The funding is part of CEC's EPIC program, which helps develop and test new technologies. This is a solicitation for bids only right now - nothing has been awarded yet, and is supposedly based on some breakthroughs in the technology. The systems must meet or exceed the following performance specifications: • LCOE less than or equal to $0.10/kWh;• Capital cost less than $10,000/kW;• Power density greater than or equal to 300 W/sq ft; and• Lifetime greater than or equal to 15 years. Here's a link to the solicitation: http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/GFO-16-302/00_Update_Two_Phase_Solicitation_Manual_for_CGL.docx
The technology assessment from 2013-2014 can also be found on the CEC site. Sent from AltaMail From: Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> To: brucedp5 <[email protected]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs in Burbank-CA(?) Date: 8/26/16, 7:25 AM Really? Is rolling resistance so high that there's energy to power Burbank? I'm not going to do the math but it sounds preposterous. Ok, some of the math: 105000 homes at an average of 1MWh/month. That's 10.5GWh/month or 14.5Mwh/hour. So, that strip of highway needs to produce 14.5Mw. Still seems preposterous. Really, again? Even if all those cars rolling on the highway can produce 14.5Mw, is that a good idea? Seems we want to reduce rolling resistance and make EVs (and other vehicles) more efficient. To give the benefit of the doubt, maybe it's a tradeoff and the rolling resistance of asphalt is being traded for that of piezoelectrics. Peri ------ Original Message ------ From: "brucedp5 via EV" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: 26-Aug-16 2:40:55 AM Subject: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs in Burbank-CA(?) > > >http://www.awaken.com/2016/08/california-freeways-will-soon-generate-electricity/#14718579495901&action=collapse_widget&id=0&data= > >California Freeways Will Soon Generate Electricity >August 22, 2016 Laura Goldman > >[image >http://www.awaken.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1.jpg >] > >Energy conservation is probably not the first thing that comes to mind >when >you think about freeways jammed with idling vehicles… > >Awaken >But in California, which has some of the most congested freeways in the >country, that’s about to change. The California Energy Commission (CEC) >has >approved a pilot program in which piezoelectric crystals will be >installed >on several freeways. > >No, these aren’t some kind of new-agey crystals with mystical powers. >Piezoelectric crystals, about the size of watch batteries, give off an >electrical discharge when they’re mechanically stressed, such as when a >vehicle drives over them. Multiply that by thousands of vehicles and it >creates an electric current that can be harvested to feed the grid. > >In fact, scientists estimate the energy generated from piezoelectric >crystals on a 10-mile stretch of freeway could provide power for the >entire >city of Burbank (population: more than 105,000). > >“I still get stopped on the street by people who ask what happened to >the >idea of using our roads to generate electricity,” said Mike Gatto, a >Los >Angeles assemblyman, in a press releaseannouncing the program. >“California >is the car capital of the world and we recycle just about everything. >So why >not capture the energy from road vibrations and put it to good use?” > >Piezoelectric-based energy‐harvesting technology is already being used >in >other countries. Since 2009, all the displays in the East Japan Railway >Company’s Tokyo station have been powered by people walking on the >piezoelectric flooring. Italy has signed a contract that will install >this >technology in a portion of the Venice-to-Trieste Autostrada. Israel is >already using this technology on some highways, which is how Gatto got >the >idea for the pilot program in California. A friend returning from a >trip to >Israel raved about a road that produced energy. > >“If piezoelectric‐based technology has the potential to match the >performance, reliability and costs of existing or emerging renewable >energy >sources, then it can potentially diversify California’s resource >portfolio >and ultimately increase grid reliability and reduce costs to >ratepayers,” >states a report prepared for the CEC in 2014 by international >certification >body and classification society DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability (now >known >as DNV GL). > >Piezoelectric technology has been used for years in electric guitars >and >sonar. The crystals are “in effect the reverse of sonar: a vibration >comes >in and an electric pulse comes out,” according to the press release. >This >video provides an animated illustration of how they could generate >electricity on roadways. > >After California Gov. Brown vetoed an assembly bill Gatto introduced in >2011 >that would have launched two piezoelectric pilot programs in >California, >Gatto asked the CEC to study the technology. Five years later, the CEC >has >agreed to fund pilot projects around the state. > >If they are successful, perhaps other states will consider harvesting >electricity from their busy roadways. > >“Thirty years ago, no one would have believed that black silicon panels >in >the desert could generate ‘solar‘ power,” Gatto stated. “Piezoelectric >technology is real and I am glad the state has finally acknowledged its >potential in becoming an energy source.” >[© awaken.com] >... >http://www.ecowatch.com/california-freeways-generate-electricity-piezoelectric-crystals-1967109463.html > >California Freeways Will Soon Generate Electricity >Aug 10, 2016 > > > > >For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: >http://evdl.org/evln/ > > >{brucedp.0catch.com} > >-- >View this message in context: >http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Piezo-power-10mi-of-freeway-could-charge-all-the-EVs-in-Burbank-CA-tp4683459.html > >Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at >Nabble.com. >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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