Presentation Building Utility Scale Projects In Arizona 07-14-2011
Presentation Building Utility Scale Projects In Arizona 07-14-2011
Presentation Building Utility Scale Projects In Arizona 07-14-2011
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<strong>Building</strong> <strong>Utility</strong>-scale <strong>Projects</strong> in <strong>Arizona</strong><br />
Nick Theisen<br />
Pima Association of Governments<br />
July <strong>14</strong> th , <strong>2011</strong>
Agenda<br />
• SOLON Corporation<br />
• Job Creation<br />
• Recent <strong>Projects</strong><br />
• Energy SMRT Project<br />
• Kingman La Senita USD Project Update
SOLON – At a glance<br />
SOLON SE<br />
• Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany<br />
• 800 employees worldwide, 1st company on German stock exchange<br />
• One of the largest “pure-play” producers of PV modules<br />
> 2010 Revenue of approximately $880 million (€620)<br />
> 410 MW of annual manufacturing capacity worldwide<br />
> More than 1GW modules produced<br />
• Pioneer of large-scale power plant solutions and integrated EPC contractor<br />
> More than 250 MW SOLON power plants installed or in development worldwide<br />
SOLON Corporation<br />
• Founded in 20<strong>07</strong> and based in Tucson, <strong>Arizona</strong><br />
• Grown from ~ 100 to <strong>14</strong>0 employees in the<br />
past year<br />
• 60 MW of annual manufacturing capacity<br />
• Business Units: Turnkey <strong>Projects</strong>, Solar Products<br />
• ARRA compliant
What’s New?<br />
<strong>In</strong> the past few months<br />
• 2010 PG&E Supplier of the Year<br />
• 15 MWac PG&E UOG Project<br />
• 18MWac APS (Gila Bend Project)<br />
• TEP 1.6MW<br />
• Kingman 1.2MW<br />
• New offices in San Francisco &<br />
Phoenix<br />
• Energy SMRT Site
PV Supply Chain<br />
SUPPLIERS<br />
SOLON<br />
PARTNERS<br />
Producer<br />
of Raw<br />
Silicon<br />
Silicon<br />
<strong>In</strong>gots<br />
Silicon<br />
Wafer<br />
Silicon<br />
Cells<br />
Modules<br />
Power<br />
Plants<br />
Finance<br />
Customer
Project Experience<br />
• Modules – more than 1GW of modules produced and supplied worldwide.<br />
• Systems – 250MW of integrated systems installed or in development worldwide.<br />
> 70MW US, ~50MW in <strong>Arizona</strong><br />
• Trackers – 100MW of these integrated systems using SOLON tracker solutions.<br />
• O&M – 50MW of these integrated systems are managed under our O&M programs.
Solar Jobs Created<br />
=<br />
1 MW 20-30 Jobs
Job Creation Case Study – Cotton Center<br />
• SOLON employs <strong>14</strong>0 full-time staff in Tucson, AZ<br />
• Project expected to require ~378,000 hours of construction work over<br />
6 month period<br />
> Translates to roughly 400 full-time construction jobs in Gila Bend, AZ<br />
• Additional employment areas that benefit:<br />
> Engineering (Tucson)<br />
> Permitting (Gila Bend/Maricopa County)<br />
> Feasibility studies (Mesa)<br />
> Title transfer (Tempe)<br />
> Legal (Scottsdale)<br />
> Financing (Phoenix)
Project Summary - Cotton Center<br />
• System Capacity 18MW AC (21MW DC)<br />
• Project Site<br />
Italy: 2.2 MW<br />
> Sonoran Trails, Gila Bend, AZ<br />
> Adjacent to US-80, 5 mi north of Gila Bend<br />
• Project Completion<br />
December 31, <strong>2011</strong><br />
USA: 1.0 MW<br />
6/22/<strong>2011</strong><br />
• Point-of-<strong>In</strong>terconnect<br />
APS Cotton Center 69kV Substation<br />
• Land Use<br />
1MW / 8 Acre ≈ <strong>14</strong>6 Acres<br />
• Modules<br />
SOLON – 75,168 units<br />
• Trackers<br />
SOLON single-axis tracker – 108 units
Project Summary – TRICO Electric Co-op<br />
227kW SunWatts Community Solar Farm<br />
• System Capacity – 227kW<br />
• Project Site – TRICO, Marana, AZ<br />
> Tangerine Rd, Just west of I-10<br />
• Project Completion<br />
Commissioned this morning!<br />
• Modules –SOLON 270W 840 units<br />
• Racking – Fixed-tilt ground mount
UA Tech Park – Energy SMRT Test Site<br />
• Testing Multiple Storage Technologies<br />
• Q3 <strong>2011</strong> – 20kW CAES Prototype<br />
• Q4 <strong>2011</strong> – 100kW Li-Ion Solution<br />
• Project Site – UA Tech Park, Tucson, AZ<br />
• Attached to 1.6MW SOLON PV farm
Energy SMRT Site<br />
Who is involved?<br />
– Project manager, overall system and control design<br />
– PV plant owner, design participation<br />
– CAES design, data interpretation, report preparation<br />
– PV site owner<br />
– Functional Specification, data interpretation
Kingman – La Senita USD Project Update<br />
Background<br />
• Part of 2010 Unisource Implementation Plan<br />
• UNS approved for $5MM of UOG<br />
• Kingman USD – ideal site w/ strong<br />
education element<br />
KUSD #20<br />
System<br />
• 1.22 MW<br />
• Single-axis tracking<br />
Education<br />
• New learning center<br />
• 10 computer workstations<br />
• 3 separate curriculums including all K-12<br />
La Senita Roadrunners!
La Senita Project Approval Process<br />
Mojave Co<br />
KUSD<br />
Mojave Co<br />
• Filed General Plan<br />
Amendment<br />
• Solar Energy Overlay Zone<br />
• Rezoning approved<br />
• Applied to put project on<br />
school district land<br />
• School Board approves<br />
project<br />
• Site-Plan Approval<br />
• Received Grading Permit<br />
• Acquiring <strong>Building</strong> Permits<br />
(2-3 weeks)
La Senita Project Status<br />
• Mobilized on Site this week<br />
• Earth Work<br />
• Awaiting <strong>Building</strong> Permit Approval<br />
(2-3 wks)<br />
• Submitted building plans,<br />
structural drawings, structural<br />
plans, electrical drawings, etc.<br />
• Procurement started<br />
• Project commissioning EOY<strong>2011</strong>
Thank you for your Attention!<br />
Nick Theisen<br />
Service Territory Associate<br />
Mobile: 602.350.6715<br />
nicholas.theisen@solon.com
Solar Energy Overlay Zone District (SEOZ)<br />
• The SEOZ avoids the process of land use change,<br />
rezoning, and amending approved entitlements.<br />
• Adopted by Mojave County to:<br />
• bring underutilized lands into solar production;<br />
• retain underlying entitlements<br />
• Meant to be a holding overlay zone - doesn’t negate<br />
underlying hard zoning. This promotes good land use by<br />
allowing solar development regardless of underlying zoning<br />
designations.<br />
• Expedites the standard rezoning process:<br />
• SFOZ Application Submittal<br />
• Citizen Review Session<br />
• Planning & Zoning Commission Hearing<br />
< 6 wks {• Town Council Hearing & Approval
Single-Axis Tracking<br />
• Optimized surface-yield-ratio, extra solar harvest up to 25%<br />
• Operational in conditions ranging from -5.8 to 122°F ambient<br />
• +/- 45° tracking – backtracking to avoid shadowing losses
SAT Energy Profile<br />
SAT provides extra yield up to ~25% over fixed tilt