EMISSION-FREEENERGY PATHWAYS

IN AFRICA 2050Joni KarjalainenFinland Futures Research Centre, University of TurkuAfrica-EU Energy Partnership 2nd Stakeholder ForumBusiness and Science: Leading the way to sustainable energyMilan, Italy 17.5.2016

Why futures research?

Future cannot be predicted, but it can be anticipated.

What do we want from the future?

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The Problem

Many countries have invested billions into fossil fuel innovation.

But imagine…

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ENERGY STORAGE

What if African countries produced 100% of their energy with renewables?

SOLAR

AND

WIND

SYNTHETIC

PRODUCTS

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Transformations shape society…

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…new energy business will emerge.

Emission-freesocieties and industries

can be our legacy.

Joni Karjalainen

Twitter: @jonikarjalainenProject researcher | PhD researcher

joni.karjalainen@utu.fiUniversity of Turku

Finland Futures Research CentreNeo-Carbon Energy

www.neocarbonenergy.fi

Heinonen, Sirkka – Balcom Raleigh, Nicolas – Karjalainen, Joni –Minkkinen, Matti – Parkkinen, Marjukka & Ruotsalainen, Juho (2015) CLA GAME REPORT. Causal Layered Analysis Game on Neo-Carbon Energy Scenarios. FFRC eBOOK 12/2015. Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku. 112 p. ISBN 978-952-249-403-0, ISSN 1797-1322. Available at: http://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/ffrc/julkaisut/e-tutu/Documents/eBook_12-2015.pdf

Heinonen, Sirkka & Balcom Raleigh, Nicolas (2015): Continuous Transformation and Neo-Carbon Energy Scenarios. FFRC eBOOK10/2015. Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku. 67 p. ISBN 978-952-249-401-6, Available at: ISSN 1797-1322. http://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/ffrc/julkaisut/e-tutu/Documents/eBook_10-2015.pdf

Heinonen, Sirkka, Karjalainen, Joni and Ruotsalainen, Juho (2015). Towards the Third Industrial Revolution. Neo-Carbon Energy Futures Clinique I. eBook 6/2015. Finland Futures Research Centre, 74 p. http://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/ffrc/julkaisut/e-tutu/Documents/FFRC-eBook-6-2015.pdf

REFERENCES

“We have the science, the technology, and the game plan to make it happen. Now it is a question of whether we will

recognize the economic possibilities that lie ahead and muster the will to get there in time.”

- Jeremy Rifkin -

NEO-CARBON Energy project is one of the Tekes strategy research openings

and the project is carried out in cooperation with Technical Research Centre of

Finland VTT Ltd, Lappeenranta University of Technology LUT and

University of Turku, Finland Futures Research Centre.