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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Friday, September 16, 2016
Air & Energy-Joshua D. Mosshart MSFS, CHFC, CLU
Co-Chairman at Cleantech Grants, Malia Ventures Inc. & Covenant Energy Consultants LLC, Unity Enterprises SLLC, Mine Direct LLC
Air pollution attributed to energy production and consumption has created a major public health crisis. Over 6 million deaths are attributed each year to poor air pollution, making this the world’s fourth-largest threat to human health, behind high blood-pressure, diet and smoking.
Without the rapid investment and deployment of innovative clean technology solutions the way the world produces and uses energy will take a major toll on human life and future generations.
Energy production and consumption, mostly from unregulated, poorly regulated or inefficient fuel combustion, is the single most destructive man-made source of air pollutant emissions:
85% of particulate matter and almost all of the sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides originates from fuel combustion alone.
These three toxins are responsible for the biggest impacts of air pollution, either directly or once transformed into other pollutants via chemical reactions in the atmosphere.
They are emitted mainly as a result of:
Poverty: the wood and other solid fuels that more than 2.7 billion people use for cooking, and kerosene used for lighting (and in some countries also for cooking), create smoky environments that are associated with around 3.5 million premature deaths each year.
These effects are felt mostly in developing Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where incomplete burning of biomass accounts for more than half of emissions of particulate matter. Finer particles, whether inhaled indoors or outdoors, are particularly harmful to health as they can penetrate deep into the lungs.
Fossil Fuel-intensive development and urbanization: coal and oil have powered economic growth in many countries, but their unabated combustion in power plants, industrial facilities and vehicles is the main cause of the outdoor pollution linked to around 3 million premature deaths each year. Coal is responsible for around 60% of global combustion-related sulfur dioxide emissions – a cause of respiratory illnesses and a precursor of acid rain.
Fuels used for transport, first and foremost diesel, generate more than half the nitrogen oxides emitted globally, which can trigger respiratory problems and the formation of other hazardous particles and pollutants, including ozone.
Cities can easily become pollution hot spots, as they concentrate people, energy use, construction activity and traffic. The impact of urban vehicle emissions is heightened by the fact that they are discharged not from the top of tall chimneys but directly into the street-level air that pedestrians breathe.
Some framework for solutions:
Avoid pollutant emissions by providing energy services more efficiently or in a way that does not involve fuel combustion. Measures include higher efficiency standards, increased support to non-combustion renewable energy and alternatives to liquids fuels for transport, and improvements in public transport and urban planning.
Innovate to reduce pollution abatement costs via technology improvements that will also reduce costs for the post-Paris energy transition.
Reduce pollutant emissions to the atmosphere, via stringent emissions limits on combustion plants and vehicles, controls on industrial processes, fuel switching to less polluting fuels and strict regulation of fuel quality.
Source: UN & IEA
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Grants-Energy & Water Initiatives 2014-Unsolicited Grants Joshua D. Mosshart
Water and energy are both interlinked and very interdependent. They both have direct and indirect impacts because the energy production being pursued determines the amount of water required to produce the energy.
Freshwater and energy are vital for human existence, well-being and sustainable socio-economic development. More than 1.3 billion people still lack access to electricity, especially rural areas where 2.6 billion people use biomass for cooking leading to major health issues.
The countries with the most rapid economic growth face the greatest risk of water and energy risks.
Approximately 90% of global power generation is water intensive.
Thermal power plants are responsible for roughly 80% of the global electricity production. Power plant cooling is responsible for 43% of total freshwater withdrawals in Europe and nearly 50% in the United States.
Growing demand for limited water supplies places increasing pressure on water intensive energy producers to seek alternative approaches, especially in areas where energy is competing with other major water users (agriculture, manufacturing, drinking water and sanitation services for cities) and where water uses may be restricted to maintain healthy ecosystems.
In the context of thermal power generation , there is an increasing potential for serious conflict between power, other water users and environmental considerations.
Trade-offs can sometimes be reduced by technological advances, but these advances may carry trade-offs of their own. From a water perspective, solar photovoltaic and wind are clearly the most sustainable sources for power generation.
