Large scale solar PV: Our experience as a green utility - Regensw
Large scale solar PV: Our experience as a green utility Hugo House Head of Business Development
Good Energy: Who we are Good Energy is the UK’s only 100% renewable retailer and generator, supplying over 30,000 customers and supporting over 30,000 renewable generators. Our mission is to: •Shift from large, centralised fossil fuel power to distributed renewable energy •Take power generation from the hands of the few and place it in the hands of many
•Produce and use energy locally, making it a visible part of the local community •Reconnect people with the energy they use so they value it more, and use it less Mark Cropper at Docker Knook, his run of river hydro generator in Cumbria
Good Energy and solar 35% of the electricity in our PPA portfolio comes from large scale solar •
57MW in PPA ~12 sites
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65 sites between 100kW -1MW
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450 sites between 30kW – 100kW
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25,000 domestic scale ~ 75MW
The output from a solar site Annual average output from a solar generator (% per year) compared to Wind and Hydro
Peabody Site: Actual Solar PV Export
Peabody Site: Forecast V Actual export
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Solar development: the cherry? • • • • •
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Planning: less complexity than other technologies Output: more accurate to forecast Financial: improving prices despite uncertainty on support and improving output from advancing technology Skills: skills transfer may be simpler for this technology Security: solar potentially offers a way forward for businesses to control their energy costs
Challenges • Grid connection: difficult, expensive – more acute on solar than it is on wind • Environmental: Food vs. Energy debate, energy balance and toxicity of materials • Regulatory landscape : confidence around the support mechanisms • Stakeholder opinion: it is important to win the support of the community
Together we do this
Website & Blog: www.goodenergy.co.uk
Twitter: @Good_Energy
Facebook: Good Energy
Good Energy: Who we are Good Energy is the UK’s only 100% renewable retailer and generator, supplying over 30,000 customers and supporting over 30,000 renewable generators. Our mission is to: •Shift from large, centralised fossil fuel power to distributed renewable energy •Take power generation from the hands of the few and place it in the hands of many
•Produce and use energy locally, making it a visible part of the local community •Reconnect people with the energy they use so they value it more, and use it less Mark Cropper at Docker Knook, his run of river hydro generator in Cumbria
Good Energy and solar 35% of the electricity in our PPA portfolio comes from large scale solar •
57MW in PPA ~12 sites
•
65 sites between 100kW -1MW
•
450 sites between 30kW – 100kW
•
25,000 domestic scale ~ 75MW
The output from a solar site Annual average output from a solar generator (% per year) compared to Wind and Hydro
Peabody Site: Actual Solar PV Export
Peabody Site: Forecast V Actual export
nd 2
Solar development: the cherry? • • • • •
bite at
Planning: less complexity than other technologies Output: more accurate to forecast Financial: improving prices despite uncertainty on support and improving output from advancing technology Skills: skills transfer may be simpler for this technology Security: solar potentially offers a way forward for businesses to control their energy costs
Challenges • Grid connection: difficult, expensive – more acute on solar than it is on wind • Environmental: Food vs. Energy debate, energy balance and toxicity of materials • Regulatory landscape : confidence around the support mechanisms • Stakeholder opinion: it is important to win the support of the community
Together we do this
Website & Blog: www.goodenergy.co.uk
Twitter: @Good_Energy
Facebook: Good Energy
