Presentation at 2014 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference

1. Massachuse(s
Sustainable
Communi3es
&
Campuses
Conference
Presented
by:
Elizabeth
Youngblood
Solar
Program
Manager
Massachuse(s
Clean
Energy
Center
April
17,
2014

2. 2
Outline
• Overview
of
MassCEC
and
Market
• Innova7ve
Community
Programs
• Addi7onal
Op7ons
for
Communi7es

3. 3
MassCEC
Statutory
Mandate
Advance
Clean
Energy
Technology
Create
Jobs
Develop
a
Trained
Workforce
Accelerate
Deployment
of
Clean
Energy

4. 4
Core
Ac7vi7es
• Targeted
investments
in
promising
MA
companies
Investments
• Tracking
industry
trends,
iden7fying
gaps
facing
cleantech
companies
and
developing
programs
to
close
them
Innova7on
&
Industry
Support
• Innova7ve
incen7ve
programs
to
create
demand
in
the
market
for
affordable,
responsibly-­‐sited
projects
Renewable
Energy
Genera7on
• Wind
Technology
Tes7ng
Center
and
the
New
Bedford
Marine
Commerce
Terminal
Infrastructure

5. 5
MA
Clean
Energy
Economy
is
Large
&
Growing
• 11.8%
growth
since
2012
• 24%
growth
since
2011
• 5,557
clean
energy
firms
• 79,994
clean
energy
workers
(2013
Clean
Energy
Industry
Report)

6. 6
Leading
the
Clean
Energy
Charge
• #2
in
U.S.
in
clean
energy
technology
in
U.S.
(2013
Clean
Edge)
– #1
in
U.S.
in
clean
energy
policy
in
U.S.
(2013
Clean
Edge)
– #1
in
U.S.
in
clean
energy
investments
(2013
Clean
Edge)
• #1
in
energy
efficiency
in
the
U.S.
(American
Council
for
an
Energy
Efficient
Economy
2011
-­‐
2013)
• #7
in
U.S.
in
solar
deployment
(2013
Environment
America)

7. 2006

8. 2013

9. 9
Outline
• Overview
of
MassCEC
and
Market
• Innova7ve
Community
Programs
• Addi7onal
Op7ons
for
Communi7es

10. • Pilot
Program
• 6
total
awards
Ø 3
Individual
Communi7es
Ø 3
RPAs
with
up
to
4
Communi7es
Ø Total
of
15
Communi7es
Community
Energy
Strategies

11. 11
Community
Energy
Strategy
Goals
• Assist
municipali7es
to
iden7fy
and
implement
an
op7mal
mix
of
exis7ng
strategies
and
incen7ves
to
address
local
interests,
needs,
and
opportuni7es
for
clean
energy
development
Iden7fy
• Provide
educa7onal
opportuni7es
to
support
Community
Energy
Strategies
planning
context,
ac7vi7es,
and
results.
Educate
• Support
development
of
local
clean
energy
planning
engagement
and
capacity
to
promote
ongoing
ownership
and
implementa7on
of
clean
energy
goals.
Assist

12. 12
Program
Strategy
• Facilita7on
Consultant
Process
Support
• GIS
Data
development
and
Analysis
• Roodop
Solar
PV
Poten7al
Analysis
and
Map
Technical
Support
• Building
Inventory
• Roodop
Solar
Map
• Renewable
Thermal
Poten7al
• Street
Light
Analysis
(Northampton)
Data
Analysis
• Clean
Energy
Road
Map
Deliverables

13. 13
Building
Inventory
Summary

14. 14
Roodop
Solar
Map

15. 15
Renewable
Thermal
Poten7al

17. 13%
of
MA
communi.es
have
par.cipated
in
Solarize
Mass
Solarize
Mass

18. 18
Goals
of
Solarize
Mass
• Increase
educa7on
and
awareness
through
community
outreach
• Introduce
model
to
simplify
process
• Reduce
installa7on
costs
• Reduce
7me
to
contract
Equipment
Costs
“SoO”
Costs
Sales
Installa3on
State
Average
Equipment
Costs
“SoO”
Costs
Installa3on
Solarize
Mass
Drive
down
the
cost
stack

19. 19
Program
Results
to
Date
Year
Communi3es
Contracts
Signed
Avg.
Contracts
per
Community
Capacity
(kW)
Avg.
Capacity
per
Community
(kW)
2011
4
communi3es
162
40
829
207
2012
17
communi3es
(13
proposals)
803
47
5,146
302
2013
R1
10
communi3es
(9
proposals)
551
55
3,838
383
2013
R2
15
communi3es
(10
proposals)
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Total
46
communi3es
1,516
9,813
-­‐See
~10%
forfeiture
rate
in
program
(consistent
w/
rebate
market)

20. 20
Solarize
Mass
Adop7on
0
50
100
150
200
250
Number
of
Projects
Pre-­‐Solarize
During
Solarize

21. 21
Solarize
Mass
Lessons
Learned
• 2012
and
2013
Round
1:
Average
project
had
20%
savings
vs.
market
• MassCEC
all-­‐in
costs
(administra7on,
marke7ng
funds,
technical
consultant)
was
small
percentage
of
savings
• Program
Lessons
Learned
• Have
a
plan
for
engaging
volunteers
and
implemen7ng
variety
of
outreach
methods
throughout
the
sign-­‐up
period
is
a
key
to
success
• Each
community
is
different
• Educa7on
and
awareness
are
important
• Deadlines
work

22. 22
Outline
• Overview
of
MassCEC
and
Market
• Innova7ve
Community
Programs
• Addi7onal
Op7ons
for
Communi7es

23. 23
Addi7onal
Op7ons
• Become
a
Green
Community
• Evaluate
permihng
processes
for
renewable
energy
projects
• Community
Shared
Solar
• Consider
Solarize
Mass
or
other
solar
challenge
• Research
online
tools
and
clean
energy
planning
• Leverage
grassroots
outreach
poten7al

24. 24
Thank
You!
Elizabeth
Youngblood
Solar
Project
Manager
Massachuseks
Clean
Energy
Center
eyoungblood@masscec.com
617-­‐315-­‐9335