Agenda
Concentrating Solar Power Scoping Meeting

Marriott City Center Hotel

2nd Floor Capital B/C Ballroom

Salt Lake City, Utah

April 21, 2003

 

Agenda

The briefing material for the meeting is hyperlinked under each agenda item. The priority of the briefing material and the date which the material was posted on the web site are noted after each item. Priority 1 items should be downloaded. Priority 2 items provide useful background. Priority 3 items provide additional background information.

Monday, April 21

1:00 p.m. Introductions and goal of the meeting
     Tom Rueckert - DOE
     Doug Larson WIEB
1:20 p.m. Background

     Policies of Western Governors [pdf]                                               

          Doug Larson

    1000 MW Report to Congress [pdf]                                 

          Tom Rueckert - DOE

     CSP technology and economics                         

          Mark Mehos - NREL  [pdf]
                 Fuel from the Sky [pdf]
                 Brighter than 100 Suns [pdf]

     International Developments                           

          Fred Morse - CSP Industry [pdf]

     Other Resource Materials          

          Energy Atlas of the West   (LAW Fund)
          Assessing the Potential for Renewable Energy on Public Lands [html]

          Overview of CSP Technologies, Sandia National Laboratory [htm]

          State Incentives for Solar-Thermal Electricity (DSIRE) [htm]
          CSP Program, Department of Energy [htm]
2:00 p.m. Reports and discussion of western states’ solar policies and programs
      Arizona
          Environmental Portfolio Standard [htm]
     California   
          Using Photovoltaics to Preserve California Electricity Capacity Reserves [pdf]
          Renewables Portfolio Standard Program [pdf]
     Colorado
     Nevada

          DOE study of solar benefits for Nevada [pdf]
          Nevada PUC approves Duke Solar Plant [pdf]
          Portfolio Standard for Renewable Energy [htm]
          Renewable Energy Credits [html]
          Potential Economic Impact of Nevada's Renewable Energy Resources [pdf]
               (Center for Business and Economic Research, University of  Nevada, Las Vegas)
     New Mexico
Potential Economic Benefits from Commercial Wind Power Facilities in the State of 
New Mexico
[pdf]
          Renewable Energy as a Source of Electricity (Portfolio Standard) [pdf]
     Texas
         Goal for Increasing Renewable Energy Capacity [pdf]
         Renewable Energy Demonstration Program [htm]
     Utah
         Solar Program [htm]
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Potential approach to benefit analysis
     Staff “brainstorming” matrix of potential benefits [pdf]
     Study of solar benefits for Nevada [pdf]
          (Department of Energy)
     The Work That Goes Into Renewable Energy [pdf]
          (Renewable Energy Policy Project)
     Economic Impacts of Wind Power in Kittitas County, WA [pdf]
          (ECONorthwest)
     Potential Economic Impact of Nevada's Renewable Energy Resources [pdf]
          (Center for Business and Economic Research, University of  Nevada, Las Vegas)
     Concentrated Solar Power - Economic Benefits/Employment Impacts Assessment [pdf]
          (Sentech, Inc.)
     Potential of Solar Electricity to Reduce CO2 Emissions [pdf] executive summary only
          (IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme)
     Agreement on potential next steps

          Form Steering Committee
          Define geography and scope of benefit analysis
          Potential candidates to perform benefit analysis
         Other

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn