SOLAR MARKET UPDATE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE TESTIMONY ETHAN ZINDLER, HEAD OF POLICY ANALYSIS 2 APRIL 2013, ST. PAUL, MN / / / / / / // // /// / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 1 BLOOMBERG NEW ENERGY FINANCE: 200 STAFF IN 13 OFFICES WORLDWIDE London San Francisco North America (39) New York Washington Beijing Zurich New Delhi Tokyo Hong Kong Africa (29) South America (5) Asia Pacific (24) Europe (88) Singapore Sao Paulo Cape Town Sydney Objective: Be the definitive source of insight, data and news on the transformation of the energy sector. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2 Clean energy investment overview Global solar trends US solar trends / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 3 GLOBAL TOTAL NEW INVESTMENT IN CLEAN ENERGY 2004–12 ($BN) 20% -11% $302bn $269bn 34% $251bn -2% 16% $191bn $187bn 2008 2009 45% $164bn 43% 48% $114bn $80bn $54bn 2004 2005 2006 2007 Note: Includes corporate and government R&D, and small distributed capacity. Adjusted for re-invested equity. Does not include proceeds from acquisition transactions / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2010 2011 2012 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 4 NEW INVESTMENT IN CLEAN ENERGY BY TRADE BLOCK 2004–12 ($BN) 3% 7% 5% 6% 17% 20% 22% 7% 6% 6% 6% 25% 27% 26% 27% 9% 14% 35% ROW BASIC OECD 84% 77% 74% 73% 68% 66% 68% 67% 57% 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Note: Excludes corporate and government R&D / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2011 2012 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 5 NEW INVESTMENT IN CLEAN ENERGY BY SECTOR IN 2012 AND % CHANGE ON 2011 ($BN) Solar 137.68 Wind 76.56 Biomass & Waste Small hydro 9.03 7.35 -9% -13% -28% 18% Energy smart technologies 3.24 -33% Biofuels 2.81 -50% Geothermal 1.58 -41% Marine 0.19 52% Other 0.06 84% Note: Excludes corporate and government R&D / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 6 Clean energy investment overview Global solar market trends US solar market trends / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 7 DYNAMICS OF THE GLOBAL SOLAR SECTOR • Massive supply-demand imbalance with far more capacity available than currently being demanded. • Plummeting equipment prices due to technology advancements and the supply-demand imbalance. • Major demand coming from the EU in recent years with strong growth in Japan (post-Fukushima) and China. • Commoditization of solar equipment with China now playing a dominant role in manufacturing. • Consolidation, bankruptcies, and value destruction well underway. • Trade skirmishes! / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 8 DEMAND VS. HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED MODULE PRODUCTION (GW) 60 Current cell manufacturing capacity Historical Future 50 40 30 20 10 2006 2007 2008 2009 Supply - crystalline silicon Supply - thin film non-silicon Demand - optimistic 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Supply - thin-film silicon Demand - conservative Note: Supply scenarios based on continued 2012 utilisation rates. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2015 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 9 PV INSTALLATION BY YEAR, HISTORICAL AND CENTRAL FORECAST, 2007-2015 (MW) Historical Forecast 52.1GW 45.6GW 36.7GW 28.7GW 30.2GW 18.2GW 6.6GW 7.7GW 2.8GW 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Western Europe Eastern Europe China India 2012 2013 Japan Rest of World Note: Few countries have yet finalised their 2012 data, hence the spread here. Table with all major countries in Appendix. The conservative forecast is the sum of the first quartiles of the spread between conservative and optimistic for each country. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2014 USA 2015 Source: Grid operators, incentive programme administrators, industry associations, Bloomberg New Energy Finance 10 INSTALLED PV PER CAPITA, END OF 2012, CONSERVATIVE SCENARIO (W/PERSON) 450 400 Germany 350 300 Italy 250 Czech Republic Belgium 200 Greece 150 Spain Australia Bulgaria 100 France Japan Denmark Portugal UK USA South Korea Canada Romania Netherlands 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 GDP per capita Israel 50 India China 0 0 10,000 Note: GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power, in 2011 $ / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: World Bank, Bloomberg New Energy Finance 11 ANNUAL COSTS OF TARIFFS AS SHARE OF GDP VS PV ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AS SHARE OF CONSUMPTION, END OF 2011 