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Routes Magazine
Smart Grid
Source: http://www.oe.energy.gov/
Utilities Typically Stop at the Meter
The Last Frontier -cross the threshold
Our Customers are Unique
Customer Focused
VAWT
Building Mounted
Building Mounted
Wind Speed Vs Wind Energy
10m
50m
15m
10m
50m
15m
Got Wind?
Got Wind?
Got Wind?
Got Wind?
Where’s Waldo? Or Solar.
Majority of Electricity Charges are Fixed….
The fixed portion of my bill is huge
1.578¢/kWh
33¢/day + 0.6775¢/kWh (0.2059¢/kWh)
$7.59
3.7¢/day
Fixed + Variable
+ 2.1¢/kWh
0.6953¢/kWh0.019¢/kWh
$18.97 + 12.5¢/kWh = $100.35
Majority of Electricity Charges are Fixed…..
Majority of Electricity Charges are Fixed…..
$100.35 total bill
$18.97 fixed charges
Only 19% fixed81% variable
My Home isn’t perfect so …..
My Home isn’t perfect so …..
Faces West + 4/12 pitch roof
-27%
Only 4/12 pitch roof
-10%
South 12/12 pitch roof
100%
Shaded entire December
-5%
Faces SSW + 4/12 pitch roof
-14%
My Home isn’t perfect so …..
If Only Solar Had a Payback……
If Only Solar Had a Payback……
80.2¢/kWh for 20 years0.16% takeup
$6000 cash incentive0.17% takeup
If Only Solar Had a Payback……
Waiting for Incentives
Waiting for Incentives
$14,500,000
Micro-Gen Regulation – Jan 1, 2009
Bi-directional Meter
Waiting for Incentives
When the panels are more efficient…
When the panels are more efficient…
17.8%
13.6%
$653.95 X 6 = $3923.70
$476.10 X 6 = $2856.60
17.8%$653.95
13.6%$476.10
6.1%$225.00
When the panels are more efficient…
Max theoretical single Junction cell is 33% efficient
When the panels are more efficient…
More EfficientMore Expensive
Less EfficientLess Expensive
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Caller#4
If only Calgary was good for Solar…
Source:NRCAN
If only Calgary was good for Solar…
Too bad about the Hail…
Too bad about the Hail…
Too bad about the Hail…
Too bad about the Hail…
ReCap
Fixed Charges
Perfect House
Payback
Incentives
Solar Resource
Hail
What’s Holding You back Now?
Questions?
