Electric Utility View of Solar Thermal

摘要

Serving 1.4 Million People in the Sacramento, California Area $1.6 Billion/yr Publicly Owned Electric Company 11,000 GWh annual demand - 3,200 MW Summer Peak 1. Solar Heat Production whether residential or Industrial is in competition with both electric and gas utilities. 2. Potential Solar Heat and Electric Utility Synergism 3. US EPA, 111(d) Power Plant CO_2 Regulation allows Non-PowerPlant Offsets 4. 2050 Goal of 80% Reduction in CO_2 will essentially prohibit distributed NatGas combustion sources. These are markets that solar thermal (w/ electricity back-up) can penetrate with help from electric utilities.