UAU212F Spring 2012 Throstur Thorsteinsson ([email protected]) 1 Sustainable Energy Options UAU212F ENERGY Global and Iceland Throstur Thorsteinsson [email protected]Energy history milestones ⇨ Before 1700 – A Renewable Energy World: Biomass, Wind, Hydro ⇨ 1698 Thomas Savery - Steam-driven pump ⇨ 1711 Thomas Newcomen - Atmospheric piston-driven steam engine for a pump ⇨ 1785 James Watt - More efficient, higher pressure, separated steam engine – First to produce sufficient power for broadscale use ⇨ 1862 Beau de Rochas - Four-stroke reciprocating piston, spark-ignited internal combustion engine ⇨ 1876 Baron Otto - Improved four-stroke reciprocating piston, spark- ignited internal combustion engine ⇨ 1881 Brush Electric Light Co., Philadelphia - First electric power plant ⇨ 1892 Rudolph Diesel - Diesel engine ⇨ 1896 Henri Becquarel - Discovery of natural radioactivity ⇨ 1903 Fisk St. Sta., Commonwealth, Edison Co., Chicago - First steam turbine-driven electric power plant Energy history ⇨ 1932 James Chadwick - Discovery of the neutron ⇨ 1933 Irene and Frederic Joliot-Currie - Discovery of artificial radioactivity ⇨ 1938 Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassemann - Discovery of neutron-induced fission ⇨ 1942 Enrico Fermi - First man-made critical nuclear reactor ⇨ 1951 Howard Zinn - First nuclear electricity produced, by EBR-1 ⇨ 1954 Hynan Rickover - First nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus ⇨ 1958 Atomic Energy Commission First commercial nuclear electric power plant, Shippingport GLOBAL ENERGY USE AND PRODUCTION Energy use ⇨ In 2008, total worldwide energy consumption was 474 exajoules ⇨ 474*10 18 J = 132,000 TWh. ⇨ 85% fossil fuel OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD ) dates back to 1960, when 18 European countries plus the United States and Canada joined forces to create an organisation dedicated to global development. Today 34 member countries (http://www.oecd.org ).
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⇨ Before 1700 – A Renewable Energy World: Biomass, Wind, Hydro
⇨ 1698 Thomas Savery - Steam-driven pump
⇨ 1711 Thomas Newcomen - Atmospheric piston-driven steam engine for
a pump
⇨ 1785 James Watt - More efficient, higher pressure, separated steam
engine – First to produce sufficient power for broadscale use
⇨ 1862 Beau de Rochas - Four-stroke reciprocating piston, spark-ignited
internal combustion engine
⇨ 1876 Baron Otto - Improved four-stroke reciprocating piston, spark-
ignited internal combustion engine
⇨ 1881 Brush Electric Light Co., Philadelphia - First electric power plant
⇨ 1892 Rudolph Diesel - Diesel engine
⇨ 1896 Henri Becquarel - Discovery of natural radioactivity
⇨ 1903 Fisk St. Sta., Commonwealth, Edison Co., Chicago - First steam
turbine-driven electric power plant
Energy history
⇨ 1932 James Chadwick - Discovery of the neutron
⇨ 1933 Irene and Frederic Joliot-Currie - Discovery of
artificial radioactivity
⇨ 1938 Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassemann -
Discovery of neutron-induced fission
⇨ 1942 Enrico Fermi - First man-made critical nuclear
reactor
⇨ 1951 Howard Zinn - First nuclear electricity produced,
by EBR-1
⇨ 1954 Hynan Rickover - First nuclear submarine, USS
Nautilus
⇨ 1958 Atomic Energy Commission First commercial
nuclear electric power plant, Shippingport
GLOBAL ENERGY
USE AND PRODUCTION
Energy use
⇨ In 2008, total worldwide energy consumption
was 474 exajoules ⇨ 474*1018 J
= 132,000 TWh.
⇨ 85% fossil fuel
OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD ) dates back to 1960, when 18 European countries plus the United States and Canada joined forces to create an organisation dedicated to global development. Today 34 member countries (http://www.oecd.org).