A Global Grid to Reduce CO2 Emissions – potential and challenges
A seminar arranged by The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and The Sweden-Japan Foundation in cooperation with The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis
Date: Monday November 16, 13.00–15.00
Venue: IVA’s Conference Center, Grev Turegatan 16, Stockholm
Registration: Register no later than November 9 2009
More information: Contact Ann-Margret Back, e-mail annmargret.back@iva.se, tel +46-8-791 29 62
Professor Jun-Ichi Nishizawa, one of Japan’s most respected scientists and inventors, presents his vision of a future sustainable electricity grid. He proposes an extremely low-loss Direct Current (DC) transmission network system, which would play a key role in a future global electricity distribution system.
He argues that a system based on existing modern technology with less transmission losses would make it possible to utilize abundant water and solar power in very remote areas, even from the North pole to the South pole.
Recently twelve companies, among them ABB, joined DESERTEC – a project with the aim to transfer thermal solarpower from the Sahara to Northern Europe. Dr. Thiemo Gropp will tell us more about this project.
High Voltage DC transmission technology is an area in which Sweden has a great deal of knowledge and expertise.
In this seminar experts take the opportunity to discuss potentials and obstacles with this technology.
The deployment of this technology will also be discussed from the point of view of international relations.
The seminar is a part of the study Energy Crossroads and the Sweden-Japan Energy lectures.