Annual costs as share of GDP 0.45% Czech Republic Italy 0.40% Germany 0.35% 0.30% Spain 0.25% 0.20% 0.15% 0.10% 0.05% Greece Ontario France 0.00% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% Share of PV electricity production of overall electricity consumption Bubble size representing 5GW cumulative PV capacity at end of 2011 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Eurostat, Canadian Statistics / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 12 CRYSTALLINE SILICON MODULE SPOT PRICE, 2008–12 ($/W) 4.50 Four years -75% 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 2008 2009 2010 Note: Prior to 11 July 2011 the index collated module prices without differentiating between mono and multi crystalline / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2011 2012 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance Solar Spot Price Index 13 SPOT PRICE OF C-SI MODULES, 2 JANUARY 2012 – 4 MARCH 2013 ($/W) 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 2012 Multicrystalline silicon module (c-Si) 25 Feb 11 Feb 28 Jan 14 Jan 31 Dec 17 Dec 03 Dec 19 Nov 05 Nov 22 Oct 08 Oct 24 Sep 10 Sep 27 Aug 13 Aug 30 Jul 16 Jul 02 Jul 18 Jun 04 Jun 21 May 07 May 23 Apr 09 Apr 26 Mar 12 Mar 27 Feb 13 Feb 30 Jan 16 Jan 0.0 02 Jan 0.2 2013 Monocrystalline silicon module (c-Si) Note: Dates represent first day of the week for which the price has been averaged, ie 8 August represents quote for the week 8-14 August. Data available here. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance Module Spot Index 14 CHINESE MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON MODULE PRICE BUILD-UP, MARCH 2013 0.094 S Module Spot price -0.07 0.25 0.050 0.13 Cell $0.68/W 0.003 -0.03 $0.40/W 0.010 0.03 Ingot & Wafer Polysilicon 0.09 0.005 $0.91/piece -0.08 0.14 0.06 -0.04 0.03 Processing cost per W Depreciation per W $16.6/kg SG&A per W Best-in-class margin per W Note: Assumes 5.6g of silicon per watt of wafer. Processing cost based on SEC filings of quoted companies, publically available reports, various discussions and analyst estimates. SG&A represents sales, general, administration and R&D. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 15 FORECAST COSTS FOR GROUND MOUNTED PV PROJECTS, 2010-2020 (2012 $/W) 3.24 0.18 0.41 0.50 2.65 0.18 0.41 0.30 0.50 1.85 0.21 1.35 2010 1.59 0.15 0.32 1.55 0.15 0.31 0.27 0.12 0.73 2011 2012 Module 0.26 0.11 1.52 0.14 0.30 0.25 0.10 1.47 0.14 0.29 0.25 0.10 1.40 0.13 0.28 0.72 0.72 0.70 0.24 0.09 1.34 0.13 0.28 0.23 0.09 1.28 0.13 0.27 0.23 0.08 1.23 0.12 0.26 0.22 0.08 1.19 0.12 0.26 0.22 0.08 0.65 0.61 0.57 0.54 0.52 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Inverter Balance of plant EPC Note: Based on experience curves for each component. Methodology here http://bnef.com/Insight/1954 though charts updated January 2013 / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2019 2020 Other Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 16 FORECAST COSTS FOR RESIDENTIAL PV PROJECTS, 2010-2020 (2012 $/W) 4.64 0.52 0.64 0.67 0.41 4.16 0.81 0.63 0.68 2.41 0.28 1.76 2.95 0.52 2.59 0.56 2.44 0.31 0.54 2.28 0.26 0.53 2.15 0.22 0.52 0.61 2.04 0.20 0.51 0.59 1.95 0.18 0.49 0.57 1.88 0.16 0.49 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.19 0.66 0.18 0.61 0.17 0.57 0.17 0.54 0.43 0.60 0.36 0.58 0.65 0.63 0.26 0.91 2010 2.75 2011 2012 Module 0.24 0.87 0.23 0.84 2013 2014 Inverter 0.21 0.79 0.20 0.72 2015 2016 BOP Note: Based on experience curves for each component. Methodology here http://bnef.com/Insight/1954 though charts updated January 2013 / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2017 2018 EPC 2019 2020 Other Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 17 SMALL PV SYSTEM COST IN JAPAN, GERMANY AND CALIFORNIA, $/W 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 Average sub-10kW German system cost Average California residential system cost Japanese residential system cost average Chinese multicrystalline silicon module price Source: BSW-Solar, California Solar Initiative filings, JPEA, Bloomberg New Energy Finance / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 18 GLOBAL CRYSTALLINE SILICON CELL MANUFACTURING CAPACITY (MW/YEAR) 61.1GW 53.2GW 8,294 1,476 7,147 29GW 14.8GW 10.1GW 2.4GW 1,292438 36 2006 5.3GW 2,095 36 952 2,193 2007 China 3,290 116 1,632 5,036 2008 Taiwan 4,936 466 2,057 7,300 2009 Korea 9,344 1,666 7,747 42,303 36,253 6,953 856 4,205 16,944 2010 2011 2012 Rest of world Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 19 PV MODULE PRODUCTION BY COUNTRY, 2010-12 (%, GW) 29.7 18.1 2.7% 1.3% 1.4% 2.1% 12.0% 2.4% 9.4% 30.1 