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West Carleton Renewable Energy R&D Facility Robin Sinha, P.Eng Executive Director Carleton Sustainable Energy Research Centre April 8, 2011 Outline • Solar Research Capacity • Solar Applications – Solar – Solar – Solar Electricity Thermal 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 ([email protected]) • Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors Contact: Professor Winnie Ye ([email protected]) Solar Applications Group Canada Research Chair • Simulation and Modelling Contact: Dr. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison ([email protected]) Assistant Professor • Solar Thermal Contact: Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank ([email protected]) Photovolataics 101 Photovoltaic Applications Solar Thermal 101 Solar Thermal Applications Drake Landing, Alberta Solar Community District Heating Loop with Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Sunoco Car Wash equipped with Solar Water Heating System 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 $0.10c/kWh Conventional Grid Connect No contract, ~$0.10c/kWh+price increase $0.10c/kWh+ increases $0.82c/kWh Fixed, 20 year OPA MicroFIT Program, <10 kW 20 year contract, $0.82c/kWh, Fixed 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) S Solar PV Landfill Farm Economics (Slope) S Solar PV Landfill Farm Economics (Crest + Slope) S Solar PV Farm Research Opportunities S • Advanced panels • Foundations • Wind Loading • Self Levelling • Solar Tracking • Snow • O&M Thank You Extra