ENRM 2002;

ENERGY RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY

Randy Ramadhar Singh

Department of Physics
UWI St Augustine
RRS 2017
rramadhar-singh@sta.uwi.edu
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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
STATUS OF GEOTHERMAL - WORLD OVERVIEW
REGIONALLY
GEOTHERMAL IN LAC
WHAT IS GEOTHERMAL
HOW DOES IT WORK
DOMESTIC USES
WHERE ARE THERE APPLICATIONS
 SWOT ANALYSIS

S W

O T
 SOURCES OF
BIOMASS

• Organic
• Industrial Waste products
• Animal Waste
• Forestry and crops
• Municipal Solid waste
(MSW)
REGIONALLY
BIOMASS
COMBINATION HEAT AND ELECTRICITY
GASIFICATION FOR ELECTRICITY ONLY
BIOGAS
MULTI- BIO PROCESSES

End Products
• Fuel electricity
• Space heating
• Process heat for digester
• Fiber (fertliser)
BIOFUELS
BIOMASS –BIOFUELS
IS BIOMASS RENEWABLE?
THIS IS ALSO BIOMASS
BIOMASS IN THE CONTEXT OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SWOT ANALYSIS
 ALL RENEWABLE SOURCES
Remember the Conversions
• Solar PV- Light -----Electron Excitation------Electric Current

• Solar Thermal-----Light------Heat Absorbed------Heat Transferred

• Solar thermal ----Heat Absorbed----Heat Transferred
• Solar thermal ----Heat Absorbed----Heat Transferred----Steam-----Turbines-----Electric Current

• Wind---------- Movement of Air -------- Movement of Turbines ---------Electric Current

• Geothermal ---------Heat Absorbed -------Heat transferred
• Geothermal-----Heat Absorbed----Heat Transferred----Steam-----Turbines-----Electric Current

• Biomass thermal ----Heat Absorbed----Heat Transferred

• Biomass- Combustion---Heat Absorbed----Heat Transferred----Steam-----Turbines-----Electric Current
• Biomass-----Production of Fuels-----Transport Fuels
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY 4 ALL
 FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

• Hybrid Vehicles
PLUG IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES
PLUG IN HYBRIDS
FUEL CELLS

• There is no Combustion
in a Fuel cell
• It is a chemical reaction
which leads to
production of Electricity
A HYDROGEN FUTURE ?
LEVELISED COST OF ELECTRICITY
CALCULATING LCOE
 WORLD
OUTLOOK ON
CO2 EMISSIONS
GLOBAL WARMING
THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
 PLENARY SESSION
• Sustainability- MDG, SD, FF,GHG,CC,GHE,RE,AE
• Renewables- Wind, Solar, Biomass,
Geothermal…….WTE
• Issues in RE- SWOT, LCOE,
• Calculations
• Analysis best practice in context of SD
• A case for RE in SD
• CC ?
 TUTORIALS

• All Calculations will be done in Tutorials

• Look out for email with Tutorial questions
• Tutorials- next Friday 3-5 PM