The Capital Partners Solar Project is a 20-year agreement where Duke Energy Renewables will build three solar sites totaling 52 megawatts in North Carolina to provide electricity to George Washington University, American University, and George Washington University Hospital. This project represents the largest non-utility solar power purchase agreement in the eastern US and will generate enough electricity to meet around half the needs of the two universities and 30% for the hospital. The three institutions worked together over two years through a competitive bidding process to identify this project as providing the best long-term renewable energy solution.
Analysis of Community Microgrids: The path to resilient and sustainable commu...Clean Coalition
Greg Thomson, Director of the Community Microgrid Initiative for the Clean Coalition, presented on Community Microgrids to the Municipal Sustainability & Energy Forum on January 25, 2018. This modern energy solution that delivers unparalleled environmental, economic, and resilience benefits to communities.
Rural Electrification is something which we all should strive for.
While we busy surfing net and using computers there people who are yet to get an electic connection to their households.
We should understand how important it is to save electricity so that more electrification is done especially in rural areas.
The Australian National Energy Market has seen significant increases in the price of electricity. How has this happened in a continent blessed with energy resources?
North Bay Community Resilience Initiative: The Path to Resilience and Sustain...Clean Coalition
The Clean Coalition’s Greg Thomson presented on the Clean Coalition’s North Bay Community Resilience Initiative at Marin County, California’s inaugural CleanTech Summit, which took place April 6, 2018 in San Rafael.
Analysis of Community Microgrids: The path to resilient and sustainable commu...Clean Coalition
Greg Thomson, Director of the Community Microgrid Initiative for the Clean Coalition, presented on Community Microgrids to the Municipal Sustainability & Energy Forum on January 25, 2018. This modern energy solution that delivers unparalleled environmental, economic, and resilience benefits to communities.
Rural Electrification is something which we all should strive for.
While we busy surfing net and using computers there people who are yet to get an electic connection to their households.
We should understand how important it is to save electricity so that more electrification is done especially in rural areas.
The Australian National Energy Market has seen significant increases in the price of electricity. How has this happened in a continent blessed with energy resources?
North Bay Community Resilience Initiative: The Path to Resilience and Sustain...Clean Coalition
The Clean Coalition’s Greg Thomson presented on the Clean Coalition’s North Bay Community Resilience Initiative at Marin County, California’s inaugural CleanTech Summit, which took place April 6, 2018 in San Rafael.
PV/Diesel Hybrid System for Fuel Production from Waste Plastics RecyclingIJMER
The treatment of wastes has become one of the most important concerns of modern society.
Converting waste plastic into gasoline and diesel fuel through a highly effective low-cost pyrolysis
process is a promising technology. In this paper PV/Diesel/Battery hybrid system is suggested to fulfill
the load demand of waste plastic recycling pyrolysis process. A Mathematical and simulation models
using MATLAB/ SIMULINK software for the hybrid PV/Diesel/Battery system components have been
developed. Also, this paper presents a control strategy using Artificial Neural Network Controller
(NNC) technique for coordinating the power flow among the different components of the
PV/Diesel/Battery hybrid system. The results indicate that the proposed control unit using NNC can be
successfully used for controlling the power system for the waste plastic recycling pyrolysis process.
Flinders Island Isolated Power System (IPS) Connect 2016 H KUMAR SOLOMON POWERjames hamilton
The four key challenges for Solomon Power in the future are effective and efficient delivery of the SBD 1 Billion capital programme, development and sustenance of human capital, increasing the footprint of the electricity network and to offer electricity at lower prices. Solomon Power are conscious of the high cost of electricity in Solomon Islands due to our heavy reliance on diesel and are therefore actively working with all our stakeholders to pursue initiatives to bring down the price of electricity. We hope the renewable energy proposals on the table, on completion, will assist Solomon Power to reduce the price of electricity.This includes the recent commisioning of the 1MW Hendeson solar farm, 150kW Buala mini-Hydro and upgrade to he Honiara and Lungga power stations.
Hemant Kumar is a Chartered Electrical Engineer with more than 28 years of experience in the Power Industry in Australia, New Zealand and in the South Pacific. He has held senior management roles while working for electricity distribution, transmission and generation utilities. His roles included Team leadership, Planning Manager/Engineer, Network Development Manager, Standards Manager, Design Manager, Project Manager, and Contracts Manager/Engineer. He has led an amalgamation of several design standards. He has been responsible for development of asset management plans, network planning, and optimization and capital expenditure programs. He also has several years of electricity network management experience including planning, operational, development of business case to the board and development of asset management plans.
