A Fossil fuel power station is a plant location where fossil fuels are burned producing electricity. Such fossil fuels include petroleum, natural gas, and coal. There are power plants which are designed for continuous operations for large scale purposes called central station fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel plants in many countries are used in the provision of electricity. They have machines for conversion of heat energy from combustion of fossil fuels into mechanical energy that operates an electrical generator producing electric currents (Camus et al. 154).
The Samso Island is planning to exhaust the application of fossil fuels as a source of energy. This article is aimed at the replacement of oil, coal and petrol sources of energy with renewable energies. The island plans to be 100 percent self-sufficient on renewable energies. There is an energy academy that was built by local craftsmen and opened up in 2007 (Calado et al. 1086). It was constructed as a conference place and demonstration area for guests, citizens and visitors and all other stakeholders with interests in sustainable energy, development and community power. Samsoe should be a fossil free island by the year 2026 which is its 10-year strategic plan. This activity needs focus and determination on the on best practices to attain the set targets. There are several ongoing exhibitions organized by the Academy. It also arranges for conferences, workshops, and courses on renewable energy sources and application. There are plans for more than five thousand scientists, politicians, students, energy tourists, and companies to visit Samsoe to observe the proper energy source application through learning.
Present framework and future visions.
The renewable energy system is founded on the availability of plentiful wind source, agricultural waste products, and solar power in samsoe. The turbines on samsoe generate close to a hundred percent of electricity utilization, and biomass provides over seventy percent of the energy demanded.
Plans should be put in place through the municipal to use the massive renewable energy at its disposal by the year 2026 eliminating the use of fossil fuels. It is developing a new master plan concerning the implementation of renewables hence building the past Denmark experience on a renewable energy island (Duic et al. 391).
This blueprint contains the set aims and objectives for this new goal defining the islands sustainable energy actions which need to be implemented. People living on the island are aware that this vision may be hard to achieve, and thus, a lot of efforts have to be put in by all residents. The public, private sectors and a large part of the households contribute towards renewable energy generation for the achievements of the vision.
Objectives and targets.
The island aims at extending its roles as a platform area for Danish experience and the knowledge of the incorporation of the fossil-free energy system, introducing an energy-efficient solution to the community. It ensures that there is a continued fastening in the local society actions aimed towards initiating and striving for the use of renewable energy for the independent island from fossil fuels. It targets the seizure of all possible opportunities which establish sustainable fossil fuels solutions through application of known and proven technology and science (Greenacre et al. 138). It also targets learning from global experiences in the implementation of the islands natural resources in an efficient manner.
It will maintain, develop and establish a flexible method for initiative organizations targeting the work through the involvement of both human skills and professionals available to the island.
In Samsoe Island, fossil fuels should be phased out in the next ten years. These include coal, gas and oil utilized for transportation and energy purposes. It targets at ensuring that the total greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to approximately 0.6 to 2.5 tons per individual in greenhouse gas equivalent by 2026 in samsoe.
The renewable energy production is flexible and uses decentralized power systems which are maintained and developed. The partly existing land wind turbines are to be replaced in stages with more efficient turbines. There will be the upgrading of existing district heating turbines through turning to more efficient operations and the establishment of photovoltaic systems enabling energy users to produce their energy. This will be done on either individual or cluster units. Biological energy sources that are available locally including manure, organic waste, and numerous energy crops will be used maximally to produce soil fertilizer and energy (Duic et al. 1042). There will be the replacement of fossil fuels for individual heating, for instance, replacement of old oil fired burners with new types of heating such as heat pumps. Use of solar power for the heating purpose will increase tremendously in private households.
Samsoe plans are that transporting fuel to and from the island will be established on renewable power. The 2020 aims of the island are that more than fifty percent of the local fleet of vehicles should be electric vehicles, and half of local commercial transport will have changed to biofuels primarily transport, driven by entrepreneurs, taxes, agricultural sector, etc.
The Samsoe Island plans to work for considerable savings on the consumption of electricity. This is simply an indicator that electricity use for heating purposes does not expect a massive hike in the year 2026. The total electricity consumption savings will compensate for the increase in electric current used in heating pumps. This means that the public sector will have energy conservation in the era towards the year 2026. Its conditions are that this will be attained through the replacement of equipment which uses fossil fuels with electrical equipment’s e.g. replacement of motors and electric pumps. This shows that commercial buildings will be established with electricity utilization being five percent better than the most recent rules. All newly constructed building will be low-energy buildings. They will be supplied with heating and electrical energy from major regional heating plants, solar panels, heat pumps and solar heat.
