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IEEE CSI Business Development Workshop

1.2 IEEE CSI Background & SunBlazer Status

Ray LarsenCSI Co-Chair, Project ManagerSLAC NAL, Stanford University

CSI Report to NPSS AdCom - R. Larsen

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SunBlazer Power Station

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** 1.5 KW serves 40-80 homes** 6 units deployed in Haiti June 2011** 9 more shipped for final assembly in Port au Prince, deploy August 2012

CSI SunBlazer Project Haiti - R. Larsen

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Background

• Community Solutions Working Group began June 2009 under HTC in parallel with main HTC development of small single-user system development

• Focused on community-scale easily expandable solutions using Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)components, quick deployment into severely energy-impoverished areas

• Key to success needed strong partnership with Non-Government Organization (NGO) capable of rapid deployment and long range growth

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The Business Plan

• Business plan needed to demonstrate sustainable growth potential that could attract venture capital or sizable loans for community entrepreneurial businesses

• First technical model developed in June-November 2009, a 1 kW Solar or Solar + Wind generator to charge customer batteries delivered to homes for lighting and small appliances, recharged as needed

• First business model showed that loans for initial few units (e.g. 10) and bootstrapping based on low income stream from $1-2/day wages of customers not viable

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Business Plan – Sirona • NGO partner joined with CSI in October 2009, Sirona-

Cares Foundation (SCF), already established in job-creation biofuel farming programs in Haiti, developed viable plan in December 2009:– Develop in-country manufacturing, total service and

growth organization– Train community entrepreneurs who franchise generator,

home equipment from parent company/manufacturer– Base affordable homeowner fee, total income on current

costs of kerosene, candles– Size basic generator to serve at least 40 families, 240

people – Obtain venture/loan funding to expand manufacturing to

serve 1 million people in first 5 years

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SunBlazer Product Design

• SunBlazer is mobile 1.5kW PV Solar trailer with house batteries and 20 sub-chargers for up to 40 home packs serving home lighting kits

• Developed by CSI members including IEEE, non-IEEE members; corporate CEOs, heads of NGOs, academics, students

• All efforts volunteer, pro-bono or corporate donations of employee paid-for time; prototyping, assembly space; time for deployment & training; weekly project meetings

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IEEE-Sirona Pilot Program

• Sirona proposed 2-stage pilot program to prove market viability: 6 SunBlazers in 2011; 9 more in 2012

• IEEE various entities provided seed funding of $400K 2010 -2011; $50K to date in 2012 plus PES budget pending

• Pilot 1 deployed on schedule in 6 different communities in June-July 2011; highly successful 6 month performance; fully subscribed, waiting lists in all communities

• Pilot 2 shipped to Sirona-Haiti startup factory in June for final assembly in Haiti

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Sirona Field Developments

• First 6 months performance showed that recharge rate of homeowners is far less than 1 per day maximum planned for.

• Next 9 units therefore being equipped with twice the number of battery packs and home lighting kits, 80 per trailer, serving 480 persons per unit, 4320 people per 9 trailers

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Keys to Success

• IEEE CSI-Sirona partnership advanced SunBlazer prototypes from concept to deployment in 7 months

• Credits to:– Strong support from IEEE agencies for funding: HTC, NPSS,

PES, Region 9, IEEE Canada, IEEE Foundation– Focused dedicated partner Sirona creating new

entrepreneurial organization in Haiti in 6 months– Contributions of CSI corporate partners Nextek and Russell,

designing with COTS components for short time to market

• Set up for manufacturing making excellent progress with Haiti government connections playing key role to USAID funding

• IEEE-CSI encouraged to expand globally• Sirona can support new business partnership

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IEEE CSI Plans for 2012Month

Feb Approval for new CSI Affordable Electricity IEEE Foundation Fund

Design 1-2 day technical-business development workshop in conjunction with July IEEE Power Africa 2012 renewable energy Conference Encourage CSI members to submit papers to Africa conferenceDevelop plan, budget & Schedule for 2-day workshop, conference attendance, fees, local arrangements coordination (changed to 3.5 days)

March Deliver all subassemblies, 9 trailers to Haiti assembly plant (Done June)

Issue workshop invitations to known opportunities for new startups in Africa through IEEE members, Sections, trusted NGOs (Done)Begin fundraising for seed funds designated for 10 new initiatives patterned on IEEE- Sirona model in Africa, India (Starting)

