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Sixth Northwest Conservation & Electric Power Plan
Central-station Solar Photovoltaic Resource Assessment
Jeff KingNorthwest Power and Conservation Council
Generating Resources Advisory CommitteePortland, OR
March 19, 2009
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Utility-scale solar photovoltaic plants
Resource widely distributed
Financial issues:• Very high capital cost (currently $7000 - 10,000/kW)
• Good prospects for significant cost reduction
• Short development and construction lead time
• Highly modular - readily scaleable
• No fuel price risk
Siting requirements• Land with low financial and ecological value (~ 10Acres/MWdc)
• Low slope
• Lower transmission voltages
• Little interference w/adjacent land-uses
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Environmental and siting issues
• No production of carbon dioxide or criteria air pollutants (SOx, NOx, etc.) during operation
• Moderate level of embodied CO2
• Potential ecological impacts from habitat preemption
• Large land area required (500 acres/50 MW plant)
• More feasible in more northerly latitudes than CSP (Uses global solar radiation in addition to direct normal solar radiation)
• Public perception is very positive with respect to existing small-scale installations. Some concerns regarding large-scale proposals in CA.
• New transmission from remote resource areas could engender concerns
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Technical issues
Maturity:• Modules - Reliable, commercially established technology; significant potential
for cost and efficiency improvement.
• Inverters - Durability issues, require replacement or rebuild at ~10 yr intervals
Flat plate technology operates on global (indirect & direct) radiation
Diurnally intermittent and seasonally variable output• No storage
• Extreme ramps (clouds) may preclude large arrays at single locations
Regulation and load-following reserves required for system integration• Demand for and cost of reserves not known at this time
Limited peaking capacity value
Poor seasonal & diurnal load-resource coincidence for winter-peaking utilities; good load-resource coincidence for summer-peaking utilities.
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Flat Plate PhotovoltaicsSingle- or poly-crystalline silicon modules - higher cost, higher efficiency; or
thin-film modules - lower cost, lower efficiency
Single-axis or dual axis tracking - higher cost, more productive; or
fixed mount - lower cost, less productive
DC module output converted to AC w/inverters (AC rating ~ 75-80% of DC rating)
North American DevelopmentNellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada - 14 MW crystalline Si, single axis tracking (Dec 2007)El Dorado, Boulder City, NV - 10 MW thin film, fixed mounting (Dec 2008)Alamosa, CO - 8.2 MW (part) fixed and single axis trackers (Dec 2007).Springerville, AZ - 4.6 MWdc - crystalline Si, fixed mounting (2001-04)Wild Horse (Vantage, WA) - 500 kWPower sales agreements for 2 projects totalling 800 MW in CA
Amarelaja, Portugal, ~ 18kW dc/tracker, 42 MW plant total
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Concentrating PV (CPV)
Concentrating mirrors and lenses focus solar radiation on high-efficiency PV cellsSmaller cell area, can justify expensive high-efficiency cellsHigh-efficiency mono-crystalline Si, gallium arsenide & multi-junction cell designsDual-axis tracker-mounted to maximize available energyUses direct-normal radiationDemonstration stage
North American Development:Alamosa, CO - 8.2 MW (part) (Dec 2007).GreenVolts GV-1, Tracy CA - 2.0 MW power purchase agreement (2009).
SolFocus, Castilla LaMancha, Spain 3 MW
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Flat plate crystalline silicon w/single-axis trackers selected as representative technologyConcentrating technology limited to direct normal radiation -
more suitable for desert southwest
Crystalline silicon cells, though more expensive than thin-film are more efficient, commercially mature with an extensive operating record
Trackers significantly increase captured energy (~130%), though at greater cost.
Preponderance of current central-station installations are flat plate crystalline silicon w/single axis trackers
Ultimate preferred technology??• Efficient but expensive - Si w/trackers
• Less efficient, but less expensive - Thin film fixed
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Derivation of central-station PV capital cost assumption
Proposed assumption for 2008 service $9000/kW
Nellis AFB, 14 MW
2 MW project
Large (40 MW) thin-film fixed panel project
CEC Estimate
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Module Price Index
Proposed Central-station PV
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Construction costs over the long-term
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Navigant Long-term PV
B&V 2007 Long-term PV
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Combined effects of general construction cost decline, and resumption of historical reduction in module cost
Historical project cost estimates
Module costs decline at historical rate
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Summary of central-station photovoltaic plant assumptionsConfiguration:
• 26 MWdc/20 MWac flat plate, crystalline Si single-axis tracker plant
Development and construction cost (overnight):• $9000/kWac (2008 service)
Operating costs:• Fixed O&M - $36.00/kWac/yr• Variable O&M - Included in fixed O&M• System Integration - $8.85/MWh in 2010 > $10.90/MWh in 2024 (Same as wind)
Schedule and cash flow• Development - 24 mo; 2% of overnight cost• Preparation - 12 mo; 14% of overnight cost• Construction - 12 mo; 85% of overnight cost
Earliest service for new projects in the Northwest ~ 2012Operating life: 25 yearsIncentives: 5-yr MACRS depreciation; 30% ITC through 2016
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Environmental effects (during operation)
Land - 10 Acres/MW (200 A for representative project)
Water
Criteria Pollutants - None
CO2 (direct) - None
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NV CSP & PV Central-station vs. gas combined-cycle ca. 2020
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Forecast cost trends
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