Solar Energy Technologies Program

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SOLAR ENERGY ON CAMPUS

Charlie Hemmeline

Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP)

Department of Energy

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

March 1, 2009

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Excitement, Leadership and Opportunity

“We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories…All this we can do. All this

we will do.”

President Obama, January 20, 2009

Dr Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy

Nobel Laureate, Ph.D. Physics,

Former Director of LBNL

President Barack Obama President Obama’s Swearing-In Ceremony

January 20, 2009

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President’s Energy Plan and Solar Energy’s Challenge

• Double renewable capacity in

the next 3 years

• 10% renewables by 2012, and

25% by 2025

• Create 5M new green jobs

• Economy-wide GHG cap-and-

trade program

– 80% GHG reduction by

2050

• For the solar industry that equals

over 1 GW of PV manufactured and

installed over the next 3 years

• Studies by Google’s Climate

Investment Fund and DOE show a

potential for 170 to 200 GW of solar

by 2030.

• = 26% compounded annual growth

rate over the next 20 yrs

• An undertaking perhaps never

seen in any other industry

How do we get there from here?

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The mission of DOE’s Solar Program is to

Accelerate the wide-spread adoption of solar electric technologies across

the United States

Photovoltaics (PV)

Concentrating Solar

Power (CSP)

DOE

SETPMarket Transformation

Grid Integration

Distributed Generation

- on-site or near point of use -

Centralized Generation - large users or utilities -

DOE Solar Program Mission

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Solar America Cities

http://www.SolarAmericaCities.energy.gov

Through Solar America Cities, DOE is partnering with cities committed to

achieving a sustainable solar infrastructure

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Solar America Showcases

Technical assistance is available to replicable,

large-scale, high-visibility solar installation projects

that showcase state-of-the-art solar technologies

and applications.

Orange County

Convention Center, FLCity of San Jose, CA

NE Denver Housing Center, CO Mystic Seaport, CT Mesa Del Sol, NM

Washington, DC Public Schools

Forest City Military

Communities, HI

Applications Due March 31st

http://solar.energy.gov

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Potential Funding for Solar from the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act of 2009

• $2.8 billion for Energy Efficiency Conservation Block

Grants to states, cities, and counties

• $3.1 billion for the State Energy Program

• 30% Investment Tax Credit, uncapped and available

as a grant from the Treasury

Visit www.dsireusa.org for more information on federal

and state incentives, and to learn more about solar

policies where you live

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Thank you!

DOE Solar Program: http://solar.energy.gov

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Questions & Follow-up:

Charlie Hemmeline

charles.hemmeline@ee.doe.gov