Apr-Jun Continue forming potential partnerships in Africa, India for 10 startups

July Conduct workshop; deliver conference papers; solidify partnerships

Aug-Dec Launch up to 10 new initiatives

All year Continue developing technical models, design for cost, seek synergies of range of products to improve coverage, economics

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IEEE CSI Foundation BrochureKudos to Albe Larsen for initial design and dogged pursuit and Peter Clout for constructive ideas and diplomacy under fire

Pull-Up PostersThe 6-ft high posters on Slide 2 are the product of the Albe-Peter-Cisneros team


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Haiti Project in Pictures

• The following photos illustrate key phases of development of the product in parallel with the business plan.

• Sample photos from factory in Long Island Jan 2011 to deployment in Haiti June 2011

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6 of 10 trailers in factory –Jan 2011


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Wayne Gutschow of Nextek demonstrates panel deployment

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Battery Pack & Lighting Kit

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Lighting Kit Packing Demo

Boxes of 4.2WLED Bulbs

CeilingFixturesw/Pull Chain


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Lighting kits boxed & stowed

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First completed SunBlazer in Factory

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Wayne Gutschow, Project Mgr., VP Nextek; Art Gutschow, Volunteer Tech; Ron Parigoris, Mechanical Engineer


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SunBlazer Design

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SunBlazer in Production Mode, Station & Home Batteries

& Controls Secured

SunBlazer Floor Plan


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SunBlazer Home Pack Charging Bay & 48-12V Chargers

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SunBlazer Trailer Logo with Donor Logos; Community Logo; Home Pack Operating Instructions

Humanitarian InitiativesCommittee

SunBlazerSolar

chargingstation

concept,design &

production

WAYNE GUTSCHOW

50 WATT EQUIV.

8 WATT TOTAL DRAW

660MA @ 12V

12.8 HRS – 17AH

14 HRS – 18 AH

EDISON BASE

27 ELEMENTS

3500K WARM WHITE

CONSTANT CURRENT DRIVER

LAMP BASE

COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE

INEXPENSIVE

SWITCHED

TABLE, WALL ORCEILING

SLA BATTERY

17-18 AH

JUMPSTARTKIT

FEATURE RICH

ADDED

2ND RECEPTACLE

MANUAL C/B

LVD CIRCUIT

WIRE HARNESS

JUMP START

SECURITY

FINAL ASSEMBLY

100% TEST

Home battery kit

14 lbs. / 14 hrs

mileage 1hr / lb.

Cell phone charge

Safe at night

High visibility

how to charge

114 watt-hrs

individual charging

day or night

20 at a time

HOMEBATTERY

CHARGERS

36-65V IN

12V OUT

3 AMPS

3 stage chargingProgrammableSealed constructionSOC indicator Operation to 122 deg F6” x 3” x 2.5”

STATIONBATTERY

BANK

DEKA 8A4DLTPHigh cycle life > 900 cycles @ anticipated DOD

Rack of four units = 4’ x 2’ x 1’

Combined weight of four = 516 lbs

Operating temperature to 140 deg F

STATIONBATTERY

BANK

DEKA 8A4DLTPStorage Capacity = (2.52 kWh x 4) 10.08 kWh2.65 kWh load = 26% DOD for 20 batteries

Energy to rechargeplus 5 % conv. loss = 2.78 kWh

x2 cycles / day = 5.56 kWh

12 Volt 200 Ah AGM cells

SOLARARRAY

SHARPNU-U245P1

Array power = 1470 watts Array voltage = 91.2 VmpArray current = 16 Imp

Array area = ~100 ft2Weight w/o mounting = 264 lbs

6 - 245 watt, 30.4 VmpTwo strings of three panels

SOLARRADIATION

BYPVWATTS

Station Identification

City: San_Juan

State: Puerto_Rico

Latitude: 18.43° N

Longitude: 66.00° W

Elevation: 19 m

PV System Specifications

DC Rating: 1.5 kW

DC to AC Derate Factor: 0.960

AC Rating: 1.4 kW

Array Type: Fixed Tilt

Array Tilt: 18.4°

Array Azimuth: 180.0°

Energy Specifications

Cost of Electricity: 11.9 ¢/kWh

Same latitude as Haiti

AC rating adjusted for DC equivalent

SOLARRADIATION

BYPVWATTS

Avg. daily productionon lowest producingmonth = 6.3 kWh

Avg. for year = 7.205 kWh/day

Battery load of 5.56 kWh (2.78 kWh x 2) represents 77% of avg. daily production

Results

MonthSolar

Radiation(kWh/m

2/day)

