Foothill CollegeEnergy Program

PSME Division Meeting

Fall 2010

Where We Are

• ENGR600 Clean Energy Technology

• NSF-ATE proposal October 2010

• UCSC partnership => articulation

• NASA Ames microgrid laboratory

• Foothill energy system (DG) 1.5 MW PV

ENGR600

• Intro to clean energy systems• Survey course spring / fall• Ali Firouzi => faculty / developer• Community and NOVA enrollments• First in the program sequence• Could this be an elective course?

Foothill Energy System

• 250 KW cogen facility (1.75 M KwHrs)

• 1.5 MW solar PV (2.25 M KwHrs)– 50% of total electrical load– 80% of peak demand on sunny days

• Campus wide EMS/BMS

• Smart meter (planned) rollout– Itron interval data / load analysis

• EV charging stations

Itron Interval Data

Smart Energy Systems Paradigm

NSF-ATE Project Plan

• Fund core program development

• Develop ‘lab practicum’ curriculum

• Accelerate UCSC partnership

• Community energy projects (SV and SC)

• Foster key industry / collaborations– Utilities (PG&E and Silicon Valley Power)– Energy service vendors (smart energy)– NASA-Ames net-zero bldg analytics

Core Energy Program

Core Program Courses

• ENGR600

• Power Systems (engineering)

• Renewable Energy (RE) Technology

• Smart energy / microgrid concept

• Building energy systems

• Electric Vehicles (EV)

• Lab practicum / capstone

UCSC Partnership

• Electrical engineering

• Five faculty involved

• Course and SLO development

• Microgrid NASA Ames connection

• Sharing FH energy system data

• Research collaborations

Going Forward

• Foothill Energy System– Competitive advantage

• Industry collaborations– Utilities and service providers

• Building out energy program– Partnerships, other funding

• Strategic to PSEC– Energy technology central to SV