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Building the Global Digital Energy Network
Ilén Zazueta-HallDirector of Product Management,Energy Management Systems
| © 2014 Enphase Energy, Inc.2
•Established 2006, first commercial shipments 2008•Headquarters in California, 500+ employees •Offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Christchurch•Listed on NASDAQ: ENPH•More than 10 million units shipped, representing over 1GW•Announced fifth generation microinverter, Enphase Energy Management System and Enphase AC Battery
About Enphase Energy
| © 2014 Enphase Energy, Inc.3
Our roots
134 PATENT FAMILIES(over 70 patents granted worldwide)
Power conversion, Communication and Software Infrastructure
SolarGeneration Storage Load
ManagementUtility
ServicesNew
Application
Enphase Energy is a Technology Company in the solar industry.
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The Global Potential of Solar
2015 2050
• Solar is slightly more than 2% of the energy mix in Australia• Solar is less than 1% of energy mix globally• Approximately 500,000 solar homes in US, while 900,000
new homes are built annually• Globally PV solar is expected to become a dominant source
of power generation globally by 2050
Source: GTM Research, IEA, UBS
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Large scale,Highly engineered,Highly complex
"Social Network Analysis Visualization" by Martin Grandjean Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons
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Architectural• Knits together divergent networking technologies and administrative
domains (interconnected networks)• Distributed system – failure tolerant, cost efficient• Each layer relies on next lower layer to execute more primitive
functions and provides services to the next higher layer
Cultural/Framework• Government + industry partnership, transition to commercialization• Free and open access to the basic standards• Competitive collaboration for interoperability
Why did the Internet scale?
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Evolving architecture
With the diversification of energy sources, energy infrastructure is decentralizing now; intelligent devices will enable truly distributed energy systems
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Layered Functions and Services
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grid
network
system
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Layered Functions and Servicesda
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grid
network
system
device
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A case in point
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Continuous feedback from 340,000 systems monitored in 90+ countries Approx 2 TB of data per day
Millions of Connected Devices
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Voltage issues due to high PV penetration
• Identified 25,000 sites• 6 months in planning• 800,000 microinverters • 1 week rollout• 0 truck rolls
Millions of dollars saved.New solar installations allowed
Data + Control = A better grid
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Key challenges
Looking forward
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Connected Home, Networked Energy
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• Government + industry partnership• Free and open access to basic standards• Competitive collaboration for interoperability
Learning from the Internet
The technology exists, cultural/framework challenges remain key
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Everybody Wins…
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