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Mike Underhill's presentation from the NERI Winter Lights Thought Leadership Forum held on 16th June 2011 in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Energy consumption in our homes, businesses and workplaces: a future view
Mike Underhill, Chief Executive
NERI Winter Lights 2011, 16 June 2011
The global energy challenge
• Peak oil / sustainability
• Climate change
• Pollution and other environmental concerns
• Competing demand for resources (including land, water)
• More expensive oil exploration to meet demand
• Higher fuel prices
• Price on carbon to combat climate change
• Growing consumer pressure for low carbon goods
• Strong investment in renewables globally
CAUSE EFFECT
NZ – among the world’s leaders in renewable energy
Contribution of renewables to total primary energy supply (2007 OECD Statistics)
2.3% 2.9% 3.1% 3.6% 5.0% 6.0% 6.3% 6.9% 7.2% 7.2% 7.2%
16.5% 16.8%19.9%
23.2% 23.2%
30.0% 31.0%
50.4%
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(But renewables still very much the minority source of energy for NZ)
Where our total energy comes from
Where we use energy
Where our electricity comes from
Where we use electricity
How the sectors fare
Efficient use
Renewable, low carbon
Non efficient
Non renewable, high carbon
products
industry
homestransport
businesses
NZ’s fossil fuel exposure
• More than half of all energy is fossil fuel – much of that used in transport
• Transport fuel demand is highly inelastic – alternatives are limited
• Export economy reliant on oil (agriculture/ fishing/forestry)
• New Zealand’s distance from our export markets is a real or perceived risk (“food miles”)
• Per capita GHG emissions are high – reputational risk for 100% Pure New Zealand
The challenge
• Replace fossil fuels with renewables
• Use energy more efficiently, especially high carbon sources
Supply side opportunities – getting more renewable
Renewable electricity
• 90% by 2025
• Geothermal, wind and hydro – existing technologies
• Marine, biomass, solar – developing technologies
Renewable heat
• Wood energy a cost-effective and viable replacement for coal
Renewable transport
• Electric vehicles and first generation biofuels – viable now but price is a barrier
• Advanced biofuels on their way
Where the 90% will come from – existing, planned and potential generation
October 2010
Renewable heat and fuel
Case study:
Southern Pine - installed a briquette press turning MDF dust into combustible briquettes for boiler fuel. Saves $180,000 a year generates $25,000 in revenue
• Biomass could supply more than 25% (currently 8.5%) of the country’s energy needs by 2040 (BANZ Bioenergy strategy)
• Wood from forest harvest and processing residues
• Biogas from municipal, agriculture waste and food processing residues
• Liquid biofuels
• Direct geothermal energy for heating and cooling
Renewable transport
Biofuels
• Biodiesel – currently made in NZ from used cooking oil, rapeseed oil (canola) or tallow
• EECA grants programme has kick-started biodiesel production in NZ
• Bioethanol – made from NZ whey or Brazilian sugar cane
• Ethanol – no excise tax applies (unlike petrol)
• EECA has biofuels sustainability criteria on its website – includes CO2 reduction and source of feedstock
Electric vehicles
Electric vehicles
• EVs make sense for NZ now
• Highly efficient users of fuel – which in NZ is mainly renewable
• Dedicated infrastructure unnecessary in short term
• They can work with our 230 Volt domestic supply
• They fit New Zealanders’ travel patterns– 90% of NZ vehicles travel less than
84km a day– For main urban areas less than 69km– 52% of NZ households have 2 or
more vehicles
• CAENZ study shows for 390,000 EVs on road by 2025 will require only an extra 180 MW capacity
• Price remains a barrier
NZ’s solar energy potential
SeriesSource: IT Power & Southern Perspectives report for MED, 2009
Demand side opportunities
Homes• Housing design to minimise energy use in new builds• Insulation, double glazing, draught-proofing retrofits• Appliance and lighting efficiency• Behaviour change
Businesses• Appliance and lighting efficiency• Tuning boilers, continuous commissioning HVAC• Co-generation• Motorised systems
Transport• Fuel economy improvements• Public transport / modal shift• Driver behaviour
$4 billionTotal savings in 10 years
Residential $1.6 billion
Business and
Primary production$2.5 billion
Dwellings $0.5 bn
Private cars $1.1 bn
Heavy Industry$0.2 bn
Food Production
$0.4 bn
Business transport
$1.1 bn
Tourism$0.1 bn
CommercialBuildings $0.3 bn
OtherBusiness$0.5 bn
NZ energy savings potential
Houses – we all live in one
• Third of electricity used in the home
• Long term impact of investment
• Has an impact on health and well-being – huge losses for society could be avoided
• Many NZ houses are substandard
The typical New Zealand house
• NZ’s traditional light timber framed structures are very inefficient
• 80 kWh/m2/year in NZ
• Denmark has target of 16 kWh/m2/year
• Examples of poor performance include– Insulation– Air tightness– Glazing– Alignment– Heating– Lighting
• Our cold damp houses are a major health hazards as well as really expensive to heat
First Light house – “eco bach”
• Highly insulated
• Designed to maximise solar gain
• Solar water heating and photovoltaics
• LED lighting
• Energy monitoring system
White ware and appliances
• Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) keeps the lowest performing appliances out of the NZ/Aus market
• Labelling helps consumers compare efficiency (energy rating) or buy the top performers (ENERGY STAR)
• The average new fridge uses half the energy it did in 1990.
