Description

Never before has humanity on a global scale been forced to look ahead to future means of energy supply in a sustainable context. The recent realisation can be summed up as: more energy, less carbon dioxide. One wonders what preparations, or rather measures, can be made and how the future energy supply will be shaped.

In this lecture, Gert Jan Kramer provides an introduction to the new Shell Energy Scenarios to 2050. Both models - Scramble and Blueprints - are significantly different with regard to the possible development and operation of energy systems. This is a result of three underlying hard truths. For instance, there will be a drastic increase in global energy demand with the challenge of how to meet it as environmental issues become increasingly important.

Special attention is given to technical development and implementation of the scenarios. Also discussed is the model developed to quantify the expected energy demand

Speaker(s)

Prof Gert Jan Kramer (1961) is Principal Scientist at Shell Global Solutions. He studied experimental physics in Leiden where he obtained his PhD in the field of solid state physics. In 1988, he accepted a position at Shell in Amsterdam in the Research and Technology Centre. Here he worked on topics ranging from quantum chemical modelling of catalysts to reactor science. From the late 1990s, his work broadened to include hydrogen applications and alternative energy options including electric mobility.
Since 2007, Gert Jan has been the Shell delegate to the Technical Committee of the Energy Technologies Institute, a UK public-private partnership for the promotion of new energy technologies. He also works as a part-time professor in the field of hydrogen technology at TU/e.

SPECIES
Maximum number of participants: 50

Location

Hall 't Blauwe Boerke (800 metres from the station)

Hoofdstraat 26, 5683 AD Best

Organiser

Region South

Name and contact details for information

Further information from Gerard L. van Vucht, tel: (040) 252 84 53 or via the e-mail address below

gvu@planet.nl