Energy Policy Solutions | Hal Harvey

Energy Policy Solutions | Hal Harvey | Energy Seminar

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Speaker Biography:
Hal Harvey is the CEO of Energy Innovation, a San Francisco-based energy and environmental policy firm. Since its inception in 2012, Energy Innovation has delivered high-quality research and analysis to policymakers around the world and across a range of jurisdictions to help inform their energy policy decisions.
From 1991-2002, Hal served as founder and CEO of the Energy Foundation, a philanthropy supporting policy solutions that advance renewable energy and energy efficiency. He then helped establish Energy Foundation China, the European Climate Foundation, and the Indian Sustainable Energy Foundation. From 2002-2008, he served as Environment Program Director at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Hal has served on energy panels appointed by Presidents Bush (41) and Clinton, and has published two books and dozens of articles on energy and national security issues. He is President of the Board of Directors of the New-Land Foundation, Chairman of the Board of MB Financial Corporation, and Vice Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for Mercator Climate Center. He is also a Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Paulson Institute, in 2016 was awarded the Heinz Award for the Environment, and in 2018 was honored with the United Nation’s Clean Air and Climate Change Award.
Early in his career, Hal designed and built solar homes, and built an electric car for his commute. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University in Engineering, specializing in Energy Planning.

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@soiloveme9441 3 ай бұрын

Loved it!

@vaibhavgupta20 5 жыл бұрын

Great talk.

@myates4652 5 жыл бұрын

You are correct about grid level battery storage, it is decades away, wasteful, and probably infeasible. These are necessary for wind and solar(low concentration,intermittent sources of energy). You are right that efficiency upgrades are necessary, but I have not heard you talk about nuclear(high concentration energy), the lowest carbon energy. Specifically, advanced MSR tech, which can power carbon capture(which can be turned into fuels), the waste heat from that process can generate copious amounts of electricity for the grid, and the waste heat from power generation can be used to desalinate water. This can be done on your timescale, at scale, while being economically viable, probably keeping grid power at today's cost, maybe cheaper. All of this without flexible usage, while keeping liquid fuels, saving us from all the problems with batteries, and without being sneaky. All it takes are people willing to educate others about these real solutions, without carbon taxes, that we have the technology for today.

@TheDarkBrethren 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting points you bring up. And nuclear can definitely hold a lot of promise. Do you have any references that you can link to of the MSR tech being about to do carbon capture, desalination etc. at scale whilst being economically viable? I often see these type of comments floated around with almost no references to actual studies so it'd be good if you can share the source of your knowledge :D

@myates4652 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheDarkBrethren Thank you Tim for your question. There are no direct links , but by mixing tech, it is easily understandable. I am aware that mixing tech is where the issues arise, but I do not believe there are any issues here that would even be considered close to a moonshot . KZfaq can occasionally be unusual about links, so I will give you the search terms, search in the (parenthesis). Msr's(molten salt reactors world nuclear association) generate extremely high temperatures. This high temperature can power the carbon capture (reverse combustion cycle), that system can be cooled by the power generation (closed-cycle gas turbine). Desalinization thru co-generation and CCHP is available today(nuclear desalination, cogeneration ). A plus to this system is that it could probably, needs research, change the energies going in different processes so that the grid output could be varied,while keeping nuclear output constant. Now it probably could not change output fast enough for the grid, but a small battery system could buffer this process,if deemed necessary. Cogeneration and cheap nuclear power,if regulated properly, is what would make the combined system economically viable. The problem is with education on nuclear, most people see the boogeyman, so try to avoid talking about it. We must educate our government representatives, the media, and the public. Unfortunately the media is more interested in stories that scare instead of educate. Very exciting technologies though, all available today. I think that covers most of the process, but I look forward to any questions,comments, or criticisms you might have.

@myates4652 5 жыл бұрын

It looks like now Carbon Engineering has taken carbon capture one step further. They have made direct air capture more efficient than the reverse combustion cycle.

@TheDarkBrethren 5 жыл бұрын

M Yates Thanks so much for the reply! I'll be sure to look into this in more detail

@nekeke1 5 жыл бұрын

What about the extreme weather in America from 1934 to 1937 with a fraction of the CO2 concentration that we have today?. Are you sure that man-made "climate change" is not a hoax?.