Bunaken Island | Nov-15 | The Sumba Iconic Island InitiativeSmart Villages
By Adi Lagur
Off-grid electrification for development of small islands represents a number of unique challenges under the broad category of rural electrification. Small, off-grid island communities are particularly vulnerable to diesel price fluctuations and natural disasters, and thus, enhancing resilience through more sustainable and cheaper energy technologies should be a key priority. Financing the transition to these technologies – usually photovoltaic, micro-hydro or sometimes wind – is an essential hurdle to overcome. Once electricity systems are in place it is equally important that they are sustained in the longer term with effective arrangements for operation and maintenance, cost recovery etc. Related to this, is the productive use of the energy provided to increase islander incomes.
The workshop on Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia from 3 to 5 November 2015, organised by the Smart Villages Initiative in collaboration with Kopernik, will explore these issues and develop recommendations for policy makers, development agencies and other stakeholders in energy provision to island communities.
More info: http://e4sv.org/events/off-grid-islands-electricity-workshop/
Flinders Island Isolated Power System (IPS) Connect 2016 T MAHMOUD Western Powerjames hamilton
The energy industry is rapidly evolving to take advantage of renewable resources and Western Power is embracing new technologies that will improve service and reliability to our customers. New and improving technologies such as solar, wind, wave and most importantly batteries are changing the way we think about the delivery and storage of electricity. One of these developments is the microgrid, which is essentially a small scale power grid that can operate independently (in ‘island mode’) or connect with the main electrical grid – think of a small suburb, or estate, that shares electricity and the cost of the infrastructure. A microgrid needs to control the flow of electricity of low or medium voltage, but does not need connection to a centralised generation or transmission network. Western Power has trialled the world’s first microgrid project that combines wave energy, solar (photovoltaic) energy, a desalination plant, and energy storage that connects to our large electricity network.
Thair demonstrates extensive engineering experience focused on power systems planning and real-time operation. This includes experience in load, generation and microgrids grid connection, renewable energies, transmission networks planning and stability. This experience is supported by his academic research at the University of Tasmania and Edith Cowan University, including invitation to review international journals and conferences in the field of Energy Systems and Artificial Intelligence. Thair has previously held roles with Canegie Wave Energy and Deng Kai.
Presentation by Diana Pangestu of Solar1.org regarding government sponsored sustainability incentives. Given at GreenPearl.com's Building Owners Cash Flow seminar on May 13, 2009
Oxford 28th october (capital costs, storage, experience curves) v2Chris Goodall
Our assumptions about the Levelised Cost of Electricity from renewables are wrong. This presentation looks at how we should correct our estimates by taking note of the fall in the real cost of capital for index-linked assets which, for example, includes PV in the UK.
Innovations in Green Tariffs: Spring 2017DanielMelling
A webinar provides a national overview of innovations in green tariffs, which offer large customers access to affordable renewable energy on the grid.
More details: http://www.wri.org/events/2017/05/innovations-green-tariffs-spring-2017
Speakers
Letha Tawney, Director of Utility Innovation, WRI
Tom MacLean, Manager, Customer Renewable Energy, Puget Sound Energy
Tim O'Brien, Economic Development Manager, Omaha Public Power District
Kirk Myers, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Megan Smith, Director of Climate and Energy Initiatives, Office of King County Executive
Powering mobile network with green energyAbu Yohannan
Explosive mobile data demands are driving a
significant growth in energy consumption in
mobile networks, and consequently a surge of
carbon footprints. Reducing carbon footprints is
crucial in alleviating the direct impact of greenhouse
gases on the earth environment and the
climate change. With advances of green energy
technologies, future mobile networks are expected
to be powered by green energy to reduce
their carbon footprints. This article provides an
overview on the design and optimization of
green energy enabled mobile networks, discusses
the energy models for the analysis and optimization
of the networks, and lays out basic design
principles and research challenges on optimizing
the green energy powered mobile networks.
Official Document of the Haryana Solar Power Policy 2014.
This document is not a work of Headway Solar (http://headwaysolar.com/) and it has been released here for the benefit of the general public.
PV/Diesel Hybrid System for Fuel Production from Waste Plastics RecyclingIJMER
The treatment of wastes has become one of the most important concerns of modern society.
Converting waste plastic into gasoline and diesel fuel through a highly effective low-cost pyrolysis
process is a promising technology. In this paper PV/Diesel/Battery hybrid system is suggested to fulfill
the load demand of waste plastic recycling pyrolysis process. A Mathematical and simulation models
using MATLAB/ SIMULINK software for the hybrid PV/Diesel/Battery system components have been
developed. Also, this paper presents a control strategy using Artificial Neural Network Controller
(NNC) technique for coordinating the power flow among the different components of the
PV/Diesel/Battery hybrid system. The results indicate that the proposed control unit using NNC can be
successfully used for controlling the power system for the waste plastic recycling pyrolysis process.
