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TODAY’S TOPIC:
Summary & Outlook
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The Journey Continues…
Policies &
Biopower
Summary
& Outlook
Solar
Thermal
SHP & Wind
Interview
Future
Challenges
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2011

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What we will cover
• Update on COP 16 / Feedback last week
• Summary of the main Renewables Technologies
• Interview with Felicitas Quaß, Alumniportal
• Outlook to 2011
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Your visiting scholar today:
Felicitas Quaß Alumniportal Content Manager
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A Country
Before we start…
B Data
C Business
• News from the Forum
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Session #2
Wind Energy
Session #3
Solar PV
Session #5
Concentrating
Solar Power
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Small Hydro Power

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Session #7
Biopower / Funding
Session #4
Funding Controvesy
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Cancun, COP 16
Challenges
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• Development of Turbine Sizes
• Repowering of existing systems
• Off-shore as the new frontier?
• Environmental aspects
• Small-scale applications
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The big topics in Wind Energy
• Development of Turbine Sizes
- New dimension of forces working on turbine and foundations
- Impact on life cycle, operational efficiency and reliability
- Relatively little experience compared to other machine tool
industries
- from 2.5 MW upwards (diameters >110 m)
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The big topics in Wind Energy
• Repowering with huge potential?
- Optimized in: design, efficiency, noise emissions, light
reflection, et cetera
- The figures often quoted: half the number of turbines,
twice the capacity, three times the output
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• Offshore as the new frontier?
- Roughly twice the output of on-shore due to wind conditions
- Foundations of up to 700 tonnes p. turbine, height of 150m +
- The cost share of foundations (up to 1/3 of total costs)
- Logistically a completely different story to on-shore
- Cooperation crucial (public-private partnerships; international
cooperation; grid system)
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• Silicon-based or Thin-Film
• Developments of Costs
• The outstanding importance of the location
• Environmental aspects
• Future alliances
13 Summary SOLAR PV
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• Technologies on the market
• Efficiency levels of different systems
• Hybrid applications
• Molten Salt
• Predictions on Cost Development
14 Summary SOLAR THERMAL (CSP)
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15 Summary SMALL HYDRO POWER
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• The Definition
• Different types of systems and turbines
• Cost competitiveness and proportion
• The environmental aspects

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16 Summary: BIOPOWER
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• Large variety within this group
• The link to other industries
• The return with new technologies
• Main types of energy conversion
• Environmental aspects

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17 Summary: POLITICAL SUPPORT
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• Different national measures
• The main actors
• Different maturity levels of technologies
• From basic science to applied R&D

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18 Summary: CHALLENGES
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• Infrastructure
• Storage
• Finance
• R&D

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Ready to take your questions…
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Wind Energy
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Solar PV
Session #4
Funding for PV –
and its controversy
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So where do we take it from here?
Felicitas Quaß Alumniportal Content Manager
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• Looking back: Idea, Development, Review
• Improving: Evaluation - your opinion matters
• Proceeding: Our plans for 2011
• Next steps: Why it is worth keeping involved
The Content Manager’s View
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