AC Energy(kWh)

Energy Value

($)

1 5.16 210 24.99

2 5.58 206 24.51

3 6.08 247 29.39

4 5.97 235 27.96

5 5.50 222 26.42

6 5.62 221 26.30

7 5.75 232 27.61

8 5.78 232 27.61

9 5.85 226 26.89

10 5.40 217 25.82

11 4.85 189 22.49

12 4.77 193 22.97

Year 5.53 2630 312.97

SUNBLAZER CHARGELAYOUT

AUTOMATICPARALLEL

OPERATION

AC

89 V

54 V

54 V

SUNBLAZERLOAD

LAYOUT

AUTOMATIC LOAD MONITORING ON

STATION BATTERIES

54 V

54 V

LVD

14 V

LVD control

x 20x 20

PACKAGE

SOLAR PANELS

CHARGE CONTROLLER

STATION BATTERIES

12V CHARGERS

LVD CONTROLLVD

12V CHARGERS

TWO INDIVIDUAL BANKS

CHARGING BAY

SINGLE BUTTON CONTROL OF ALL

CHARGERS

LOADING UP

20-25 BATTERIES/DAY

FIELD TESTDATA

>20 DEG. OFF BEST ANGLE FOR N.Y.

LATITUDE

kWh collected kWh Load Irradiance Mid-day SoC End of Day SoC

Friday 4-15 5.65 5.6 100 100 100

Sat 4-16 1.26 5.6 10 80 52

Sun 4-17 7.36 5.6 75 100 80

Mon 4-18 5.14 5.6 70 100 70

Tue 4-19 2.01 2.8 30 80 50

Wed 4-20 4.51 2.8 50 100 95

Thur 4-21 5.95 5.6 90 100 70

Friday 4-22 3.99 5.6 65 90 80

Sat 4-23 1.12 2.8 10 60 50

Sun 4-24 4.84 2.8 95 85 100

CHARGE CONTROLLER

CIRCUIT BREAKERS

AC CHARGER

CABLE FEED THROUGH


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Sirona SunBlazer Training Session at Mission of Hope, Grand Goave, Haiti, June 20, 2011L to R: Ray Larsen, IEEE CSI; Delvar Jean-Philippe & Guillaume Gerold, Sirona-Haiti Technicians; Michelle

Lacourciere, Director Sirona Cares Foundation; Paul Lacourciere, CEO SironaFuels & Sirona-Haiti; Rev. Lexidan Edmé, President Mission of Hope International


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SunBlazer Staging & Training Area, Mission on Hope Schoolyard and Orphanage


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Hands-On Control Panel Training, Grand Goave Haiti, June 21, 2011


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First SunBlazer Negotiates Potholes Leaving Staging Area for St. Etienne


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Welcoming Party at St. Etienne pushing unit across ditch & up hill to final location

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First of 6 SunBlazer Deployments in Haiti

St Etienne, June 23 2011, Top of the Mountain


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Marisa Plumb, IEEE Spectrum Reporter, & Brendan McCoy (EE), IEEE HTC Summer Intern,

Anse à Veau, Haiti

Wayne Gutschow, VP Engineering, NextekPhilippe Barjon, IEEE, CSI Co-Chair for Haiti at Nextek

assembly plant, Bohemia NY


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Clockwise: Michera Dieugoit and Michera E’Drice, new SunBlazer owners at Anse-à-VeauJohn Lorts, Owner Russell Engineering, inventor mobile SunBlazer design & namePhilippe Barjon, IEEE, CSI Co-Chair for Haiti, after checkout at rugged remote Marmelade


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Home Battery Pack & Lighting Kit; First Light at Anse à Veau, Haiti


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Proud new SunBlazer business owner Sostene Pierre & family, local Magistrate and shop owner at Marmelade, enjoying first light in shop (L). Turning on first light kit at trailer for large crowd (R)

Battery

Pack

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Documents

csi members

csi report

sironahaiti startup

project managerslac

ieee various entities

business planbusiness

final assembly

neededfirst business