Support for the development of renewable energy, which remains far below that for fossil fuels, will need to increase dramatically before it makes a significant change in the global energy mix, and by association, in water demand.
Use of geothermal energy for power generation is underdeveloped and its potential is greatly under appreciated. It is climate independent, produces minimal or near-zero greenhouse gas emissions, does not consume water, and its availability is infinite at human time scales.
Agriculture is currently the largest user of water at the global level, accounting for some 70% of total withdrawals.
The food production and supply chain accounts for about one-third of total global energy consumption. The demand for agricultural feed stocks for bio fuels is the largest source of new demand for agricultural production in decades, and was a driving factor behind the 2007–2008 spike in world commodity prices.
As bio fuels also require water for their processing stages, the water requirements of bio fuels produced from irrigated crops can be much larger than for fossil fuels.
Energy subsidies allowing farmers to pump aquifers at unsustainable rates of extraction have led to the depletion of groundwater reserves.
Applying energy efficiency measures at the farm and at all subsequent stages along the agri-food chain can bring direct savings, through technological and behavioural changes, or indirect savings, through co-benefits derived from the adoption of argo-ecological farming practices.
Knowledge-based precision irrigation can provide flexible, reliable and efficient water application, which can be complemented by deficit irrigation and waste water reuse.
Many rapidly growing cities in developing countries already face problems related to water and energy and have limited capacity to respond.
As energy cost is usually the greatest expenditure for water and waste water utilities, audits to identify and reduce water and energy losses and enhance efficiency can result in substantial energy and financial savings.
The future water and energy consumption of a new or an expanding city can be reduced during the early stages of urban planning through the development of compact settlements and investment in systems for integrated urban water management.
Such systems and practices include the conservation of water
sources, the use of multiple water sources – including rainwater harvesting, storm water management and waste water reuse – and the treatment of water to the quality needed for its use rather than treating all water to a potable standard.
The chemically bound energy in waste water can be used for domestic cooking and heating, as fuel for vehicles and power plants, or for operating the treatment plant itself. This bio-gas replaces fossil fuels, reduces the amount of sludge to be disposed of and achieves financial savings for the plant.
The availability of adequate quantities of water, of sufficient quality, depends on healthy ecosystems and can be considered an ecosystem service. The maintenance of environmental flows enables this and other ecosystem services that are fundamental to sustainable economic growth and human well-being.
Ecosystem services are being compromised worldwide, and energy production is one of the drivers of this process.
Natural or green infrastructure can complement, augment or replace the services provided by traditional engineered infrastructure, creating additional benefits in terms of cost-effectiveness, risk management and sustainable development overall.
Source: United Nations
Joshua D. Mosshart Bio
Cleantech Grants
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Grants-USDA Helping America Thrive-Joshua Daniel Mosshart
The best strategy to procure an Grant from the USDA is to start with understanding the DOA's mission, vision and discretionary budgets for their initiatives.
Your objective should be to align your value proposition with supporting their legislative mandates, goals and objectives positioning your technology as a solution.
The Mission of the USDA is to provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.
The Vision Statement of the USDA is to expand economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive; to promote agriculture production sustainability that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others throughout the world; and to preserve and conserve our Nation’s natural resources through restored forests, improved watersheds, and healthy private working lands.
$22.6 Billion in Discretionary funding for the USDA in 2014
Promotes Development of Rural Renewable Energy. The Budget proposes $4 billion in loans to rural electric cooperatives and utilities that will support the transition to clean-energy generation.
Specifically, this funding will be targeted to decrease America’s reliance on fossil fuels and promote renewable and clean energy at electric generation, transmission, and distribution sites in rural communities.
In addition, the Budget proposes a program level of $238 million for the Rural Energy for America Program to assist agricultural producers and rural small businesses in developing renewable energy systems, energy efficiency improvements, and renewable energy development.
Often, research performed by Federal scientists or supported by the Federal Government is leveraged by the private sector to serve the broader public—creating jobs, spurring economic growth, and enhancing global competitiveness in the U.S. agriculture sector.
In response to the President’s call to pursue new energy solutions, USDA is working with scientists, farmers, and entrepreneurs to develop a nationwide biofuels economy.
