012  Conference  Expo  14  June  2012  www.cir-­‐strategy.com/events    

UK Population Growth

Is there hope?

9bN  people  using  2KW  each  (conOnuous)  requires  5.8x10E14  MJ/yr  

Solar  energy    falling  on  the  face  of  the  earth  =  7.2x10E17  MJ/yr  

Thermal  energy  in  the  earth’s  crust  =  5.4x10E21  MJ  

Yes ...... there is!

UK Renewables

Biomass  Power  for  the  City    

32MW    

Miscanthus  Crop    32MW  =  200  sq  km    

Bio-Mass

Water  treatment   Landfill  

Waste to Energy

UK Committee on Climate Change (Pathway to 2050)

The Cost of Power (UK; 2010)

Variability in the Estimation of Levelised Costs of Generation

UK  North  Sea  Gas  Reserves  =  9tcf  

Coal  436bn  t.o.e.  

Gas  164bn  t.o.e.  

Oil  190bn  t.o.e.  

World Recoverable Fossil Fuel Reserves

Coal  436bn  t.o.e.  

Gas  314bn  t.o.e.  

Oil  190bn  t.o.e.  

World Recoverable Fossil Fuel Reserves

GAS  DATA  

Levelised Costs of Generation (£/MWh; 2017)

Clean  Energy  –  at  What  Price?  

John  Miles,    Arup/Cambridge  University