Renewable Energy Secure Communities

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Renewable Energy Secure Communities

• Introduction for Grant Applicants
• By Gerry Braun
• Renewables RDD Lead
• December 22 and 23, 2008
• Sacramento, California

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Outline

• Renewable Energy (RE) - California Overview
• RE Technology Menu
• Primary and Secondary Applications
• Commercial and Emerging Technologies
• California RE Industry Status
• RDD Perspective
• RESCO Overview
• Definition
• Vision
• Goals
• Rationale
• Strategies
• Solutions
• California Renewable Energy Collaborative

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California RE Overview - General

• Launch pad of modern global RE industries
• RE resource rich
• Best direct and total solar radiation
• Best geothermal
• Major wind hot spots
• Substantial agricultural and forestry waste
  streams
• RE RD rich
• Source of one third of all clean energy venture
  capital
• Legacy of ratepayer funded RE RDD
• RE incentives and mandates
• 1/W buy-down for solar PV averaged over 3 GW
• 33 RPS for 2020

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RE Technology Menu Applications
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RE Technology Menu Commercial Readiness
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RE Technology Menu Industry Capability
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Global Investment by Technology, 2007
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RESCO Definition

• RESCO is
• 1. A vision of mixed renewable energy
  technologies deployed in an integrated,
  sustainable, and optimum manner in communities,
  and ultimately integrated with
• energy efficiency and demand response,
• smart grid technology,
• energy storage,
• combined cooling, heating and power, and
• co-production of value-added products such as
  biofuels
• thus making Californias electricity and
  transportation fuels more diverse, safe, cleaner,
  and affordableand
• 2. An RDD program being developed by the
  California Energy Commission in support of the
  vision

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RESCO Vision
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RESCO Goals

• State
• Support California climate leadership
• Support local government efforts to address
  climate and energy in their master plans
• Bring full menu of RE technologies and California
  RE resources into play
• Reduce congestion at transmission system gateways
  
• Community
• Stabilize energy costs for families and local
  businesses
• Create local jobs and keep energy purchase
  dollars and related tax revenues inside the
  community
• Protect the environment and tap high quality
  local energy resources
• RDD Provide RDD support to communities
  committed to a clean energy future and its public
  benefits

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RESCO Rationale

• Future rate of utility scale RE deployment is
  uncertain
• Policy support exists to explore other promising
  venues for RE deployment
• European precedent for successful full menu
  approach
• Major source of electric system load reduction
  (like energy efficiency)
• Synergies with energy efficiency programs off-set
  costs on both sides
• Engages the public and public resources
  effectively in support of public interest goals
• Provides state support for already-committed
  California communities and institutions

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Suggested RESCO RDD Strategies

• Learn by doingand from others experience
• Deploy proven energy conversion products and
  capabilities
• Pilot innovative integration solutions and
  capabilities
• Fit infrastructure development to local RE
  resource and business base
• Balanced portfolio
• Local RE and efficiency measures
• Local RE resources and purchased RE energy
• Public and private investment
• Leverage state and national programs and
  technical assistance
• Lay groundwork for future RE capacity expansion

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RESCO Technical Integration Solutions

• Integrated solutions that
• Reduce delivered energy cost
• Increase delivered energy value
• Increase security of supply and/or public safety
• Solutions that enable integration, e.g
• Supply and delivery (e.g. distributed RE and
  micro-grids)
• Supply and end-use (e.g. solar and efficiency)
• Supply and energy storage
• Resource mix (base-load, intermittent, peaking)
• Commercial and emerging technologies
• Local supply and imported energy
• Inter-sectoral (e.g. transportation and
  electricity)

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California RE Collaborative (CREC)

• Includes networks of government, industry,
  environmental groups, and educational
  institutions.
• Founded and funded by the Energy Commission.
• Technical staff executes collaborative research
  addressing program and stakeholder priorities.
• California Solar Collaborative is in the
  formation stage.
• Includes new technical integration research team.
  

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