Solar Projects UT 2008

John Hoffner
John.hoffner@ch2m.com

Presentation

Background on CH2M HILL

Why we need to develop our
US energy resources United
Arab Emirates - video
Masdar City Project
Lessons Learned for Texas
Other CH2M HILL Solar
Projects

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History of CH2M HILL

Established in 1946 by three engineers and a professor, CH2M HILL operated
from its very beginning on four simple values: take care of clients, deliver great
work, do right by employees, and stay true to our integrity and honesty.
Holly Cornell

James Howland

Burke Hayes

Fred Merryfield

Clair Hill

CH2M HILL Today

More than 24,000 employees

100 percent owned by our employees
Broadly diversified across multiple business sectors
US$5.1 billion in revenue
Industry-leader in program management, construction
management, engineering, procurement, and operations

CH2M HILL Today

Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado
Operations on all continents
Really cool projects

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Panama Canal Expansion Program
U.S. Forces Korea Base Relocation in South Korea
Design-build of a new reverse osmosis water treatment plant
in Bonita Springs, Florida
High Bridge combined-cycle power plant in St. Paul, Minnesota

Diverse Business Portfolio

Civil Infrastructure

Energy

Federal

Industrial

Water

Energy and
Chemicals

Nuclear

Electronics and
Advanced Technology

Transportation
Operations and
Maintenance

Power

Environmental
Services
Government Facilities
and Infrastructure

Industrial Systems
Enterprise Management
Solutions
Manufacturing
and Life Sciences

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Client: Olympic Delivery Authority
Location: London, England

Project Scope
7-year program
A 500-acre Olympic Park with nine new
venues, including modifications to historic
locations such is Wimbledon and Lord's
Cricket Ground
A robust sustainable legacy plan that
provides national benefits in culture,
sport, volunteering, business, and tourism
Transport program that integrates
London's air, road, and rail networks
A strong program for coordinating safety and security

Rendering courtesy of London 2012

Our Role
One of three firms comprising the consortium, CLM Delivery Partner
Providing global engineering, construction, and program management
expertise
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Panama Canal Expansion Program

Client: The Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
Location: Republic of Panama

Project Scope
New locks and navigational
channels for both Pacific
and Atlantic entrances
Widening and deepening
of Gatun Lake
Deepening of Gaillard Cut
Our Role
Assist client with management
of all contracts and procurements
Develop, install, and maintain Program Management Information System
Interface with locks design/builder and with all other design and construction
activities
Provide ongoing construction oversight, including quality, safety, and
operability
Interface with local and international stakeholders
Provide ongoing training and coaching to client staff
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 Video on Dubai United Arab Emirates

Where our Oil Money is being used.

MASDAR City Project:

First Carbon Free City in the Mid-East
Masdar City Location

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Masdar City Location - GCC

Key Growth Drivers
Economic
Liberalization

Population
Growth

Oil Boom

Repatriation
of Petrodollars

Most countries have entered WTO

Many are negotiating FTAs with US

GAFTA and Euro-Med Partnership are progressing

Governments encouraging private sector development

attracting expatriate workers to the region

Young growing population - over 50% of the

population is less than 20 years old

Worldwide demand surged and ME is a major supplier

Oil prices have reached over US$100 per barrel

Oil & Gas exports account for as much as 60% of

GDP

As a result, governments have large surpluses

In the past, petrodollars used to buy Western assets

Today, petrodollars are being invested regionally

GCC Political Stability Index

(Scores from 1-10)

UAE
Oman
Kuwait
Bahrain
Saudi

Source: *Regional Economic Outlook, Middle East & Central Asia, IMF Sep 06, uaefreezones.com

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Masdar City Location Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Statistics

GDP Breakdown by Emirate

Area
Area

67,600
67,600 Sq.
Sq. km
km

Population
Population

1.6
1.6 Million
Million

Oil
Oil Reserves
Reserves

92
92 Billion
Billion Barrels
Barrels

Crude
Crude Oil
Oil Production
Production

2.7
2.7 Million
Million B/D
B/D

Natural
Natural Gas Reserves

196
196 TCF
TCF

Natural
Natural Gas Production
Production

45.4
45.4 BCM/Y
BCM/Y

GDP
GDP

220
220 Billion
Billion Dhs/
Dhs/ 103
103
Billion
Billion US$
US$

Ras Al Khaimah
2%

8%

Yas
Island

Dubai

29%

58%

Abu Dhabi

Population Breakdown by Emirate

To Dubai
Rahah
Beac

Sharjah

Ajman
Fujairah
1%
Umm Al Quwain
0%

AD Intl
Airport

Fujairah
Umm Al Quwain

Ras Al Khaimah
Ajman

5%
6%

Khalifa City A

Sharjah

2%
3%
39%

16%

Abu Dhabi

30%

Mussafah

Dubai
Source: Google Maps

Source: Abu Dhabi Ministry of Planning; IMF UAE country report May 2005; Booz & Co Analysis

