Transcript A Clean and Secure Energy Future for the Americas

Meeting the Energy and Climate
Challenge in the Americas
IANAS General Assembly
Ottawa
26 August 2010
The United States is dependent on fossil fuels.
Renewables
4.8%
Fossil
84.1%
Conventional
Nuclear Hydro 2.5%
Electric
8.5%
American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act
More than $80 billion in clean energy investments. Some select provisions:
Initiative
Investment
Federal green buildings
$4.5 billion
Home weatherization
$5 billion
Green jobs training
$600 million
State and local renewable energy
and energy efficiency efforts
$6.3 billion
High-speed rail
$8 billion
Climate science research
$570 million
Extension of PTC for renewable
energy through 2013
$14 billion (over full period)
Plug-in hybrid vehicle tax credit of
$7,500
$2 billion
Clean energy bonds
$1.4 billion
Source: Pew Center for Global Climate Change, “Key Provisions of ARRA,” March 2009
Total Energy
RD&D
by
Total Energy RD&D
Spending
by Spending
the Department
of
DOE
and Predecessors
Energy and
Predecessor
Agencies
$7,000
Year 2000 USD (Millions)
$6,000
Recovery
Act
OPEC oil crisis
$5,000
Long term
Prosperity
$4,000
$3,000
$2,000
$1,000
Sources: AAAS; Kennedy School
$0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
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Energy Efficiency and Conservation Will Remain
the Lowest Hanging Fruit for Several Decades
Raising mileage standards – and
driving the development of
electric vehicles
Toughening and enforcing
appliance standards
Improving the efficiency of
buildings – which consume
about 40 percent of total U.S.
energy
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The Recovery Act Will Double U.S. Renewable
Energy Generating Capacity by 2012
30% tax credit for renewables
available when project is placed in
service, instead of having to wait
for annual tax refunds over ten
years.
30% tax credit for major clean energy
manufacturing projects.
We’re making loan guarantees for the
first time since the 1980s.
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We are Aggressively Pursuing New
Solutions to the Energy Problem
Energy Frontier Research Centers
(Mostly university-sponsored research focusing on
science needed for innovative energy solutions.)
Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
(Short term, high risk - high reward research projects)
Energy Innovation Hubs
(High risk - high reward, multi-disciplinary teams,
highly collaborative teams working under one roof)
DOE is a scientific agency
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We are driving innovation across the spectrum:
from the lab to the marketplace
Using federal funds to leverage substantial private investment
Energy
R&D
Innovation,
Demonstration
Deployment
National
Labs
Prototypes,
pilot projects,
precommercial
demo projects
Fully commercial
technologies
deployed through
tax credits and
loan guarantees
Cost share ~
20-50%
Cost share ~
50 -90%
ARPA-E
Hubs
EFRCs
Cost share ~ 20%
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We can go further, faster
by working together to:
Aggressively pursue energy efficiency
Accelerate innovation
Adopt policies that leverage private sector
investment
The U.S. is Coordinating Globally to Drive Innovation:
Supporting
Innovation
Facilitating
Information
Sharing
Accelerating
Deployment
We’re working multilaterally through the
IEA, APEC, ECPA, the MEF Global
Partnership, and others.
We’re pursuing bilateral
collaborations with Canada, China,
India, Japan, Mexico, the EU, Chile,
Peru, and many other countries.
We’re also working on innovative technologies that are critical
to the developing world – so we can promote clean growth
the first time.
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Energy & Climate Partnership of the Americas
“We must come together to find new ways to
produce and use energy…So today, I’m proposing
the creation of a new Energy and Climate
Partnership of the Americas that can forge
progress to a more secure and sustainable future.”
— President Barack Obama
Energy and Climate Ministerial of the
Americas
April 2010
ECPA Projects
• A DOE/IDB Innovation Center based in Washington,
D.C. to act as the regional financing tool for
hemispheric efforts;
• Low Carbon Communities programs in Dominica,
Colombia, and the Caribbean supported by the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE);
• Brazil’s Building with Energy Efficiency and
Sustainability initiative to promote sustainable urban
development and planning, involving the American
Planning Association (APA) and the Department of
State;
• Colombia’s Regional Electrical Interconnection
initiative focusing on transmission lines from Panama
to Chile;
• Canada’s Heavy Oil Working Group involving Brazil,
Colombia, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela;
http://www.ecpamericas.org/
ECPA Projects
• A Clean Energy Exchange Program of the U.S. Trade
and Developing Agency bringing nearly 50 Latin
American and Caribbean energy officials on six
reserve trade missions;
• The U.S. Peace Corps’ Renewable Energy and
Climate Change initiative in 8 Latin American and
Caribbean countries;
• Senior ECPA Fellows that build capacity on clean
energy, sustainable landscapes and adaptation;
• Advancing Energy and Climate Security in Central
America, with support from the Department of State;
http://www.ecpamericas.org/
ECPA Projects
• Advancing Cooperation in the Caribbean to build
capacity on renewable energy and energy efficiency and
support a regional dialogue on sustainable energy
solutions, led by the OAS;
• A Regional Clean Energy Technology Network,
supported by DOE, with centers in Brazil, Chile, Costa
Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago;
• Advancing Sustainable Biomass Energy to expand
production and use of renewable biomass and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions with support from the
Departments of State and Agriculture; and
• Promoting Shale Gas in the Americas utilizing the
expertise of the U.S. Geological Survey and the
Department of State.
http://www.ecpamericas.org/
On July 19-20, 2010, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu hosted the first-ever
Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, D.C. – bringing together ministers
and stakeholders from more than 24 countries to collaborate on policies and
programs that accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy technologies.
> 80% of global energy consumption – and clean energy markets
Australia
Belgium
Denmark
France
Finland
Italy
Japan
Korea
South Africa
Sweden
European
Commission
Spain
Brazil
Canada
Germany
India
Mexico
Norway
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
China
Indonesia
Russia
United States
Clean Energy Initiatives Launched
1. Energy Efficiency Challenge
• Super-efficient appliances
United States
•
Smart grid
Italy, Korea, United States
•
Buildings and industry
United States and Japan
•
Vehicles
United States and China
•
Clean Energy Solution Centers
United States
2. Clean Energy Supply
• Renewable Energy
Denmark, Germany and Spain
•
Carbon capture, use and storage
United Kingdom and Australia
•
Hydropower
Brazil, France, Mexico and Norway
•
Bioenergy
Brazil, Italy and Sweden
3. Energy Access
• Solar LEDs
United States and Italy
•
Women in Energy
United States
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Science and Technology have
given us solutions in the past.
With the right government
policies, it can come to our aid
in the future.
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This is where the world uses the most electricity…
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…but this is where the most people live.
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We can help turn on the lights…
…and solve the climate challenge at the same time.
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Science and technology must provide
new solutions and better choices.