Here Comes the Sun: Colorado's Bright Solar Future - COSEIA 2014 Talk

HERE COMES THE SUNRAMEZ NAAM

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More Information: The Infinite Resource

Congrats!

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

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150

200

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300 Colorado Installed Solar Capacity (MW)

Cumulatitive Capacity Installed

MW

14 MW

300 MW

Produced 1.3 Million MWh of Clean Electricity

Saved 300 Million Gallons of Water

Prevented ~1 Million Tons of CO2 Release

Almost 11,000 Direct & Indirect Jobs

$1.4 Billion Economic Benefits

Congrats!

Challenges

Uncertain Incentives

Cost Squeeze

Consolidation?

ChallengesFor The World

Temperature Change since 1880 (degrees F)

Linfield College

GlobalWarmingArt.com

GlobalWarmingArt.com

GlobalWarmingArt.com

Optimism

AN AMAZING ENERGY SOURCE

10,000 x

10 Seconds of Sunlight

= 1 Day of Humanity’s Energy Use

1 Hour of Sunlight

= 1 Year of Humanity’s Energy Use

0.3% of Earth’s Land Area Could Power Humanity in 2030.

AN AMAZING LOCATION

Solar Thermal

A BRIGHT FUTURE

WITH IMPROVING COSTS

PV Module Cost / Watt

Michael Dawes

…Whole System Level Cost

And Rooftop Cost is Dropping

SQUEEZE PRICES AND STILL PROFIT

TAILWIND

CONSENSUS IS BUILDING

WHICH COMPANIES?

HOW MUCH?

$40 / ton

$40 / ton

$46 / ton

$60 / ton

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

$0.06 / kwhan additional

for CO’s electricity mix

$0.45 / therm

an additional

for natural gas heating

David Suzuki

Crisis

Huge Opportunity

HERE COMES THE SUNRAMEZ NAAM

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