Flinders Island Isolated Power System (IPS) Connect 2016 H KUMAR SOLOMON POWERjames hamilton
The four key challenges for Solomon Power in the future are effective and efficient delivery of the SBD 1 Billion capital programme, development and sustenance of human capital, increasing the footprint of the electricity network and to offer electricity at lower prices. Solomon Power are conscious of the high cost of electricity in Solomon Islands due to our heavy reliance on diesel and are therefore actively working with all our stakeholders to pursue initiatives to bring down the price of electricity. We hope the renewable energy proposals on the table, on completion, will assist Solomon Power to reduce the price of electricity.This includes the recent commisioning of the 1MW Hendeson solar farm, 150kW Buala mini-Hydro and upgrade to he Honiara and Lungga power stations.
Hemant Kumar is a Chartered Electrical Engineer with more than 28 years of experience in the Power Industry in Australia, New Zealand and in the South Pacific. He has held senior management roles while working for electricity distribution, transmission and generation utilities. His roles included Team leadership, Planning Manager/Engineer, Network Development Manager, Standards Manager, Design Manager, Project Manager, and Contracts Manager/Engineer. He has led an amalgamation of several design standards. He has been responsible for development of asset management plans, network planning, and optimization and capital expenditure programs. He also has several years of electricity network management experience including planning, operational, development of business case to the board and development of asset management plans.
Bunaken Island | Nov-15 | The Sumba Iconic Island InitiativeSmart Villages
By Adi Lagur
Off-grid electrification for development of small islands represents a number of unique challenges under the broad category of rural electrification. Small, off-grid island communities are particularly vulnerable to diesel price fluctuations and natural disasters, and thus, enhancing resilience through more sustainable and cheaper energy technologies should be a key priority. Financing the transition to these technologies – usually photovoltaic, micro-hydro or sometimes wind – is an essential hurdle to overcome. Once electricity systems are in place it is equally important that they are sustained in the longer term with effective arrangements for operation and maintenance, cost recovery etc. Related to this, is the productive use of the energy provided to increase islander incomes.
The workshop on Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia from 3 to 5 November 2015, organised by the Smart Villages Initiative in collaboration with Kopernik, will explore these issues and develop recommendations for policy makers, development agencies and other stakeholders in energy provision to island communities.
More info: http://e4sv.org/events/off-grid-islands-electricity-workshop/
Flinders Island Isolated Power System (IPS) Connect 2016 T MAHMOUD Western Powerjames hamilton
The energy industry is rapidly evolving to take advantage of renewable resources and Western Power is embracing new technologies that will improve service and reliability to our customers. New and improving technologies such as solar, wind, wave and most importantly batteries are changing the way we think about the delivery and storage of electricity. One of these developments is the microgrid, which is essentially a small scale power grid that can operate independently (in ‘island mode’) or connect with the main electrical grid – think of a small suburb, or estate, that shares electricity and the cost of the infrastructure. A microgrid needs to control the flow of electricity of low or medium voltage, but does not need connection to a centralised generation or transmission network. Western Power has trialled the world’s first microgrid project that combines wave energy, solar (photovoltaic) energy, a desalination plant, and energy storage that connects to our large electricity network.
Thair demonstrates extensive engineering experience focused on power systems planning and real-time operation. This includes experience in load, generation and microgrids grid connection, renewable energies, transmission networks planning and stability. This experience is supported by his academic research at the University of Tasmania and Edith Cowan University, including invitation to review international journals and conferences in the field of Energy Systems and Artificial Intelligence. Thair has previously held roles with Canegie Wave Energy and Deng Kai.
Presentation by Diana Pangestu of Solar1.org regarding government sponsored sustainability incentives. Given at GreenPearl.com's Building Owners Cash Flow seminar on May 13, 2009
Oxford 28th october (capital costs, storage, experience curves) v2Chris Goodall
Our assumptions about the Levelised Cost of Electricity from renewables are wrong. This presentation looks at how we should correct our estimates by taking note of the fall in the real cost of capital for index-linked assets which, for example, includes PV in the UK.
Innovations in Green Tariffs: Spring 2017DanielMelling
A webinar provides a national overview of innovations in green tariffs, which offer large customers access to affordable renewable energy on the grid.
More details: http://www.wri.org/events/2017/05/innovations-green-tariffs-spring-2017
Speakers
Letha Tawney, Director of Utility Innovation, WRI
Tom MacLean, Manager, Customer Renewable Energy, Puget Sound Energy
Tim O'Brien, Economic Development Manager, Omaha Public Power District
Kirk Myers, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Megan Smith, Director of Climate and Energy Initiatives, Office of King County Executive
Powering mobile network with green energyAbu Yohannan
Explosive mobile data demands are driving a
significant growth in energy consumption in
mobile networks, and consequently a surge of
carbon footprints. Reducing carbon footprints is
crucial in alleviating the direct impact of greenhouse
gases on the earth environment and the
climate change. With advances of green energy
technologies, future mobile networks are expected
to be powered by green energy to reduce
their carbon footprints. This article provides an
overview on the design and optimization of
green energy enabled mobile networks, discusses
the energy models for the analysis and optimization
of the networks, and lays out basic design
principles and research challenges on optimizing
the green energy powered mobile networks.
