mapping green & clean energy sources

"Our generation has inherited an incredibly beautiful world from our parents and they from their parents. It is in our hands whether our children and their children inherit the same world".
SIR RICHARD BRANSON: the airline tycoon pledging $3 billion to combat global warming by helping to develop alternative energy technologies.

WELCOME to the website of the International Center For Green Energy Information (ICGEI), an international Swiss non-profit non-governmental organisation in Geneva, Switzerland. The ICGEI is dedicated to mapping global energy sources, and monitoring disaster risk regions and green house gas emissions, creating safeguards for the environment and encouraging the use of Green Energy globally to further reduce carbon emissions.

Of importance, the ICGEI is to assess and address problems related to energy resources and the environment, which threaten or are perceived to threaten security, societal stability and peace, human health and/or sustainable livelihoods, within and across national borders in conflict prone regions, as originally defined by the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) established by the United Nations and NATO. The ICGEI focuses on the enforcement of Environmental Regulations, which is crucial to any energy related project.

In a nutshell, we are dedicated techies mapping global energy sources and monitoring disaster risk regions of the globe, which represent a danger to the environment as well as to the human population. We encourage the enforcement of environmental regulations related to the Energy Industry, and more so to the Petroleum Exploration and Production industry where we have acquired decades of experience. We also have the ambition of one day monitoring global Green House Gas Emissions via our satellite data acquisition systems.This is achieved via our GIS (computerized mapping system) using data from satellite imagery systems. Our track record comes from some +30 years of experience in mapping and databasing global petroleum (oil & gas) installations at Petroconsultants SA (Geneva), which was the creator of the first ever global oil & gas database and is still currently the only major database used by all the major oil companies. Petroconsultants SA is today owned by IHS-CERA. We of course try to be self-sufficient by offering our long-standing professional Upstream Data expertise to the industry as well as to all interested parties.

Our prime Disaster Monitoring Project is to initially cover the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, with of course all their coastal zones; showing mainly (but not only) petroleum industry installations (aka Potential Disaster Locations/PDL), e.g. port facilities, refineries, pipelines, storage facilities, drilling/production platforms/ships,etc. We plan to use the THEOS satellite built by EADS's Astrium with SPOT 5 specifications.

WHAT WE DO NOW: Following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster last year, the ICGEI (via its GIS data mapping system) set forth to map the offshore and coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the nearby Black Sea, in order to show all the risk related petroleum industry installations. Also as of February this year, the ICGEI has been closely monitoring the North African coastal zones in particular following the so-called Arab Spring, which could ignite environmental and ecological disasters. Our concern is currently focused on the Libyan coastal areas which represent a high risk for environmental and ecological disasters due to the ongoing war.

FOCUS ON LIBYA: The ICGEI is planning to organise a Forum/Workshop in Geneva to discuss and analyze the environmental and security issues related to Libya's offshore and coastal zones, as well as its energy infrastructure:

"The Mediterranean Energy, Environmental & Security Workshop, with Focus on Libya"

Our GIS mapping database would be presented to show the coastal zones along the country as well as focus on Libya's energy infrastructure: the period before January 2011 compared to Today's situation which has suffered as a result of the revolution and ensuing civil war. The ICGEI would encourage the creation of a technical and scientific group to oversee the job of monitoring the environmental impact related to Libya's energy infrastructure via GIS mapping, which of course would be open to all concerned. We also encourage the standardization of environmental regulations for the Petroleum and Energy-related industry.

Government bodies as well as international organisations and multinational companies involved in the Mediterranean will be invited to participate. The environmental impact of conflict and disaster prone zones could well be monitored and analysed using the GIS map and updated on a regular basis, and which would be available to all parties concerned.

NB: The Swiss ICGEI understands the difficult times ahead of the new and free Libya, and sympathize with the endeavours of their new government, and thus also hope that the role of environmental agencies will not be overlooked.

PLEASE VISIT OUR EVENTS PAGE FOR FULL DETAILS....

OUR PAST EVENTS:

We were pleased to support the ENERGY PACT - UNCTAD Conference, 29-30 November 2011, Palais des Nations, Geneva (CH)
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We were co-organisers of the EAST EUROPE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL & SECURITY PROJECTS FAIR 2010 - 4Esp 2010, an international fair & forum presenting projects for funding by the European Union, NATO and the Swiss, held on 20th to 22nd October 2010 in Bucharest, Romania. Our Mission at 4Esp 2010: to present Projects for the benefit of Human Development in the areas of Energy, Environment & Security. Please visit www.4Esp.org.....

