West Carleton Renewable Energy R&D Facility

Robin Sinha, P.EngExecutive Director

Carleton Sustainable Energy Research CentreApril 8, 2011

Outline

• Solar Research Capacity

• Solar Applications – Solar Electricity

– Solar Thermal

– Solar Air Heating

• Solar related research considerations for the West

Carleton Renewable Energy R&D Facility

Solar Photovoltaics

Canada Research Chairs

• Advanced Photonic Components Group

Contact: Professor Jacques Albert (jalbert@doe.carleton.ca)

• Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors

Contact: Professor Winnie Ye (ye@carleton.ca)

Solar Applications GroupCanada Research Chair• Simulation and Modelling Contact: Dr. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison

(ibeausol@mae.carleton.ca)

Assistant Professor• Solar Thermal Contact: Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank

(ccruick@mae.carleton.ca)

Photovolataics 101

Photovoltaic Applications

Solar Thermal 101

Solar Thermal Applications

Sunoco Car Wash equipped with Solar Water Heating System

Drake Landing, Alberta Solar Community District Heating Loop with Borehole Thermal Energy Storage

Andasol Commercial Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power Plant , Spain

Solar Air Heating 101

Solar Wall

Solar Wall Applications

Wal-mart Supercentre, Denver, USA

• 750 m² SOLARWALL providing 60,000 m³/hr

• Saving 1400 GJ/yr (388,000 kwh/yr)

• Direct cash saving US$27,000/yr

City Hall, Erlangen, Germany• 1600ft2 (150m2) of SolarWall panels incorporated into the high-rise office building’s curtain wall between the 6th and the 14th floor.

Solar Wall Applications

Roof Mounted Solar Wall Photovolatiac Thermal (PV/T)

Solar Wall Crop Drying

Mobile Solar Dryer

• Super-low energy consumption,

• low capital cost, high efficiency

West Carleton Renewable Energy R&D Facility

• State of the art research lab/office

space

• Seminar/training facilities

• Technology showcase space

• Maximize use of reused and

recycled materials

• Net zero energy– Energy efficient design

– High solar fraction

– Innovative solar technologies

West Carleton Renewable Energy R&D Facility Solar Research Opportunities

• Advanced PV Panels

• Building Integrated PV

• Advanced Solar Thermal

Concepts

• Advanced Solar-Air

Concepts

• Thermal Storage concepts

• Snow

• O&M

Solar to Electricity Economics

OPA MicroFIT Program, <10 kW20 year contract, $0.82c/kWh, Fixed

Conventional Grid ConnectNo contract, ~$0.10c/kWh+price increase

$0.10c/kWh+ increases

$0.82c/kWhFixed, 20 year$0.10c/kWh

Solar PV Economics

Minto Net Zero Energy Inspiration House

30 - 210 W Modules

6.2 kW = 8166 kWh

~$6700 per year in revenues

Solar PV Farm – Landfill Opportunities

Camp Pendleton, San Diego solar power installation supporting electricity generation atop a landfill

Source: An Innovative Low-Energy Technology Application at MCB Camp Pendleton,http://www.frtr.gov/pdf/meetings/may10/presentations/gavaskar-presentation.pdf

Camp Pendleton Solar Power Installation

• Photovoltaic Design Specifications– 1.48 MW (DC) capacity– System made up of 220, 28-module 6.6 kW building blocks– Each panel has a fixed 15° tilt, 190° orientation– Solar tracking

• Construction Specifications– Units are built on self-ballasted, non-penetrating foundations– Gravel interface between ballasts and landfill cover– Adjustable system structure components– Spacing between modules (maintenance)– No excavation of the existing Evapotranspiration (ET) cover

Source: An Innovative Low-Energy Technology Application at MCB Camp Pendleton,http://www.frtr.gov/pdf/meetings/may10/presentations/gavaskar-presentation.pdf

Solar PV Farm Economics

Solar PV Landfill Farm Economics (Crest)

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Solar PV Landfill Farm Economics (Slope)

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Solar PV Landfill Farm Economics (Crest + Slope)

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Solar PV Farm Research Opportunities

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• Foundations

• Wind Loading

• Self Levelling

• Solar Tracking

• Snow

• O&M

Thank You

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