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Energy Security in Camps Bay

Energy Security in Camps Bay. Reliable and uninterrupted power to households and businesses in Camps Bay. The threats Immediate and mid term to mitigate based on conservation and renewables Longer term based on renewables in the context of Camps Bay. Threats to Energy Security.

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Energy Security in Camps Bay

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  1. Energy Security in Camps Bay Reliable and uninterrupted power to households and businesses in Camps Bay • The threats • Immediate and mid term to mitigate based on conservation and renewables • Longer term based on renewables in the context of Camps Bay

  2. Threats to Energy Security • The blackouts of April 2008 will re-occur (Leon Louw of Free Market Foundation) • Demand increasing between 8% and 10% p.a. • Margin between supply and demand shrinking from 16% (Lakmeerharan of Eskom) • Eskom’s new Medupi coal fired power station expected to be operational earliest 2014; probably 2016 • Kusile + 1 other (4,800 MW) planned coal fired power stations: insufficient funds • Shortfall of between 20,000 and 40,000 MW generating capacity by 2025. • New Nuclear power stations, if ever, earliest 2022; Eskom considers R 250 billion too expensive compared to coal-fired. • Regulatory delays in expanding Independent Power Producers (IPP) and in adopting renewables • Public apathy towards alternative energy and use of renewables • Public resistance to electricity tariff increases

  3. Major Observations • >40% increase 1st July 2010 • >450% increase 2013 proj vs 2006 actual • Payback for interventions such as water heating via solar panels and other devices < 5 years

  4. Implement energy saving mechanisms. They make economic sense • Measure and Plot your own power usage • Consider installing solar power water heating, LED’s, timers, energy pumps etc. • Review the swim pool filter times THREE it's a magic numberYes it is, it's a magic numberBecause two times three is sixAnd three times six is eighteenAnd the eighteenth letter in the alphabet is RWe've got three R's we're going to talk about todayWe've got to learn toReduce, Reuse, Recycle (Jack Johnson; the singer)

  5. Some Conservation Examples!! • Recycle things. Recycling an aluminum can to produce a new one requires one-tenth of the energy needed to produce one from scratch. Paper factories use far less energy to make paper from old newspapers than from wood pulp. • Avoid foods that take a lot of water and energy to produce or transport, such as meat and processed meals. • Use bottled water sparingly. For one thing, it’s thousands of times more expensive than water from the tap! Tap water is safe to drink, and you can fit a filter to purify it further if you want. Bottled water consumes energy in production and marketing, and in some countries many of the plastic bottles end up as litter and don’t get recycled. • When you make a hot drink, boil just the amount of water you need. Don’t fill the kettle to the top if it’s not necessary! • Showering takes four times less energy than bathing • Households are estimated to be responsible for 30% of electricity consumption. So if we all save electricity, it will make a big difference. • When you need to replace a light bulb, buy an energy-saving one: though they are more expensive to buy, they last much longer and use about five times less electricity than conventional bulbs, so in the end they save you a lot of money. • Don’t leave your TV, stereo and computer on ‘standby’ – this is the mode when a little light remains on. On average, a TV set uses 45% of its energy in standby mode. If all Europeans avoided the standby mode, enough electricity would be saved to power a country the size of Belgium. • Also, don’t leave your mobile-phone charger plugged in when you have finished charging your phone – it continues to consume electricity even if the phone is not attached!

  6. Climate Change and Economics

  7. Pakistan August 2010 • Death Toll > 2,000 • Over 20 to 25 million (15% of total population) displaced> disease etc • Threat of a failed state>>terrorism, drugs, crime etc>>security costs increase • Aid in USD Billions paid by taxpayers

  8. Russia August 2010Temps > 40 deg C; Hottest in 130 years

  9. Wheat shortages expected, despite reserves>Bread Prices set to rise • South Africa imports 1/3rd of its wheat requirements (40% from Germany) • World Barley prices rise > Higher beef and poultry prices, beer

  10. South Georgia and the king Penguins • Glacier Erosion >> higher sea levels (17cms since 1900) • “Plan for 100 cms rise in sea levels by the end of 21st Century”, (Bindschadler Emeritus Scientist NASA • If so, 8 out 10 world’s largest cities will have to move!!

  11. Camps Bay June 2009 Restaurant activity disrupted and business losses Repair costs to streets and infrastructure comes from our pockets via City RATES Flood threat from storm surges, spring tides; beach emasculated Will there be a next time?

  12. Conclusions of the Stern Report The evidence shows that ignoring climate change will eventually damage economic growth. Our actions over the coming few decades could create risks of major disruption to economic and social activity, later in this century and in the next, on a scale similar to those associated with the great wars and the economic depression of the first half of the 20th century. And it will be difficult or impossible to reverse these changes. Tackling climate change is the pro-growth strategy for the longer term, and it can be done in a way that does not cap the aspirations for growth of rich or poor countries. The earlier effective action is taken, the less costly it will be.

  13. South Africa a dirty polluter • South Africa ranks 12th in carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels, with 423.81 million tons of CO2 in 2006 (EIA, 2008). • South Africa Ranked 29th in GDP 2006 (Economist 2009). • South Africa Ranked below 70 in GDP per capita. • South Africa’s plans to build more low grade coal fired power stations exacerbates the CO2 emissions • South Africa and its communities need to embrace with urgency renewables (sun, wind, waves etc)

  14. Solar Resource Mapping in South Africa Tom Fluri March 2009

  15. Average annual wind at speed 10 m above ground (m/s)Kilian Hagemann, University of Cape Town (2008)“Wind can produce 35% of SA’s Electricity”Wind generated energy could cost 30% less than energy from Kusile

  16. The Waves and Tides off Camps Bay

  17. An Inclusive Solution and Objectives • To support and engage with the resource conservation programs of the City of Cape Town by reducing CB’s reliance on the GRID; making power more affordable to those less fortunate than us. • To encourage CB residents to implement energy saving mechanisms and introduce more renewables at household and business levels. • To establish advisory services for CB households and businesses for energy optimization. • To determine to what extent CB as a community could embrace renewables (wind, sun, waves, tides etc); even feeding into the GRID • To establish communications with CB residents via e-mail lists, meetings, projects, expert lectures, Round Tables, Podcasts etc. • To foster support from and engage with other CB representative institutions (CBRRA, CBW etc)

  18. Contact Details • Please consider to join our group, we need additional expertise • Roy Bermeister: 082-450-7858; e-mail: roy@netxpert.co.za • Martin Diessner: 072-644-1789; e-mail: martin.diessner@gmail.com • Roger Trythall: 082-900-2685; e-mail: rtrythall@bluewin.ch • Web address: www.campsbaycommunity.com

  19. The take home message • MEASUREMENT >> MANAGEMENT “Until you can measure something and express it in numbers, you have only the beginning of understanding.” Lord Kelvin

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