What Engineers Need to Know about Climate Change and Energy Storage

Manager, Energy Sustainability, Innovation and Solutions Directorate, PWGSC, Place du Portage, Phase 3, 8B1, Gatineau, Quebec KJV6E3, Canada 

Paksoy (ed.), Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Energy Consumption, 49—74. 2007 Springer. 

Keywords Adaptation climate change global warming greenhouse effect infrastructure mitigation thermal energy storage weather hazard. 

The predictions for almost all communities in Canada include more violent winter storms, very high intensity rainfalls of short-duration, and extended heat waves with the accompanying increased risk of smog, wildfires, tree parasites, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. Current structural design, farming, 

The Planetary Energy Balance [3] of Incoming Solar (340 W/m2) minus Reflected (101 W/m2) minus Radiated (238 W/m2) = 1 W/m2. This excess energy warms the oceans and melts glaciers and ice sheets. The GHG component is 2 W/m2. The amount of heat required to melt enough ice to raise sea level 1 m is about 12 Watt-years (averaged over the planet)—energy that could be accumulated in 12 years if the planet is out of balance by 1 W/m2 per year. 

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WHAT ENGINEERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY STORAGE... 

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