ENERGY INNOVATION EMPORIUM

Solar PVChair: Dr. Aruna Ivaturi,

Chancellor’s Fellow and EPSRC Early Career Fellow

Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Wednesday 31st May 2017

TIC, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Panel Members

AcademiaPublic

Sector

Industrial

Sector

Aruna Ivaturi

Chancellor’s Fellow &

EPSRC Early Career Fellow

University of Strathclyde[aruna.ivaturi@strath.ac.uk]

Chris Thomson

Head of Assets

Castle Rock Edinvar[Chris.Thomson@castlerockedinvar.co.uk]

John Forster

Chairman STA Scotland &

Chairman Roofing Industrial Energy

Forster Group Ltd.[john.forster@forstergroup.co.uk]

Ewan Sneddon

Senior Solar PV Design Engineer

Forster Group Ltd.[ewan.sneddon@forsterenergy.co.uk]

Scottish Energy Strategy

A New 2030 ‘All Energy’ Renewables Target

To delivery the equivalent of 50% of Scotland’s

heat, transport and electricity consumption from

renewable sources

Scottish Energy Strategy

Electricity Generation by Fuel Type

• In 2015, 59.4% of Scotland’s electricity consumption was

met by renewables

Nuclear

Coal

Gas

Renewables

Scottish Energy Strategy

Electricity Generated from renewable sources, Scotland, 2000-2015

Hydro

Wind

BioenergyOther

Other – Solar??

Solar in Scotland

UK and Scotland receives as much solar irradiation as Germany

which has one of the largest PV market

Scottish Energy Strategy

Solar PV is considered one of the main technologies that generate

renewables electricity

Role of Solar PV - Industry perspective

John Forster

Chairman STA Scotland &

Chairman Roofing Industrial Energy

Forster Group Ltd.

Ewan Sneddon

Senior Solar PV Design Engineer

Forster Group Ltd.

Supporting an industry

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Scenario 1: Business asusual

Scenario 2: Reducedbarriers

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Scenario 1: Business as usual Scenario 2: Reduced barriers

Ground Mount 0.35 1.38

Commercial 0.34 3.00

Domestic 0.82 2.23

2030 Solar PV Deployment

Supporting an industry

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Scenario 1: Business asusual Scenario 2: Reduced

barriers

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Scenario 1: Business as usual Scenario 2: Reduced barriers

Installed Capacity 2030 (MW) 17.0352 170.352

Solar thermal 2030 targets

The barriers

STA Scotland Asks

co-locating solar

wind & storage energy storage

grid constraintsbusiness rates

VAT

MIP

EESSH

public estate

building standards

permitted development

conservation areas

planning knowledge transfer

“In England the Rateable Value is currently set by applying a maximum rate of £8.00 per kWpto an install, therefore a 150kWp install would pay £576 p.a. in business rates. In Scotland the Rateable Value can be anywhere between £200

and £700 per panel, so that same 150kWp install would pay up to £10,080 p.a. in business rates. Both ratings methodologies are under review in

the 2017 re-evaluation.”

Business rates

The opportunities

Role of Solar PV - Public Sector Perspective

Chris Thomson

Head of Assets

Castle Rock Edinvar

Challenges for Public Sector - Housing

Addressing Fuel Poverty

Creating Low Carbon Solutions

Return on Investment

Upskilling Workforce

Developing Knowledge

Current Solar Use (% of stock)

• Solar PV (16.5%)

• Solar Thermal (2.2%)

• Sunamp Heat Store (6.5%)

Energy and Solar Initiatives

• Our Power founding member,

• FIT maximisation on commercial and sheltered units,

• Lease Option of roof space,

• Solar Thermal,

• Sunamp,

• LECF - other awards

Main Solar Considerations For Our Sector

• Procurement

• Consents

• Financial Driver

• Impact - Housing

Management, Visual, Customer, Value

• Locations

• Knowledge of Assets

Role of Solar PV - Academia Perspective

Aruna Ivaturi

Chancellor’s Fellow &

EPSRC Early Career Fellow

University of Strathclyde

Innovations in the Field

Incremental Innovations : Continuous drop in the PV cost

Deutsche Bank Report

Innovations in the Field

Potential Step-Change Innovations : Emerging PV technologies

Innovations in the Field

Potential Step-Change Innovations : Perovskite Solar Cells

Nature Energy 2, Article number: 17009 (2017)

Innovations in the Field

Perovskite Solar Cells: 23.6% Efficient Perovskite/Si Tandem

Perovskite solar cells Perovskite/Si Tandem solar cells

Thank you for you attention!