Here Comes the Sun: Colorado's Bright Solar Future - COSEIA 2014 Talk
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HERE COMES THE SUN RAMEZ NAAM rameznaam.com @ramez
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Colorado has a bright future in solar ahead, on top of amazing progress already made. Challenges exist - they can and will be overcome. Ramez Naam's luncheon talk from the COSEIA 2014 conference.
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Congrats!
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
50
100
150
200
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300 Colorado Installed Solar Capacity (MW)
Cumulatitive Capacity Installed
MW
14 MW
300 MW
Produced 1.3 Million MWh of Clean Electricity
Saved 300 Million Gallons of Water
Prevented ~1 Million Tons of CO2 Release
Almost 11,000 Direct & Indirect Jobs
$1.4 Billion Economic Benefits
Congrats!
Challenges
Uncertain Incentives
Cost Squeeze
Consolidation?
ChallengesFor The World
Temperature Change since 1880 (degrees F)
Linfield College
GlobalWarmingArt.com
GlobalWarmingArt.com
GlobalWarmingArt.com
Optimism
AN AMAZING ENERGY SOURCE
10,000 x
10 Seconds of Sunlight
= 1 Day of Humanity’s Energy Use
1 Hour of Sunlight
= 1 Year of Humanity’s Energy Use
0.3% of Earth’s Land Area Could Power Humanity in 2030.
AN AMAZING LOCATION
Solar Thermal
A BRIGHT FUTURE
WITH IMPROVING COSTS
PV Module Cost / Watt
Michael Dawes
…Whole System Level Cost
And Rooftop Cost is Dropping
SQUEEZE PRICES AND STILL PROFIT
TAILWIND
CONSENSUS IS BUILDING
WHICH COMPANIES?
HOW MUCH?
$40 / ton
$40 / ton
$46 / ton
$60 / ton
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
$0.06 / kwhan additional
for CO’s electricity mix
$0.45 / therm
an additional
for natural gas heating
David Suzuki
Crisis
Huge Opportunity
