A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STRATEGY FOR THE AFRICAN SCOCIETIES

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A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STRATEGYFOR THE
AFRICAN SCOCIETIES
A VISION
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Francisco Eduardo De Sousa Webber
Until 1999 Researcher, Medical University Vienna
General Manager, Matrixware Information Services
Chairman of the Executive Board, Information
Retrieval Facility
Director, Institute for new Cultural Technologies
Introduction
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BIOMIMICRY
The Solar Upwind Power Plant
Brainstorming
Blueprinting
Overview
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BIOMIMICRY
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The Principles of Nature by (Janine Benyus,
Biomimicry)

• Nature runs on sunlight
• Nature only uses the energy it needs
• Nature fits Form to function
• Nature recycles everything
• Nature rewards cooperation
• Nature banks on diversity
• Nature demands local expertise
• Nature curbs excesses from within

BIOMIMICRY
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1 Nature runs on sunlight
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Direct Electricity
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Steam Production
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Solar Concentrators
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Stirling Engine
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Silicium High Tech
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Quantum Physics
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Prefer simple solutions over high-tech
Build locally with local materials
Build locally with local manpower
Mainenance with local resources
Use small distributed units
Low running cost
Longevity of units
Criteria for low industrialized zones
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SolaR UPDRAFT POWER PLANT
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SolaR UPDRAFT POWER PLANT
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Solar Updraft tower Tech Is becoming
high-tech too
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Efficiency of Solar technology also depends on
manfactoring costs
We need to consider societies as organisms
We are looking for a mechanism that allows to
grow an energy infrastructure
We should enable local communities to do energy
farming
Local needs ? Local Satisfaction ? Local Surplus
? Regional Production
We need the science of the simple Here
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• Small scale plants are easier to manage
• No need for a sophisticated power grid
• No losses by transportation
• Service discontinuation only affects local area
• Local use makes need for storage smaller

2 Nature only uses the energy it needs
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3 Nature fits form to function
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Example Efficient geodesic construction
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Construction with local resources
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• Lower Cost
• High Quality Raw Material
• Avoid the initial Production Costs

4 Nature recycles everything
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Metals
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Glass
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and Recycling recycling-plants
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5 Nature rewards cooperation
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6 Nature banks on diversity
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7 Nature demands local expertise
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8 Nature curbs excesses from within
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9 Nature taps power of limits
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Sunlight
Sunlight
Sunlight
Local Economic Development
Raw Material
Hydrogen
Training
Recycle Equipment
The Macro economic view
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The Action plan
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• Engineering
• Architecture
• Agronomy
• Ecology
• Geophysics

• Business
• Logistics
• Macro Economics
• Banking

• Development Cooperation
• Sociology
• Political Sciences
• Education

Form a Planning consortium
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• PART I
• The Description
• Vision
• Policies
• Goals

• PART II
• Blue Prints
• Plant Design
• Agrocultural Design
• Urban Planning
• Business Plan

• PART III
• Assessment / Prerequisites
• Geophysics
• Industrial context
• Socioeconomics
• Education

• PART IV Appendix
• Reference Implementations Literature
  Standards

Deliverables The Handbook
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Thank you for your kind attention.
Questions ?
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