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J.M. Morabito - Sr. Director, Bell Labs Fellow, Chief Technology Office (CTO) February 2012

Bell Telephone Laboratory, ca. 1955. A Systems Perspective for Managing Commercial Portfolios of Research and Technology for the Solar Industry. J.M. Morabito - Sr. Director, Bell Labs Fellow, Chief Technology Office (CTO) February 2012. Presentation Objectives.

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  1. Bell Telephone Laboratory, ca. 1955 A Systems Perspective for Managing Commercial Portfolios of Research and Technology for the Solar Industry J.M. Morabito - Sr. Director, Bell Labs Fellow, Chief Technology Office (CTO) February 2012

  2. Presentation Objectives Present a framework, proven in other high-technology industries, for assessing the opportunities, required resources, and complex, interrelated bottlenecks facing the solar industry and its role in building a Global Knowledge Society. Demonstrate how this framework can be applied to maximize solar industry value creation and its contribution to Sustainable Development. Sustainable development is in itself a “killer application,” and A major driver of the innovation necessary to achieve sustainability and a Global Knowledge Society Sustainability will require limits on consumption but not Knowledge and a new focus on human well being and purpose as indicators of growth

  3. Solar Industry Structural Evolution Industrial strategy is about structural evolution and market positioning to secure a sustainable competitive advantage. Successful strategy for the U.S. Solar Industry, will be determined by actions of multiple factors, economic conditions, policies and programs. Anticipating/envisioning the Solar Industry’s likely evolution and supporting actions can secure a sustainable competitive advantage. Ultimately, the Solar Industry will dwarf the Information, Communications Digital Technologies (ICT) industry, but the Solar Industry can benefit and learn from these industries’ characteristics: Supporting structures for long-term growth, sustained profitability, & collective response to environmental, regulatory and other challenges Global supply chains linked by industry-wide technology roadmaps, industry & environmental standards, manufacturing diagnostics, & other collective dependencies that accelerate technology transfer, reduce cost, & facilitate innovation. Need to explore, in collaboration with all stakeholders, how best to nurture and develop a supportive and collaborative Solar Industry.

  4. Value Migration 1800 to 2050 will be remembered as a period of intense technological expansion that fundamentally increased humankind’s ability to extract and harness energy.

  5. 1800 to 2050 will be remembered as a period of intense technological expansion that fundamentally increased humankind’s ability to extract and harness energy. Value Migration

  6. Features of the Sustainable Energy/Information Intensity New Economy and Digital Technology of the Global Knowledge Society New Economy • It’s global • It’s networked • It’s based on information • It decentralizes power • It rewards openness • It’s specialized, i.e., mass customization Information, Communications, Digital Technologies (ICT) Portfolio • Processors • Advanced wireless and optical communication links • Sensors • Actuators • Renewable Energy/Advanced Storage Technologies • New materials, for example, nanotechnologies, carbon nanotube, graphene, room temperature superconductivity, etc.

  7. 300 200 100 1930 1950 1970 1990 Population & Economic Growth The technological advances of this era have enabled modern economies and the human population to grow rapidly. 6 World Population World Industrial Production 5 Total Industrial production 4 World Population (Billions) 3 2 industrial production/capita 1 0 800 400 200 600 AD1 1700 1900 1000 1200 1400 2000 1100 1500 1600 1300 1800 1975 1993 Index (1963 = 100) BC400 BC200 Year

  8. Environmental Impact 380 360 340 320 300 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts an annual average 1.5% growth in CO2 emission levels (based on projected Kaya factors) through 2035, representing a 49% increase in 2008 levels. Carbon Dioxide Concentration in the Atmosphere Parts per million by volume Actual atmospheric measurements Source: www.eia.gov Sources: L. Machta; T. A. Boden

  9. Computational Learning Curve The Global Knowledge Society Source: R. Kurzweil, “The Singularity is Near”

  10. Effect of Electrification on Birth Rate and Income • About one quarter of the human race lives today without access (Inclusion Gap) to modern energy services, Information and Communications Digital Technologies (ICT). • This energy and ICT Inclusion Gap tends to be greatest in those regions where population is growing most rapidly and would offer the greatest benefits.

