Global Energy Scenarios

8 Firms to Generate 12,500 MW by 2010
The Times of India
The state of Maharashtra faces a major energy shortfall, which 8 companies aim to address by 2010 through major new investment
Published: 5 Apr 2005 (Recent Addition)

Annual Energy Outlook 2003 with Projections to 2025
Energy Information Administration
Annual release of energy requirements now into the future, covering specifically the Residential Sector, Commercial Sector, Industrial Sector, Transportation Sector, and Energy Demand in Alternative Technology Cases

Basque Premier Assures Basque Country Will Be Strategic Focal Point To Distribute Gas In Europe
eitb24
Investment in storage etc. will make the Basque area a strategic focus
Published: 14 Mar 2005 (Recent Addition)

Better Battery
sciencentralnews
Imagine if a battery you bought today could be used twenty years from now. A new discovery in nanotechnology could give batteries a very long shelf-life.
Published: 27 Jan 2005 (Recent Addition)

Big Boys Take Over
Strategic Planning Society
Land of the giants is one vision for the future of utilities that came out of a series of SPS seminars. This edited extract from a report by Siamak Bashi of London Business School explains how things might turn out

Bleak Future for Europe’s Energy
Strategic Planning Society
Liberalisation is played out, coal is history and so is nuclear. Richard Orange of Utilities Week reports on a doom-laden meeting of energy experts

Breaking Point
Energy Bulletin
n the past several years, the gap between demand and supply, once considerable, has steadily narrowed, and today is almost negligible. The consequences of an actual shortfall of supply would be immense. If consumption begins to exceed production by even a small amount, the price of a barrel of oil could soar to triple-digit levels. This, in turn, could bring on a global recession, a result of exorbitant prices for transport fuels and for products that rely on petrochemicals
Published: 21 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Chemist Tries to Solve World's Energy Woes
RedNova
f you ever wonder about how the world will produce enough energy to supply 9 billion people by mid-century - and whether that can be done without pumping off-the-charts amounts of carbon dioxide into the air - meet one of the minds trying to produce an answer
Published: 6 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Chinas Global Bid For Energy
SFGate
It is no secret that China is quickly transforming itself into a global economic and military superpower. China's economy has grown dramatically -- 9 percent in 2004 and more than 8 percent in 2005 -- and its government is eager to feed its economy and its upwardly mobile 1.8 billion people with natural resources that it does not currently possess
Published: 10 Jul 2005 (Recent Addition)

Coal Shortage in China to Hit 330 million Tons by 2010
People's Daily Online
Experts estimate that China will consume 2.2 billion tons of coal by 2010, causing a shortage of 330 million tons, said Wang Xianzheng, vice director of the State Administration of Work Safety
Published: 24 May 2005 (Recent Addition)

Commercial Fuel Cell Technology Ready By 2010
Platinum Today
Leading fuel cell developer, Ballard has released a technology 'road map' planning its development of the technology for hydrogen-powered vehicles with a completion target of 2010
Published: 31 Mar 2005 (Recent Addition)

Could Distributed Power Generation Via Fuel Cells, Solar Roofs, and Micro-turbines Create Virtual Utilities?
Electrical Contracting Foundation
The Foundation has commissioned IAF to identify key trends that will affect the future of the electrical contracting industry
Published: 2001 (Recent Addition)

Do Oil Reserves Foretell a Bleak Future?
Counter Currents
Gasoline prices have reached their highest mark ever in the United States -- just as oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell has slashed its petroleum reserve estimates by 20 percent, after a monumental accounting scandal. While soaring prices at the pump have the public worried about another 1970s-style oil crisis, waiting in line might ultimately be the least of our concerns. An increasing number of prominent petroleum geologists -- including many former oil company employees -- have warned that official estimates of available global oil reserves are dangerously exaggerated
Published: 3 Apr 2004 (Recent Addition)

Dotcom King & the Rooftop Solar Revolution
Wired News
Idealab impresario Bill Gross couldn't wait for the dawn of the sun age. So he built a high-energy, low-cost solar concentrator that will fit on your roof. And overthrow the powers that be
Published: 1 Jul 2005 (Recent Addition)

Economic Indicators Speak Loudly
Pakistan Times
National Economic Council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has accorded priority to the water sector and development of energy, infrastructure and human resources during the period 2005-2010, with Rs 2 trillion to be invested
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End of Oil is Closer Than You Think
Guardian Unlimited
Oil production could peak next year
Published: 21 Apr 2005 (Recent Addition)

End of Oil?
TechnologyReview.com
If the actions—rather than the words—of the oil business’s major players provide the best gauge of how they see the future, then ponder the following. Crude oil prices have doubled since 2001, but oil companies have increased their budgets for exploring new oil fields by only a small fraction. Likewise, U.S. refineries are working close to capacity, yet no new refinery has been constructed since 1976. And oil tankers are fully booked, but outdated ships are being decommissioned faster than new ones are being built
Published: 2005

Energy 2050
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Article by Steve Fetter, a professor at the University of Maryland, USA

Energy in the 21st Century: The Return of Geopolitics
OECD
Where will energy markets go in the future?

