Laurie Reilly of sustainable CUNY presents on the New York City solar map. Presented at the Community Solar Confluence, April 23, 2012. Used by permission.

1. The City University of New York
Sustainable CUNY
CUNY Sustainability CUNY
Sustainable Energy
Project SustainableWorks
Building the tools Building
Modeling a
to move commercialization
Sustainable NYC
cleantech in to platforms
transformation
NYC and beyond

2. NYC 2007-­‐2011:
Creating a Roadmap for Large Scale Solar Adoption in Urban America
NYC Solar Deployment Roadmap
PV Interconnection Study (with NREL)
Property tax abatement
Expansion of state net-­‐metering law
Solar Ombudsmen
NYC Installer Survey
DOB Placement
Putting the Policies and Relationships in Place
Understanding the Market & Structuring for Deployment

3. Targeting Deployment
With multiple substations,
even one or two
Megawatts of solar in the
right place can make a
powerful difference in a
City that is the financial hub
of America
46 area substations 57 networks

4. NYC Solar Empowerment Zones
Zone Identification
Con Edison networks
Day-­‐peaking profile
Infrastructure
upgrades needed
OR, solar to defer the
Rooftop potential

5.
Tools: The
Virtualized, single-­‐portal
permitting process for
installers and customers
Inter-­‐agency data Sharing
and project tracking
Identifying inter-­‐agency
synergies and eliminating
process redundancies
The Goal: Reduce the process for installing PV systems in NYC to 100 days
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6. Tools: The NYC Solar Map
The largest Light Detection and
Ranging (LiDAR) based Solar Map in
the World
Solar potential and usable rooftop
area estimates for every building in
New York City
Built in Solar PV Financial Calculator
which estimates Financial Metrics,
Electricity Savings, Environmental
Impact, and Cost after Incentives
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www.nycsolarmap.com

10. U.S. Solar Balance of System Costs
2010 balance of systems costs: 1.6 Billion Dollars in 2010
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Image source: Goodrich et al, 2011.

11.
SMART (Solar Market Analysis Reporting and Tracking) NY
SMART
NY
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12.
Enabling
Research Enable
and Markets
Innovation and Supply
Investment
Workforce
Development
JOBS

13. The City University of New York
Sustainable CUNY
CUNY Sustainability CUNY
Sustainable Energy
Project SustainableWorks
Communications
laurie.reilly@mail.cuny.edu