Changing the Game

Rethinking the future of energy in Europe

Energy Crossroads Denmark

GOAL OF THE DAY

Create your own energyscenario for Europe in year 2030!

GREENHOUSEGAS EMISSIONS MAINLY COME FROM ENERGY USE!

Environment and climate changeENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

Security of supplySECURITY OF SUPPLY

Oil Reserves

ProsperityPROSPERITY

A quick quiz!

How large a fraction of the electricity

consumption in Europe goes to lighting

in households?

3 %

The LEGO towers

• The height shows energy consumption

• The width of fossil fuel bricks show the CO2 emission

THE LEGO TOWERS

INDUSTRY

TRANSPORT

HEATING

ELECTRICITY

The Towers - INDUSTRYINDUSTRY TOWER

The Towers - TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION TOWER

The Towers HEATINGHEATING TOWER

The TowersELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION

Peak & Base loadPEAK & BASE CONSUMPTION

…ASK YOUR FACILITATOR!

The TowersELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

The LEGO bricks

• Colors symbolise various energy resources. • Each bricks represents a HUGE amount of

energy

LEGO BRICKS

Coal brick

• A pile of coal the size of the Gizah pyramid

=

COAL BRICK

Oil brick

• 10 supertankers filled with oil

= 10 x

OIL BRICK

Natural gas brick

• A balloon almost 2 km in diameter

=

NATURAL GAS BRICK

Biomass brick

• Twice the straw left in the Danish fields after harvest

= 2 x

BIOMASS BRICK

Nuclear power brick

• A thousand times the energy released on the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

= 1000x

NUCLEAR BRICK

Wind power brick

• 30 offshore wind turbine parks the size of Horns Rev I (with 80 turbines)

= 30x

WINDPOWER BRICK

Hydro power brick

• 4 Hoover dams (The largest dam in the US).

= 4x

HUDRO POWER BRICK

AGENDA

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AGENDA

TARGET SETTINGTARGET SETTING

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AGENDA

APPLY CHANGES TO

BAU2030

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CHANGE CARDS

AGENDA

CONSTRUCT ELECTRICITY

TOWER

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CAPACITY CARDS

AGENDA

COMPLETE SCENARIO

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AGENDA

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EVALUATE

4 DIFFERENT REGIONS !

Your first task

• Making of groups

• Go to the game areas

• Get to know your group

• Everything else is explained in the ingame manual

• … LETS GET STARTED

YOUR FIRST TASK

Your first task

Where are you from?

How do you feel right now?

A) I have a lot of energy

B) The presentation gave me a lot of ideas

C) I am curious

MAKING OF GROUPS