Energy Scenarios for Colombia: process and content
science@direct
This paper presents the approach undertaken, and the four energy scenarios that have been developed, to support long term energy policy in Colombia. The scenarios were constructed with emphasis on maximum interaction between stakeholders in the Colombian energy sector.
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Energy Systems
Venus Project
In the future, as refinements in conversion technologies increase its feasibility, geothermal energy will come to take on a more prominent role. Readily available in various geographical regions throughout the world, both on land and under the sea, this energy source alone could provide enough clean energy for the next thousand years

Energy: A Nuclear Surprise
Challenge! Forum
Describles possible nuclear futures

Energy: Todays Future, Tomorrow’s Problem
Alexanders Gas and Oil Connection
Article at Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections, published originally in the New York Post, February 2004

EU Energy Drive To Cut Standby Wastage
Telegraph.co.uk
The new energy-efficiency standards will apply to new items such as boilers, washing machines, chargers, computers and DVD players. Officials have calculated that the equivalent output of around 50 power stations across Europe could be prevented by 2010 by using more efficient appliances - with significant savings for household electricity bills.
Published: 4 Jul 2005 (Recent Addition)

Europe to Install 4500 mw Solar PV By 2010
Green Building Press
Europe will have 4,500 MW of solar PV installed by 2010, according to the latest forecast from six renewable energy groups on the continent. Last year, 410 MWp of panels were installed to boost total capacity to more than 1,000 MW, an increase of 69% over 2003, says the barometer prepared by Observ’ER for the European Union
Published: 13 May 2005 (Recent Addition)

Europe's Next Industrial Revolution
Spiegel Online
The world may be on the brink of another industrial revolution -- and Europe is leading the way. A combination of network communications and hydrogen power may usher in a whole new era of civilization
Published: 4 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Fabric(ation)
Innovation Lab
Our fast-paced modern lifestyles are increasingly driven by the need for mobility—and an increasingly insatiable hunger for access to information. This is where high-tech textiles come in
Published: 2005 (Recent Addition)

Ford Sees Future with Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration
Brief news entry from APEA


Fuel Cell Components Market Forecast to reach $100 billion in 2013
Research and Markets
Trends and challenges in new battery and fuel cell markets
Published: 30 Jun 2005 (Recent Addition)

Future Energy Technologies
Space Energy Access Systems
A more robust energy development effort is required to help us make the transition from dangerous fossil fuels. A more stable, long-term energy future is possible with new energy sources like these discussed in this article
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Future of Energy
Futurist.com
How will we acquire the energy to sustain six to eight billion people on the planet at a reasonable living standard, while not so damaging the ecosystem as to make life too difficult or even impossible?

Future of Ventilation
kijkopkeukens
Kitchen ventilation will more and more become a part of the overall concept of the entire house

Future World Oli Supply
Salzburg University
International summer school on the politics and economics of renewable energy
Published: 15 Jul 2002 (Recent Addition)

Global Wind Power
Technology Review
Research from Stanford Univeristy into wind capacity at 80 metres shows that there is easily enough potential wind power to meet the world's electricity demands. In 2002, just .3 percent of the world's electricity supply came from wind power.
Published: 1 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Go Crackers Says Future Demand
Future of Indian Manufacturing
The fortunes of the Indian petrochemicals industry are closely linked with global patterns. Cyclicality forms the main characteristic of this business. Currently, the petrochemicals industry worldwide is at the bottom of the cycle with profitability at very low levels. The slowdown in the US, which is the largest consumer of plastics in the world, has depressed global markets. However, capacity additions and expansions are taking place particularly rapidly in the feedstock-rich Middle East. The extent of China’s imports will have a large role to play in future world trade in petrochemicals. It is expected that global demand will rise again and may move faster than supply. If this happens, operating rates will improve, so will global margins in basic petrochemicals and polymers
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Grad Student Believes Wood May Replace Oil
WTOP
A University of Idaho graduate student believes the answer to the world's crude oil crisis grows on trees. Juan Andres Soria says he has developed a process that turns wood into bio-oil, a substance similar to crude oil
Published: 3 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

High Oil Prices For 20 years
Sunday Times
The price of oil could remain above $40 a barrel for the next 20 years, according to senior executives at Shell
Published: 12 Jun 2005 (Recent Addition)

Hydrogen Cars
ScienCentralNews
Record gas prices are making road trips more expensive than ever. But what if, instead of gas, your car ran on the most abundant element in our universe?

