Papers

Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study

Reaching 10% Solar by 2025, CleanEdge, Inc., Co-op America Foundation, June 2008 (1.5MB pdf)

Solar power has been expanding rapidly, growing an average of 40 percent per year since the beginning of this decade. In the past five years, global solar installations have expanded more than fourfold from approximately 600 megawatts (MW) in 2003
to nearly 3000 MW (the equivalent of three conventional power plants) in 2008 . . .

. . .Our research indicates that the solar contribution could be quite considerable, realistically reaching 10 percent of total U.S. electricity generation by 2025 by deploying a combination of solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP).

Advanced Power Electronic Interfaces for Distributed Energy Systems

Part 1:Systems and Topologies, W. Kramer, S. Chakraborty, B. Kroposki, and H. Thomas
NREL March 2008 (2.7MB pdf)

Although most DE systems are not new in a technological respect, they are receiving increased attention today because of their ability to provide combined heat and power, peak power, demand reduction, backup power, improved power quality, and ancillary services to the power grid. Out of all DE systems, the visibility of renewable energy sources are increasing significantly due to several state governments’ adoption of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) that require a certain percentage of energy be produced using renewable energy sources.

Solar Electricity Outlook

Solar Electricity Outlook SEPA February, Mike Taylor, Solar Electric Power Association, 2008 (2.2MB pdf)

This is a list of findings, in slide format, from membership of SEPA, Solar Electric Power Association.

• EPRI Solar PV White Paper December 2007 1.4MB pdf
• Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) Concept Paper, DOE Sandia Laboratories, October 2007 372KB pdf
• Advanced Integrated Inverter & Energy Management, DOE Technical Workshop, May 2007 1.5MB pdf
• Are We at the Threshold of new Era in DC Power Systems?, EPRI Workshop, June 2006 2.4MB pdf
• Increasing the Productivity of Solar Photovoltaic Systems, Solar 2006 Conference, 222KB pdf
• A Low Cost Soft-Switched DC-DC Converter for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications, 2006 Annual Report, DOE Office of Fossil Energy Fuel Cell. 192KB pdf
• Application of Power Electronics with the US DOE Distributed Energy Program, Don Collins, 2006 992KB pdf
• Status and Needs of Power Electronics for Photovoltaic Inverters, DOE Sandia Laboratories, 2002 182KB pdf
• Increased Efficiency of Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps using Advanced Power Electronics, California Energy Commission publication, 2001, 3.4MB pdf
• Opportunities for Energy Savings in Residential and Commercial Sectors with High-Efficiency Electric Motors, DOE publication, 1999, 654KB pdf

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