Laurie Reilly - NY Community solar confluence presentation

The City University of New York Sustainable CUNY CUNY Sustainability CUNY Sustainable Energy Project SustainableWorks Building the tools Building Modeling a to move commercialization Sustainable NYC cleantech in to platforms transformation NYC and beyond

NYC 2007-‐2011: Creating a Roadmap for Large Scale Solar Adoption in Urban America NYC Solar Deployment Roadmap PV Interconnection Study (with NREL) Property tax abatement Expansion of state net-‐metering law Solar Ombudsmen NYC Installer Survey DOB Placement Putting the Policies and Relationships in Place Understanding the Market & Structuring for Deployment

Targeting Deployment With multiple substations, even one or two Megawatts of solar in the right place can make a powerful difference in a City that is the financial hub of America 46 area substations 57 networks

NYC Solar Empowerment Zones Zone Identification Con Edison networks Day-‐peaking profile Infrastructure upgrades needed OR, solar to defer the Rooftop potential

Tools: The Virtualized, single-‐portal permitting process for installers and customers Inter-‐agency data Sharing and project tracking Identifying inter-‐agency synergies and eliminating process redundancies The Goal: Reduce the process for installing PV systems in NYC to 100 days 5

Tools: The NYC Solar Map The largest Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) based Solar Map in the World Solar potential and usable rooftop area estimates for every building in New York City Built in Solar PV Financial Calculator which estimates Financial Metrics, Electricity Savings, Environmental Impact, and Cost after Incentives 6 www.nycsolarmap.com

U.S. Solar Balance of System Costs 2010 balance of systems costs: 1.6 Billion Dollars in 2010 10 Image source: Goodrich et al, 2011.

SMART (Solar Market Analysis Reporting and Tracking) NY SMART NY 11

Enabling Research Enable and Markets Innovation and Supply Investment Workforce Development JOBS

The City University of New York Sustainable CUNY CUNY Sustainability CUNY Sustainable Energy Project SustainableWorks Communications laurie.reilly@mail.cuny.edu

Laurie Reilly - NY Community solar confluence presentation

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