Chris Case, Oxford PV

Power to the people17 June 2015

Renewable Energy and Innovation towards Sustainable Energy for All

Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Technologia, Milan

Christopher Case

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World Energy Resources TW years(1 TeraWatt year = 8760 TWhr)

SOLAR23,000 per year

World energy consumption2009 16 TWy per year

Tides0.3 per year

0.3-2 per yearGeothermal

3-4 per yearHydro

2-6 per yearBiomass

3-11 per yearOTEC

Coal

Uranium

Petroleum

Natural GasWind

Waves0.2-2

25-70per year 215

Total

240Total

90-300Total

900Total reserve

© R. Perez et al

2050 28 TWy per year

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The Swanson effect

Solar PV innovation – The Terrordome

Source: Bernstein Research. Data: EIA, CIA, World Bank, Bernstein analysis

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Generation, storage and distribution

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Solar fuels

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Waka Waka

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Fenix ReadySet

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Isang Litrong Liwanag

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Mobile phone charging

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The magic $100/kWh target for batteries

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Tesla Powerwall

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Silevo PV cell

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Perovskite is the fastest improving technology in PV history0 – 20% in two years

That’sperovskite

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Plus new, $10 bn BIPV market potential by 2023

Vision glass: 6% minimum efficiency

Spandrels: 15% minimum efficiency

Offering payback on installations of 5 years.

Walkie Talkie2.3 MWp

1,180 MWh/yr606 t CO2/yr

saving

Cheesegrater2.1 MWp

1,001 MWh/yr499 t CO2/yr

saving

Vision & spandrel

Vision only

Vision & spandrel

The Scalpel2.1 MWp

940 MWh/yr451 t CO2/yr

saving

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Oxford PV perovskite facts in a slide

To generate 1 MW takes <20

litres

The Shard would require

66 litres

UK PV installed capacity (5

GW) ~100,000

litres

World PV forecast for

2015 (53 GW) ~1,000,000

litres

Or a water cooler bottle

Or a tank of fuel

Or just less than a rail

tanker

Or an Olympic swimming pool

half filled

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