EE8093 Energy Devices for 8093 Sustainable Urban Environment Environment A/P Terence Wong Division of Microelectronics School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Office: S2-B2c-103 Email: ekswong@ntu Email: ekswong@ntu.edu.sg EE8093 Energy Devices 1 Course objectives Course objectives This energy minor course shows how technological gy solutions can contribute to solving environmental problems in the context of cities The basic operating principles and applications
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World oil demand growth to outpace supply in 2010: poll Abstract The United States supply and demand for oil has affected all of us in some way. Oil prices have affected us in many areas such as: transportation‚ industrial‚ electricity‚ residential and commercial. Many families are feeling the effects of high oil prices at the pump‚ with the average gasoline at $2.71 per gallon. This oil price bubble of up and down helps us a class to see the significance of understanding supply and demand
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fuels supply much of the energy used by industry and nearly all used in road transport. Nevertheless‚ according to some experts‚ such as geologist Colin Campbell‚ estimates that soon there will be no more oil. The world fuel supply‚ he claims‚ “will peak by 2010 and be down to half that level by 2025-30” (Campbell‚ 2006‚ p.24). The world is facing the crisis of running out of fossil fuels‚ and this situation will cause negative effects on environmental and economic problems. The processes of burning
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world. Formed by centuries of decomposition and compression of vegetation other bio organisms‚ coal has had a rollercoaster ride over the past few decades as it began to be replaced with cleaner‚ and more efficient means of energy production‚ since its peak during the mid-1900s. Touted as an efficient‚ non-renewable source of energy‚ coal has lost favor with some government types‚ industry experts‚ and environmentalists alike‚ demanding a paradigm shift in focus to lower-polluting and more efficient sources
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all countries are able to produce it. However‚ oil is a finite resource and someday it will run out (Jamall 2012). The point in time at which the supply of oil is at its limit is known as peak oil. After this point‚ oil supply will begin to decline (Ecomii 2012). Based on the reserve estimates from OPEC‚ peak is expected to be around 2030 (World in Motion 2010). When the time comes where there is a depletion of world oil‚ consequences will arise‚ not only at a domestic level but also on a global
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public service) intervention. It is seen that in a typical city‚ the power consumed is maximum over the 8:00 am to 5:00 pm duration. With the ever increasing demand of electricity‚ even electric utility companies is faced with overwhelming demand peaks associated with a large amount of power being consumed at the same time. So‚ electric utility companies come up with price incentives for customers who participate in load management programs. Otherwise‚ these companies introduce a real time pricing
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ENERGY CRISIS IN PAKISTAN Energy crisis in Pakistan was expected and it started in the year 2007. We will look at the demand and supply of 2008 and expected demand and supply of coming years. YEAR EXPECTED DEMAND (SUMMER SURPLUS/DEFICIT AVAILABLE PEAK) GENERATION2008 13146 16848 -33382009 16110 17868 -17582010 18503 19352 -8492011 20814 20874 -602012 21167 22460 -12932013 23368 24126 -7582014 23538 25919 -23812015 24408 28029 -36212016 25630 30223 -45932017 27481 35504 -80232018 27481 34918 -74372019
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production‚ Peak Oil‚ followed by declining production. Today‚ oil is the raw material for the fuel for aircraft‚ passenger cars‚ busses‚ trucks‚ ships etc. For the last 40 years the oil requirements of our transportation modes have steady increased. During the coming 40 years the amounts of fossil fuels used for transport must be decreased. The political will for this will be tested in Copenhagen later this year‚ but more important is that limited oil resources will limit the production of oil. Peak Oil
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5 Bowen Road‚ Mid-levels Look at any old photo of pre-1950 Hong Kong and the hillsides above the city were dotted with handsome verandah type homes like this one. From the Mid-levels up to The Peak‚ every successful European merchant‚ official‚ compradore or trader scrambled to put up a mansion befitting their perceived status in colonial society. This home was built in 1914 by the property company‚ Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Company Ltd. Its Devonian name ’Iddesleigh’ (pronounced ’Idslee’)
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LECTURE 1: BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION Adonis Yatchew yatchew@chass.utoronto.ca www.economics.utoronto.ca/yatchew 150 St. George Street‚ Room 278 © A. Yatchew 2 Energy and Environment are Fundamentally Interdisciplinary The study of energy is intrinsically interdisciplinary in nature – many disciplines inform our understanding of energy. The theoretical and applied sciences underpin the fundamental potentialities of energy and their impacts‚ both beneficial and detrimental
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