Official Document of the Haryana Solar Power Policy 2014.
This document is not a work of Headway Solar (http://headwaysolar.com/) and it has been released here for the benefit of the general public.
For the first time, the significant contributions of military veterans to the solar industry have been documented in a joint report from The Solar Foundation and Operation Free, Veterans in Solar: Securing America’s Energy Future. The brief report shows that the U.S. solar industry employs 13,192 veterans of the armed forces, a figure which represents 9.2% of all solar workers in the nation, exceeding the percentage of veteran employment in the overall economy. Importantly, the report also explores the challenges of connecting highly-skilled military veterans with positions in the solar industry that match their abilities. Read the report for more details and future steps to expand opportunities for veterans in solar energy, and visit VetsinSolar.org for future updates.
Do you ever think about free electricity? Then, this is the time to use, a solar energy. A small scale solar power system is perfect for you. Which can empower your home for the whole day. This presentation will describe the features and components of solar power system for the home.
The GW Solar Institute working paper, Bridging the Solar Income Gap, details a wide range of policy tools to increase access to affordable solar energy, particularly for lower income families. These urgently needed tools could help unlock solar energy for all Americans and drive billions of dollars of solar wealth into lower income communities.
depreciation, straight line, units of productions, double declining, income tax, depreciation methods, advance business consulting, www.mba4help.com Miami, Jose cintron
Softer Solar Landings: Options to Avoid the Investment Tax Credit CliffGW Solar Institute
Federal tax policies have been an important driver for solar’s recent remarkable growth, but without action during the 114th Congress, the 30-percent investment tax credit (ITC) for solar and other clean energy technologies will expire at the end of 2016. If Congress were to allow this policy shock to occur, the economics of solar investments would worsen, reducing solar deployments in 2017 and beyond. Solar jobs would be lost, and solar cost reductions would be delayed. While these negative impacts of current law are undeniable, their magnitude remains an open question. This policy brief estimates the impacts that current law would have on the solar industry. It also formulates several
policy alternatives and estimates their effectiveness at mitigating the negative impacts of the investment tax credit cliff embedded within current law.
Tender Document for 3 MW solar plant at DiuHeadway Solar
Tender Document for 3 MW solar plant at Diu. Issued by Electricity Department of Daman and Diu.
This document is not a work of Headway Solar (http://headwaysolar.com/) and it has been released here for the benefit of the general public.
Official Document of the Kerala solar energy policy 2013.
This document is not a work of Headway Solar (http://headwaysolar.com/) and it has been released here for the benefit of the general public.
“We realize the importance of light when we see darkness”, said Malala Yousafzai, today while speaking at United Nations in New York. On the same day,12th July, TERRE Policy Centre and Barefoot Power India commissioned a solar charging station, in Kanyashala ( girl’s school ) in tiny town of Rahimatpur. That provided girl students a big reason to come into school in the morning and get light to carry back with them in the evening everyday! It was on-the-ground contribution to what Malala dreams and what UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon aims to achieve under Global Education First Initiative.
Design a Highly Efficient Push-Pull converter for Photovoltaic ApplicationsEklavya Sharma
Design a schematic to extract maximum obtainable solar power from a PV module and use the energy for a DC application. This project investigates in detail the concept of Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) which significantly increases the efficiency of the solar photovoltaic system.
Community Solar: Overview of an Emerging Growth MarketScottMadden, Inc.
Community solar is a rapidly emerging model that combines the value of direct customer “ownership” of rooftop solar with the flexibility and economic advantages of utility-scale solar. Successfully implementing a community solar program is not simple and requires a coordinated approach to successfully enter the market. ScottMadden has assisted clients directly with the development and evaluation of community and rooftop solar programs. Our deep understanding of utility businesses has helped us assist in implementing new technologies for utilities from rooftop solar to electric vehicles. Download this report or visit www.scottmadden.com to learn more about the community solar market and our capabilities to help.
Presentation from the New Mexico Regional Energy Storage & Grid Integration Workshop: Energy Resilience in Northern New Mexico: Energy Storage Opportunities for Electric Cooperatives and Municipal Utilities in the Northeastern Region of New Mexico, presented by Andrew Rodke
Making the Shift to a Clean Energy Economy in New YorkJeremy Cherson
A Presentation by Jennifer Metzger, Co-Director of Citizens for Local Power. Learn more at www.citizensforlocalpower.com.
