**Energy Solutions**  

### Presentation to the **Good Neighbor Environmental Board** 

**Edward Hoyt, Principal**  **– Clean Energy**  **March 201 1**  

# Renewable **Energy in the U.S.**  **- Border**  **Region –**  **Resources and**  **Opportunities**
In cooperation with 3Tier1 

# Overview

 

## Nexant  

## 3Tier  

## Resources **in the Border Region**  

## Project development activities  

## Concluding remarks  

## Q&A2 

# Nexant

 

### Formed in January**, 2000 wi**  **th energy**  **consulting staff**  **and energy**  **technology experts**  **from Bechtel**  **Group, Inc. and expertise**  **from several subsequent acquisitions**  **:**

– Power Computer Applications



### – Chem Systems



### – S chiller Associates



### – Business Management Consulting  

### Tw**elve permanent offices;**  **total 30 corporate,**  **representative and project**  **offices in**  **U.S. , Europe, Asia and Africa**   

### Full **- time**  **staff of over**  **500**  

### Thousands of projects **completed to -** **date in over**  **100 countries**  **wo rld** **wi de** 3 

# Nexant

**Energy Te** **chnology Advisory**  **Energy Ef**  **ficiency & Carbon**  **Management Intelligent Grid**  **Software**

Nexant solutions span the entire energy value chain

— from productionto consumption Energy Resources Energy Production Energy Delivery & Markets Energy Use4 

# 3Tier Products and Services » **Global High Resolution Datasets**  › **Drives all 3TIER products**  

### » **Wind** › **Global** › **50 year historical dataset** › **Highest commercial resolution**  

### » **Solar** › **Global** › **12 + year historical dataset** › **3 km resolution** 

### » **Hy dro and Precipitation**  › **Global** › **50 year historical**5 

# Numerical Weather Prediction **Methodology**

**Understanding of wind characteristics**  **Long -** **term variability**  **assessments (up to 50 years)**  **Spatial w ind maps**  **Global We** **ather Ar** **chive 1960**  **- present**  **High Resolution**  **Te rrain,**  **Soil, and V**  **egetation Data** 
**OPTIONA L:**  **Onsite Observations**  

### INPUTS **WRF ANAL**  **YSIS OUTPUTS** 6 

# Resources in the Border Region

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## Renew**able energy resources** 

– Solar



## – Wind



## – Biomass/biogas



## – Hydro



## – Geothermal  

## All five are currently**being utilized at some scale in**  **the region**  

## Development activities underw**ay in all segments**  

## Prospects for development in the future w **ill depend**  **on policy drivers, infrastructure and w** **ater availability** **, and permitting constraints**  **Resource estimates in the Southern California and Baja California**  **Area (MW) Solar PV**  **, Commercial & Residential**  **- ~4,500 (SD County)**  **Solar PV , CSP**  **- ~38,000 (Imperial**  **and SD Counties) Wind**  **- ~6,800 (IC,**  **SDC and BC State) Biomass/biogas**  **– ~150 (SDC)**  **Small Hydro -**  **~150 (IC, SDC, BCS) Geothermal**  **- ~3,300 (IC, BCS) Source: CCSE (2008)** 7 

# Resources in the Border Region **SOLAR -**  **Dir ect Normal**  **Irradiance (tracking**  **applications), W/m2 (annual**  **avg.)**8 

# Resources in the Border Region **SOLAR -**  **Global Horizontal**  **Irradiance (stationary),**  **W/m2 (annual avg.)** 9 

# Resources in the Border Region **WIND**
**– 80**  **meter**

**hub height, m/s** 10  

## Solar **resource is most attractive along Western tw** **o -** **thirds of border**   

## Wind **resource is concentrated at Western and**  **Eastern extremes, w ith**  **some areas in Central region**   

## Biomass/biogas **wi ll be available near major**  **population centers**  

## Hydro **limited to Rio Grande basin and limited infrastructure in West**   

## Geothermal **located in Southern**  **California / Baja California area**  

# Resources in the Border Region11 

# Wind
**– Southern California**  **& BC State**12 

# Solar
**– Southern California**  **& BC State**13 

# Wind
**– Texas**  **& Nuevo Leon/Tamaulipas**14 

# Solar
**– Texas**  **& Nuevo Leon/Tamaulipas**15 

# Project Development **Activities Wind**  **– in Mexico (BCS)**  **10 MW –**  **BCS Government –**  **self supply (** **Gamesa )**  **– IN OPERA** 

**TION ~2000**  **MW –**  **Va rious developers**  **(Gas Natural/Union**  **Fenosa ;**  **Sempra; FE) –**  **export to U.S. and self supply**  **for BCS Government** 

**- PROPOSED**  

### Wind **– Mexico**  **(T amaulipas)**  **160 MW**  **– GSEER**  **– self supply**  **(Siemens) –**  **PROPOSED**



### Solar **– in**  **U.S. (CA) ~800**  **MW –**  **Calico Solar PV (K****** **Road) –**  **sale into CA**

**market –**  **FINANCING CLOSED**  **~700 MW**  **– Imperial V** 

**alley (AES)**  **– sale into CA** 

**market –**  **LA**

**TE -** **ST AGE**  **DEVELOPMENT ~35 MW customer** **- side**  **PV in SDG&E service**  **area (SGIP)** 

### Solar **– in**  **U.S. (AZ) ~150**  **MW –**  **Yu ma**  **(First Solar PV)**  **– sale into CA** 

**market -**  **PROPOSED ~240**  **MW –**  **Solana (** **Abengoa )**  **– sale to**  **APS -**  **PROPOSED** 

### Hydro **– in**  **Mexico (BCS)**  **~20 MW –**  **BCS Government –**  **self supply**  **(Enel) –**  **IN OPERA**

**TION**



### Geothermal **– in Mexico (BCS)**  **~720 MW**  **– CFE** **– IN OPERA**  **TION** 

### Wind **– Mexico**  **(Nuevo Leon)**  **20 MW –**  **Santa Catarina**  **Municipality –**  **self supply**  **(Conduit) –**  **LA**

**TE ST AGE**  **DEVELOPMENT**16 

# Concluding **Remarks**
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## Considerable amount of potential **pow er**  **generation is possible in the border region**   

## Constraints include:

– Regulatory framework and incentive programs (CA and TX considered to be leaders; changes in Mexico have facilitated selfsupply projects, CFE may begin tenders in future)



## – Transmission infrastructure and availability (especially from AZ to CA, and between WSCC and ERCOT, also, cross - border interconnections and transmission within Mexico)



## – Land and environmental/social impact considerations (significant restricted areas at La Rumorosa in BCS)



## – Water availability (for certain technologies)