Fossil-fuel energy has fostered industrialization, economic growth and prosperity in the developed world. In fact, developed nations exist largely because fossil fuels have allowed for affordable and reliable energy. But today, environmental concerns are driving developed nations to invest large sums of money to change their energy sources and infrastructure to support a clean environment. The question is, "Should emerging and developing nations develop their energy infrastructure from these same traditional energy sources, or are there now other, better options available to them?鈥�
This conference brings together scholars, scientists, researchers and business executives from the renewable energy and natural gas industries, representatives from non-governmental and governmental organizations, and officials from developed, developing and emerging countries, especially African countries. Together we will explore ways to implement a new paradigm for sustainably supplying the energy needed for economic growth in economies鈥攑articularly in Africa鈥攚here the energy infrastructure has not been fully developed.
This new paradigm is driven by advances in renewable energy technologies, combined with technological improvements that are now making available vast unconventional natural gas supplies in shale formations ubiquitously dispersed throughout the world. This paradigm is taking hold in the developed world today as natural gas, complemented by wind and solar power, gains traction as the preferred approach to economically competitive, cleaner and safer central electric power generation.
Combining renewable energy and natural gas offers tremendous potential for rural areas where a centralized electrical grid power system does not currently exist and may, now, never need to be developed. The possibility of an indigenous natural gas supply and the vibrant industrial activity that it can support on a large scale in the not-too-distant future can transform developing and emerging economies.
This conference brings together scholars, scientists, researchers and business executives from the renewable energy and natural gas industries, representatives from non-governmental and governmental organizations, and officials from developed, developing and emerging countries, especially African countries. Together we will explore ways to implement a new paradigm for sustainably supplying the energy needed for economic growth in economies鈥攑articularly in Africa鈥攚here the energy infrastructure has not been fully developed.
This new paradigm is driven by advances in renewable energy technologies, combined with technological improvements that are now making available vast unconventional natural gas supplies in shale formations ubiquitously dispersed throughout the world. This paradigm is taking hold in the developed world today as natural gas, complemented by wind and solar power, gains traction as the preferred approach to economically competitive, cleaner and safer central electric power generation.
Combining renewable energy and natural gas offers tremendous potential for rural areas where a centralized electrical grid power system does not currently exist and may, now, never need to be developed. The possibility of an indigenous natural gas supply and the vibrant industrial activity that it can support on a large scale in the not-too-distant future can transform developing and emerging economies.