Samsoe traps heat from the field, and this is one of the accomplishments of the island in the utilization of solar heat plant with more than two thousand square meter solar panels arranged between Maarup and Nordby. Wood chips are combined with these solar panels to supplement heating through solar. The southern part of the island has three heating plants for distribution of heat to the Tran Esbjerg city, Ballen city, Brundy town, and Onsbjerg city.
It will establish a new ferry which will be powered by gas replacing fossil fuel ferries with biogas that is produced on the island. The ferry is approximated to consume 10m3 of liquefied gas daily. The municipal ferry is only operating between Saelyig og Hou, and this will create demand for samsoe locally produced fuel thus saving a lot of revenue (Colmenar et al. 307). The ferry is proposed to use the new eastern Ballen harbor from autumn, and this will save on both travelers time and energy.
Samsoe aims at strengthening and establishing partnerships which will contribute to the financing identified and assembled plans among its strategies actions. It will also value and prioritize share solutions for the local society and neighbors. This will make the public participate actively in the development plans and will contribute to the proper management of the partnership. This will ensure that all participants will work intensively cooperatively and with the required experience.
Samso Island will also seize all the opportunities that arise through coordination of ideas and thoughts while employing opportunities that are available. This will ensure that there are sustainable solutions which involve numerous natural and cultural resources in Samso. The island population will actively contribute to launching and starting initiatives which are supported simultaneously such as waste management, clean water and flora and fauna diversity management. These actions will be inspired from both inside and outside Samso and will lead to the creation of more jobs (Mitra & Indradip. 39).
Samsoe will paint the golf course green making it one of Denmark’s best and beautiful golf courses. This golf course will be managed and regulated by the public. It will be the world’s first to have sustainable machinery and greens for maintenance. The green golf course will be an inspiring symbol for other golf courses in the country and the global scene. The energy Academy will be responsible for training and qualifying samsoe green keepers.
The cost of renewable energy production.
Determination and visualization of the total renewable power generation costs for implementation of policy should be considered to encourage global renewable electricity generation discussions. Estimates put the net spend of electricity at 11.3 trillion yen by 2026 for photovoltaic power production. This will be devoted to additional costs of renewable power generation equipment introduction. Small scale water production will utilize 1.1 trillion yen, geothermal power will use 0.5 trillion yen and then biomass electricity generation will consume approximate 2.3 trillion yen. Power supply demand systems will require 3.5 trillion yen making the total costs to be approximated to 10 trillion yen.
The investment outlay for equipment of production of renewable energy is expected to drop with a decline in the cost of production. When renewable electricity generation reaches its approximated level system, related expenses will start to increase. System costs and equipment costs are approximated to start dropping by 2023.
Reduction in carbon dioxide emissions due to renewable energy generation.
Renewable energy effects on self- efficiency and self- sufficiency. Samsoe energy sufficiency is expected to improve rapidly.
There are fiscal effects of fossil fuels on the savings and development of the industry. Fossil fuels savings and thermal heat will add up to approximately 600 billion yen in 2020. More job opportunities will be created in the immediate future. Renewable energy will also cause an insurmountable advantage since its property is devolved through welfares associated with risks like management of the disaster.
Appropriate allocations of costs to business, government and the public.
There is a direct relationship, and the association between renewable energy production and Japans fight against global warming and its policy on energy safety. It is required that the associated expenses are billed and distributed widely, equitably and evenly to all the nations sectors through taxes and charges on electricity. If we assume that power companies move their expenditure to the electricity bills of consumers, users may need to bear a yearly range of 0.53 yen/ kWh before 2026 is reached with an all-out of 1.14 yen/kWh in 2020. If they have a monthly electricity utilization charge of 300kWh via ordinary households, an extra fee of 172 yen will be charged to customers before 2026.
The relationship between energy consumption businesses, people’s lives and renewable energy producers (Radzi et al. 235).
