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Page 1: Future of energy - Insights from Discussions Building on an Initial Perspective by Jeremy Bentham, VP Global Business Environment at Shell

 The  Future  of  Energy      Insights  from  Discussions  Building  on  an  Ini4al  Perspec4ve  by:    Jeremy  Bentham  |  Vice  President  Global  Business  Environment  |  Shell  

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Context  The  ini4al  perspec4ve  on  the  Future  of  Energy  kicked  off  the    

Future  Agenda  2.0  global  discussions  taking  place  through  2015.    This  summary  builds  on  the  ini4al  view  and  is  updated  as  we  progress.  

Ini4al  Perspec4ves  Q4  2014  

Global  Discussions  Q1/2  2015  

Insight  Synthesis  Q3  2015  

Sharing    Output  Q4  2015  

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Inevitable  Transi8on  The  energy  system  is  at  the  beginning  of  an  inevitable  transi4on,    

with  increasing  contribu4ons  from  renewable  energy,    energy  efficiency  and  sustainable  development.  

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Popula8on  and  Climate  The  two  fundamental  and  strongest  influences  behind  the    energy  system  transi4on  is  an  increasingly  prosperous  and    growing  popula4on,  and  concerns  about  climate  change.  

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Transi8on  or  Delay?  The  debate  is  polarized  on  many  fronts,  for  example  between  the    

governments  of  advanced  and  emerging  economies.  This  delays  meaningful  ac4on  at  scale,  and  in  the  mean4me  the  stresses  con4nue  to  mount.  

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Fuelling  Prosperity  The  benefits  of  energy  cannot  be  forgoXen.  It  is  one  of  the  enablers    of  our  prosperity  and  wellbeing,  and  you  cannot  have  a  func4oning,  produc4ve,  efficient,  modern  economy  without  reliable  energy.    

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Less  Carbon  -­‐  More  Energy  The  climate  change  debate  is  serious  but  needs  to  be  broader,    

focused  not  solely  on  reducing  CO2  emissions,  but  on  developing    a  low  carbon,  high-­‐energy  future  to  ensure  prosperity  for  all.    

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Collabora8on  and  Trade-­‐Offs  To  bring  about  a  shi[  and  to  broaden  the  frame  of  discussion,    pragma4c  collabora4on  is  needed,  between  government,    

society  and  industry  at  an  unprecedented  scale.  

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Extended  Period  of  Transi8on  An  extended  period  of  co-­‐evolu4on  and  co-­‐existence  of    

renewables  and  fossil  fuels  is  likely  as  new  energy    infrastructures  supplement  or  supplant  old.  

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Modera8ng  Expecta8ons  We  need  to  moderate  our  expecta4ons  of  a  wholly  renewable  energy    

future  in  the  near  term  with  the  understanding  that  there  are    significant  technological  and  economic  obstacles.    

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Urbanisa8on  Urbanisa4on  can  bring  many  benefits,  but  if  managed    poorly  can  cause  greater  environmental  degrada4on    

and  accelerate  global  warming.    

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Serious  Change  Required  Serious  aXen4on,  op4mism  and  swi[  collabora4ve  ac4on  is    

needed  to  achieve  the  change  needed  to  happen  on  many  fronts,    from  the  energy  supply  mix  to  energy  demand  management    

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A  ShiJ  from  Unexpected  Players  Agreement  between  China  and  the  US  is  a  tes4mony  for  unexpected    ac4ons  by  powerful  players.  To  bring  about  the  4pping  point  for  a  low  carbon  future,  greater,  bold  collabora4on  at  scale  is  needed.    

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Transi8on  From  Natural  Gas  to  Renewables  Increasing  investment  on  renewables,  improving  technology,  falling  prices  and  growing  awareness  all  support  transi4on  to  a  low  carbon  future,  but  a  clear  exit  strategy  is  needed  for  natural  gas  as  a  transi4on  fuel  to  renewables.    

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Storage  is  Promising  and  Game-­‐changing    There  is  a  lot  of  emphasis  on  the  development  of  storage  technologies.  Besides    solving  the  problem  of  power  intermiXency  from  renewables,  energy  storage  offers  poten4al  for  the  development  of  a  whole  new  mobile  energy  system.  

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Energy  Efficiency  –  The  Invisible  Fuel  The  cheapest  and  cleanest  form  of  energy  is  the  energy  we  don’t  use.  Adop4on  of  effec4ve  energy  efficiency  measures  and  careful  management  of  energy  demand  will  play  a  key  role  in  crea4ng  a  clean,  low  cost  energy  future.  

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Leapfrogging  to  a  Low  Carbon  Future  Driven  by  technological  improvements  in  the  low  carbon  energy  sector,  developing  countries  can  leapfrog  their  way  into  lower  carbon  economies  

without  passing  through  an  intense  fossil  fuels  phase.  