Presentation made on April 2nd, 2016.
Executive Director Craig Lewis moderated the panel “Resilience and Fire Mitigation: Another Value on the Stack for Renewable Energy” at the Solar, Storage, and Smart Energy Expo, which took place 16-17 January 2020 at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA.
Energy Efficiency Workshop - Powering SydneyTransGrid AU
The workshop held on 25 September 2014 brought together a range of organisations and experts to explore energy efficiency as a possible initiative to form part of the solution for the Powering Sydney’s Future Project.
Governor Murphy, through Executive Order 28, has set New Jersey on the path toward transitioning to 100% clean energy by 2050.
In June, the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a draft of an updated Energy Master Plan (EMP) that encompasses a dramatically broader scope than previous EMPs, and features a series of seven strategies that will guide the state to address the imminent threat of climate change and to reach Governor Murphy’s 100 percent clean energy goal.
This timely webinar features experts who will provide an overview of the EMP draft, and how it has the potential to result in significant economic benefits, including the creation of new jobs, industries and workforce development opportunities for the state’s residents and business community.
The NJ BPU is accepting comments on the EMP draft until September 16th. Please join us so that you can add your voice with others in the sustainable business community to help make the EMP a strong and effective roadmap to creating a clean energy economy.
This research poster was created as a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by The Solar Foundation.
The National Solar Jobs Census series is a product of The Solar Foundation®, conducted annually since 2010. The inaugural Census established the first credible employment baseline for the domestic solar industry.The Census surveys solar employers and quantifies jobs across all solar technologies and industry subsectors. Since 2010, employment has grown by 53%, representing nearly 50,000 new U.S. solar jobs.
This research poster was created as a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by James Mueller and Amit Ronen.
Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code” Given the looming expiration of clean energy tax incentives and the likelihood of comprehensive tax reform, the clean energy sector need to be developing pragmatic and politically attuned alternatives that fit within the context of tax reform principles. The GW Solar Institute is launching a research series, Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code, which seeks to develop innovative policy solutions and inform policymakers on the full range of impacts that these potential options could have.
Consensus Recommendations on How to Catalyze Low-Income Solar in DCGW Solar Institute
This research poster was featured at the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by Amit Ronen and Anya Schoolman.
Extensive conversations among roughly 70 key stakeholders in the low-income housing, solar, finance, and government sectors revealed that the necessary leadership, consensus, and resources are available to launch a groundbreaking low-income solar initiative in the District. The Expanding Low-Income Solar in DC Roundtable, hosted by the GW Solar Institute and DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) on April 9, 2014, developed the recommendation that the city pursue a direct dollar-per-watt rebate program that incentivizes low-income participation and community solar projects, combined with a credit enhancement program that unlocks needed capital.
This project was featured at the 2014 Solar Symposium and analyzes both the solar potential of low income areas in the District as well as the resulting economic impact a full build-out could have.
This poster was created by Dan Moring and Ekandayo Shittu.
Dan Moring is a Graduate Research Analyst at the GW Solar Institute. He is a a student in the Sustainable Urban Planning program at GW, where his research focuses on integrating and analyzing spatial components of energy and building data.
Ekandayo Shittu is an Assistant Profession at the George Washington University School of Engineering and an Affiliated Faculty member at the GW Solar Institute. His research focuses on the economics and management of energy technologies, the design and impacts of climate change response policies on sustainability efforts, and patterns of consumer behavior in energy consumption in the emerging era of smart grid technologies. He’s a Lead Author on he IPCC Fifth Assessment report on climate change mitigation.
The GW Solar Institute, a research partner on the National Solar Jobs Census 2014, joined The Solar Foundation and BW Research Partnership in announcing that the solar energy industry added over 31,000 new jobs in 2014. This remarkable growth rate is almost twenty times the national average and accounts for 1 out every 78 new jobs created in the US since Solar Jobs Census 2013.
Tax Reform, a Looming Threat to a Booming Solar IndustryGW Solar Institute
This policy brief investigates the impact that recent Congressional tax reform proposals would have on the solar industry. As the first policy brief in an ongoing series, it outlines both the challenges and the opportunities for the solar industry within tax reform. The GW Solar Institute's analysis finds that all recent tax reform proposals would increase the cost of solar energy substantially compared to current policy. Even the Baucus tax reform proposal, which includes a 20 percent Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar, would increase costs by 34 percent over current policy due to its drastic changes to current depreciation schedules and the minimal impact from a lower corporate rate. No matter which other broader changes to the tax system Congress adopts in tax reform, additional energy sector policies would still be necessary to maintain solar’s economic competitiveness relative to current law.