Hydrogen Economy Might Impact Earth´s Stratosphere
Caltech Media Relations
Article from Caltech

If ... the Lights Go Out
BBCi
Could Britain be facing a widespread, catastrophic power cut in the future? The short answer is yes

In Future, Ordinary Lights May Communicate, Boost Health
Technology Review
Scientists have been taking a closer look at the lighting in our homes, offices and vehicles, and they're seeing potential for a way to improve health and a new means of electronic communication - in the long term.
Published: 30 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

In Future, Ordinary Lights May Communicate, Boost Health
Technology Review
Some innovative ideas for using LED lighting.
Published: 30 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Indias Energy Future
EcoWorld
New alliances with Neighbors, the Global South, & the Energy Axis of Russia, Iran and China
Published: 2005 (Recent Addition)

Investing in Clean Energy Would Create More Than 154,000 Jobs
New Energy Future
Investing in clean energy solutions would create 154,000 new jobs annually in the U.S. between 2005-2020 and save American consumers $16.2 billion on their electricity bills in 2020, according to a new report released today by U.S. PIRG
Published: 16 Feb 2005 (Recent Addition)

LEDs Could Fulfill Everyday Lighting Functions by 2010
Toms Hardware Guide
LED technology is replacing traditional bulbs especially in small handhelp devices. A new report from iSuppli says that as costs fall and technology power increase the market could take off. soon spotlights could face competition
Published: 25 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Life in 2020: Solar Power, Hens in the Garden and a Robot in the Loo
Guardian Unlimited
A vision of how life will have changed for everyone by 2020 from the UK Government’s Environment Agency, and reported in UK daily newspaper the Guardian, October 2003


Looming Oil Crisis Will Dwarf 1973
CBS
As the price of crude oil keeps rising, it has become increasingly clear that the world is heading toward a major oil crisis - in terms of both price and supply - that will dwarf that of 1973.

Meeting Future Energy Needs: Choices and Possibilities
National Academy of Engineering
Two scenarios of our energy future challenge current corporate strategies and energy policies
Published: 1 Jun 2003 (Recent Addition)

New Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Wired News
Scientists have been taking a closer look at the lighting in our homes, offices and vehicles, and they're seeing potential for a way to improve health and a new means of electronic communication
Published: 30 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

New Study Ranks Spain As Europes Leading Wind Market In 2005
Industry News
Spain's wind power market, which trailed Germany by a narrow margin in 2004, is expected to emerge in 2005 as Europe's largest, and to remain so through 2010, according to a new study by Emerging Energy Research (EER),
Published: 1 Apr 2005 (Recent Addition)

Nuclear Energy
Herman Trend Alert
Observers expect the United States’ demand for electricity will stimulate the construction of 15 new nuclear power plants over the next 15 years. The growth in the nuclear production of electricity will be significant in balancing our alternatives. Estimates are that by 2020, one-fourth of electricity in the US will come from nuclear facilities. While this number sounds like strong growth---and it is, the US will still produce less than 18 other countries do now. South Korea, for example, generates 40 percent of its power using nuclear fuel. Comfortably protected from oil blackmail, France produces 78 percent of its power from nuclear sites. The US capacity is twice that of France, but it is not used
Published: 7 Sep 2005 (Recent Addition)

Nuclear Power may Be the Only Way, Says Chief Scientist
Ithe independent
Britain may need one more generation of nuclear power stations in the fight against climate change, Sir David King, the Government's chief scientific adviser, says
Published: 12 May 2005 (Recent Addition)

Oil Age is Over
Life After The Oil Crash
Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon. This is not the wacky proclamation of a doomsday cult, apocalypse bible prophecy sect, or conspiracy theory society. Rather, it is the scientific conclusion of the best paid, most widely-respected geologists, physicists, and investment bankers in the world. These are rational, professional, conservative individuals who are absolutely terrified by a phenomenon known as global “Peak Oil”
Published: 2004

Oil and Troubled Water
Guardian Unlimited
Nobody expects the world's oil reserves to last forever. The question is, when will they run out, and how serious will the knock-on effects be?
Published: 2004

