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Vehicles, Fuels and Power Trains for Sustainable Future Transport
Road transport has enabled growth and development around the world, and in many places increased road transport is correlated with growth in standard of living. However, increased road transport not only occupies space but also leads to increased resource use and emissions, and thus contributes increasingly to sustainability concerns.
The road transport sector is strongly homogeneous, depending almost exclusively on oil-based fuels and internal combustion engine-based vehicles, and so finding solutions to sustainable transport problems requires a systems approach – the vehicle, the fuel and the powertrain must all contribute. For example, new engines that require new fuels must be accompanied by new or different infrastructure.
This session will explore the options, their development status and how they could be implemented in a sustainable energy future.
16:00 Introduction from the Chair: David Hart, Director, E4Tech
- 16:10 Pierre Loing, Vice President - Product Planning & Zero Emission BU, Nissan
- 16:30 F. Emil Jacobs,Vice President, Research and Development, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
- 16:50 Neville Jackson, Group Technology Director, Ricardo
- 17:10 Q&A
17:30 End of Session
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Energy Efficiency – The Role of the Consumer in Ensuring Smart Grid Reaches its Potential
Energy demand is projected to triple by 2050 and with it there will be increased global demand for scarce resources to build infrastructure, and to fuel generation. Climate change concerns demand that we find more environmentally friendly ways to generate, deliver, and consume power. This is critical, as 40% of the carbon contribution to our environment is from electric power generation.
Consumers in many countries are now very aware of these environmental challenges. However few are actively engaged in reducing their energy footprint. Most consumers have no idea that the cost of generating power during peak periods is up to 100 times greater than the cost during off-peak hours.
- How do we educate, inform, and convince consumers to use energy when it's more efficient to do so?
- How can Governments, Energy Suppliers and Industry work together to address these consumer concerns?
- How do we direct investment in our electrical infrastructure today to make it smarter and more capable of optimizing the influx of more renewable energy, distributed generation and plug in hybrid electric vehicles?
- How do we reward consumers for energy efficiency and conservation and create the conditions for energy service providers to deploy smart grid technologies?
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16:00 Introduction from Chair: Greg Cominos, Commercial Leader, GE
- 16:15 Rend Stephan, Boston Consulting Group
- 16:30 Andres E. Carvallo, Austin Energy
- 16:45 Peter Terwiesch, CTO, ABB
- 17:00 Questions from the floor
17:30 End of Session
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Transportation Policies and Planning for Sustainable Development
With individual vehicle ownership and usage continuing to increase apace, the establishment of sustainable transportation infrastructure is set to become increasingly more important. This session will explore the effective strategies and best-case practices for moderating the number of vehicle kilometers traveled, including the impact of transit-orientated development, travel demand management approaches and job-housing balance, using case histories from around the world.
16:00 Introduction/Presentation from Session Chair: Robert Cervero, Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
- 16:30 Harry Dimitriou, Director of the Omega Centre, Bartlett School of Planning, University College, London
- 16:50 Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Sustainable Policy Insitute, Australia
- 17:10 Q&A
17:30 End of Session
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