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Global renewable energy 6

resources and use in 2050

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Patrick Moriarty , Damon Honnery †
*Department of Design, Monash University, Caulfield East, VIC, Australia,
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University-Clayton
Campus, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Corresponding author: patrick.moriarty@monash.edu

Chapter Outline

6.1 Introduction 221
6.2 Biomass energy 224
6.2.1 Introduction 229
6.2.2 Bioenergy in 2050 224
6.3 Hydroelectricity 226
6.3.1 Introduction 226
6.3.2 Hydroelectricity in 2050 226
6.4 Wind energy 227
6.4.1 Introduction 227
6.4.2 Wind energy in 2050 227
6.5 Solar energy 228
6.5.1 Introduction 228
6.5.2 Solar energy in 2050 228
6.6 Geothermal energy 229
6.6.1 Introduction 229
6.6.2 Geothermal energy in 2050 230
6.7 Other possible renewable energy sources 231
6.8 Discussion 232
References 234
Further reading 235

6.1 Introduction

On the April 21, 2017, the United Kingdom, an early leader in the Industrial Revolu-
tion, had its first coal-free day for several centuries, according to the UK’s National
Grid [1]. In 1800, as the Industrial Revolution got underway in Western Europe,
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global primary energy use was around 20.35EJ (EJ¼exajoule¼10 joule). Global
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fossil-fuel production, almost entirely coal, was only about 0.3EJ or 10 t [2,3].
The rest was renewable energy, nearly all biomass energy. In year 2014, according
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