OUR PROJECTS & MISSION:

The primary mission of the INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR GREEN ENERGY INFORMATION (ICGEI) is to globally map all energy sites via a GIS system database to monitor disaster risk and carbon emissions. Renewable energy as well as fossil energy sites are monitored, in order to better evaluate each country's energy resources in light of the directives of the KYOTO PROTOCOL (the Kyoto Climate Change Protocol of 2005) which is ratified by 190 nations, setting binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Furthermore the ICGEI will strive to assist developing country parties to the Montreal Protocol whose annual per capita consumption and production of ozone depleting substances (ODS) is less than 0.3 kg to comply with the control measures of the Protocol. Currently, 146 of the 196 Parties to the Montreal Protocol meet these criteria.

Our ongoing Global Mapping of the Earth's Geology (by country) to locate and determine geothermal resources to produce sufficient energy to supply a country's power grid, will allow us to publish next year an Index/Ranking of all countries, but starting with Europe, in a bid to drive down corporate emissions and tackle climate change. We believe that there is a lot of untapped energy beneath us. Away from tectonic plate boundaries, it is 25–30°C per km of depth in most of the world, thus temperature within the Earth increases with depth. We do not need to dig too deep, but it is believed that highly viscous or partially molten rock at temperatures between 650 to 1,200 °C (1,202 to 2,192 °F) exist everywhere beneath the Earth's surface at depths of 80-100 km or 50-60 miles.

The ICGEI achieves its mission via the Green Energy Map, which is the GIS Database Project to globally map and monitor all Green Energy sites and projects, encompassing:

Anaerobic Digestion, Biofuel, Biomass, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Solar Energy, Tidal Power, Waste-to-Energy, Wave Power, Wind Power (see our Definitions).

Priority is given to Geothermal Power, Tidal Power, Solar Power and Wind Power: the Green Energy Map is initially populated with Weather, Terrain and Geological data.

For instance, current U.S. geothermal electric power generation totals approximately 2200 MW or about the same as 4 large nuclear power plants, and our ambition is to help locate suitable high-temperature geothermal sources which could be used for very cost-effective electricity generation.

The Green Energy Map will also show each country's energy regulations and infrastructure and what it has achieved in terms of reducing its carbon emissions.

Initially the Green Energy Map will cover the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions: in view of the recent offshore oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, underlining the need for a global plan to prevent such major disasters, the Green Energy Map monitoring system will be unveiled at this international forum this Fall in Bucharest: East Europe Energy, Environmental & Security Projects Forum (4Esp 2010), co-organised with the National Defence University of Romania (NDU).

The Green Energy Frog likes:

We are impressed by this clever initiative: the introduction of electric scooter and e-bike schemes, providing access to electric two wheeled vehicles in partnership with employers enthusiastic to deliver access to affordable sustainable transport alternatives to commuters.

THE ZERO EMISSIONS RACE STARTS IN GENEVA ON 16 AUGUST - 80 DAYS AROUND THE WORLD WITH RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Jules Verne’s dream to go around the world in 80 days became a reality a long time ago, but is it possible to make a tour around the world in 80 days with emission-free vehicles? Five Teams from four continents are taking up the challenge. On 16 August they will start with their electric vehicles on the longest and greenest race of all time: the ZERO Race...Follow the Race..


HELIOSTHANA, A VIRTUAL ISLAND TO A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE UNFOLDS:

On 11 May 2010, Heliosthana was unveiled at at the Spanish European Union presidency conference on the Mediterranean Solar Plan in Valencia, in the form of a guide to building a completely renewable energy based nation. A how-to guide for a safe clean energy future, based around the virtual Mediterranean nation Heliosthana was by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF). The Heliosthana guide outlines six basic steps taken in the imaginary Mediterranean island that are immediately applicable in most Mediterranean countries and provide the basis for an energy and economic transformation. Fossil fuels are finite, supplies to Europe are insecure and threatened by both environmental and geopolitical factors, and energy prices are both unstable and destabilising. Also imperative for all countries is finding tangible and immediate solutions to climate change.

In 2010, Heliosthana is highly inefficient in its use of energy and is significantly dependent on expensive and polluting imported fossil fuels. Growing urbanisation paired with a rapid economic development, amongst other factors, were driving a rapid energy demand increase, which seemed out of control. High costs, uncertainty and multiple crises (fossil fuel price volatility and shortages) were affecting people and companies.

In 2020 Heliosthana combines low energy intensity (20% less than in 2010) with a promising share of renewable energy (20% of primary energy supply). Part of the renewable electricity is exported to neighbouring countries. Education, research and development activity and healthcare have benefited from the money saved due to reduced investments in fossil fuels....Read More..