  11. Effect of Electrification on Birth Rate and Income Source: gapminder.org, Effect of Electrification on Birth Rate and Income

  12. The Sustainability Challenge to the Global Knowledge Society Improving access to electricity and Information, Communications Digital Technologies (ICT) must play a central role in managing sustainable growth because: • Electricity allows for diversity in primary energy supply, yet is an intrinsically clean energy carrier. • It is generated at 60/50 Hz., but can be converted to any frequency in the spectrum: infrared, ultraviolet, and microwave. • Electric services and ICT enable the modern technological innovation essential to human opportunity. • Application of ICT will enable carbon emission reduction five times the size of the sectors own carbon footprint (Source: Smart 2020 Report), i.e., Decarbonization. • Application of ICT would replace goods and services with virtual equivalence and also provide technology to enable energy efficiency in key opportunity areas – travel/transport, buildings, electric grids and industry systems, i.e., Dematerialization. • Sustainability will require limits on consumption and a new focus on human well being and purpose as indicators of growth. • Sustainability is defined as living in harmony with each other and our planet by experiencing freedom and prosperity on a global level.

  13. The Kaya Identity First described by Y. Kaya in a paper submitted to the IPCC Energy & Industry Subgroup, Paris, 1990. Numerical example: 2008 World Data (Source: US Energy Information Administration, www.EIA.gov) Where: C= CO2 emissions [metric tons] E= Total Energy consumption [BTU] Y= Economic activity [$] P= Population [persons] An d: C/E= CO2 Intensity of Energy [Metric tons/BTU] E/Y= Energy Intensity [BTU/$] Y/P= Economic Intensity = Per Capita GDP [$/person]

  14. Global Environmental Dilemma:Projected (2008-2035) CO2 Emission Levels and Associated Kaya Factors (World) The US Energy Information Agency (www.eia.gov) projects an ~1.5% average annual percent increase in world CO2emissions based on the above projected average annual percent changes for the 4 Kaya factors, through 2035. Projection: 49% increase in 2008 world CO2 emission levels by 2035. Most significant driver of growth in CO2 emissions is economic output per capita (Y/P). Governments generally pursue policies that increase Y/P. Population growth (P) is projected to increase everywhere except Japan & Russia. Energy Intensity (E/Y) is generally indicative of energy efficiency. CO2 Intensity (C/E) is indicative of regional fuel source mix (renewables). Opportunity for Technology

  15. "Enabling Effect" of the ICT Industry: Projected Reductions in World Emissions (2008-2035) by ICT Enabled Innovations • 7.8 GtCO2e of ICT-enabled abatements are possible out of the total BAU emissions in 2020 (51.9 GtCO2e) • The SMART opportunities including dematerialisation were analysed in depth The Climate Group Report: “Smart 2020: Enabling the Low Carbon Economy in the Information Age”, page 30, 2008

  16. "Enabling Effect" of the ICT Industry: Projected Reductions in World Emissions (2008-2035) by ICT Enabled Innovations Baseline/Current EIA Projection • The projected annual average percent change (reduction) in the revised C/Y Kaya factor (through 2035) is computed to be ~-3.5% for the most optimistic ICT benefit (i.e., Smart 2020 Report). • Using an equivalent 3-factor form of the differential Kaya relation and the current EIA projections (2008-2035) for annual average Per Capita Economic Activity (Y/P) growth (+2.6%) and Population (P) growth (+0.9%), yields a revised prediction of CO2 emission growth through 2035...

  17. Predicted Annual Average Growth (2008-2035) in World CO2 Emissions Including Beneficial "Enabling Effect" of ICT 4-factor Kaya Identity Equivalent 3-factor Kaya Identity Opportunity for Technology • Assuming the most optimistic predicted benefits due to the “enabling effect” of the ICT industry is realized, the differential form of the Kaya identity indicates essentially no (~0%) growth or increase in world CO2 emissions (relative to 2008 levels) through 2035. • This no growth/increase result is in contrast to the current EIA projection of a 49%growth/increase in world CO2 emission levels by 2035 (relative to 2008).

