"Can Photovoltaics Provide a Technical Fix to Controlling CO 2 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
"Can Photovoltaics Provide a Technical Fix to Controlling CO 2 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
"Can Photovoltaics Provide a Technical Fix to Controlling CO 2 Emissions?" Martin A. Green, UNSW Sydney Recent cost reductions US$/Watt >15x in 10 years $0.22 Jan-19 PV now cheapest! How low? $10/MWh? (2018) (2017) (2016)
Recent cost reductions
Jan-19
US$/Watt
$0.22
>15x in 10 years
PV now cheapest!
How low? $10/MWh?
Solar cheaper than retail electricity prices (2014) (2016) (2017) (2018)
600MW, 15 GWh 888MW, $40-50/MWh
PV market growing (> 0.1 TW in 2018)
2019f
January 16, 2019
PV market growing (> 0.1 TW in 2018)
2019f
25%/year compounded
January 16, 2019
PV market growing (> 0.1 TW in 2018)
2019f
25%/year compounded
10 20 30 40 50 60 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
PERC Capacity, % world total
Global CO2 emissions
Unresolved problem!
2oC trajectory
Unresolved problem!
1TW solar
2oC trajectory
Unresolved problem!
1TW solar
2oC trajectory
Unresolved problem!
1TW solar
2oC trajectory
Source of global CO2 emissions
Positive impact for limited solar
Old record
“Duck curve”
“Duck curve”
“Duck curve”
“Duck curve”
Wind Curtailment SA 2018 Q3
“Duck curve”
Wind Curtailment SA 2018 Q3
“Duck curve”
Wind Curtailment SA 2018 Q3
2023?
“Duck curve”
Wind Curtailment SA 2018 Q3
2023?
“Duck curve”
- 1. Storage
Pumped hydro
Pumped hydro
Japan’s summer peak
Noon Mid- summer
Japan’s summer peak
Noon Mid- summer
25 GW
Japan’s summer peak
25 GW
Pumped hydro
Kyushu, May 4, 2016
Tesla “Big Battery” Hornsdale
5 GWh 5 GWh 15 GWh
Snowy 2.0 (2GW, 350GWh)
“Off river” pumped hydro Presenzano (1GW, 5GWh)
“Off river” pumped hydro
“Off river” pumped hydro
Tesla “Big Battery” Hornsdale (100MW, 129MWh)
Tesla “Big Battery” Hornsdale (100MW, 129MWh)
Tesla “Big Battery” Hornsdale (100MW, 129MWh)
Vanadium Redox Flow (200MW, 800MWh)
Vanadium Redox Flow (200MW, 800MWh)
“Duck curve”
- 2. Load switching
Load switching: Boost daytime not night demand
- 2. Load matching
Day of NSW peak demand in 2003 Summer
Load switching: Boost daytime not night demand
- 2. Load matching
2004
Day of peak demand in 2002 Winter Day of NSW peak demand in 2003 Summer
Load switching: Boost daytime not night demand
- 2. Load matching
Off-peak hot water Pool pumps Refrigerators Space heat
2004
“Duck curve”
- 3. New daytime loads
“Duck curve” New night-time loads
“Duck curve” New night-time loads
New daytime loads
- 1. Electric vehicle charging
New daytime loads
- 1. Electric vehicle charging
- 2. Desalination
New daytime loads
- 1. Electric vehicle charging
- 2. Desalination
- 3. Hydrogen from H2O (other fuels)
New daytime loads
- 1. Electric vehicle charging
- 2. Desalination
- 3. Hydrogen from H2O (other fuels)
- 4. CO2 removal, mineralisation
“Duck curve”
- 4. Import / Export
Storage or immediate transmission?
- J. Luther
Sun always shining somewhere
Wind speed
Wind Solar
Wind Solar
How far can electricity be sent?
How far can electricity be sent?
How far can electricity be sent?
Storage or immediate transmission?
- J. Luther
Sun always shining somewhere
Storage or immediate transmission?
- J. Luther