ABctech #42 02JUL15 Improved Battery Storage

ABctech #42 02JUL15 Improved Battery Storage

TransAlta using Tesla battery storage technology in Alberta’s first large-scale energy storage project

Another emerging technology … advancing battery storage technology will advance electrifying transportation displacing 1/3rd of the oil consumed for transportation. It “may” also trump the transition from coal to natural gas and speed up the adoption of wind and solar energy options for industrial and residential purposes.

Is this just more tech hype and another pipe dream or another crude shock?

Organic Social Media insight: The world currently consumes 20 trillion kWh of energy annually.Enough energy to power a single family home for 1.8 billion years or supply energy to a nuclear power plant for 2,300 years (or launch the Falcon 9 rocket seventeen million times). Of all the fossil fuel consumed in the United States, one third is used in transportation and another third goes to electricity production. The US electric power sector alone produces over 2,000 million metric tons of CO2 which is like burning 225 billion gallons of gas. The EPA says it would require 1.6 billion acres of US forest to negate the environmental damage.

Regardless, tis time to take serious the messages conveyed at our Creativity and Convergence Conference HERE, and echoed at our AGM/BBQ on Monday by Ted Morton – former GOA Treasurer and Minister of Energy: diversify the economy, educate the public, increase savings for buffering the impact of emerging technologies on Alberta and … celebrate innovation!  He also cited the importance and low cost of SME innovations citing ABCtech’s 2014 Report and recommendations HERE

Alberta Council of Technologies
    “Creating the new Alberta!”

invites ABCtech to Hon. Lisa Raitt presentation on The Future of Canadian Transportation

Thursday, July 9th Open  7:30am  Program 8:00am

Edmonton’s Fairmont Hotel Macdonald

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invites ABCtech to Exploring the China/Edmonton Gateway

Monday, July 13th Open 5:30pm  Presentation 6:30pm

Shaw Conference Centre

Hall D

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