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9.05.2011

Executive Order Eighteen - Leading By Example Towards A Clean Energy Economy & Sustainable Natural Environment

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Executive Order Eighteen

TO: HEADS OF ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

RE: LEADING BY EXAMPLE TOWARDS A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY & SUSTAINABLE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

For more information, please see: Fact Sheet and Press Release

WHEREAS, the transition to a cleaner energy, low-carbon economy and the importance of addressing climate change present Delaware with unprecedented challenges and opportunities to strengthen the State’s economic competitiveness, create thousands of well-paying jobs, improve public health, protect the environment, and enhance the quality of life; and

WHEREAS, an important part of the State’s economic development strategy is advancing climate prosperity, through which companies and individuals can become more prosperous by seizing market opportunities in the State's emerging clean energy economy and using resources more efficiently; and

WHEREAS, State government must lead by example as it works towards transforming Delaware into a national model clean energy economy built on economic growth, environmental protection, energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, cleaner transportation options, and sustainable buildings and operations; and

WHEREAS, the State government faces significant budget challenges that require creative solutions to reduce and stabilize operating expenses, including reducing the more than $35 million expended annually on energy; and

WHEREAS, the Governor’s Energy Advisory Council has made numerous recommendations worthy of adoption, including the State of Delaware focusing on leading by example; and

WHEREAS, the steps identified in this order have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from State government operations and demonstrate that the adoption of responsible policies to minimize our impact on the environment can simultaneously reduce operating expenses and create a more efficient government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JACK A. MARKELL, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby DECLARE and ORDER that: Article Continues:

Executive Order Eighteen - Leading By Example Towards A Clean Energy Economy & Sustainable Natural Environment
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creating sustainable energy systems of the future

  1. The climate problems are becoming ever more urgent, but the energy systems of the future present even more issues. 
  2. Technologically, we have good opportunities for creating sustainable energy systems

However, climate change is not the only energy challenge:


  • We need energy services to drive global economic development
  • We need to provide equal access to modern energy worldwide
  • We need to provide electricity to the 25% of the world's population still without electricity
  • We need to provide modern energy to the 50% of the world's population still relying on energy from wood and other solid fuels
  • Security of supply is vital as even the slightest disruptions of the energy supply have major social and economic impacts
  • We need to solve the health problems related to energy production. This applies to both climate-related diseases and diseases caused by pollution from energy production
  • An increasing proportion of the world's population will be living in urban areas. This growing urbanization creates megacities that both contribute to climate change and feel the effects of climate change. We need to provide smart energy for the smart cities of tomorrow

The fifth Risø International Energy Conference is over and the conclusions of the three-day conference are clear continue reading here>  Article Continues









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What if solar got fossil fuel subsidies? [infographic]

What if solar got fossil fuel subsidies? [infographic]
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Hydrogen Energy Storage for the Smart Grid

  • a practical, multi-home storage solution for surplus energy 

Creative Energy Homes (CEH) project, which aims to stimulate ideas for sustainable design and promote new ways to provide affordable, environmentally sustainable and innovative housing.

Under a new phase of the CEH project, the university plans to store surplus solar and wind energy using a solid hydrogen system from France's  McPhy Energy. The system is aimed at enabling greater energy autonomy for the residential microgrid. 

  • the ongoing CEH project aims to stimulate sustainable design ideas and promote new ways of providing affordable, environmentally sustainable housing that are innovative in their design. McPhy Energy has a safe, innovative and environmentally friendly solution for storing energy as solid hydrogen. The McPhy solution will be used for storage of surplus solar and wind energy under a new phase of the CEH project, which targets greater energy-autonomy for the homes 
  • While hydrogen has long been considered an excellent energy source, it has traditionally required high-pressure storage, which presents security concerns. Storing hydrogen in its solid state using environmentally friendly, low-cost, readily available and fully-recyclable magnesium hydrides involves a unique technology implemented by McPhy Energy. McPhy's solid hydrogen storage tanks are safe, energy neutral, cheap, easily transportable and quickly chargeable and dischargeable. No other current means of hydrogen storage can list all of these advantages, making it a particularly attractive solution for renewable energy.
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