TALKING POINTS FOR NESTA DYNAMIC DEMAND CHALLENGE WEBINAR AUGUST 14TH 2013
• FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES ENERGY POLICY IS CLIMATE POLICY
• GOVERNMENTS HAVE AGREED THAT 2°C IS THE THRESHOLD OF DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE
• THEY HAVE RATIFIED THE UNFCCC AND ARE THEREFORE OBLIGED TO W0RK TO KEEP TEMPERATURE BELOW 2°C
• THIS MEANS BUILDING A CARBON NEUTRAL GLOBAL ENERGY SYSTEM BY AROUND 2050
• UK ALREADY AIMING FOR 80% REDUCTIONS BY THEN – COULD & SHOULD DO BETTER• THIS CAN BE DONE WITH TECHNOLOGIES ALREADY AVAILABLE
• BUT MUCH MORE LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY WILL BECOME AVAILABLE
• BUT THERE WILL NOT BE 2 BILLION VEHICLES WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
• MEANS TRANSFORMATION NOT INCREMENTAL CHANGE
• MOVE TO ELECTRICITY WILL KEEP ROLE FOR FOSSIL FUELS PROVIDED CCS DEPLOYED
• MUST DO THIS IN A RISK AVERSE WORLD CHANGING AT AN ACCELRATING RATE AGAINST STRONG OPPOSITION FROM ENTRENCHED INTERESTS
• MANY CURRENT BUSINESS MODELS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH TRANSFORMATION
• LEADS TO MASSIVE CONSERVATISM IN CHANGE MODEL.
• BIG SIZE TOO RISKY NEED TO MOVE TO BIG NUMBERS FOR GENERATION (CLOUD GENERATION)
• SECURITY IN DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION NOT SCALE
• DESIGN GRID FIRST – FIT TECHNOLOGIES TO GRID, NOT ADAPT GRID TO TECHNOLOGIES
• MOVE FROM TOP DOWN TO BOTTOM UP DESIGN PHILOSOPHY – INVOLVE COMMUNITIES
• D3 THE KEY
• DEMAND MANAGEMENT ALWAYS CHEAPER THAN NEW GENERATION
• IMPROVES COMPETITIVENESS AND BETTER DEAL FOR CONSUMERS
• LIKE ICT REVOLUTION NOT PREVIOUS ENERGY TRANSITIONS AND WILL BE MUCH FASTER
• WILL BE POLICY LED – MARKET WILL NOT DELIVER INNOVATION OTHERWISE
• GRID INVESTMENT IS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
• TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT BY PRIVATE SECTOR
• EMR MISSED OPPORTUNITY
• 3D INNOVATION – TECHNOLOGY+POLICY+FINANCE+REGULATION
• DIFFICULTIES OVERWHELMINGLY POLITICAL RATHER THAN TECHNOLOGICAL OR ECONOMIC
TOM BURKE
14TH AUGUST 2013