West Carleton Renewable
Energy R&D Facility
Robin Sinha, P.Eng
Executive Director
Carleton Sustainable Energy Research Centre
April 8, 2011
Outline
• Solar Research Capacity
• Solar Applications
– Solar
– Solar
– Solar
Electricity
Thermal
Air Heating
• Solar related research considerations for the West
Carleton Renewable Energy R&D Facility
Solar Photovoltaics
Canada Research Chairs
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Advanced Photonic Components Group
Contact: Professor Jacques Albert (jalbert@doe.carleton.ca)
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Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors
Contact: Professor Winnie Ye (ye@carleton.ca)
Solar Applications Group
Canada Research Chair
• Simulation and Modelling
Contact: Dr. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
(ibeausol@mae.carleton.ca)
Assistant Professor
• Solar Thermal
Contact: Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank
(ccruick@mae.carleton.ca)
Photovolataics 101
Photovoltaic Applications
Solar Thermal 101
Solar Thermal Applications
Drake Landing, Alberta Solar
Community District Heating Loop with
Borehole Thermal Energy Storage
Sunoco Car Wash equipped with
Solar Water Heating System
Andasol Commercial
Parabolic Trough Solar
Thermal Power Plant , Spain
Solar Air Heating 101
Solar Wall
Solar Wall Applications
Wal-mart Supercentre, Denver, USA
• 750 m² SOLARWALL providing 60,000 m³/hr
• Saving 1400 GJ/yr (388,000 kwh/yr)
• Direct cash saving US$27,000/yr
City Hall, Erlangen, Germany
• 1600ft2 (150m2) of SolarWall panels
incorporated into the high-rise office
building’s curtain wall between the
6th and the 14th floor.
Solar Wall Applications
Roof Mounted Solar Wall
Photovolatiac Thermal (PV/T)
Solar Wall Crop Drying
Mobile Solar Dryer
• Super-low energy consumption,
• low capital cost, high efficiency
West Carleton Renewable Energy R&D Facility
• State of the art research lab/office
space
• Seminar/training facilities
• Technology showcase space
• Maximize use of reused and
recycled materials
• Net zero energy
– Energy efficient design
– High solar fraction
– Innovative solar technologies
West Carleton Renewable Energy R&D Facility
Solar Research Opportunities
• Advanced PV Panels
• Building Integrated PV
• Advanced Solar Thermal
Concepts
• Advanced Solar-Air
Concepts
• Thermal Storage concepts
• Snow
• O&M
Solar to Electricity Economics
$0.10c/kWh
Conventional Grid Connect
No contract, ~$0.10c/kWh+price
increase
$0.10c/kWh+
increases
$0.82c/kWh
Fixed, 20 year
OPA MicroFIT Program, <10 kW
20 year contract, $0.82c/kWh, Fixed
Solar PV Economics
Minto Net Zero Energy
Inspiration House
30 - 210 W Modules
6.2 kW = 8166 kWh
~$6700 per year in revenues
Solar PV Farm – Landfill Opportunities
Camp Pendleton, San Diego solar
power installation supporting
electricity generation atop a landfill
Source: An Innovative Low-Energy Technology Application at MCB Camp Pendleton,
http://www.frtr.gov/pdf/meetings/may10/presentations/gavaskar-presentation.pdf
Camp Pendleton Solar Power Installation
• Photovoltaic Design Specifications
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1.48 MW (DC) capacity
System made up of 220, 28-module 6.6 kW building blocks
Each panel has a fixed 15° tilt, 190° orientation
Solar tracking
• Construction Specifications
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Units are built on self-ballasted, non-penetrating foundations
Gravel interface between ballasts and landfill cover
Adjustable system structure components
Spacing between modules (maintenance)
No excavation of the existing Evapotranspiration (ET) cover
Source: An Innovative Low-Energy Technology Application at MCB Camp Pendleton,
http://www.frtr.gov/pdf/meetings/may10/presentations/gavaskar-presentation.pdf
Solar PV Farm Economics
Solar PV Landfill Farm Economics (Crest)
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Solar PV Landfill Farm Economics (Slope)
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Solar PV Landfill Farm Economics
(Crest + Slope)
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Solar PV Farm Research Opportunities
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• Advanced panels
• Foundations
• Wind Loading
• Self Levelling
• Solar Tracking
• Snow
• O&M
Thank You
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