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Rise  of  the  Micro-­‐Actors  We  can  see  a  blurring  of  energy  consumers  and  producers  –  to  ‘prosumers’  

who  do  both.  Hence  a  move  to  mul4ple  micro-­‐actors  working  individually  and  collec4vely  -­‐  supported  by  new  technological  developments,  including  storage.    

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Hydro  Revival  In  response  to  rising  CO2  and  pollu4on  as  well  as  associated  health    

concerns,  China  will  con4nue  to  influence  the  funding  and  willingness    to  build  large-­‐scale  hydro  solu4ons,  especially  in  the  developing  world.    

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Demand-­‐Driven  Energy  The  energy  system  will  become  more  demand-­‐driven  than  supply-­‐led  as    

more  distributed  genera4on  and  renewables  are  included  onto  the  system.    End-­‐user  behaviour  will  also  change  as  beXer  technology  becomes  available.  

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BeRer  Storage  Improvements  in  baXery  and  hydrogen  energy  storage  make  renewable  energy  more  reliable  and  so  accelerate  electric  vehicle  growth  and  support  greater  distributed  genera4on.  This  has  the  poten4al  to  enable  a  behaviour  change.  

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Solar  Houses  A  solar  cost  and  performance  revolu4on  will  reshape  residen4al  energy  

provision  and,  coupled  with  beXer  baXeries,  storage  and  online    connec4vity,  will  thus  transform  the  wider  electricity  system.  

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Conscious  Users    Domes4c  energy  use  paXerns  change  as  a  result  of  rising  social  awareness  of  limited  resources  and  beXer  informa4on  -­‐  enabled  by  technologies  such  as  

smart  metering,  smart  household  appliances  and  new  monitoring  capabili4es.    

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Nuclear  Skills  Shortage  Many  countries  lack  the  skills  and  training  to  maintain  sufficient  numbers  of  qualified  nuclear  engineers  needed  for  renova4ng  and  building  plants  –  and  hence  they  can’t  take  advantage  of  the  opportuni4es  that  nuclear  offers.  

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Conscious  Stewards  We  are  more  aware  of  the  consequences  of  our  ac4ons:  There  is  a  sense  of  stewardship  of  the  world  -­‐  not  only  in  how  we  manage  our  home,  but  also  in  how  we  live  in  our  ecosystem.  We  start  to  behave  as  conscious  stewards.  

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Smarter  Consump8on  Much  technology  for  energy  efficiency  is  proven  and  implementable  today.  In  the  future  governments  will    first  focus  on  gedng  the  basics  of  demand  side  right  -­‐  by  reducing  consump4on  before  inves4ng  heavily  in  renewable  energy.  

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Millennial  Managers  As  more  digital-­‐na4ve  Millennials  take  the  lead  they  bring  different  

perspec4ves,  experiences  and  expecta4ons  about  societal  challenges  and  the  role  of  organisa4ons.  This  drives  a  shi[  towards  a  deeper  sense  of  purpose.  

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Business  Response  to  Resource  Risks  To  prevent  the  exploita4on  of  global  regulatory  arbitrage,  we  work    

out  how  to  more  effec4vely  govern  the  global  footprint  to  create  a  level  playing  field:  Business  and  government  develop  new  models  to  manage  risk.  

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Incumbent  Blockers  Several  large,  well-­‐established  organisa4ons  con4nue  to  seek  to  prevent  

change  by  arguing  for  short-­‐term  incremental  shi[s  rather  than  wider,  more  collabora4ve  system-­‐based  change  that  may  benefit  society  in  the  long-­‐term.  

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No  Nukes  to  Go  Nukes  More  see  nuclear  energy  as  a  significant  piece  of  the  future  energy  mix  -­‐  driven  

by  collec4ve  inac4on  on  the  need  to  transi4on  away  from  fossil  fuels.    But  many  are  unprepared  with  regard  to  skills,  policy  and  public  debate.  

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Infrastructure  for  the  Future?    We  will  see  a  transi4on  from  aged  to  new  infrastructures  designed  to  manage  and  distribute  energy  from  diverse  sources  of  power  genera4on.  A  ques4on  is  

whether  this  will  leave  a  new  legacy  problem  for  the  next  genera4on.  

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Let  Them  Eat  Cake    The  short-­‐term  impacts  of  climate  change  dispropor4onately  affect  the  world’s  poor.  This  delays  strong  ac4on  as,  collec4vely,  many  socie4es  simply  don't  (yet)  care  enough  about  them  to  drive  changes  in  the  global  energy  system.  

