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Welcome to tour website, where we hope you will find valuable information about electrical energy. As the world comes to realise that we are quickly using up our natural energy resources and damaging the environment in the process, awareness and education is an important tool in going forward to a more stable and sustainable future than what the current outlook is. At Dardemann Pty Ltd, a breadth of knowledge in the power industry has provided us with information and tools with which to share and put to use. We hope to make a substantial contribution and change to the way energy resources are extracted and used at least in the power industry. Our company provides services for power generators, primarily for fossil fuelled power plants. Our goal is to contribute to: a) improved operations control performance, operations and efficiency, b) more efficient use of resources c) generally more responsible generation of electricity and any by-products d) promoting methods to reduce use of non-renewable resources and alternative methods e) looking for and supporting opportunities in new ideas to be more sustainable We recognise the need to reduce, or ideally eliminate, unwanted emissions and we believe that unbiased information is the basis of better decision-making. We are active in countries around the globe, some with an excellent record of long-term vision to improve operations (such as Germany, California, Scandinavia), and some with a particularly short-sighted approach to decision making. Unfortunately many other self-focused people, governments and companies losing sight of the important issues including environmental ones. Unfortunately also, that such "old fashioned views" of those holding on to the current status and business models miss out on vast opportunities in profits. Of course we all are not guilt-free, but we hope that through this site we can provide some valuable information, whether it be general or in-depth, as well as present some options for a greener future. Another reason for reducing is simple evidence of the increasing insurance payout for climate related disasters.
Please take a look through our site and feel free to get in contact with us at Dardemann Pty Ltd for further information. We are an Australian company and therefore much of this information is related to Australia. CSIRO Energy Future Forum Australian figures tell an annual generation (2006, Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource – ABARE) of CO2 equivalent of 37,7 billion tonnes per year. If nothing is being done, then the estimated output would be 84 billion tonnes in 2050. If all OECD, other CIS member countries, China and India form a coalition to reduce greenhouse gases, then the projected amount would be 53,2 billion tonnes in 2050. Applying greenhouse gas reducing technologies would create strong economic growth, increase in retail electricity prices in Australia by between 5 and 20% while real income would rise by 100% in Australia. This would be inclusive of imposed carbon prices. This study assumes removal of tariffs and subsidies by 2020 to provide a free market allowing low-cost methods for greenhouse reduction technics. The real income increase will be caused by increased GDP. In the other scenario, doing little and providing energy security by protection, tariffs etc. would reduce trade and investment in renewable energy and leave Australia heavily relying on coal as major energy source. Australia’s power stations contribute 35% of greenhouse emission at present. Engineers Australia 3/2007 Here are some facts and figures about energy use and consumption in Australia and the world:
Australia is one of 4 countries having not signed the Kyoto Protocol, the other countries are USA, Liechtenstein and Monaco. Europe has implemented incentives, laws and regulations to push their countries faster into a cleaner world. Emission Trading Europe Starts 1.1.2005 Guidelines Richtlinie 2003/87/EG target at this stage CO2 only Every emission generator receives a fixed amount of emission certificates based on history. If he increases efficiency or reduces production, then the not used emission can be made available for trading. If he wants to increase production causing exceeding his emission allocation, then he can buy emission certificates from the trading market. Applicable to all EU states Penalty: Phase 1 2005 to 2007 – EURO 40 per t CO2 Phase 2 2008 to 2012 – EURO 100 per t CO2 Buying of future certificates possible Expected trading price at the beginning EURO 30 – 50 per t CO2 Overall goal reduction of CO2 emission from 1990 to 2012 by 20% (?) Carbon trading started with a few problems but is starting to work. Germany has over the last decade increased business by around 10% while reducing emission by 10% over the same period. Growth may not have been as fast as without emission constraints, but new businesses have sprung up. Germany is now the largest producer of wind generators (and the largest user in absolute terms - 14,000 wind turbines); Germany is also the largest manufacturer of solar cells (despite the relative low sun shine in that country) and is followed closely by China. Developed countries with lot of sunshine missed these opportunities already. Relative Cost of Different Energy Generation
The reason that wind power has a fuel cost is the provision of standby power when wind is not sufficient to fill the demand. In perspective of the construction cost the average total cost of a typical size power plant: Nuclear: 800 MW - 2,000 million US$ (unit size between 500 MW and 1,300 MW) Combined Cycle: 300 MW - 195 million US$ (unit size between 150 MW and 400 MW) Pulverised Coal: 800 MW - 1,120 million US$ (unit size between 150 MW and 1,100 MW) Wind, onshore: 3 MW - 2,7 million US$ (unit size between 1,5 MW and 5 MW) Open Gas Turbine Cycle: 120 MW - 48 million US$ (unit size between 40 MW and 150 MW) New Generation Plants in Australia
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