Oil Booms End Up a Bust, Study Shows
Inter Press Service News Agency
The U.S. strategy to increase oil production from non-Middle Eastern nations in the least developed countries may serve consumers in Western nations, but is likely to add to those poor nations' burdens of debt and economic hardship, according to a new study
Published: 30 Jun 2005 (Recent Addition)

Oil Prices Drive US Action On Climate
BBC News
The environment itself is not the burning issue at the White House - but the price of gas is
Published: 30 Jun 2005 (Recent Addition)

Oil-based Technology and Economy: Prospects for the Future
Danish Board of Technology
A short introduction from Teknologi-Radet to basic issues and a review of oil depletion projections derived from different theories and methods

Pakistan Sees Major Oil and Gas Shortage by 2010
Dawn
Pakistan will face a shortage of about 20 million tonnes of oil equivalent in five years time, jumping to 100 million tonnes by 2025
Published: 8 Apr 2005 (Recent Addition)

Power >From the Sun
Chemical & Engineering News
After decades of promise, solar energy science and production is on an upswing, but how far can solar go to solve the world’s energy ills?
Published: 2004

Powering the Future
Futurist.com
Overview of the prospects for fuel cells

Qatar Petrochemical Industry to See $10bn Investments by 2010
Gulf Times
By 2010, Qatar’s petrochemical production will reach a record level of 12mn tonnes annually
Published: 26 Apr 2005 (Recent Addition)

Saving the World With Sunbeams
Wired News
A U.S. chemist is trying to determine how the world will produce enough energy to supply 9 billion people by mid-century -- and whether that can be done without pumping off-the-charts amounts of carbon dioxide into the air
Published: 7 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Scenario Planning and the Future of Energy
Strategic Planning Society
What will be the UK's energy needs in 2050 and how will they be met? At first glance this seems an impossibly daunting question to answer
Published: 1 Jul 2003 (Recent Addition)

See the Trends Driving a Projected Doubling of LNG Demand Over the Next Fifteen Years
PR Newswire
The 1st Edition of The Changing Market For LNG report is a comprehensive 210-page study of the current and future market for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The report looks at the trends driving a projected doubling of LNG demand over the next fifteen years.
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Solar Project Could Advance Green Fuel
Jerusalem Post
The production of nonpolluting hydrogen fuel could be facilitated by innovative solar technology successfully tested on a large scale at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. Scientists say it also promises to expedite the storage and transportation of hydrogen
Published: 5 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Spain Aims to Double Energy from Renewable Sources
Planet Ark
The plan aims for investment of 23.5 billion euros ($29 billion) in the renewable sector from 2005 to 2010, with private companies footing the majority of the bill. The government will put forward only 2.9 percent of the estimated cost. Spain wants 12% of energy from renewables by 2010
Published: 29 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Straw Into Gold
Futurist.com
Remember the Grimm’s Fairy Tale about the miller’s daughter who can spin straw into gold? There may be a real-life equivalent story available soon…or at least, the ability to spin straw into oil. Or turkey guts into oil. Tires into oil. Agricultural waste in oil…and the list goes on

Sunshine Deal
Technology Review
So far, 20 states, including Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Mexico, have established renewable energy production standards and are develioping renewable energy sources. In Claifornia this is especially the case, where abot 18% of energy is from renewable sources.
Published: 6 Sep 2005 (Recent Addition)

Sunshine Deal
Technology Review
For years now, electricity shortages have encouraged power companies to look for alternative sources of energy. And state governments are getting onboard as well. So far, 20 states, including Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Mexico, have established renewable energy production standards
Published: 6 Sep 2005 (Recent Addition)

Time to Switch
Guardian Unlimited
A London council has led the way on renewable energy - and other local authorities are in pursuit
Published: 24 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)

Wind Power in the UK
Sustainable Development Commission
Wind Power in the UK’ is set against the Government target to increase the contribution of renewables to UK electricity to 10 per cent by 2010 – with an aspiration of 20 per cent by 2020 – as part of efforts to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing energy security. The report aims to help policy-makers and planners balance genuine local concerns with wider environmental and social needs, so the benefits of renewable energy are realised through careful design and consultation. The report is 176 pages long
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Wind Power Upgrade
Technology Review
Wind power markets are growing, especially in Europe. Within a decade one quarter of power will be wind power. Manufacturers are building huge off shore turbines
Published: 1 Apr 2005 (Recent Addition)

World Running Out Of Time For Oil Alternatives
Reuters
The world could run out of time to develop cleaner alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels before depletion drives prices through the roof
Published: 18 Aug 2005 (Recent Addition)