• Computers and consumer electronics are making up a growing portion of our electricity bills – expected to double by 2020
• Standby can use 400 Watts continuously
Business and transport
• Big opportunity for savings across the whole economy
• Transport and business sectors offer biggest savings
• And business transport has huge potential – 18 PJ by 2015
• Some savings will be BAU gains
• EECA’s business programmes could achieve about 14PJ by 2015
• Significant increase from current levels – current rate = 5PJ by 2015
• Example: Commercial refrigeration uses 10.5 PJ p.a. – estimated 15% savings available
Areas of potential (by technology)
Economic Savings Potential By Top 8 End-Use Technology Measures 2015/16 (Business Sector only) - total = 58 PJ
6.47 , 11%
3.75 , 6% 1.20 , 2%
8.15, 14%
14.00, 25%
10.16, 18%
1.40 , 2%
12.92 , 22%
Motorised systems (electricity) - KEMA 2016
Lighting (electricity) - KEMA 2016
HVAC (electricity) - KEMA 2016
Refrigeration (electricity) - KEMA 2016
Goods Vehicles - Load factors - OPENZ2015
Cars (non-private) - Fuel consumptioneconomy (diesel & petrol) - OPENZ 2015
Process Heat - EECA 2015
OtherElectricity Diesel, PetrolNatural gas / coal / wood/ other
Source: OPENZ, KEMA (electricity), and adjusted by EECA data on process heat
Transport efficiency in action
Downer New Zealand Ltd,
Supreme Winner at the 2010 EECA Awards
• Included GPS initiative for fleet, introduction of driver behaviour programme
•Projected savings $3 million and 12,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
•Payback for most opportunities less than one year
•Additional benefits - driver training also improves staff and public safety, reduces property and vehicle damage, carbon emissions and insurance premiums
•Enhanced business reputation
Technology is only one part of the solution
• Who designs houses?
• Who buys cars and drives them?
• Who chooses whether to turn their lights off when they leave the room?
• Who decides the priorities for investment in a company?
People
What influences energy use in the home?
Transport
TechnologyBehaviour
Envelope
Products
Conservation
Products
Transport
How do we influence behaviour?
• Information
• Incentives
• Regulation
Example: Providing the right information at the right time
• The average age of our light vehicles is 12.8 years old.
• 33% of light vehicles are 15 or more years old
• The average age of used imported vehicles — which make up almost half of the light vehicle fleet — has reached 14.4 years old It’s important to influence
this long-term decision – e.g. through vehicle fuel economy labels at point of sale.
Example: Providing funding/incentives
• Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart
• 100,000 homes insulated in two years
• Another 100,000 over the next two years
Co-benefits are key to engaging customers
EECA research shows people are motivated by different things
Sustainablefuture
Warm comfortable home
$$$$$$
Healthyhome
Co-benefit examples
• Health and welfare are the two biggest residential co-benefits
• Profitability and branding are the big business co-benefits
• Safety is the big transport co-benefit
The co-benefits with the greatest impact are often emotional
Behaviour change needed for maximum benefits
+ =EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY
EFFICIENT BEHAVIOUR
MAXIMUMBENEFITS
Behaviour change works
• Almost 2.4 million New Zealanders have seen Energy Spot
• 1 in 5 New Zealanders have taken action as a result of the Energy Spot
The “co-benefits” of energy efficiency and renewable energy
• Energy security – Future proofing against limited cheap supplies of fossil fuels
• Reduced dependence on volatile global oil prices
• Sustainabilty - efficiency means resources go further
• Reduces the overall growth and peak demand for electricity
• Defers the need for new investment
• Reduces future wholesale electricity price
• Improved health and welfare of our citizens
• Helps meet international climate change obligations
The wider economic co-benefits
• Billions of dollars saved – reinvest into the economy
• Improved productivity and competitiveness of our businesses
• International competitive advantage
• Combat ‘food miles’
• Globally differentiate ourselves with our ‘brands’ of fresh water, fertile land and renewable energy
Summary – a future view
HOMES
• Zero energy or energy positive homes are the norm
• Small scale renewable energy is affordable
• People choose the most efficient appliances and only use them when needed
• Smart technology helps people save energy
BUSINESSES• Thriving, productive business
sector resulting from uptake of energy efficient and renewable technologies
• NZ exports differentiated in the market for their low carbon production
• Renewables used for process heat
• Saving energy part of everyday office/workplace culture
TRANSPORT• Transition from current system
dominated by imported oil to predominantly home-grown and renewable fuelling
• Behaviour change, improved technology, renewable fuels all play a role