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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Peru's Sustainable Future

I am in Lima, Peru to participate in an exciting seminar this

week. As is the case in most countries around the world, Perus

energy ministries are working to take control of their energy

future. With the geopolitical issues, volatile prices, supply

constraints, security threats, and imminent threat of climate disruption,

we need to make fossil fuels yesterdays energy source. And quickly.

How to do so is of course another question particularly when there is

a need for continued economic growth and increased standards of

living. (developed countries like the US don't need to keep growing

the amount of physical through-puts in our economy to improve our

quality of life, in fact I think the opposite is true, but theres still room

for such growth in Peru with 20% of the country without access to

electricity and 36% living in poverty).

The folks Ive met with so far at the Ministerio de Energia y Minas have

some great ideas. Theyve got a vision of moving from an energy mix

of 47% crude, 28% renewables (mostly hydro), 21% natural gas, and 4%

coal to about one-third each of crude, renewables, and natural gas.

Unlike the US, where we have a lot of low-cost (though very expensive

from a systems-view) coal, Peru is looking at greater supply constraints

(though they do have some proven reserves of oil and natural gas).

Theyve got some significant solar and wind projects in the works, they

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are mapping out other possible sources like geothermal, and are really

looking for ways to manage the demand side. Theyve done a lot of

public outreach and awareness building and developed many guidelines

and informational resources for facilities people in various sectors.

Early last year, a couple of representatives reached out to us at Second

Nature with an interest in engaging their higher education sector in this

work, recognizing that without these institutions providing tomorrows

leaders with a comprehensive sustainability perspective, the chances for

significant change were very limited. They attended the 3rd Annual

Climate Leadership Summit of the ACUPCC last August in Chicago and

heard from college & university presidents, the USGBC, Janine Benyus,

Peter Senge, and Bill Clinton about the importance of demand-side

reduction, energy efficiency, and new ways of thinking, educating and

innovating. There was also a lot of talk about how to finally bring the

ACUPCC concept international. We had a panel of representatives from

the UK, Taiwan, and Malaysia who had already been working on that in

various capacities, and a general feeling that it was vitally important to

do so.

The Peruvian delegation continued to work on the idea and arranged this

meeting for university representatives, government officia ls, and others

to explore the idea further, and learn about the benefits, opportunities,

and strategies for carrying it out. Im presenting tomorrow on the current

status of the ACUPCC and then again on some of the specific resources

available to support the network like the ACUPCC Reporting System, the

Clean Air Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator, the CAP wiki, and

ACUPCC guidance documents on leading change, the academic

components of climate action planning, carbon offsets, and financing

sustainability projects.

I just met with Director General of

Electricity and various other leaders in the

Ministry of Energy and Minining, all of

whom seemed to be great people,

genuinely excited about the prospect of

creating a sustainable energy future for

Peru, and who saw the importance of

higher educations role in doing so. This

represents a huge leadership opportunity

for the country that will be instrumental in

building a secure, efficient, prosperous

Peru.

Although, I gotta say the coolest part about the Ministry was the Alpacas

mowing the lawn under the trees out front great way to save fuel &fertilizer!!

Stay going.

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