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 1.3% 2.6% 6.3% 1.2% 0.3% 0.1% 7.4% 9.1% 10.9% 12.7% Taiwan Spain 11.2% India 12.9% United Kingdom South Korea Norway Germany 71.1% 64.3% Japan USA 54.7% China 2010 Note: Geography calculated by company headquarters, not manufacturing capacity location 2011 2012 Source: Company reports, Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates and enquiries / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 20 c-Si CELL PRODUCTION BY COUNTRY, 2010-12 (%, GW) 20.7 2.4% 4.3% 23.0 0.3% 0.4% 3.0% 3.2% 9.5% 8.6% 10.8% 7.5% 27.4 0.4% 1.7% 2.7% 4.0% 7.6% 2.6% India 15.3% South Korea 17.9% Norway 18.1% USA Japan Germany 67.8% 54.3% Taiwan 57.8% China 2010 Note: Geography calculated by company headquarters, not manufacturing capacity location 2011 2012 Source: Company reports, Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates and enquiries / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 21 POLYSILICON PRODUCTION BY COUNTRY, 2010-12 (%, TONNES) 154000 7.4% 0.5% 1.3% 1.3% 215000 1.9% 1.4% 0.3% 0.6% 8.9% 205000 2.0% 4.9% 9.2% 11.0% 18.6% 19.5% Taiwan 20.2% UK 15.4% Japan 18.5% Other Norway South Korea 28.3% Germany 32.0% 25.0% China USA 29.9% 2010 Note: Geography calculated by company headquarters, not manufacturing capacity location 20.9% 21.0% 2011 2012 Source: Company reports, Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates and enquiries / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 22 INVERTER PRODUCTION BY GEOGRAPHY, 2010-12 (%, GW AC) 23.0 25.6 3.7% 4.3% 10.0% 17.0% 17.6% 13.7% Rest of the world 21.4% 21.5% China Other Europe USA Germany 47.2% 2011 43.4% 2012 Note: here DC-DC optimiser production has been converted into AC, which is estimated to be 85% of DC, Geography calculated by company headquarters, not manufacturing capacity location / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Company reports, Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates and enquiries 23 Q4 2012 LEVELIZED COST OF ENERGY FOR SELECT TECHNOLOGIES CSP - tower & heliostat CSP - parabolic trough + storage Wind - offshore CSP - parabolic trough Fuel cells CSP - tower & heliostat w/storage PV - c-Si Biomass - anaerobic digestion PV - c-Si tracking Biomass - gasification PV - thin film Geothermal - binary plant Biomass - incineration Wind - onshore Landfill gas Municipal solid waste Geothermal - flash plant Large hydro Small hydro Nuclear Natural gas CCGT Coal fired Natural gas CCGT w/CHP 0 50 100 150 LCOE Range 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 Current Mid Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EIA / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 24 Clean energy investment overview Global solar market trends US solar market trends / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 25 TOTAL NEW US INVESTMENT IN CLEAN ENERGY, 2004-12 ($BN) 65.4 70 60 40 20 32.8 32.1 30 44.2 43.5 43.3 43.0 50 17.1 10.6 10 Note: Shows total clean investment in the US across all asset classes (asset finance, public markets, venture capital/private equity), as well as corporate and government R&D and small distributed capacity. Values include estimates for undisclosed deals and are adjusted to account for re-invested equity. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 0 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 26 US CUMULATIVE RENEWABLE CAPACITY (GW) 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 85.7 68.9 54.8 43.5 2.8 13.9 1.6 25.3 2.9 14.3 2.0 35.6 60.4 2.9 14.4 2.9 40.1 3.0 14.5 4.9 46.6 3.1 14.7 8.0 Geothermal Biomass & waste 59.8 Solar Wind 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EIA / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 27 US ELECTRICITY GENERATION BY FUEL TYPE, 2007-12 (%) 100% Other 80% 60% Renewables (including hydro) Natural gas 40% Nuclear 20% Oil Coal 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 0% Note: Contribution from ‘Other’ is minimal and consists of miscellaneous technologies including hydrogen and waste. Values for 2012 are projected, accounting for seasonality, based on latest monthly values from EIA (actual data available through October 2012). / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EIA 28 PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION VS. GDP, 1990-2012 Quadrillion Btu GDP ($bn) 14 90 12 Other 75 10 Hydro 60 8 Natural gas 45 6 Nuclear 30 4 Petroleum 15 2 Coal 0 0 GDP 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 105 Note: Values for 2012 are projected, accounting for seasonality, based on latest monthly values from EIA (actual data available through September 2012). GDP is real and changed; 2012 value is based on economic forecasts from Bloomberg Terminal. