BNC Equinox Energy 2030 communiqué Barry Brook | 14 June 2011

Equinox Energy 2030 communiqué Barry Brook | 14 June 201| URL: http://wp.me/piCIJ-1dV

The Equinox Energy 2030 Summit (2011) has  now concluded, and I've arrived back in Australia. It was an enthralling and exhausting experience, and I befriended a wonderful group of people -- members of the Forum (aged ~25 to 30 years), Advisors (including me -- for generalist critiques and ), Quorum (advocates for specific technologies) and the WGSI and Perimeter Institute teams. I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone for giving their time and personal energy to this summit, in a spirit of camaraderie, critical thinking and practical direction setting.
On the final evening of the summit, I was part of a panel of experts on Steve Paikin's show "The Agenda". He's a terrific host/moderator, and it was a really worthwhile event. (I wish Australia had a panel show of this quality!). Unfortunately I can't embed flash videos in WordPress, so to watch the video (53 min), click on the image below to go offsite to TVO.org:

At the TVO website where the video is hosted, you can also find the list of the four other energy programs that The Agenda hosted during the summit, on the problems we've created and how we live, move and share. They're all worth watching (maybe do one per night!), and include special commenters such as Vaclav Smil (energy policy), David Keith (geoengineering) and many others.
The Flickr photo feed of the Equinox event -- day-by-day action -- can be viewed here.

I obviously can't cover off here on all of the wide-range discussions/debates we had during the week (there were some doozies!), although much of this material is now being reviewed and will subsequently be presented in the forthcoming 'Equinox Blueprint' (being prepared by the WGSI team). But I will (in the coming week or so) blog here on BNC on a few key ideas that emerged -- well, at least those which I found particularly exciting and thought provoking. This includes first electrification for 2.5 billion people using new technologies like organic solar, ultimate potential (and limits) of chemical storage batteries, lower-temperature thermochemical hydrogen production, and integrated plans for future urban and rural low-carbon communities.
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