Barbara Albert - The story behind Energy Unlimited - Presentation to Australian Solar Council July 2016

The story behind“ENERGY UNLIMITED”

26 July 2016Presenter: Barbara Albert

A bit about me

100percentrenewables.com.au

Co-founder of 100% Renewables

Sustainability consultant

Speaker and facilitator

Author of “Energy Unlimited”

I help my clients map out a path to 100% renewable energy

Today I will talk about


How I got into energy and carbon consulting

The Four-Step Methodology for achieving 100% renewable energy

Why do I do what I do?

Global warming and energy consumption

Energy; 60%

Other GHG; 21%

Agriculture; 11%

Industrial processes; 5%

Waste; 3%


60% of our worldwide GHG emissions come from energy use

Source: IRENA 2016 RE map


This means that changing to

Renewable Energy will solve a big part of the problem

What excites me


Intersection of achievement and

sustainability

Helping my clients become sustainability

leaders

Developingwin/win solutions

I recently visited Austria


Lower Austria now runs on 100% renewable energy

Large hydro59%

Small hydro4%

Wind26%

Solar PV2%

Biomass9%

Lower Austria: 100% Renewable Energy

Fossil fuels85%

Hydro6% Wind

5%Solar2%

Biomass1%

Australia:14.6% Renewable Energy


All of Austria: 67% RE NSW: 14% RE

Why did I write the book?


I want Australian organisations to achieve 100% renewable energy

We developed the Renewable Energy Master Plans for

Lismore City Council and Coffs Harbour Council

We developed a number of scoping studies for councils and other

businesses to maximise the generation of on-site renewable energy

I wanted to share my experience, which is why I decided to write

“Energy Unlimited”

The Four-Step Methodology for achieving

100% RENEWABLE ENERGY

Step 1: Lead



Set the boundary

Know your opportunities

Energy efficiency

Solar PV behind-the-meter

Large scale solar

Wind

Bioenergy

Geothermal

Hydro and marine energy

Solar thermal

Electrification of gas-fired equipm.

Electrification of transport

Biofuels

Purchasing renewable energy


Step 2: Plan



Understand your energy profile

Match the opportunities to your needs

FINANCIALLYviable

FEASIBLEtechnology

FAVOUREDby your

organisation

100% RE


Pick your preferred financing options

Upfront cost100%

Repayments to 3rd party

0% Establishment fee

$0 Fixed or variable/month Fixed/kWh

Owning the asset Buy at the endYes No

Balance sheet On Off

Technical risk NoYes

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P

P

P

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Engage your stakeholders

Who are your stakeholders?Who needs to be consulted?Who will be responsible for the implementation?Who needs to be informed of the goal/plan?Who is affected by the solutions?

Bring them on board early and regularly

Develop a communications plan

Create excitement


Package your most cost-effective, feasible, and preferred energy opportunities in a strategy & plan

BUILD YOUR PATHWAY

Step 3: Implement


Implement your plan

Confirm business cases and resources

Budget

Go to tender

Evaluate

Deliver


Step 4: Succeed


Pathway examples

0 MWh

5,000,000 MWh

10,000,000 MWh

15,000,000 MWh

20,000,000 MWh

25,000,000 MWh

30,000,000 MWh

35,000,000 MWh

40,000,000 MWh

Fossil fuel pathway to 100% RE, Option A Existing renewable energy Solar PV Street lighting Energy efficiency Large scale solar PV Waste to energy Offsets / RE purchasesBAU energy consumptionThe path to 100% renewable energy

1,088,756 1,995,000 2,181,476

1,043,636.63

12,366,102

5,200,000

12,775,844



If you would like to know more about how to achieve

100% renewable energy:

Pre-order the book

100percentrenewables.com.au/resources/EnergyUnlimited/


100percentrenewables.com.auTel: 1300 102 195Level 32, 101 Miller Street, North Sydney 2060

THANK YOU

Environment

Barbara Albert - The story behind Energy Unlimited - Presentation to Australian Solar Council July 2016