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Bright Power
Bright Power
April 2010
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Practice Areas
STRATEGIC CONSULTING RENEWABLE ENERGY
Government, Venture Capital, Photovoltaic (PV), Solar Hot Water,
Industry Solar Cooling
•Policy Incubation and Advisory •Design Consulting & Technical Evaluation
•Due Diligence of Technologies •Performance Modeling
•Education & Training: staff are faculty at New •System Monitoring
York University (NYU) and frequent presenters at •Installation Oversight
industry events. •Consultant to over $1 billion in projects (US,UAE)
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Solar Technology
Solar technology comes in 2 main
forms:
Solar Thermal
Converts sun’s energy into heat
Fluid carries energy to load
Tanks enable storage for use in off peak
times
Solar Electric
Photovoltaic (PV) technology converts
sun’s energy to electricity
Storage is optional
Solar Electricity
Photovoltaics
Concentrating Solar Power (only for power plants)
Solar Cooling
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BIPV Mounting Example
New Housing New York: Via Verde
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Solar PV Electrical Specs
EA Credit 2: On Site
Renewable Energy
1-7 points
Every 2% energy cost savings is
another point
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Solar electric/photovoltaic
Panels generate DC
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Array capacity
Panels rated from 1 watt
to over 200 watts,
containing up to 50
cells
Rules of Thumb
Each kW installed will yield about 1250 kWh annually
Worth about $250/year at $0.20 per kWh
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For example…
A 50 kW PV system would…
yield 62,500 kWh/year (1250 kWh/kW x 50 kW)
$12,500 in energy savings per year (at $0.20 per kWh)
require roughly 5,000 SF unshaded
cost $600,000 installed before incentives
Incentives could cover most/all costs
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Design Considerations, PV and
Thermal
Tilt angle
Tracking vs. Fixed
Orientation (azimuth)
Due South
Thermal collectors: SRCC
Certification
PV modules: UL Listed
Source: Silicon Solar
Photo
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