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Academic Activities of the DESERTEC Foundation

I dentification of fields where independent additional provision of knowledge provides an added value – challenges and special needs of MENA. Academic Activities of the DESERTEC Foundation.

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Academic Activities of the DESERTEC Foundation

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  1. Identification of fields where independent additional provisionof knowledge provides an added value – challenges and special needs of MENA Academic Activities of the DESERTEC Foundation Prof. Dr. Michael DürenCoordinator of the DESERTEC Academic NetworkII. Physikalisches Institut, Univ. Giessen, GermanyMichael.Dueren@uni-giessen.dewww.uni-giessen.de/cms/dueren Tunis, DISEM Workshop, Sept. 3, 2012

  2. Content 1) Extraordinary challenges of a future energy system 2) Distinctive features of the DESERTEC Concept 3) Central services of the DESERTEC foundation: The DESERTEC Knowledge Platform and the DESERTEC Virtual Institute 4) Steps towards a DESERTEC Research Institute M. Düren, Tunis, 2012

  3. Extraordinary challenges of a future energy system • Growing world population • Growing energy demand per capita • 2008: ~16 000 GW • 2050: ~24 000 GW ? 1 GW = 8.8 TWh/y 1 GWel= 1 nuclear power plant M. Düren, Tunis, 2012

  4. Extraordinary challenges of a future energy system World Power 2050 (in GW) 50% reduction of fossil fuels World Power2008 (in GW) The equivalent of 15 000 additional nuclear reactors is needed. One nuclear reactor every day - over 40 years (all numbers are approximate) M. Düren, Tunis, 2012

  5. Extraordinary challenges of a future energy system Capacity building of 1 GW/day is required The future energy system has to be: • simple • safe • inexhaustible M. Düren, Tunis, 2012

  6. Energy concepts M. Düren, Duisburg, 2012

  7. Some aspects that illustrate conceptual differences of energy systems… Socio-economics: Coal and uranium mining is often harmful to the local workers Nuclear Power is linked to political power, proliferation and terrorism Economical power of individuals: There are owners of oil fields and coal mines that make enormous profit and have almost unlimited influence in the area. Fossil energy can be stored and sold on the world market at any time - or it can be saved for later Economical potential of large areas: There is an abundance of suitable areas for renewable energy. Nobody owns wind and solar resources and nobody can exhaust them. There is no need to save them for later. Wind- and solar farming is always decentralised. Electrical power cannot be saved for later.An African-European power network is a win-win situation. A boycott causes immediate financial losses on both sides. The DESERTEC FOUNDATION aims to maximize the local value for the population M. Düren, Duisburg, 2012

  8. DESERTEC solves 4 key problems: M. Düren, Tunis, 2012

  9. „Central Services“ of the DESERTEC Foundation • Provides DESERTEC related information (a “Wiki”) • Wiki-Based Research, Teaching and Communication Center (in planning) • Future project to acceleratethe global implementation of the DESERTEC concept M. Düren, Tunis, 2012

  10. DESERTEC Knowledge Platformhttp://knowledge.desertec.org home page

  11. DESERTEC Knowledge Platform http://knowledge.desertec.org example page

  12. DESERTEC Knowledge Platform http://knowledge.desertec.org example page

  13. The DESERTEC Virtual Institute in planning

  14. in planning Elements of the DESERTEC Virtual Institute:

  15. Elements of the DESERTEC Virtual Institute: example page

  16. Thoughts for the DESERTEC Research Institute A think tank for finding the optimum roadmap to solve the world energy problem at the required speed and in a stable way A platform for linking natural sciences and humanities to discuss the development and implementation of renewable energy concepts A forum to exchange ideas and to identify the vital questions or problems concerning the future energy system A host that helps to form international collaborations between research groups or research institutes that can solve the above questions

  17. DISEM and the activities at the DESERTEC-FOUNDATION • There is an immense need to get things going – and to get them going fast • There are many ways to go – we should discuss and find the best options • DISEM could be “stand-alone” or in some relation to other academic activities of DESERTEC or a “seed” of the DESERTEC Research Institute, or even more…

  18. M. Düren, Tunis, 2012 Announcement:SEPA-DESERTEC International Conference 2012Education and Capacity Building for Renewable Energies Univ. Giessen, Germany, Sept. 17-19, 2012www.uni-giessen.de/sepa

  19. References & acknowledgements I have to thank many people and institutions for input and support, especially • DESERTEC, DUN, Dii, • AKE, SEPA, … • G. Knies, G. Luther, M. Miled, R. Pitz-Paal, K. Richter, F. Trieb, O. Steinmetz, … • Google, Wikipedia, … Further information: M. Düren, Green, Vol. 1 (2011), pp. 263–275. www.uni-giessen.de/~gd1275 www.desertec.org

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