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SACPA September 16, 2010. Agenda. Community Environmental Roadmap Energy Conservation Renewable Energy Southern Alberta Opportunities. Community Environmental Roadmap. Based on Community Environmental Priorities and includes: Performance Measures Targets. WHY ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SACPASeptember 16, 2010
Agenda
• Community Environmental Roadmap
• Energy Conservation
• Renewable Energy
• Southern Alberta Opportunities
Community Environmental Roadmap
• Based on Community Environmental Priorities and includes:– Performance Measures
– Targets
WHY ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY?
THE GAS CITY!
96%Natural Gas Wind Coal Hydro Biomass
4%
ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
• Energy Conservation– Decrease per capita consumption
• 20% reduction by 2020
• Renewable Energy– Diversify our Energy Portfolio
• 25% renewables by 2025
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSERVATION
Utility Statement Brochures
ENERGY CONSERVATION
HAT Smart Incentives
• Residential and Commercial– Energy Assessments
– Efficiency Retrofits (heating / cooling / building envelope)
• Aligned with Federal / Provincial incentives• Results
– Local uptake 3 – 4 times the provincial average
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
• Wind
• Solar
• Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage
Box Springs Wind Farm
SOLAR – Canada’s Sunniest City!
SOLAR
Concentrating PV – 5 KW install at Leisure Centre
Concentrating Solar Thermal
Parabolic trough is a commercially proven technology with over 500 MWe of capacity installed worldwide
Steam at 400 C has been commercially demonstrated
Source: Skyfuel
Source: CADDET.org
AQUIFER THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE
Renewable Energy Incentives
Residential• HAT Smart Solar PV / Solar Thermal Incentives
– 50 Solar PV ($6,000)
– 50 Solar Thermal ($3,000)
– 19 PV installs / 19 reserved
– 20 Solar Thermal / 10 reserved
Renewable Energy Incentives
Commercial• HAT Smart Renewable Energy Incentives
– 50% of installed costs up to $50,000 max
– 50 kW PV installed / 95 kW reserved
– Solar Thermal reserved• Water - 320 GJ/yr system• Solar Wall – 2 systems – total of 4,000 GJ+/yr
Southern Alberta Opportunities
• Training – LCC vs. MHC
• Commercial Energy Development
• Advocacy – GREENSENCE / SAAEP
• Renewable Energy Demonstration Projects
• Municipal Initiatives
