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Food , Bev & Ag: Energy - Water - Food

GE Energy. Food , Bev & Ag: Energy - Water - Food. Dan Walter General Manager, GE Food & Bev Solutions. February 2012. GE… What do you think of?. GE Energy. 25% of GE revenue Global operations and over 100,000 employees. Energy Management. Oil & Gas. Power & Water.

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Food , Bev & Ag: Energy - Water - Food

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  1. GE Energy Food, Bev & Ag: Energy - Water - Food Dan Walter General Manager, GE Food & Bev Solutions February 2012

  2. GE… What do you think of?

  3. GE Energy 25% of GE revenue Global operations and over 100,000 employees Energy Management Oil & Gas Power & Water • Aeroderivative Gas Engines • Gas Engines • Nuclear Energy • Power Generation Services • Renewable Energy • Thermal Products • Water & Process Technologies • Drilling & Surface • Global Services • Measurement & Control • PII Pipeline Solutions • Subsea Systems • Turbomachinery • Digital Energy • Industrial Solutions • Converteam

  4. Diverse energy & water solutions Water Technologies Gas Smart Grid Wind Solar Distributed Power Electrification Asset Health Enhanced Oil Recovery Subsea Systems

  5. Strategic Landscape

  6. Framing the drivers and interactions Shocks Mega trends Constraints Global Food System Global Energy System Global Water System

  7. Megatrends and their consequences Megatrends (examples) Consequences Regional shift of economic gravity to Asia Demographic Change Increasing demand for electricity and transport fuels Growth of UnconventionalFuels Growing need for environmental protection Growing demand for food with population and income growth Many others… Growing supply of gas in N. America and other regions

  8. Expanding global middle class Today 2020 2030 4.9 B 3.2 B 1.8 B Global middle class (numbers) 85% of growth from Asia Source: HomiKharas, “The Emerging Middle Class in Developing Countries,” OECD Development Center, January 2010 Source: KristerFlodin illustration; http://www.flodin.biz/wp/

  9. Shocks and their consequences Shocks (examples) Consequences Disruption to global financial markets; reduce GDP Financial crisis Market volatility and impact on risk perception Natural disasters Disruption to critical infrastructure Growing cost of rebuilding infrastructure Many others… Damage to agricultural resources

  10. Natural Catastrophes Over 960 events in 2010 Source: Munich Re, 2011

  11. Constraints and their consequences Constraints (examples) Consequences Increasing fuel and manufacturing costs Commodities Less availability of water resources Water Stricter regulation and permitting requirements • More limited availability and competition for land Many others… Growing demand for substitutes

  12. Population growth Pressure increasing on water resources Increase in annual water demand 2005-2030 Projected world total population: 8.4 billion in 2030 Billion people North America 43% South America 95% Europe 50% India 100% China 47% Sub-Saharan Africa 283% Source: GSP 2011, http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/technology/1110/gallery.water_shortage_solutions.fortune/3.html

  13. Future water outlook Growing constraints Global water withdrawals (Billion cubic meters) 5,800 Supply Gap 4,500 Available Resource Water Shortage Reflected by annual renewable water resources Stress Insufficient Scarcity 2010 2020 Sufficient Plentiful Source: Black, Maggie and Jannet King. The Atlas of Water, 2009. Source: 2030 Water Resources Group, 2009

  14. Energy-Water Nexus Constraints force four potential paths Shift to alternate water source… saline or brackish water Apply water reduction technologies… closed-loop cooling towers and dry air- cooling Options Shift to zero water use technologies… wind, solar PV, gas turbines Shift resources away from other sectors… agriculture, domestic

  15. Energy-Food Nexus Driving sustainability 1% Food Processing and Manufacturing Energy required to make food… 10 units of fossil energy to produce one unit of food energy 2% Food Transportation Energy directed to food processes… 10% of US consumption, ~5% of Global energy consumption 2% Agriculture 5% Packaging, Preparation Refrigeration, Handling Sales and Services US Energy Budget Spent on Food-

  16. Energy-Food Nexus Where we can improve efficiencies • Areas to reduce energy needs… • Ag Waste to Power • Drip Irrigation • No-Till Farming • Laser-Leveling Fields • GPS Driven Machinery • Reducing Spoiled & Wasted Food

  17. Collaborative efforts with UIUC Courtesy Dr. Xinlei Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

  18. Collaborative efforts with UIUC Courtesy Dr. Xinlei Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

  19. Collaborative efforts with UIUC Courtesy Dr. Xinlei Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering What is the most effective boundary?

  20. Summary Megatrends, shocks and constraints will shape the future interaction between the global energy, water and food systems How will this interaction play out in the coming decade? - greater crisis, conflict; or - greater application of technology and smart policy Where are our greatest gaps in understanding these interactions? Where can collaborative research be applied most effectively to advance sustainable global water, energy and food systems?

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