This whitepaper summarizes recommendations from the Expanding Low-Income Solar in DC Roundtable, hosted by the GW Solar Institute and DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) on April 9, 2014. Extensive conversations among roughly 70 key stakeholders in the low-income housing, solar, finance, and government sectors revealed that the necessary leadership, consensus, and resources are available to launch a groundbreaking low-income solar initiative in the District.
Rhone Resch | Trends in Solar Energy Technology and Costs | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
Solar panel prices have dropped 80% in the last five years, dramatically changing the economics and feasibility of going solar.
Long-time solar industry leader Rhone Resch will talk about the rapidly changing solar energy landscape and where he sees solar going in the future.
Jon Hillis | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Jon Hillis, Vice President, Prospect Solar
Combining Solar with Green Roofs: Find out how Green Roof Integrated PV in urban areas like DC can take advantage of the symbiotic relationship between solar panels and green roof plants, alleviate competition for roof space, and address energy concerns and storm water drainage issues that are prevalent in larger cities.
Hannah Masterjohn | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Hannah Masterjohn, Program Director of New Markets, VoteSolar
Taking Shared Solar Nationwide: Find out how shared solar is expanding nationwide, how it differs from green tariffs, and how different states are attempting to use the policy as a tool to address barriers to low-income solar investments.
Bracken Hendricks | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Bracken Hendricks, CEO, Urban Ingenuity
PACE and Affordable Housing: Find out how Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing can fund clean energy retrofits and help solve broader financial challenges for affordable housing developers, owners, and property managers by providing a new capital solution for affordable housing preservation.
Annie Harper | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Annie Harper, Coordinator, Yale Community Carbon Fund
Lessons Learned from Low-Income Retrofits: Find out how the Yale Community Carbon Fund overcame implementation challenges to implement energy efficiency and renewable projects in low-income communities in Connecticut.
Beth Galante | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Beth Galante, Chief Energy Efficiency Officer, PosiGen LLC
Making Third Party Ownership Work for Lower-Income Clients: Find out how bundling energy efficiency and solar, government incentives, and standardization is helping low-income individuals, families, and businesses in Louisiana achieve greater fiscal autonomy and energy independence by lowering their energy consumption.
Jason Walsh, Senior Advisor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, shares research and program updates from the Department of Energy.
Materials generously provided by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute.
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Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
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Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
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Capital Partners Solar Project
Frequently Asked Questions
PROJECT OVERVIEW
What is the Capital Partners Solar Project?
• Initiated and managed by the GW Office of Sustainability and its partners, The Capital Partners
Solar Project (CPSP) is a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) under which Duke Energy
Renewables (DER) will build a 52-megawatt (MWAC) solar photovoltaic (PV) array across three
sites in North Carolina and sell the electricity generated to the George Washington University
(GW), American University (AU), and the George Washington University Hospital (GWUH).
• Once fully operational, the project is expected to generate about 123 million kilowatt-hours
(kWh) of emissions-free electricity in the first year, which averages to about 117 million kWh
per year over the life of the agreement due to expected panel degradation over time.
• This electricity is equivalent to about half the electricity needs of GWU and AU, and about 30%
of the electricity needs of GWUH. Since the project did not require any upfront capital from the
Universities or Hospital and the electricity is expected to cost less than the open market, the
institutions could potentially avoid millions of dollars in possible electric rate increases over the
life of the project.
Who else is involved?
• CustomerFirst Renewables designed and structured the partnership.
• Duke Energy Renewables (DER), a commercial subsidiary of Duke Energy, will oversee
development, construction, and long-term operation of the sites.
• SunEnergy1 is the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor.
• JinkoSolar will manufacture the 92,000 solar panels for the first 20-MW site. The manufacturer
of the additional phases will be determined at a future time.
• Dominion Resources Inc. owns transmission assets in North Carolina and Virginia and will
interconnect the project to the regional grid.
• PJM Interconnection (PJM) is the grid operator for the Mid-Atlantic region and will oversee
transmission of the electricity generated.
How will solar electricity generated in North Carolina reach the partners?
• GW, AU, and GWUH are purchasing the solar power at the point of delivery in North Carolina.
The retail electric supplier and an agent are working together to combine the power
purchased with the conventional power that the customers are buying to meet their full
electricity demand.
• The solar power generated in North Carolina is fed onto the same regional electricity grid to
which all CPSP partners are connected. Since electrons are fungible, the power purchased
from North Carolina will displace electrons on our regional grid that otherwise would need to
be produced by more carbon-intensive generation sources, thereby increasing the share of
renewable generation in PJM’s regional power supply mix. This fungibility of electrons occurs
regardless of generation source, including conventional electricity supply.
