san diego venture group; venture summit 2013; boudreaux
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Rebecca Boudreaux, President at Oberon Fuels, shares her presentation delivered at Venture Summit Friday, July 12, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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Energy, Innovation, & Environment
Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D.Oberon Fuels, Inc.
Technological innovations….
continue to re-define what is possible
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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline
“First great engineering project of the 21st century”
• Crude oil from offshore Caspian Sea to the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea
• 1,099 miles long
• 4 years to build
• $4 billion price tag• Crosses
• 3 countries• 1,500 rivers & bodies
of water• High mountains• Earthquake fault zones
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Shell’s Pearl Gas-to-Liquid Plant~ $20 billion (Qatar)
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Source: http://www.sdge.com/newsroom/press-releases/2013-04-11/sunrise-powerlink-sunset
SDG&E’s Sunrise Powerlink$4 billion (Imperial Valley, CA)
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TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS….
Is bigger always better?
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“We propose increasing the use of alternative power, distributed generation of electricity, which will reduce the reliance on the large power plants.” - NY Governor Cuomo
2013 State of the State Address
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Distributed Energy Production
• Economically Advantageous
• Supply Stability
• National Security
• Reduction in logistic costs
• Ability to use wasted resources…
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LANDFILL GAS
WASTED RESOURCES
“New York City’s Final Recycling Frontier: Food Waste”
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg
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FLARED GAS
North America 12-17 bcm
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Innovation & Environment…
…in developing countries
“Though all America's carbon pollution fell last year, global carbon pollution rose to a record high... Developing countries are using more and more energy, and tens of millions of people entering a global middle class naturally want to buy cars and air-conditioners of their own, just like us...”
- President Obama, June 25, 2013
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Energy, Innovation, & Environment
Is Bigger Always Better?