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Panel Discussion:Engines of Innovation: New Technologies & Practices Panelists:• Doug Rose, Ph.D., Vice President of Technology Strategy, SunPower Corporation • Rolf Gibbels, Global Power Generation Solution Leader, Energy & Utilities Industry, IBM• Patty Senecal, Manager, Southern California Region & Infrastructure Issues, WSPA• Jeff Reed, Director of Business Strategy and Development, Southern California Gas Company
Moderator:• Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D., President, Oberon Fuels
SunPower CorporationSolar Technology and Energy Services Provider
• 2012 revenue $2.4 billion• > 5,000 employees worldwide• Strategic investment by Total SA, #11 global
F500, provides financial strength and market access
• Dual, global platforms: distributed generation and power plants
• >1,800 dealer partners worldwide
• Unique, superior PV panel technology with record breaking efficiency1 for lower LCOE and lower risk
• Systems solutions include tracker and grid services technologies
• >200 patents worldwide
POWER PLANTSCOMMERCIALRESIDENTIAL
1 SunPower holds the world-record large Silicon panel efficiency (21.4%). Green, M. A., et al., “Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (version 39),” Progress in Photovoltaics, 2013, vol. 21, p1-11.
3© 2013 SunPower Corporation
• Crystalline silicon PV and balance of system technologies have been, and will continue to be, the most important technology drivers of growth
– c-Si market share now ~90% (up from 80% 6 years ago)– PV module prices have dropped by more than 80% in last 6 years– 35 GW of PV to be installed in 2013 (>1000% increase vs. 6 years ago)– PV LCOE is below conventional sources in some locations
• Some SunPower examples of continuing innovation:– Power plant grid services (e.g., AVR, PF Control, Dynamic VAR control)
– Industry-leading reliability science and performance validation• See, for example, “Validation of the PVLife model against 3 million module-years of live-site data”, E. Hasselbrink, et. al,
Presented at the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, June 16-20, 2013, Tampa, Florida.
– Continued cost reduction and performance improvement
SunPower® C7 tracker (Low concentration PV system)
SunPower® X-Series Solar Panels: > 21% efficiency all-black modules
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E&U Global Power Generation Industry Solutions LeaderRolf Gibbels [email protected]
Smarter EnergyImprove Generation Performance
The growing importance of information management, analytics and big data
Smarter Energy for a Smarter Planet
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SERI Website: http://www.research.ibm.com/client-programs/seri/index.shtmlSERI Video: http://bit.ly/RhfT02SERI Press Release: http://ibm.co/RcUjJW
Smarter Energy Research Institute (SERI)
Smarter Energy for a Smarter Planet
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Outage Planning Optimization
Asset ManagementOptimization
Integration of Renewables & DER
Wide-Area Situational Awareness
The ParticipatoryNetwork
SERI Projects
$14B annual lost value due to storms. Improve outage restoration
Predict failures before they happen. Apply analytics and big data.
Reduce need for power reserves, minimize demand-supply mismatch through
advanced forecasting.
Identify grid anomalies and alert operators before massive black outs
Understand customer behaviors on operations through data-driven analytics
Smarter Energy for a Smarter Planet
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Sophisticated forecasting and analytics matures renewables energy market
HyREF – Hybrid Renewable Energy Forecasting
A Cleaner Alternative to Diesel
Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D. Pres ident
•NO carbon-carbon = NO soot/particulate matter
•No sulfur, low NOx
•Not tied to the price of crude oil•Multiple feed stocks (biogas, natural gas)•Handles like propane
Clean-burning Fuel
Dimethyl ether (DME)
Cost-effectively converts methane and CO2 to DME
Skid-mounted Fuel ProductionApril 15, 2013Chicago, IL
May 17, 2013Brawley, CA
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Patty Senecal
WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION
WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION
96 percent of California’s transportation fuels are petroleum based
CA utilizes 43 million gallons of gasoline and 14 million gallons of diesel fuel every day
CA produced more than 2 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel every hour, 365 days a year
CA is the third largest fuel consuming entity on earth, behind the US as a whole and all of China
Global energy demand will grow 35%, as the world’s population expands from about 7 billion people to nearly 9 billion by 2040, led by growth in Africa & India (Exxon Mobil 2013 Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040).
The Demand - Scale
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WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION
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Petroleum and natural gas are fuels of the future
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Oil Industry Expenditures on Innovations
• US Oil and Natural Gas industry is developing next – generation forms of energy and cleaner fuels & products.
•Between 2000-2010 industry invested more than $71 billion in new low and zero emissions technologies. Or 38% of the 188 billion spent by US Government & other industries was from oil and gas industry.
•Efficiency will continue to play a key role in solving our energy challenge. US Oil and Natural Gas companies are pioneers in ‘energy efficiency’ of producing and refining petroleum and gas.
• CCS - US oil and gas are at the forefront of developing “carbon capture and storage technology or CCS to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emission by storing them underground.
U.S. Department of Energy “Capturing carbon emissions and storing them underground is a crucial technology as we build a clean energy future and address the threat of climate change…these investments will create jobs and help ensure that America can lead the world in the clean energy economy.”
Mary Nichols, Chair California Air Resources Board “I think it’s important to reiterate the fact that we (CARB) think California is an ideal place for doing sequestration because of the geological formations and oil industry that’s here.” George Peridas, Scientist, Climate Center Natural Resources Defense Council “In California, CCS can materially help the state meet its long term emission reduction goals.”
Environmental Defense Fund “One technology in particular has the potential to make a huge contribution in reducing CO2: carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), also sometimes referred to as carbon storage.”
Carbon Capture and Storage
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Energy Production in CA – Technology and Innovation
Oil discovered in Kern County in 1899 – produced from hand-dug wells
Howard Hughes introduces rotary drill in 1932Lake View gusher,
Kern County 1910
Steam injection for enhanced oil recovery introduced in 1961 Cogeneration produces stream for EOR,
electricity for homes and businesses
3D seismic imaging
WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION
Petroleum’s economic contribution to California
332,968 jobs (direct and indirect) $17 billion in labor income $22 billion in supplemental and
proprietor income $9.2 billion in taxes and fees to
federal, state and local governments (excludes property tax revenues)
Source: Purvin & Gertz, Assessment of Petroleum Industry Economic Impact to the State of California, June 2011, based on 2009 data
CA 13 refineries produce 2 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel every hour of every day, 365 a year.
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