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• The solar farms were sited within PJM at the buyers’ specific request, to ensure that the
electrons generated by the CPSP will serve their regional electricity grid and will result in less
air pollution and greenhouse gases across the Mid Atlantic. Currently, the majority of
electricity generated in PJM comes from fossil fuels, roughly 44% from coal and 17.1% from
natural gas.
Why don’t the buyers just put solar panels on their own roofs?
• The reality is that the partners’ dense urban campuses simply do not have enough rooftop or
open space to install the number of solar panels or wind turbines required to meet their
ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals or their approximately 260,000 MWh of combined
annual electricity demand.
• It is important to note, however, that on-campus solar installations could still generate a
significant level of emission-free electricity, but is generally limited to no more than a small
percentage of consumption.
PROJECT SIGNIFICANCE
How does the size of this project compare to other solar farms?
• When announced, the CPSP was the largest non-utility solar PV PPA in the United States in total
megawatt-hours (MWh) contracted.
• It is currently the largest non-utility solar project east of the Mississippi.
• The system will utilize nearly a quarter million solar PV panels and, on average, is expected to
generate around 117,000 MWh of emission-free electricity per year for GW, AU, and GWUH
annually over the 20-year term.
What is unique about this model?
• This partnership pioneered a model that demonstrates how large energy consumers can
proactively harness their collective purchasing power to directly source renewable energy to
reduce their carbon footprint and electricity costs.
• The partners began a competitive bidding process, and ultimately, it was their 20-year
commitment that attracted bidders and allowed the project to be financed. But for the actions
of the three buyers, this new mega solar project would not have been built.
• The project also highlighted for Mid-Atlantic electricity providers that solar as a viable
generation source. As of the end of October 2014, only about 0.05% of the electricity
generated in PJM came from solar power.
• The partnership also provides a model for how large energy consumers in urban areas can still
play a role in decarbonizing their regional electricity grids.
How is this project different from other large institutional electricity purchases?
• Under the terms of the contract, the Universities and the Hospital will receive both the
electricity generated by the solar farm and the environmental benefits, also known as
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), associated with the farm’s production. Most other
renewable energy deals include either the electricity or the environmental benefits, but it is
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less common to receive both. Additionally, the project has been structured so that the
customers are purchasing the power at the point of delivery directly from the developer.
According to an analysis by CustomerFirst Renewables, less than one percent of large
electricity consumers are able to manage their off-site renewable energy in this way.
• Another unique aspect of the project is that three separate buyers collaboratively pooled their
demand and negotiated the terms of the PPA.
How will the project impact each institution’s electricity bill?
• Although the price of the PPA is confidential under terms of the contract, the 20-year
agreement produces a total cost that is competitive with today’s market prices.
• Cost savings will likely increase over time because market electricity prices are anticipated to
rise over the duration of the contract, including a possible future price on carbon.
• The long-term contract also reduces GW’s exposure to market volatility through a fixed price
for a large portion of the electricity consumed.
PROJECT SPECIFICS
Where will the solar projects be located?
• This project spans three sites in northeast North Carolina near the border of Virginia. All three
sites will be within the PJM regional grid and are about 230 miles from the DC-based buyers.
• The first project site will be on agricultural land, three-fourths of which will remain available for
farming, in part due to the extra income derived from hosting the solar array.
When will the project start producing electricity?
• Construction of the first phase in Pasquotank County near Elizabeth City is already underway
and will begin commercial operations by the beginning of 2015.
• The location of the second and third sites will be finalized by the end of April 2015, and those
sites will come online by the start of 2016.
What percentage of each partner’s electricity will this project account for?
• The CPSP is expected to generate around 123,000 MWh of electricity in its first year, a rate that
is expected to decline on a straight-line basis by 0.5% per year due to PV module degradation.
• The amount of electricity generated from the project will cover about half of GW’s and AU’s
anticipated electricity needs (and about 30% of GWUH’s needs).
What panels will be used?
• The contract terms did not require any specific brand or type of photovoltaic panel, although
we understand that DER has chosen to use JinkoSolar's JKM300P-72 and JKM305P-72
modules for the first phase of the project, which have an efficiency of 16% and are designed to
self-clean, reducing power losses caused from soiling. All JinkoSolar modules use a single-axis
tracking system to increase system efficiency and output.
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Where were the panels manufactured?
• The panels were manufactured in China where the vast majority of large U.S. projects currently
source their solar PV panels. The panels constitute roughly one-third of the project’s value with
domestic products and services such as racking, inverters, and labor constituting the
remaining two-thirds of the project investment.
What environmental impact will this project have?
• The project will displace electricity produced from more polluting sources, reducing GW’s,
AU’s, and GWUH’s cumulative emissions of by about 60,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide
equivalent (CO2e) per year, which is roughly equivalent to:
o removing 12,500 cars off the road;
o the carbon sequestered by 50,000 acres of U.S. forests annually; or
o eliminating the emissions from 8,200 U.S. homes’ electricity use.
