- Future Global Energy production and infrastructure
Overview:
Examine the factors relating to energy generation for urban, commercial and global use, what infrastructures this is found
in (i.e. transportation, consumer electricity, etc)
will meet the challenges of future energy production.
and how we
1.0 Introduction
Provide an introduction to the urban, rural and global energy requirements. This can include a history of how energy
production has evolved
2.0 Objective
over the years, relative to
population growth, demands and trends in society. You may also wish to speculate over future challenges and how energy production and needs will change in the coming
decades and centuries.
Clearly state the objective of your report and how you are examining energy production with respect to urban/rural
infrastructure, individual
use, commercial use and human expansive factors.State the factors critical to current and future challenges and what analysts propose to address this to meet sustainable future
needs
.
3.0
Energy Sustainability Factors
You are allowed to present the main element of the report in
any way you would prefer, but please do so with a coherent
and logical progression to the factors presented. A good
format would
be to examine how energy production has been implemented historically, how it has evolved with our changing urban demands and technological innovations
(e.g. electric cars, increasing electronics
devices, etc). Comment on where we may be heading in the future as a global society and explore our necessity to address challenges such as global warming, peak oil production, depleting natural resources, etc. Critical elements to consider in your report are the diversity of energy production and what it is used for, for instance we need energy to power our homes and businesses, how is this done? What are the challenges to maintain a consistent supply? What are the governance and legislative issues? Remember energy is used in areas beyond electricity
generation, and is a necessary requirement for
transportation
(combustion engine), in our ability to
communicate (sensor systems, etc) and when operating in a national and global environment, please expand on these themes.With respect to sustainable practise, please examine how our global energy usage currently is and strategise how new technologies, in particular energy efficient devices and renewables, could be implemented in its various forms. Please consider the suitability of particular technologies such as environmental factors/suitability, production capacity to meet current demands, how infrastructure in cities will need to evolve to manage the transition. Also consider how each renewable technology is produced (e.g. rare earth metals required for manufacture photovoltaic/turbines, etc). Comment or consider how, if we evolve to a more electricity
driven society, this will impact the requirements of
infrastructure and the implications for long haul
transportation/goods distribution.
current
4.0 Summary

Provide a brief summary of the main elements of the report and speculate upon this as to how global energy production
will evolve in the future.
5.0 References
List your references in alphabetical order, using
Harvard or APA referencing format.
References should be properly citied in the text, when making reference to other source material. References which are not used should not be cited. Appropriate
references would include, official
reports, journal articles, news articles, etc. We do not expect references to popular culture websites, youtube videos, or other questionable information that has not been assessed
or impartially reviewed
