BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Montevideo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T001407 TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:-03 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20150308T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0200 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:-03 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20200715T214356Z UID:1E59965A-BB6C-463B-9230-6BC38B969C76 DTSTART;TZID=America/Montevideo:20200715T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Montevideo:20200715T180000 DESCRIPTION:Webinar about environmental issues related to power generation. Lecturer will be Saifur Rahman\, PhD\, Joseph Loring Professor & Director \, Advanced Research Institute\, Virginia Tech\, USA\, IEEE President Cand idate 2020.\n\nSpeaker(s): Saifur Rahman\, \n\nAgenda: \nAbstract\n\nChina \, US\, India\, Japan and Russia are the top five countries in terms of el ectricity generation capacity. Between them they had a total capacity of 3 \,650 million kW in 2016. In terms of fuel sources for electricity coal\, natural gas\, hydro\, nuclear\, renewables and oil provided 38.3%\, 22.9%\ , 16.3%\, 10.2%\, 9% and 3.3% respectively in 2017. This means almost two- thirds of the global electricity production came from fossil fuels in that year. This is reflected in about 10 billion tons of CO2 from electricity generation or about a third of the global production. However\, this mix i s expected to change significantly in the next 10 years. By 2030 installed power generation capacities from wind\, solar PV\, hydro power\, nuclear and thermal are going to reach 540 GW\, 420 GW\, 530 GW\, 160 GW and 1200 GW respectively. The top five CO2 emitting countries are: China\, United S tates\, India\, Russian Federation and Japan each producing between nine a nd one billion metric tons of CO2 in 2016. However\, CO2 is not the only c oncern against global warming. The Global Warming Potentials (GWP) of gree nhouse gases are as follows: CO2 (1)\, Methane (28)\, Hydro fluorocarbons (138)\, Nitrous oxide (265)\, Per fluorocarbons (6\,630) and Sulphur hexaf luoride (23\,500). So\, the bottom line is: Efforts in the electric power sector to replace fossil fuel with renewables and nuclear will help. But i f emission from the transportation sector continues to rise\, the drop in power sector contributions will not be enough. Large scale Electric Vehicl e deployment will help\, but question remains – how will the EV be power ed.\n\nMontevideo\, Montevideo\, Uruguay LOCATION:Montevideo\, Montevideo\, Uruguay ORGANIZER:j.daher@ieee.org SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:Global Electric Power Sector: Engaging with Environmental Issues URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/234324 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Webinar about environmental issues related to power generation. Lecturer will be&nbsp\;Saifur Rahman\, PhD\, Joseph Loring Professor &amp\; Director\, Advanced Research Institute\, Virginia Tech\, USA\, IEEE President Candidate 2020.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br />< p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>\n<p>China\, US\, India\, Japan and Russia are the top five countries in terms of electricity generation capacity. Be tween them they had a total capacity of 3\,650 million kW in 2016. In term s of fuel sources for electricity coal\, natural gas\, hydro\, nuclear\, r enewables and oil provided 38.3%\, 22.9%\, 16.3%\, 10.2%\, 9% and 3.3% res pectively in 2017. This means almost two-thirds of the global electricity production came from fossil fuels in that year. This is reflected in about 10 billion tons of CO2 from electricity generation or about a third of th e global production. &nbsp\;However\, this mix is expected to change signi ficantly in the next 10 years. By 2030 installed power generation capaciti es from wind\, solar PV\, hydro power\, nuclear and thermal are going to r each 540 GW\, 420 GW\, 530 GW\, 160 GW and 1200 GW respectively. &nbsp\;Th e top five CO2 emitting countries are: China\, United States\, India\, Rus sian Federation and Japan each producing between nine and one billion metr ic tons of CO2 in 2016. However\, CO2 is not the only concern against glob al warming. The Global Warming Potentials (GWP) of greenhouse gases are as follows: CO2 (1)\, Methane (28)\, Hydro fluorocarbons (138)\, Nitrous oxi de (265)\, Per fluorocarbons (6\,630) and Sulphur hexafluoride (23\,500). &nbsp\;So\, the bottom line is: Efforts in the electric power sector to re place fossil fuel with renewables and nuclear will help. But if emission f rom the transportation sector continues to rise\, the drop in power sector contributions will not be enough. Large scale Electric Vehicle deployment will help\, but question remains &ndash\; how will the EV be powered.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR