Daniel Kammen
Energy and Resources Group, Goldman School of Public Policy
& Department of Nuclear Engineering
Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
Science Envoy for the U. S. State Department
Rutgers University Energy Institute, May 3, 2017
The Transition to Sustainable Energy
in an Era of Upheaval
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Takeaway information rich messages:1. The β2 degree pathwayβ (or more) is still achievable
2. Scientific and technical transformations are critical to enabling a sustainable energy system, but it is social and policy innovationthat provides the βkiller appβ for innovation and change
This is true on-grid and off-grid in both industrialized and industrializing
nations
Power System Models
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WECC (Western
North America)
5/2012
Chile
4/2014East African
Power Pool
(EAPP):
1. Kenya
(6/2016)
2. (Selection
underway)
India, Planned:
10/2017
China, 4/2016
Malaysia,
1/2013
Kosovo
3/2013
Nicaragua:
6/2014
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The Solar Energy Industry is an International Partnership
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Energy Storage is Not Just Batteries
Natural gas (without or with storage)
Traditional and pumped hydropower
Flywheels
Flow batteries
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SWITCH Model Description Analytics
πππ(ππ)
. πππ
π,π=1
π,π
ππΆπ (ππ)
πππ‘ππ πΆππ π‘ ππΆπ = πΆππππ‘ππ πΆππ π‘π β πΆππππππ‘π¦ (ππ) + [ππππππππ πΆππ π‘π β πΆππππππ‘π¦ (ππ) β πΆπΉπ β 8760]
π=1
π
πΆππππππ‘π¦ (ππ) β ππππ πΆπππ‘ππππ’π‘ππππ β₯ π΄πππ’ππ ππππ π·πππππ β [1 + π ππ πππ£π ππππππ]
π=1
π
[πΆππππππ‘π¦ (ππ) β πΆπΉπ β 8760] β₯ π΄πππ’ππ πΏπππ
π΄πππ’ππ πΏπππ β πππππ πΉπππ‘ππ β₯
π=1
π
[πΆππππππ‘π¦ (ππ) β πΆπΉπ β 8760]
πππ‘ππ π ππ ππ’πππ πππ‘πππ‘πππ β₯
π=1
π
πΆππππππ‘π¦ (ππ)
β’ Storage almost exclusively moves solar to the night
β’ Geothermal only remaining substantial baseload
Dispatch in 2050:
Flexibility and variable renewables dominate
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CoalCCS Gas(baseload) GasCCS Gas(intermediate)
Gas(peaker) Storage(discharging) Hydro(non-pumped) Solar
Wind Storage(charging) Demand
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Example: the impact of Natural Gas
Leakage on carbon budgets
Johnstone and Kammen, 2017 in press
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In China even aggressive wind, solar and storage
learning alone is not enough to phase out coal
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wind
hydro
nuclear
storage
solar
gas ccs
gas
coal ccs
coal
Business
as UsualBAU with
Carbon capCurrent
aggressive
solar and wind
continued
IPCC 2050
(80% cut in
carbon)
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Bloomberg New Energy Finance. βElectric Vehicles: Revolutionizing Energy.β 2011.
Urban Transport Electrification
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Urban Transportation Energy Consumption
Kammen, Daniel M., and Deborah A. Sunter. "City-integrated renewable energy for urban
sustainability." Science 352.6288 (2016): 922-928.
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87 Global Cities Considered
GoogleMaps: UITP Millenium Cities
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Sunter, D., Berkeley, P., and Kammen, D., βCity-Integrated Photovoltaics to Satisfy Urban Transportation Energy Needs,β
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 204 (2016): 559-567.
Photovoltaic Coverage Needs
π’transport
=πtransport
Οurban
π’solar= Ξ·PVπΊ
% PV Coverage Required
=π’transport
π’solar
π’ = energy density
π = energy per capita
π = population density
πΊ = solar insolation
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Private Passenger Vehicle Use Predicts
Feasibility of PV-Powered Transportation
Sunter, D., Berkeley, P., and Kammen, D., βCity-Integrated Photovoltaics to Satisfy Urban Transportation Energy Needs,β
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 204 (2016): 559-567.
C = C EΒ΄E V( )LDVpropulsionGHGintensity
V D D TΒ΄T( )PercapitaLDVtransportuse
The Kaya Identity: An IPAT for Transportation
GHGemissionrate( !C ).isexpressedastheproductoftwosetsofvariablesrepresentingtheGHGintensityandper-capitarateofLDVuse.Currentpolicydiscussionisdominatedbyattentiontothefirstset,propulsionGHGintensity(gCO2VKT
-1,whereVKTis
vehicle-kilometerstraveled).Thissetcanbeimprovedbydecreasingfuelcarbonintensity,C/E(gCO2MJ
-1),anddecreasingenergyintensity,E/V(MJVKT
-1)
D=distanceT=numberoftrips.
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Oakland EcoBlock - ZNE and Zero Carbon Retrofit Pilot Project
Community Solar PV Micro Grid Waste Water Capture/Reuse
California Energy Commission Grant
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Off-grid Electricity Enabled by Storage and Efficient Lights, but β¦
Impossible without secure mobile money
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Information Technology Enables Transformative Energy Access Technologies
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Jones and Kammen, 2014
http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/maps
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Takeaway message:
Scientific and technical transformations are critical to enabling a sustainable energy system, but it is the energy-information nexus that provides the βkiller appβ for change