The Future of Energy

Jordan Wolfe
WRD-204 Final Presentation
4/18/2019
Overview

• Secondary research
• Talks about the 6 big energy sources(Coal, Natural Gas, Solar,
Wind, Hydro, and Nuclear)
• Pros and Cons of each
• Rated against each other
• Possible Bias
History

• Pre-Industrial Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Current

• Looking ahead
Rating System

• Look at several different factors for each energy source

• Land use
• Installation cost
• Operating cost
• CO2 emissions
Results- Land Use

Acre/Mw of Electricity Generated

350
315.12
300

250

200

150

100 70.64
43.5
50
12.24 12.41 12.71
0
acre/MW
Coal Natural Gas Wind Solar Nuclear Hydro
Results- Install Cost

Million $/MW install

6

5 4.8

4
3.2
3 2.6

2 1.77 1.83

0.98
1

0
$m/MW
Coal Natural Gas Solar Wind Nuclear Hydro
Results- Operating Cost

Operating Cost of Large Scale Energy Generation

80000
72000
70000
60000
50000
50000
42500
40000
31250
30000 24000
20000 14600
10000
0
$/MW/year
Coal Natural Gas Wind Solar Nuclear Hydro
Results- CO2 Emissions

Average CO2 Emissions per GWh Electricity Generated

1000
888
900
800
700
600
499
500
400
300
200
85
100 26 29 26
0
ton CO2/GWh
Coal Natural Gas Wind Solar Nuclear Hydro
Thank You

•Questions?