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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Peru's Sustainable Future
I am in Lima, Peru to participate in an exciting seminar this
week. As is the case in most countries around the world, Perus
energy ministries are working to take control of their energy
future. With the geopolitical issues, volatile prices, supply
constraints, security threats, and imminent threat of climate disruption,
we need to make fossil fuels yesterdays energy source. And quickly.
How to do so is of course another question particularly when there is
a need for continued economic growth and increased standards of
living. (developed countries like the US don't need to keep growing
the amount of physical through-puts in our economy to improve our
quality of life, in fact I think the opposite is true, but theres still room
for such growth in Peru with 20% of the country without access to
electricity and 36% living in poverty).
The folks Ive met with so far at the Ministerio de Energia y Minas have
some great ideas. Theyve got a vision of moving from an energy mix
of 47% crude, 28% renewables (mostly hydro), 21% natural gas, and 4%
coal to about one-third each of crude, renewables, and natural gas.
Unlike the US, where we have a lot of low-cost (though very expensive
from a systems-view) coal, Peru is looking at greater supply constraints
(though they do have some proven reserves of oil and natural gas).
Theyve got some significant solar and wind projects in the works, they
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are mapping out other possible sources like geothermal, and are really
looking for ways to manage the demand side. Theyve done a lot of
public outreach and awareness building and developed many guidelines
and informational resources for facilities people in various sectors.
Early last year, a couple of representatives reached out to us at Second
Nature with an interest in engaging their higher education sector in this
work, recognizing that without these institutions providing tomorrows
leaders with a comprehensive sustainability perspective, the chances for
significant change were very limited. They attended the 3rd Annual
Climate Leadership Summit of the ACUPCC last August in Chicago and
heard from college & university presidents, the USGBC, Janine Benyus,
Peter Senge, and Bill Clinton about the importance of demand-side
reduction, energy efficiency, and new ways of thinking, educating and
innovating. There was also a lot of talk about how to finally bring the
ACUPCC concept international. We had a panel of representatives from
the UK, Taiwan, and Malaysia who had already been working on that in
various capacities, and a general feeling that it was vitally important to
do so.
The Peruvian delegation continued to work on the idea and arranged this
meeting for university representatives, government officia ls, and others
to explore the idea further, and learn about the benefits, opportunities,
and strategies for carrying it out. Im presenting tomorrow on the current
status of the ACUPCC and then again on some of the specific resources
available to support the network like the ACUPCC Reporting System, the
Clean Air Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator, the CAP wiki, and
ACUPCC guidance documents on leading change, the academic
components of climate action planning, carbon offsets, and financing
sustainability projects.
I just met with Director General of
Electricity and various other leaders in the
Ministry of Energy and Minining, all of
whom seemed to be great people,
genuinely excited about the prospect of
creating a sustainable energy future for
Peru, and who saw the importance of
higher educations role in doing so. This
represents a huge leadership opportunity
for the country that will be instrumental in
building a secure, efficient, prosperous
Peru.
Although, I gotta say the coolest part about the Ministry was the Alpacas
mowing the lawn under the trees out front great way to save fuel &fertilizer!!
Stay going.
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