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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
[email protected] 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.