How many jobs will this project create?
• The project is expected to create hundreds of construction jobs at the solar sites in North
Carolina communities, with the majority of jobs being filled by local labor from eastern North
Carolina counties.
PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS
What were the partners’ motivations for developing this project?
• The primary motivation for pursuing this project was to reduce the carbon footprint of the
partner institutions, helping to meet their carbon neutrality goals. Reducing GW’s exposure to
future price volatility was also an important consideration in making the project financially
appealing.
How long did the process take?
• About two years end-to end. The time from the initial discussion to signed contract was
roughly one and a half years, and six months later commercial operations begin.
• In the future, the process could probably be completed in significantly less time. One of the
CPSP goals is to provide information on lessons learned so that other institutions and potential
suppliers can pursue similar arrangements more rapidly.
Who was involved in the process for the buyers?
• Approximately 60 individuals across the three institutions were involved throughout the two-
year process. In addition to the executive leaders of each institutions and their Board of
Trustees, the parties included representatives from the offices of sustainability, operations,
facilities services, investment, planning and administration, procurement, finance, general
counsel, and external relations.
• Having such a large and diverse set of stakeholders meant that buy-in from the Institutions
leaders and continual communication and consultation were critical to addressing issues
before they could become barriers to the project’s progress.
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Why did you need an outside systems integrator?
• CustomerFirst Renewables provided critical expertise and analytical capabilities to the key
decision makers on a large-scale renewable energy market with limited transparency on price
and contract structure.
• CustomerFirst Renewables also played a key role facilitating negotiations among the three
buying institutions and the developer.
Why did the buyers decide to pursue meeting half of their electricity demand?
• The buyers considered larger and smaller fractions of their electricity needs, but ultimately
found that this scale provided the best combination of reducing GW’s exposure to the volatility
of future market prices while still reaching the scale necessary for the most competitive prices.
If the project scale were significantly smaller, the economic benefits would not have been as
great. Larger scale projects would have only yielded marginal additional economic benefits.
How did the Request for Proposals (RFP) process work?
• The partners utilized a competitive RFP process to identify the best energy solution. The RFP
process was a critical component in that it not only allowed the buyers to solicit competitive
bids from a variety of projects, its terms helped ensure that the project met their requirements
for it to be:
o located within their own PJM regional grid;
o new project allowing the partners to claim legitimately that their actions were resulting
in new renewable energy generation; and
o developed by an experienced developer with the financial strength to ensure project
completion and ability to meet the terms of the 20-year contract.
• The partners received 28 bids in response to their RFP, including eight solar projects and 20
wind projects. In terms of capacity, the bids totaled 274 MW of solar capacity and 1,362 MW of
wind capacity. Although not all the bids met the full range of RFP criteria (e.g. some were
already constructed and were not deemed to be created as a result of the buyers’ demand) the
high volume of bids and capacity suggests that there are considerable additional renewable
energy resources within the PJM grid that the market is able to supply.
Why was the Duke Energy Renewables solar project ultimately selected?
• Ultimately the solar project proposed by DER presented the best opportunity when the
partners examined the total delivered cost (including generation, transmission, capacity, etc.)
for all of the bids combined with contract provisions desired by the partners and provided
project experience. Its financial strength, ability to deliver and standing in the market were also
important.
Why did the buyers decide on 20 years?
• Other time horizons were considered, but 20 years provided the best balance between getting
the most competitive bids and maintaining flexibility in the event that the electricity sector
transforms dramatically over the coming decades.
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What were the toughest roadblocks encountered during the process?
• Since these types of deals are relatively new, a great deal of time and effort for education
within and across institutions was necessary.
• For example, issues such as the accounting treatment for this type of contract took time to
resolve.
Did state incentives play a role in the projects location?
• The state of North Carolina does currently offer a 35% corporate tax credit for renewable
energy investments through 2015. However, RFP bids from other neighboring states were also
competitive.
• Note the 30% federal investment tax credit also applied and is available in each state through
2016, when it will revert to 10% without further Congressional action.
PROJECT CONTRACT TERMS
Who carries the risk if the project fails to be completed on time?
• The developer would face penalties and would cover any price premium incurred from
replacing the expected electricity at market rates.
Do the buying institutions carry any risk related to operations and maintenance?
• No, operations and maintenance of the facility is the developer’s responsibility.
Do all the partners have to buy their electricity together now?
• No, each institution still individually selects a retail energy supplier through a competitive
process to manage the delivery of the full amount of their electricity needs.
Does the PPA escalate over time?
• No, the PPA price is fixed for the duration of the 20-year contract term.