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September 2007
- 1.0 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Background and Objective
- 1.2 Renewable Energy Technology Options
- 1.3 Renewable Resource Assessment
- 1.3.1 Direct Fired and Cofired Biomass
- 1.3.2 Landfill Gas
- 1.3.3 Anaerobic Digestion
- 1.3.4 Solar Thermal Electric
- 1.3.5 Solar Photovoltaic
- 1.3.6 Hydroelectric
- 1.3.7 Wind Power
- 1.3.8 Geothermal
- 1.4 Forecasted Renewable Energy Development
- 1.5 Assessment of Key Risk Factors
- 2.0 Introduction
- 2.1 Background
- 2.2 Objective
- 2.3 Approach
- 2.4 Report Organization
- 3.0 Renewable Energy Overview
- 3.1 Historical Development of Renewable Energy
- 3.1.1 1978-1991: PURPA and Standard Offer Contracts
- 3.1.2 1992-2004: The PTC and RPS Era
- 3.1.3 2005: Energy Policy Act
- 3.2 Renewable Energy Status in Arizona
- 3.2.1 Existing and Announced Renewable Energy Projects
- 3.2.2 Arizona Renewable Energy Standard
- 4.0 Assessment of Renewable Energy Technology Options
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.1.1 Technologies Evaluated
- 4.1.2 General Approach to Characterization
- 4.1.3 Levelized Cost of Energy Calculation Example
- 4.2 Solid Biomass
- 4.2.1 Direct-Fired Biomass
- 4.2.2 Biomass Gasification and IGCC
- 4.2.3 Biomass Cofiring
- 4.2.4 Plasma Arc Gasification
- 4.2.5 Biomass Technologies Development Prospects
- 4.3 Biogas
- 4.3.1 Anaerobic Digestion
- 4.3.2 Landfill Gas
- 4.4 Solar Electric
- 4.4.1 Solar Thermal Power
- 4.4.2 Photovoltaics
- 4.4.3 Solar Technologies Development Prospects
- 4.5 Hydroelectric
- 4.6 Wind Power
- 4.7 Geothermal
- 4.8 Fuel Cells Using Renewable Fuels
- 4.9 Compressed Air Energy Storage
- 4.10 Renewable Energy Technology Summary
- 4.10.1 Relative Costs
- 4.10.2 Recommendations for Further Study
- 5.0 Renewable Resource Assessment
- 5.1 Direct Fired and Cofired Biomass
- 5.1.1 General Methodology
- 5.1.2 Major Assumptions
- 5.1.3 Future Cost and Performance Projections
- 5.1.4 Data Sources
- 5.1.5 Projects Identified
- 5.2 Landfill Gas
- 5.2.1 General Methodology
- 5.2.2 Major Assumptions
- 5.2.3 Future Cost and Performance Projections
- 5.2.4 Data Sources
- 5.2.5 Projects Identified
- 5.3 Anaerobic Digestion
- 5.3.1 General Methodology
- 5.3.2 Major Assumptions
- 5.3.3 Future Cost and Performance Projections
- 5.3.4 Data Sources
- 5.3.5 Projects Identified
- 5.4 Solar Thermal Electric
- 5.4.1 General Methodology
- 5.4.2 Major Assumptions
- 5.4.3 Future Cost and Performance Projections
- 5.4.4 Data Sources
- 5.4.5 Projects Identified
- 5.4.6 Parabolic Dish Stirling Assumptions
- 5.5 Solar Photovoltaic
- 5.5.1 General Methodology
- 5.5.2 Major Assumptions
- 5.5.3 Future Cost and Performance Projections
- 5.5.4 Data Sources
- 5.5.5 Projects Identified
- 5.6 Hydroelectric
- 5.6.1 General Methodology
- 5.6.2 Major Assumptions
- 5.6.3 Future Cost and Performance Projections
- 5.6.4 Data Sources
- 5.6.5 Projects Identified
- 5.7 Wind Power
- 5.7.1 General Methodology
- 5.7.2 Major Assumptions
- 5.7.3 Turbine Selection
- 5.7.4 Future Cost and Performance Projections
- 5.7.5 Data Sources
- 5.7.6 Projects Identified
- 5.8 Geothermal
- 5.8.1 General Methodology
- 5.8.2 Major Assumptions
- 5.8.3 Future Cost and Performance Projections
- 5.8.4 Data Sources
- 5.8.5 Projects Identified
- 6.0 Renewable Energy Financial Incentives
- 6.1 Tax Related Incentives
- 6.2 Non Tax-Related Incentives
- 7.0 Renewable Energy Development Model Results
- 7.1 Methodology
- 7.2 Assumptions
- 7.3 Results
- 8.0 Assessment of Key Risk Factors
- 8.1 Sensitivity to Tax Credit Changes
- 8.2 Advanced Solar Technologies
- 8.3 Delayed Technical Advances
- 8.4 Escalating Construction Costs
- 8.5 Manufacturing and Supply Chain Constraints
- 8.6 Near-Term Performance Learning Curve
- 8.7 Competition for Limited Resources
- Appendix A. Consolidated Project Assumptions
- Appendix B. Forecast Cost of Energy for Each Project
- Appendix C. Supply Curves