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Masdar City Project Site

Masdar City Master Plan

Masdar Initiative Description and Components

Masdar City will pioneer the sustainable green building practices with the
aim of achieving zero-carbon emissions, zero waste and being powered
entirely by renewable energy sources
Renewable
Energy

The City will be exclusively powered with Renewable energy

Building
Design

Building design will ensure the latest use of energy efficient

technologies and smart design

Innovative
Transportation System

The City will contain pioneering public transportation systems

Recycling /
Waste to
Energy

The City will strive towards a zero waste objective

Masdar
Institute

A graduate-level, research-driven institution in partnership with

MIT

Masdar City Profile

Location: Abu Dhabi
Built Area: 6 million m22
Population: 40,000
residents, 50,000 commuters
Density: 135 people / ha

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Projected $24B investment over 8 years

6%

24%

13%

8%

30%

20%

1%

8%
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Masdar Initiative
The Objectives

To emerge as the global hub for

Cleantech education, research,
development and production

To partner with global leaders and

innovative companies in the Cleantech
industry

To diversify the Abu Dhabi economy with

a focus on renewable energies

To develop a sustainable city that

incorporates the highest quality of life
with the lowest environmental footprint

To create a city which is carbon-neutral,

uses only renewable energies and
produces zero waste

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Masdar Initiative Overview

Masdar
City

Develops strategic,
large-scale energy and
technology projects.

Opportunity to become
part of the worlds first
carbon-neutral, zerowaste city.

Masdar
Institute

Industries

Masdar
Vision
Focuses on investment in
renewable energy,
sustainability technology,
and utility scale renewable
energy projects.

Utilities &
Asset
Mgmt

Carbon
Mgmt

The regions first

graduate-level,
research-driven
institution focused on
advanced energy and
sustainability.

Specializes in carbon
emission reduction,
driving the transition to a
low-carbon economy

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The Masdar Institute

Independent, not-for-profit, researchdriven, graduate level institute

Create a new generation of world energy
leaders in Abu Dhabi; a generation that
will have major influence worldwide
Developed in partnership with the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
Offers Masters and PhD programs in
science and engineering disciplines, with
a focus on alternative energy and
sustainable technologies

In partnership with:

Located in Masdar City. The first phase

will be completed by Fall 2009
Full financial aid package for students
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Utilities & Asset Management Unit

Invests in renewable energy and sustainability

projects.
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP),
Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV), wind and
Waste to-Energy
SHAMS 1: a 100 MW CSP plant in Madinat
Zayed, Abu Dhabi; using parabolic trough
technology
Invests in a strategic portfolio of renewable
energy and sustainability technology assets.

Clean Tech Fund with Credit Suisse

New funds with General Electric

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Industries Unit

World-class manufacturing facilities for key

alternative energy industries in Abu Dhabi
Polysilicon, photovoltaics, hydrogen, and
concentrated solar power
Applying scale to drive costs down, making Abu
Dhabi an exporter of clean technologies
International partnerships and acquisitions,
providing access to key markets and
technologies

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Mobility Solutions

Masdar City will be the first landbased city to operate without fossil
fueled autos and trucks

Walking, Cycling, PRT and LRT are

the modes of transportation within
Masdar City.

With 50,000 commuters per day,

Masdar City will have strategically
placed parking areas for fossilfueled vehicles

Personal Rapid Transport (PRT)

PRT Fast Facts

PRT Vehicles:

2,160

PRT Stations:

83

MRT Vehicles

810

PRT Trips per day:

100,000

Max. Walking Distance

to PRT Station:

150m

LRT Trips per day:

5,000

Light Rapid Transport (LRT)

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Mobility Grid
Metro Line
Car Parks
LRT
PRT

Car Park
( outside)

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Energy

>70% reduction in energy usage

from typical construction ~ exceeds
LEED Platinum standards
>200 MW of Renewable Energy
Supply
>170 MW from Photovoltaics ~ 2.5x
greater than the largest existing PV
installation
<30 kWh per capita per day energy
usage ~ 9x less than USA