USDA will continue to support this goal with actions to support a competitive agricultural system; create livable communities; and enhance rural prosperity.
The budget invests $1.3 billion in high priority areas, including beginning farmers, bioenergy, specialty crops, and organic agriculture.
USDA will contribute to the job creation and economic growth goals of the White House Rural Council by continuing to fund programs that effectively promote renewable energy, job training, infrastructure investment, access to capital, and green jobs throughout rural America.
Provides $1.5 billion for community facility direct loans. This level of funding will support loans to over 1,700 rural communities to develop essential facilities such as hospitals, schools, libraries, fire protection, child and adult day care, and other public buildings.
Provides $383 million for competitive grants through AFRI, which supports all strategic goals.
A portion of this funding will support research focused on developing solutions for water management that link food, water, climate change, energy, and environmental issues.
Major studies have consistently found that the net social returns from public agricultural research in the United States are high.
Studies have shown that every dollar invested in agricultural research returns roughly $20 in economic benefits to the Nation.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Grants-Grid Energy Storage-Joshua D. Mosshart
The Department of Energy has a major initiative to invest in modernizing the energy grid. There are four major challenges related to widespread deployment of energy storage:
1. Cost competitive energy storage technologies.
Life-Cycle cost and performance:
a. round-trip efficiency
b. energy density
c. cycle life
d. capacity fade
2. Third party validation of the reliability and safety.
Risk Mitigation
a. Performance
3. Fair regulatory environment.
Easing Hurdles
a. Institutional
b. Regulatory
4. Industry acceptance.
Performance
a. Reliability
b. Safety
The future for energy storage in the U.S. should address the following issues: energy storage technologies should be cost competitive (unsubsidized) with other technologies providing similar services; energy storage should be recognized for its value in providing multiple benefits simultaneously; and ultimately, storage technology should seamlessly integrate with existing systems and sub-systems leading to its ubiquitous deployment.
Energy Storage Technologies
1. Grid Stabilization
2. Voltage Support
3. Load Leveling
4. Pumped Hydro
5. Compressed Air Storage
6. A Combination of Battery Technologies
7. Flywheels
8. Electrochemical Capacitors
9. Energy Management
10. Backup Power
11. Software- Immediate Feedback Loop.
12. Sensors
13. Smart Appliances
14. Processors
15. Generators
16. Demand Management
Energy storage can reduce the need for major new transmission grid construction upgrades as well as augment the performance of existing transmission and distribution assets.
DOE estimates that 70% of transmission lines are 25 years or older, 70% of power transformers are 25 years or older, and 60% of circuit breakers are more than 30 years old.4 Extending the capability of the transmission grid—for example by pre-positioning storage on the load side of transmission constraint points—makes the grid more secure, reliable, and responsive.
Additionally, distributed storage can reduce line-congestion and line-loss by moving electricity at off-peak times, reducing the need for overall generation during peak times. By reducing peak loading (and overloading) of transmission and distribution lines, storage can extend the life of existing infrastructure.
Moreover, as the nation moves towards the electrification of the transportation sector, energy storage for vehicles, and the integration of energy between vehicles and the grid, will be critical.
The focus on storage is not only for the deployment of batteries in vehicles, but also for potential second-life applications for electric
vehicle (EV) batteries.
According to an Information Handling Services, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) report, the energy storage business could grow from $200 million in 2012 to a $19 billion industry by 2017.
Storage technology can help contribute to overall system reliability as large quantities of wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources continue to be added to the nation’s generation assets, furthering the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing energy security.
For micro- and smart-grid technologies, storage can provide redundancy options in areas with limited transmission capacity, transmission disruptions, or volatile demand and supply profiles.
A strong storage market will foster a robust manufacturing base of advanced electric energy storage devices in the U.S., and this capability can be leveraged for export opportunities in the robust foreign market for storage. Further, by enabling more efficient adoption of renewable energy sources in the U.S.
Unsolicited grants are a great way for businesses to get funding support for innovative energy grid technologies.
Click: CleanTech Grants
Joshua Mosshart BIO
Source: Department of Energy
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