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THE GROWTH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN
CALIFORNIA
IRED 2014
David Hochschild California Energy Commission
The Challenge is Big...
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The 2020 Goal: 33% Renewables
& 12 GW of Clean
Distributed Generation
& 1 million Electric
Vehicles
…But Big Challenges Are What We Do
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1972:
1974:
1975:
Rand Corporation report: CA energy demand growing 8% per year, predicts 40 new nuclear power plants may be needed
CA initiates first efficiency standards for buildings and appliances
Jerry Brown elected Governor. California Energy Commission created to help CA lead on energy efficiency and renewables
2009: The Energy Commission’s TV efficiency standards take effect, saving Californians
$1 billion/year…
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2012: The plug-in charger efficiency standard begins,
saves Californians $300 M/year
The Loading Order: California’s Energy Priorities
1. Energy Efficiency and Demand Response
2. Renewable and Distributed Energy Generation
3. Clean Fossil-Fueled Generation (Natural Gas)
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The World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant (Tower)
Ivanpah Solar Thermal Project 393 MW San Bernardino County, CA
Desert Sunlight Solar Project 550 MW Riverside County, CA
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The World’s Largest Thin Film Solar PV Project…
The World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant (Trough)
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Solar Energy Generating System (SEGS) 310 MW San Bernadino County, CA
The World’s Largest Iron-Chromium Flow Battery
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EnerVault Iron-Chromium Technology 1 MW-hr capacity at 250 kW (4 hour duration) Turlock, CA
Largest Manufacturing Plant in CA is Now Electric Vehicles
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Over 6000 workers now
at Tesla
Tesla Factory Fremont, CA
MORE THAN 100,000 EV’s AND PLUG-IN VEHICLES
IN CALIFORNIA TODAY
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CA Leads in New Solar Home Construction
Zero Energy Community Rocklin, CA
15% of All New Homes in California Expected to be Built with Solar This Year
ZERO ENERGY HOMES TO BE STANDARD IN 2020
65,000
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U.S. California China Japan Norway France Germany
Electric Vehicle Sales (2014 January – July)
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Solar Panel Prices Have Dropped 98% Since 1980
Every Time Demand for Solar Doubles, Prices Go Down about 20%
Silicon Shortage
2013 $0.65/W
1979 $33.69 / W
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Billions of Cell Phones Contracts
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In 1980, AT&T’s global market study
predicted there would 900,000 cell
phone subscribers in the year 2000…
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In fact in 2000 there were 109 million…
Now, there are 6.8 billion
Source: Rolliing Stone, July 2014
Global Solar Market to
Grow to 52 GW in 2014
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52 GW
Global PV Market
Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance
2013: Lancaster, CA
becomes the first city in the US to
mandate solar on all new
construction
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Rex Parris Mayor of Lancaster
China & Japan are the two largest solar markets today
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4,000
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Utility
Commercial
Residential
More Jobs in US Solar Industry than US Auto Manufacturing
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40,000
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Coal Mining US Iron and SteelMill Industry
US AutoManufacturing
US Solar Industry
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Auto Manufacturing #’s do not include suppliers.
More Jobs in US Solar Industry than US Auto Manufacturing
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Coal Mining US Iron and SteelMill Industry
US AutoManufacturing
US Solar Industry
89,838 86,122
116,100
142,698
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Auto Manufacturing #’s do not include suppliers.
3 YEAR JOB GROWTH RATES
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Coal Mining US Iron and SteelMill Industry
US AutoManufacturing
US Solar Industry
- 3%
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21%
53%
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Auto Manufacturing #’s do not include suppliers.
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Learning from the German Experience
2020 2030 2040 2050
Germany Went from 200 generators to over 2 million…
California has gone from 200 generators to over 300,000…
Over 30 US military bases in CA Representing approximately $130B annually to the California Economy
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Navy: 50% renewables by 2020 Marines: zero fossil
fuels on bases by 2025
R&D FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR RENEWABLE INTEGRATION
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Validate New Storage Such as new efficient
batteries for renewables
Demonstrate Microgrids Use advanced technologies to integrate solar, fuel cells etc.
Improved Forecasting to advance our ability to predict
solar and wind energy
Vehicle to Grid Integration to connect EV’s to the grid
for energy storage and demand response
Smart Inverters including programmable
functionalities to better support grid reliability with high penetration of
renewables
Source: Climate Central 38
Transitioning to Renewable Energy Reduces Water Consumption, Which is
Now a Priority in California
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http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/tables/trends/cig_smoking/index.htm
1965: Health warnings required on packaging
1983: Cigarette tax doubles
1988: U.S. Bans Smoking on Airplanes
2013: Smoking Rate Falls to 18%
1970: Advertisements banned from TV
1998: CA Bans Smoking in Bars
2014: CVS Stops cigarette sales at 7,600
retail pharmacies
1992: U.S. Bans Sale to Minors
% of Americans Who Smoke
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“The Stone Age came to an end not for a lack of stones and the oil age will end, but not for a lack of oil.”
- Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, former Saudi Oil Minister