During FIT program designing, the following parameters are considered and is allocated an individual cost;
Exceptional measures should be taken into place such as the banning of the costs passed electricity bills for the lowest electric utilization needed for daily life to prevent adverse effects on people’s lives. The current electric charge per kilowatt hour for households through progressive increments in three stages. This FIT program will execute no monthly costs on electrical ingesting below 120kWh.
Commercial business will use significant amounts of electric power and provide exceptional treatment such as discounts for businesses attaining to a particular electricity consumption.
Measures will be placed to buy back electricity from areas that are produced from renewable power before the establishment of FIT program to prevent unfair electricity production treatment.
There will be a system to review energy prices.
There is great importance in ensuring that every stakeholder in any sector benefits. It will be guaranteed that every energy provider including power companies and suppliers of gas gets profits from their activities. This will be met because demand for energy will top out with a decrease in population and advanced energy saving strategies thus making sure that renewable energy is shaped from a progressively large scale. The ideal electricity charge will be discussed with suppliers and consumers sharing fiscal welfares from improved renewable energy production (Simmonds et al. 6).
There are seven action strategies which support the objectives of this proposal. The arrangement and financing of all the inventiveness of action plans play a vital role. Action plans will be built as digital strategies and rolling plans which contain the determined milestones and goals to be obtained. There will be setting of half-yearly or yearly benchmarks. The focus point for all long lasting action strategies is organization and financing plans.
The major dynamic and particular actors will be;
Energy users which involve both private and public sector not forgetting merchants
Energy manufacturers and suppliers which include the source power companies, owners of wind turbines, heating plants at the district level, etc..
All stakeholders’ organization which includes civil associations, professional forums, and the energy service providers.
The local craftsperson
The samsoe municipal
The climate and energy ministry and other ministries
The European unions and other countries
Tourism in samsoe
Samsoe Island is known as a tourist attraction site. The island is known to have an approximated 500000 visitors overnight bookings yearly, and this number increases during summer hut ceremonies, leisure boating, camping sites, and hotel, etc. tourists are attracted by samsoe island culture and nature which makes them visit samsoe. There is a new trend of educational or vocational tourism which is developing and growing. Many island tourists come to visit the islands renewable energy project (Sørensen et al. 543).
Tourism and renewable energy.
Samsoe has won the Danish energy island status which attracted the likes of Japan towards the project. Interest in the new energy island was expected with the new announcement of the Danish energy concept. Within that first year, an approximate of 400 Japanese visited the samsoe island project which made samsoe enter into numerous European Union initiatives and joined ISLENET European organization. Since then the number of tourists has increased and come from different countries all over the world.
Different kinds of tourist visit Samsoe Island. They can be political guests who comprehend how the Danish energy policies have been applied in the local setting. These groups are interested and attracted in questions of managing new types of the application of renewables. Other groups which are interested include private business’ and government experts who analyze potential economic improvement, business opportunities, and jobs. Energy transition is a new area of development with a large interest in countries like Taiwan, Asia, China, Japan, etc. some firms arrange vocational tours to samsoe island for their employees asking the energy island project to supply technical training to their employees.
The last groups are hard to define as it comprises of special interest groups and grass-root organizations and bodies. These groups are diverse and have an interest in small-scale democratic aspects of the organization and local participation in energy transition, growth, and improvement.
Actions to increase and improve energy efficiency and application of renewables will be;
House insulations
Inefficient pump replacements
Replacing transport means which favors electric and biogas vehicles
Conversion of public transport to renewable energy
Heating sources selection which supports district heating primarily heating solar captors and pumps
Continuous improvement of employee installation and service energy utilization facilities.
And finally, smart grid and smart meter introduction to distinguish the energy charges giving incentives for cheap energy.
There are actions set aside to increase energy conversion efficiency increasing the share of renewables placed to produce heat and electricity;
There are plans to renew district heating systems with solar captors
More efficient wind turbines to replace the existing wind turbines on land and offshore
Plans to expand PV solar
There are plans to improve primary energy structures targeting to secure power source making available alternatives through clean and safe source of energy by;
Biogas plant establishments to run on manure, crops energy, and organic waste
Formation of small-scale solar panel farms
Improvements and increase in number of individual solar panels and wind turbines
Expansion of the net district heating in more homes
Replacement of oil heating plants with solar collectors, heat pumps and biomass gradually
Phasing out the use of fossil fuels aiming at making samsoe a fossil free island by 2026.
Conclusion
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