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Technology Horizons ProgramInstitute for the Future

May 26, 2011

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Technology Horizons ProgramInstitute for the Future

May 26, 2011

new paradigms for planning, generation, and

ownership

energy localism

Lyn Jeffery | Program Director

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power goes local

• Community planning• Situated generation

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community energy planning

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transition towns

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energy descent

“The continual decline in net energy supporting humanity … a future scenario in which humanity has successfully adapted to declining net fossil fuel energy availability and has become more localized and self-reliant …”

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energy descent plans

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local decision-making

• Community choice aggregation

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situated energy generation

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Decentralized generation

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Decentralized generation

20 megawatts<

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Decentralized generation

20 megawatts<

Close to point of consumption

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local energy assessment

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Technology Horizons ProgramInstitute for the Future

May 26, 2011

© 2011 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. | SR-1414

Technology Horizons ProgramInstitute for the Future

May 26, 2011

new paradigms for planning, generation, and

ownership

energy localism

Lyn Jeffery | Program Director