NSW State and Regional Development is hosting a presentation by Allan Jones, Chief Development Officer for Energy and Climate Change (City of Sydney) on 28 April 2010 on the City's move to a low carbon, decentralised future.
The presentation summarises a practical strategy for a sustainable energy society deriving its initial energy needs from low carbon energy resources whilst at the same time establishing a decentralised energy infrastructure. This enables future energy needs to be derived from wholly renewable energy resources - within the Sustainable Sydney 2030 timescale to reduce CO2 emissions by 70% by 2030. These concepts can be applied to any community in the Australia or indeed in the world.At Woking and in London Allan Jones with his unique experience and expertise in decentralised energy systems was able to tease out the real issues and barriers to a sustainable energy future through the actual implementation of such systems, including decentralised energy – cogeneration and trigeneration, renewable energy, fuel cell technology, microgeneration, alternative fuels from waste, water recovery and low carbon transport systems. This model is now being adapted in Sydney to help to deliver the targets in Sustainable Sydney 2030.
The presentation will cover:-
- Energy Services – background to decentralised energy in Woking and in London.
- Sustainable Sydney 2030 – Vision and action plan.
- Island Sydney – Decentralised Energy Master Plans.
- Showing by Doing – Implementing the City's own trigeneration and renewable energy projects.
