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Martin J. Pasqualetti, Ph.D. |
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Chair, Governor’s Solar Energy Advisory Council |
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Presented at the Southwest Renewable Energy
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Flagstaff, Arizona - August 2003 |
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Arizona Conditions |
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Arizona Resources |
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Research and Development |
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Opportunities and Potential |
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APS STAR center – Solar Testing and Research |
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As of 2002, there were ~70 solar and wind
companies in Arizona, with more than 650 employees. |
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Arizona Public Service |
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Salt River Project |
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Tucson Electric Power |
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AEPCO |
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March 2001, ACC establishes EPS, requiring
retail sellers of electricity to provide a percentage of retail electricity
sales from certain specific renewable energy resources |
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Must derive at least .2% (to increase to 1.1% by
2007-12) of the total retail energy sold from new solar resources or
environmentally-friendly renewable electricity technologies |
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The EPS requires that at least 50% (60% by 2004)
must be solar electric |
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Source: ACC website |
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APS 34,786,461 56,273,572 |
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TEP 9,874,606 25,419,075 |
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Public Utility Companies (solar, wind, landfill
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Private Firms (~ 70) |
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Arizona Green Building Council (Scottsdale) |
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Arizona Energy Office (> $5 million in
federal programs) |
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Universities and college (>$7 million in DoE
funding), plus instruction programs and energy efficiency goals |
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Tribal Energy Self-Sufficiency (Comprehensive
Indian Energy Program) |
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Hydrogen (Phoenix Project, American Hydrogen
Association, APS refueling & research) |
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Rapid growth favors quick and substantial
benefits from sustainable architecture and engineering |
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World-class resource favors solar/PV, solar hot
water, and solar/hydrogen |
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Open space, isolated areas of demand, rapid
growth, polluted air, and scarce water favor solar and wind |
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Unusual co-located resources of wind, solar, and
geothermal favor ‘renewable energy parks’ (e.g. Springerville) |
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Arizona’s level of population growth and
renewable energy development will outpace all other mountain states |
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Arizona’s benefits from energy efficiency will
meet or exceed all other states |
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Arizona’s greatest opportunity to meet demands
with local resources is with renewable energy |
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Arizona’s greatest need will continue to be to
meet demands without further degrading environmental quality |
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Improve energy efficiency and use of passive
design |
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Increase development of all renewable energy
resources |
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Cut the $4.3B leaving the state every year in
energy expenditures in half by the year 2010 |
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By year 2010 Arizona’s leadership in solar helps
the state sustain long term economic growth with a cleaner environment. |
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Improve renewable development on Tribal lands |
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Move toward a renewable/hydrogen economy |
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Establish Arizona as the -- |
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Renewable Energy State |
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