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Bureau of Economic Analysis, US EIA 29 SHALE GAS EXTRACTION BREAK-EVEN PRICE, BY US PLAY ($/MMBTU) 1 April 2013 Henry Hub $4.03/MMBTU Note: Assumes 15% equity IRR. UK assumes $8m Drilling & Completion cost; 2000-4250 mcfd dry production (per Marcellus and Eagle Ford); 20% royalty rate; usual tax treatment / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance; Various 30 AVERAGE WIND PPA PRICE RELATIVE TO WHOLESALE REGIONAL PRICES, 2004–SEPT 2012 ($/MWH) 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 PJM West ERCOT West MISO (Illinois Hub) Southwest Power Pool California PPA price (signing date) Note: Price indices are calculated by averaging the hourly price at ISO hubs throughout a 24-hour day. Quarterly rolling averages are used to eliminate outliers. Small sample size accounts for some variation in PPA prices in 2011 and 2012. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, FERC 31 MIDWEST RPS SUPPLY-DEMAND (TWH) 45 Wind generation in region (commissioned or financed) 40 35 30 Non-binding programmes 25 20 Binding programmes 15 10 5 0 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 Notes: Demand is split into regions in the Midwest with binding RPS programmes (Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri) and regions with non-binding programmes (North and South Dakota, Oklahoma). Supply is based purely on wind capacity in these states, comprised of capacity commissioned (or having secured financing) as of July 2012. / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance 32 AVERAGE PURCHASING PRICE BY OFFTAKER, ALL PROJECTS 2011–H1 2012 ($/MWH) 0 5 New England Power Southern California Edison Snohomish County PUD Pacific Gas & Electric NV Energy Arizona Public Service Appalachian Power Tennessee Valley Authority CA Dept of Water Resources Associated Electric Coop First Energy Solutions Corp PacifiCorp Omaha Public Power District Idaho Power Company Bonneville Power Admin San Diego Gas & Electric Exelon Nebraska Public Power District S.California Pub Power Authority Public Service Coof Colorado NorthWestern Energy Northern States Power American Electric Power Great River Energy Oklahoma Gas and Electric NEPOOL Basin Electric Power Coop Minnesota Power Public Service Co of Oklahoma PJM NYISO SPP Southwestern Pub Service Co MISO 15 20 25 107 100 76 76 73 72 66 64 61 57 57 55 54 54 52 51 47 46 44 43 42 41 39 38 38 37 35 35 35 34 32 30 26 23 0 Merchant rates 10 25 PPAs 50 75 100 125 Reporting projects Note: Includes wind, biomass and geothermal PPAs. Does not include solar PPAs. Only includes offtakers purchasing energy from two or more projects / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, FERC 33 SOLAR PPA PRICES BY SIGNING DATE, H2 2008–2011 ($/MWH) 250 Eurus Energy Avenal Park, Sand Drag, & Sun City Plants First Solar Agua Caliente 200 First Solar Topaz 150 Sempra Copper Mountain 100 BP Long Island First Solar Silver State North Sempra Mesquite Solar I Iberdrola San Luis Valley Fotowatio Spectrum Fotowatio Apex Solar Reserve Crescent Dunes AZ CA CO NM NV NY PR AES Ilumina Cogentrix Alamosa 11 solar PPAs executed via CA RAM NextEra Hatch NRG Roadrunner Enel Stillwater 250MW 50 MW 50 Estimated 2011 CA RFP shortlist (2016 delivery $70–90) 0 Jul 08 Jan 09 Jul 09 Jan 10 Jul 10 Jan 11 Note: Does not include PPAs under 5MW. ‘Banded’ PPA prices are pegged at the average price over the period of project operation. The California RFP resulted in 7.5TWh of shortlisted generation, of which about half was PV. California RFP price estimates are sourced from developers. Topaz PPA price estimate based on first-year total PPA revenues ($198.8m). / / / / MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 2 APRIL 2013 Jul 11 Jan 12 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, FERC 34 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER This publication is the copyright of Bloomberg New Energy Finance. No portion of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, scanned into an electronic system or transmitted, forwarded or distributed in any way without prior consent of Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The information contained in this publication is derived from carefully selected sources we believe are reasonable. We do not guarantee its accuracy or completeness and nothing in this document shall be construed to be a representation of such a guarantee. 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