Solar Electric Interest Group (SEIG)

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1 Solar Electric Interest Group (SEIG) Planning Meeting for 2007 Activities April 16, 2007

2 Web Cast Agenda Time Topic Presenter 10:00 AM 10:05 AM 10:10 AM 10:30 AM 10:40 AM 10:55 AM Welcome, Introductions Status Update on SEIG Membership / Participation / Roles Review Straw-man Plan for 2007 SEIG Communication / Website Plans Discuss other questions on the direction of SEIG Summary / Review Schedule Key, Huffman Key Huffman Libby Huffman Key 2

3 Current Status of SEIG Kickoff meeting held in San Francisco Feb. 27, 2007 Theme "Not If, But When 26 attended from utility and solar industry sign ups are in process, so far 7 have joined Aims of EPRI Solar Electric Interest Group Share best practices with a network of knowledgeable peers Participate in collaborative RD&D activities that help to define the future role of solar energy in the utility industry Enhance corporate experience and image as a leader in solar applications Russell Huffman agreed to chair Round table feedback was obtained and a planning group was formed to determine future plans / next steps 3

4 EPRI Solar Electric Interest Group Stay abreast of advances in solar PV cost and efficiency for power production application Better understand and define the role of central station solar (CSS) in the future generation portfolio mix 4

5 Membership/Participation Current list of expected Utility Members Corral (SCE), Palomino (SRP), LaFlash (PG&E), Philpot (Southern Company), Huller (Duke), Lam (BC), Coleman (PNM), Ishimura (HECO) Other pending agreements CEC, SMUD, APS, NP, Progress, NYPA Current list of SEIG Collaborators Mehos (NREL), Margolis (NREL-SAI), Mancini and Bower (Sandia), Namovicz (EIA), Siegrist (SEPA) Reddoch (EPRI PDM), Peterson (Solar Consultant) 5

6 SEIG Roles Chairman Russell Huffman, PNM EPRI Support Project Manager: Tom Key Technical Resource: Terry Peterson (provide contacts and determine relevance to solar programs) Technical Coordinator: Cara Libby (screen new technologies, identify industry trends) Support Staff: Stu Dalton, Hank Courtright, Tom Reddoch, Roger Bedard, Steve Gehl, Chris Larsen, Doug Morris Central Solar Lead Vice Chair? TBD Distributed Solar Lead Vice Chair? TBD SEIG Planning Committee Representatives John Corral Russell Huffman, Travis Coleman Mary Huller Hal LaFlash Alex Lam Liz Philpot Ernie Palomino Robert Margolis Organization Southern California Edison (SCE) Public Service Co. of New Mexico (PNM) Duke Energy Corp. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) BC Hydro Southern Company Salt River Project (SRP) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 6

7 SEIG Activities in 2007: Straw-man Plan for Consideration Date Mid-June Sept Sept Mid-November Activity SEIG Webcast - Technical update on EPRI activities, e.g. EDF, STEP, Spain solarthermal - Possible Industry presentations Silicon Valley Solar (low-conc. non-tracking Si PV modules) Nanosolar (printed thin-film CIGS PV modules) Miasole (sputtered thin-film CIGS PV modules) SEIG meeting at EPRI Generation Advisory (Denver, CO) - NREL tour, solar site, met station SEIG activity in conjunction with Solar Conference (Long Beach, CA) SEIG Webcast or Site Visit - Sandia or Knoxville, Power delivery update (Tom Reddoch) - At ACORE meeting (DC), collaboration with SEPA /SAI 7

8 Suggestions for Site Visits? Location/Host sites suggested - Nevada solar thermal and PV sites - NM, Sandia, others - CA, SEGS, SMUD, others 8

9 SEIG Communication and Creation of SEIG Website Periodic communication via , webcasts, and meetings Vision for SEIG Website Bring utility experience together by posting information about demonstrations, RFPs, and links to current activities View information about how to join the interest group online Links to download EPRI solar reports Links to solar supplemental project notices and project summaries Calendar with information about interest group meetings, tours, etc. Links to relevant EPRI programs and projects, such as P84, P170, Energy Efficiency Initiative, etc. Links to upcoming conferences and events 9

10 Should SEIG Create two groups to address distributed and central issues? Distributed Photovoltaics - what is the utility industry business case, market approaches on building integrated and end-use applications, standardization of utility connections, capacity planning approaches, monitoring and billing strategies, synergies between solar electric and end-use technologies through energy efficiency, PHEV, and distributed storage, laboratory testing of these technologies at EPRI facilities, and sharing of case studies and best practices. Central Solar Plants - technical issues on cosine loss, achieving higher temperatures in thermal cycle, better working fluids, and integration of storage, utility access to incentives, learning by doing opportunities, need for expert working group, potential for combined cycle/hybrid, applying processes that have worked for coal fleet, reliable updates on technology status, economics and performance. 10

11 Other SEIG Planning Issues How to engage in related R&D? DOE SAI EPRI Solar Thermal Project EPRI High Efficiency PV Cells Other. Member Recruitment and Collaborations Establishing SEIG Value Working with SEPA Other. 11

12 Third Generation - Very High-Efficiency Solar Cells Study Three years, three lines of research: Optical converters (up/down) Optimized absorption materials Thermal machines in Hot Carrier Cells 12

13 Solar Thermal Electric Project (STEP) Current Participants Electricité de France Salt River Project Electricidad de Portugal Public Service Co, New Mexico Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Current Project Scope & Schedule Task 1 State-of-the-art review of CSP production devices and plants, review of available software tools applicable to these (2 mo) Task 2 Method for sizing and techno-economic calculations (6 mo) Task 3 Application of the method using an Excel spreadsheet (2 mo) Task 4 Validation using existing production costs, final report (2 mo) Expected Near-Term Result Improved model for techno-economic evaluation of CSP 13

14 Solar Events in 2007 Date May 10 Aug Sept Activity SAI Technical Workshop: Advanced Integrated Inverter & Energy Management Optics & Photonics: - Solar Energy & Its Applications SEPA Solar Power Conference Location Santa Ana Pueblo, NM San Diego, CA Long Beach, CA 14