Source: LEED for New Construction, Version 2.2; BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2007

100% Renewable Energy Sources

Concentrated Solar Power (26%)
Evacuated Thermal Tube
Collector (14%)

Waste to Energy (7%)

Photo Voltaic (53%)

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Energy Grid

PV
Roof
Thermal
Tubes Roof
Energy
Centre

Concentrated
solar power
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Masdar City Layering

PV Roof
Building Plots
Key Building Plots
PRT & Raised
Streets
Primary
Infrastructure

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Construction Raised Street Level

PV
Roof

Buildings

Raised
Platform
PRT
Track
Ground
Level

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Life in Masdar City

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Life in Masdar City Civic Square

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Life in Masdar City Masdar Institute Square

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Life in Masdar City Green Fingers

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Design Concept for the first 10 MW solar plant

Ground-Mounted System

Planned to be 50 % Crystalline/50 % Thin Film

Land Area for solar plant = about 200,000 sq meters (46 Acres)

Largest PV Plant in the Mid-east

To be on-line by the end of February, 2009

Possibly could be moved to rooftops in 5 to 6 years

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PV Site 200,000 square meters

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Typical Ground-mounted array

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Foundations are almost completed and

Modules have been shipped
Array field Foundations

Modules ready for installation

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Other Solar Projects

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) - We are working with several
developer and technologies for projects in the Southwest:

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Confidential Client
Developed a sustainability plan for
one of our corporate clients
Conducted energy audits at over 200
over their sites
Helped develop a renewable energy
plant
First pilot on one of their office
buildings in California
1 MW roof-mounted system
CH2M HILL Role

Owners engineer
Solar site assessment and evaluation
Preliminary design and bid documents
Reviewed final bids and final selection
Client on-site contractor construction
manager

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Confidential Client

Project will be completed as a Power

Purchase Agreement
Highly cost competitive bids
Client will be paying less than price for
electricity from local provider
25 year contract
System to be completed before the end of
2008
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City of San Jose

CH2M HILL is the Program Manager for the Solar America Cities
Program
Provides technical assistance to cities regarding solar designs,
training, outreach, codes and standards and other program
implementation
First Round = 13 cities This year added 12 more cities
City of San Jose wanted solar site assessments and design
concepts for 8 sites
CH2M HILL team surveyed sites and provided detailed
engineering assessments and economic analyses for each site
San Jose wants to do detailed drawings and bid documents in
next phase
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Examples of Sites:
4th Street City Parking Garage
Total capacity: 214.8 kW
Energy production: 286,732 kWh
Percent of current use: 41%
Modules: Monocrystalline silicon
Mounting: Overhead carport
Estimated capital cost: $2.3 million
Average current kWh price: $0.160
NPV on 25-year PPA: $204,000
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City of San Jose : Childrens Museum

Total capacity: 66.9 kW
Energy production: 87,657 kWh
Percent of current use: 7%
Modules: Monocrystalline silicon
Mounting: Ballasted and racked
Estimated capital cost: $570,000
Average current kWh price: $0.133
NPV on 25-year PPA: $57,500
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City of San Jose

Shading Analysis

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Lessons Learned

Texas should build a Zero

Carbon Development or City
Could serve as an example
and inspire innovation. Will
help keep technology in the
US
It is really difficult to build a
zero carbon city
Difficult to balance baseload
and peaking generation

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Lessons Learned

Need a committed funding

source and committed team
Everyone needs to be
committed to the project
Training starts at the ground
level workers, contractors
Account for all carbon even
imbedded uses
Need to study PV heat island
effect
Biggest problem for PV will be
dust build-up
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Lessons Learned

Combination of centralized
and distributed generation
Sometimes what looks great
in architectural renders
engineering nightmares
Takes a lot of planning
discussion and patience
Need to do a detailed
resource plan and analysis
before determining project
goals for renewables
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What we need in Texas

Public/private commitment
and funding partnership to do
bold projects that benefit local
economy and keep jobs and
technology in the state
Incentives for financing
(banks) institutions to fund
centralized and distributed
renewables
Major commitment to
renewable and carbon free
education program

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NEEDS

NEED GOOD ENGINEERS TO HELP SHAPE OUR ENERGY

FUTURE..In new innovative ways!

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Thanks

John Hoffner
CH2M HILL
john.hoffner@ch2m.com
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