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New  Hazards,  New  Protocols    Regulatory  frameworks  and  standards  evolve  to  address  new  kinds  of  energy  hazard  that  are  emerging  from  the  adop4on  of  technologies  such  as  residen4al  

baXeries  for  energy  storage  and  localised,  power  genera4on  schemes.  

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Planetary  Nexuses  More  eco-­‐friendly  opportuni4es,  and  trade-­‐offs,  on  energy  supply  and    use  emerge  from  considering  the  nexuses  of  core  resources  such  as    

food,  water,  energy  and  land  with  a  growing  popula4on.    

Water  

Food  

Land  

Energy  

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People  Power    Public  demand  and  pressure  for  different  solu4ons  drive  a  more  technocra4c  energy  environment  resul4ng  in  more  holis4c  policies  that  integrate  the  needs  

of  different  stakeholders  and  manage  resources  more  effec4vely.  

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Policy  Beats  Poli8cs    Increased  public  pressure  stems  from  greater  awareness  of  more  stringent  

emission  reduc4on  targets  in  some  countries.  This  starts  to  influence  poli4cal  will  in  others  na4ons  and  so  helps  to  shi[  policy  globally.  

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Transi8on  or  Disrup8on  We  will  see  significant  change  in  the  energy  system  over  the  next  decade.    But,  we  are  unsure  if  it  will  be  navigated  in  ways  that  minimize  impact  on  

society,  or  whether  we  will  experience  a  series  of  disrup4ons  to  respond  to.  

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Technology  Shaping  the  Market  The  cost  compe44veness  of  new  technologies  leads  to  the  development  of  

new  policies  and  business  models  that  enable  the  accelera4on  of  renewables,  growth  in  distributed  genera4on  and  a  shi[  to  a  lower  carbon  energy  mix.    

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Changing  Energy  Risk  Profile  The  impact  of  natural  disasters,  wider  acceptance  of  the  need  to  avoid  a  

warmer  world  and  increased  risk  of  cyber-­‐crime  to  our  infrastructure  all  lead    to  a  deeper  understanding  of  the  risk  profile  of  different  energy  solu4ons.  

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Unclear  Analy8cal  Models    Current  analy4cal  models  may  not  handle  disrup4ve  elements  entering  the  energy  sector  -­‐  and  so  may  provide  results  that  do  not  fully  reflect  poten4al  shi[s  in  the  speed  of  change  and  impacts  of  disrup4ons  and  discon4nui4es.  

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ShiJ  in  The  Investment  Landscape  As  renewable  /  storage  technologies  become  cost  compe44ve  we  may  see  a  shi[  in  investment  sen4ment  towards  cleaner  energy  solu4ons  based  more  on  

poten4al  financial  returns  rather  than  on  the  carbon  vs.  climate  debate.    

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Integra8on  vs.  Fragmenta8on  While  the  EU  2030  framework  is  designed  to  lead  to  an  energy  system  that    is  more  compe44ve,  secure  and  sustainable,  there  are  also  driving  forces    

that  might  lead  to  a  more  fragmented,  distributed  energy  system.  

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Closing  the  Narra8ve  Gap  We  focus  on  sharing  a  clear,  compelling  narra4ve  that  engages  different  

audiences,  helps  to  improve  energy  literacy  and  builds  the  case  for  change.  This  may  lead  to  beXer  policy  decisions  and  shi[s  in  consumer  behaviour.  

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Air  Quality  As  more  experience  asthma  and  other  breathing  difficul4es,  urban    air  quality  becomes  a  visible  issue  and  a  major  catalyst  for  change    

–  in  transport  policy,  in  energy  source  and  in  city  design.  

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Last  Mile  Grid  Connec8vity  Private  /  public  collabora4ons  give  another  100m  people  in  India  access    to  electricity  via  connec4on  to  the  grid  -­‐  but  250m  people  con4nue    to  use  wood,  diesel  and  kerosene  to  cook  and  light  their  homes.  

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Mass  Engagement  As  the  pressures  of  higher  energy  costs,  the  impacts  of  climate  change    and  the  need  for  universal  access  combine,  shi[s  in  behaviour  and    investment  are  driven  by  wider  public  awareness  of  energy  issues.  

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Distributed  Energy  Supply  Key  developing  economies  invest  heavily  in  lower-­‐carbon,  distributed    

energy  with  integrated  storage  to  deliver  more  reliable  and  affordable  power.  This  is  supported  by  beXer  market  pricing  and  smarter  subsidies.  

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Declining  Energy  Intensity  As  major  growth  regions  invest  in  lower-­‐carbon  supply  op4ons  and  priori4se  energy  efficiency,  we  see  an  associated  decline  in  energy  intensity  in  the  economy  –  achieving  reduc4ons  of  up  to  10%  over  the  next  decade.  

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