smart grids
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More resilient, power is lost less often and for shorter periods of time,
more resistant to hacking
More demand-response programs allows for increased efficiency
Prices will increase pay towards infrastructure
Consumer participation should not be required in a successful smart grid
Could cost around $400 billion dollars in the next 20 years but $1.5 trillion
in benefits over the same time
Zero net energy buildings
Where a building produces enough energy to counteract how much it uses
Can combine architecture with tech
Pros: increase in transmission efficiency, less frequent and shorter power
outages, lower cost for utilities, reduce peak demand, assists in integration
of renewables and plug in vehicles, real time pricing, could save billions
,Wind
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Offshore winds have been harnessed to make energy and the price is
falling
Pro
Clean accessible
Con
Inconsistent
Expensive start up
Kills nature
Storage
Swanson's law
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Price of solar photovoltaic modules tends to drop 20% for every doubling
of cumulative shipped volume
Costs go down 75% about every 10 years
Potato reading
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"How the potato changed the world",
- Potato was the most important crop because it solved famine in a lot of
areas (Europe)
- More productive than grains because they grow underground because
they are not limited by the rest of the plant
-Brought the world's first intensive fertilizer (guano)
, -Launched the modern pesticide industry because they used arsenic to
protect the potatoes
Intensive agriculture
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high levels of inputs and outputs relative to land area, getting the most
from a small piece of land
renewable portfolio standards
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requires utilities to ensure that a percentage or a specific amount of the
electricity they sell comes from renewable resources
Subsidies
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More resilient, power is lost less often and for shorter periods of time,
more resistant to hacking
More demand-response programs allows for increased efficiency
Prices will increase pay towards infrastructure
Consumer participation should not be required in a successful smart grid
Could cost around $400 billion dollars in the next 20 years but $1.5 trillion
in benefits over the same time
Zero net energy buildings
Where a building produces enough energy to counteract how much it uses
Can combine architecture with tech
Pros: increase in transmission efficiency, less frequent and shorter power
outages, lower cost for utilities, reduce peak demand, assists in integration
of renewables and plug in vehicles, real time pricing, could save billions
,Wind
Give this one a try later!
Offshore winds have been harnessed to make energy and the price is
falling
Pro
Clean accessible
Con
Inconsistent
Expensive start up
Kills nature
Storage
Swanson's law
Give this one a try later!
Price of solar photovoltaic modules tends to drop 20% for every doubling
of cumulative shipped volume
Costs go down 75% about every 10 years
Potato reading
Give this one a try later!
"How the potato changed the world",
- Potato was the most important crop because it solved famine in a lot of
areas (Europe)
- More productive than grains because they grow underground because
they are not limited by the rest of the plant
-Brought the world's first intensive fertilizer (guano)
, -Launched the modern pesticide industry because they used arsenic to
protect the potatoes
Intensive agriculture
Give this one a try later!
high levels of inputs and outputs relative to land area, getting the most
from a small piece of land
renewable portfolio standards
Give this one a try later!
requires utilities to ensure that a percentage or a specific amount of the
electricity they sell comes from renewable resources
Subsidies
Give this one a try later!
