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Solar is growing so fast it is going to take over everything

. John

Wellinghoff, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Renewables Are ReadySlide2

Renewables

Are ReadyGreensburg, Kansas - rebuilt after 2007 tornado; 100%

renewable

Samsoe

Island, Denmark

:

100% renewable

, 61,000 inhabitants

Germany

:

37% of electricity

from solar and wind;

50% by

2030

Bangladesh

:

2 new rooftop PVs every

minute

Hampshire College:

100% PV ElectricitySlide3

Solar Parking Lot

Solar rooftops in US could provide 1/3 of electricity

Add solar to parking lots, degraded land, roadsides as well as rooftops to meet US electricity needs.Slide4

Nuclear vs. Efficiency

Efficiency

1

/2 the cost of

nuclear

100x more jobs createdSlide5

By 2016, solar will be

equal in price

to coal and natural gas in 47 U.S. states.By 2020, more than 80%

of

people worldwide will live where cost of PV is = or < than other sources.

PV Costs ContinuedSlide6

US Solar Job Growth

31,000 new jobs in 2014:

fastest growing jo

b

sector

in US

Employs more veterans than national average

Installers earn

$20-$32.60

per hourSlide7
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Trends in PV Efficiency

Sunpower

and SolarCity

(USA) PV panels have efficiency of 22.4%.

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Trends in PV Solar

Since 1992, historic rate of solar growth has

exceeded Internet and cell phone installationScales up much faster than coal, oil, nuclear, and gas

Coal, oil and gas: soon to be “stranded assets” –

dump

them, if you want

to retire

.Slide10

Future: Storage for PV

Storage

: a technology whose time has come — particularly when combined with solar systems.

Germany’s energy

storage system market

is

approaching a boom

period.

Price of storage batteries

falling at rate of PV systemsSlide11

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, Mojave Desert, CA

Ivanpah will produce 377 MW of electricity for 140,000 homes during peak hours.Slide12

CSIRO Solar Electricity from Supercritical Steam, Australia

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“Sunflower” Solar Concentrator for Remote Areas

Tracks the sun

Converts 80% of sunlight into electricity and hot water

25% efficiency for PV

Hot water used to desalinate water, heating, and air coolingSlide14

The All-in-One Machine Slide15

Wind EnergySlide16

U.S. Wind Energy Capacity Statistics

Wind capacity can

power 15.5 million homesSlide17

Wind Power in Denmark

Wind supplied 39% of Denmark’s electricity

 in 2014.

Denmark plans to reach 50% by 2020 and to be 100% renewable by 2050!Slide18

Potential of Wind Power in US

Offshore wind capacity on East and West coasts of U.S. can power U.S economy.

East coast off-shore wind capacity:

shallow off-shore areas,

construction less costly

production is close to customers

1 acre of land in Northern Iowa can produce

$300,000 worth of electricity

per year vs. 480 gallons of ethanol from corn worth $960. Slide19

Energy Efficiency

First Step in Sustainable Energy

“Additional investments in efficiency could:

Cut U.S. energy consumption by

23 percent by 2020

Save customers nearly

$700 billion

Create

up

to 900,000 direct jobs

”

Natural Resources Defense Council’s First Annual Energy Environment Report 2013Slide20

The Future is Now for

Existing

Homes1850s home meets all electrical demands and about 60% of its hot water needs with solar

Heating fuel use was cut by roughly 50% with extensive insulating and sealing of air leaksSlide21

The Future is Now

for

New HomesVillage Hill Northampton: Net Zero Energy Co-housing Slide22

Obstacles to Renewables

President Obama’s Energy P

olicy: All of the above “

You have my word that we will keep drilling everywhere we can

…for

oil and gas here at home.

” FFs

lobby in 2013 = $160m

Senate Republicans

:

72 percent of Republican Senators reject the science on climate change

.

Republicans vow to fight the Clean Power Plan and Paris Agreement in 2016

Koch Brothers,

Walmart

,

Utilities, ALEC, Warren Buff

ett

:

Promoting legislation and policy to

:

-

stop

renewable energy targets in states

-tax PV homeowners

-

promote

utility-controlled

solar energy

US Population ill-informed

(lowest of 20 nations polled)

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Obstacles Continued

Fossil Fuel Subsidies

: 2015 IMF Study estimates $US 5.3 trillion for global fossil fuel subsidies (6.5% of GDP)

Historical Average of Annual

US Energy

Subsidies: A Century of Federal SupportSlide24

Fracking

Displaces renewables

Methane leaks

: production,

pipelines,

storage,

combustion

Toxic chemicals injected

; drinking water contaminated

Water consumption

&

wastewater

disposal

Not regulated by fedsSlide25

Action: Educate Politicians and Public

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Foundation pledged to divest from fossil fuels the day after the Climate MarchSlide26

Divest

D

ivestment movements in > 400 US college campuses.

Who has committed to divest

? By 2016

More than 490

institutions and 2040 individuals

pledged

to divest from fossil fuels worth

$3.4 trillion,

including

A Swedish national pension fund

City of Seattle

World

Council of Churches

More than 28

US Colleges and

Universities

Wallace Global Fund:

divested from fossil fuels and invested in wind, solar energy, and energy

efficiency

Divestors

outperforming others over past 5 years (MSCI)Slide27

Invest

Northampton plans for solar on closed landfill and city parking lots

Mass Solar Loan Program for homes, small apt. buildings, and community-shared solar

projects.

MA Green Energy BankSlide28

UMass Research on Farming and PV

UMass professor says farmland, solar arrays can co-exist: vegetables grow under solar panels as part of a dual use of land study for agriculture and solar photovoltaicsSlide29

Happy Valley Organics

Deerfield: Invests in SolarSlide30

Ikea Invests in Solar

89% of Ikea stores in US have rooftop PVSlide31

Invest through Action

Tesla

electric car company: released its patents to Open Source

Commons

New

Battery

Storage:

Homes

Businesss

Utilities

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Regenerative Organic Agriculture

Sequesters carbon in soil: could reduce CO2 in atmosphere by 40

%no-till farming

cover crops

mulch

animal & plant compost

leave crop residues

France:

+

0.4% soil carbon per yearSlide33

Solarize Mass

By 3

rd Year of Program (2013)

2,500

homes and businesses in 46

communities

16 megawatts

installed

Potential of rooftop solar = 10

gigawatts

or 10,000

megawattsSlide34

Solar Energy for Public Housing

St. Paul, Minnesota Public Housing Agency to buy solar energy from community solar garden

Will provide 85% of electric consumption for 2,550 low-income residents

Savings of $183,000 annually.

First solar federal public housing agency in countrySlide35
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Maryland Activists at statehouse

In Maryland, the push is not to reduce its renewable goals, it’s to double it to 40% renewables by 2025, as this January 14, 2015 rally advocated.

Lobby for higher renewable energy goals in stateSlide37

Policy and

Actions

Open up for discussion

SOLAR AND WIND KEEP THE PEACE

Project of Nuclear- and Carbon Free Future, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, and AFSC of western Massachusetts.

Contact

justicia@traprock.org

for a copy of the presentation.Slide38

Key Contacts for Energy Incentives

Mass Save

Program: 866-527-7283 http://

MassSave.com

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Community

Action:

Client Services Coordinator,

Remy at 413

-376-

1140

Email:

rmiller@communityaction.us

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Mass Clean Energy Center:

MA Solar

Loans

http

://

www.masscec.com

/programs/mass-solar-loan

Clean Heating & Cooling Rebates

http://

www.masscec.com

/programs/clean-heating-and-

cooling