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Faculty Environmental NetworkBringing Systems
Concepts to Environmental Education

• David Marks, CEE and ESD,
• MIT Portugal Program,
• MIT Cyprus Program,
• MIT Masdar Program
• AGS

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How Do We Teach About Context?

• How to educate about the life cycle and systems
  aspects of Environment and Energy?
• Methods
• Case Studies
• Understanding Beyond the Boundries
• An example with PreFrosh two weeks ago The
  design of wind turbines.

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Questions Raised to the Students

• What is the Potential for Wind as a replacement
  for Fossil?
• Where is it Windy? When? How does this match
  with demands? What happens when the wind stops
  blowing or blows too much?
• How is Wind Scaled up? What infrastructure is
  needed for capture and storage? T Boone Pickens
• What about Nimby? Banana?
• What Kind of Energy does it replace?

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Sustainable Energy SystemsOverview and
StatusResearch and EducationIslands
CitiesStudents and Curriculum
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An Evolving Research Portfolio

• A Matrix of Research Areas/Projects
• Plus Energy Boxes, Smart Grids, Urban Metabolism,
  Misc. Technologies, Policies, Markets
  Behavior
• Designed to Develop New Methodologies,
  Data, Lessons and Insights Leading to
  Robust, Implementable Sustainable Energy
  Strategies (both technological policy)

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Wind in Space and Time
Source Mass Renewable Energy Trust TrueWind
Solutions
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Where is it Windy?

• Trees and Hills, Matter!!!

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Electricity in Space and Time

• Where is end-use efficiency most beneficial?
• Same question for
• Wind energy
• Solar
• Hydropower
• Biomass
• Ocean/Wave
• Storage (incl. H2)
• Everything

Mainland Portugal Electricity Demand(REN Data)
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Higher Resolution / Better Design

• Mainland Portugal Electricity Demand 2007 (REN)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
(MW MWh)
Hourly Electric Demand
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Higher Resolution / Better Design

• Mainland Portugal Electricity Demand 2007 (REN)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
(MW MWh)
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Why a Green Island?

• Islands represent excellent case studies
  with which to organize and demonstrate
  new methodologies for the sustainable
  and economic transformation of
  infrastructures, including new challenges such
  as climate change adaptation and energy security.

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Example São Miguel and Flores

• São Miguel and Flores
• Two very different islands population, economy,
  energy demand, current power system, renewable
  resources
• Long-Term Transform- action of ALL
  Energy Supplies and Demands

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Design Scenario Options

• Energy Services
• Household energy efficiency options/supply
  curves
• Similar service sector efficiency options
• Energy pricing and consumer response
• Sustainable building design (new, retrofit)
• Design for Açores economic transformation
• Public, private, freight transportation
  demand trends and options
• Many, many, more
• Economic and social trends and their influence
  of strategy performance design

• Energy Supplies
• Assessing coupled renewable resource dynamics
  (natural variability, climate forcing/ adaptatio
  n)
• Power grid expansion and design, constraints
  and storage opportunities including V2G and
  others
• Agriculture, wastes for sustainable biofuels
  and broader options.
• Many, many, more
• Data challenges to characterize options
  sufficiently
• Research infrastructure, now and for
  the long-term

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Partnering for Green Islands

• A Diverse Project Looking for Partners
• Understanding the Islands Energy Needs and
  Supplies
• Understanding energy in space and time
• Developing a full understanding of local
  resources
•  Developing New Ideas for Future Islands
  Economic and Energy Needs and Options
• Future electricity supplies, inlcuding energy
  storage Exploring new transportation
  options, including electricity Looking at
  ways to reduce energy use, including innovations
  in buildings and construction
• Partnering to Realize this New Energy Economy
  for the Azores
• Develop new innovative demonstration and pilot
  projects that put these plans into practice