Toward A Brighter Future
John Woolard, President and CEO,
BrightSource Energy
Presentation Agenda
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Today’s Energy Climate Landscape
2050
Why the Sun?
Why the US Must Lead
5 Steps to Ensuring US Competitiveness in the
Global Solar Space
2
Today’s Energy Landscape
3
Fossil Fuels Dominate Mix
Global Energy Supply by Resource
3%
5%
6%
Oil, 37%
Natural Gas,
23%
Oil
Coal
Natural Gas
Nuclear
Hydro
Other Renewables
Coal, 25%
Source: EIA 2009
4
Emerging Economies’ Energy Consumption
Growing
Energy Consumption Growth
1990-2008
180%
170%
160%
146%
140%
120%
100%
91%
80%
66%
70%
60%
40%
20%
17%
20%
Others*
USA
7%
0%
EU-27
Latin America
Africa
India
China
Middle East
EIA, 1990-2008
5
China Now World's Largest Energy
Consumer
Energy Consumption by Region
US, 19%
Other
Other, 32%
China
Japan
India
EU, 14%
Russia
EU
US
6%
China, 20%
4%
4%
Source: BP's Statistical Review of
World Energy 2011
6
400
2008 CO2 Concentration: 400
380
360
340
320
300
280
CO (ppm)
2
260
240
220
200
180
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
Age (years BP)
Source: National Climatic Data Center/NOAA
2050
8
9
Energy Demand More than Doubles
25
Energy Consumption Growth
22
20
17
15
14
12
Gtoe
10
10
5
0
2001
2010
2020
2030
2050
World Energy Council, Deciding the Future: Energy Policy Scenarios to 2050 Executive
Summary, 2007
10
Meeting our Clean Power Needs
6,000
History
US GHG Goal: Economy-wide 83% GHG
reduction by 2050
Zero- and LowCarbon
Generation
5,000
(Renewables,
Nuclear, Hydro,
Fossil w/ CCS)
4,000
Fossil w/o CCS
U.S. Power
Generation
(billion kWh) 3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
Ventyx and DOE Energy Information Administration
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13,000 GW of Carbon-free Energy by 2050
12
An Economic Imperative
13
Why the Sun?
14
Strong Solar Resources Coincident with
Growing Energy Regions
15
Innovate, Innovate, Innovate
17
Deploy at Scale
18
Find Energy Synergies
19
Attract Private Capital
20
Address Reliability
21