  18. The Role of Renewables in the ICT “Enabling Effect” • Maximizing benefits and speed of market adoption of “Dematerialization & Smart Solutions”, enabled by the ICT industry, should be a focus of global technology development & innovation to mitigate CO2 emission levels. • ICT is central to Energy Internet/Smart Grid that: • Enable higher renewable energy market penetration (developed countries) • Build demand for distributed generation based on ICT applications – telemedicine, entertainment, education, e-banking, …. (developing world) • All scenarios predicting significant beneficial ICT “enabling effects” assume a 10X-50X increase in solar/PV electrical generating by 2035. • Realizing the full potential of the ICT “enabling effect” depends, in part, on a rapidly accelerated development of the solar/PV industry. • Need to explore, in collaboration with all stakeholders, how best to nurture and develop supportive & collaborative Solar Industry. • Decisions made today will impact the efficiency, sustainability, & profitability of a Global Solar Industry over the next 10, 20, 50 years — as well as determine which countries will be its leaders, e.g. China, Japan, USA, Germany, Spain….

  19. A Tool to Understand, Integrate and Evaluate Think of the portfolio of project activities at the system level as an interconnected set of functions that reinforce each other. Examine and understand the linkages and interactions between elements that comprise the entirety of the Solar Industry development system. • Systems thinking shows how events that are separated in distance and time can interact and how the rules of the system drive system behavior. • Small catalytic events, especially ones that change the rules, can cause large changes in complex systems. • A goal of Systems Thinking is identifying “leverage” -- seeing where actions and changes lead to sustainable improvement.

  20. Systems Thinking (Senge Diagram) Representation of the Compliance Activity and its effect on Alcatel-Lucent Value Growth Value creation by management of centralized Global Compliance assets and achievement of best-in-class value creates sustainable superior shareholder value. New Products Gov’t & customer requirements delay ALU Business Design ALU Value Growth delay Compliance Activity ALU Supply Line Design Shareholder Value Competitive Advantage Product Development Interval Investment Strategy Compliance Process Innovation References: The Fifth Discipline – Senge Clockspeed – Fine Theory of Constraints – Goldratt Technology Integration – Lansiti The Innovator’s Solution – Christensen Six Degrees - Watts delay Operational Efficiency

  21. Senge Diagram —Representation of System-Focused Solar Industry Development RE Portfolio StandardsInvestment Tax CreditsFeed-In TariffsCarbonTaxesIndustrial Policy Bottlenecks:Performance-Cost ImprovementManufacturing Capacity/Deployment VelocitySupply-Chain DesignMarket Conditioning SEIAEPVIA MarketSupply-Chain Transformation Unanticipated &ExpandingApplications Analysis:IPCCIEADOECECEPRIECOther “Smart Grid” Infrastructure Development InnovationNational LabsIndustry &Universities National andInternationalPolicy SustainableDevelopment Global Solar Industry Value Creation SustainableProfit delay MarketGrowth Solar IndustrySupply-ChainConsortium EnergyInternet Manufacturing Scale-up TechnologyInnovation Bottlenecks: Meters & SensorsGrid InterconnectionInflexible T&DTransmission SitingTransmission AccessLack of StorageSunk Costs delay delay SEPASEMIISESISGANetc. Public & PrivateInvestments AccelerateCompetitiveAdvantage Break-Through Technology TransferGlobal Supply-Chain DesignInnovative R&D Portfolio MgtEnergy Policy Analysis delay

  22. The world has not yet reached an equilibrium point in terms of population, economic growth, or environmental impact that can be called “Sustainable”, i.e., The balancing of human activity with the earth’s Carrying Capacity and living in harmony with each other and our planet by experiencing freedom and prosperity on a global level. We have the paradox of a unified global economy but divided global society which pose the single greatest threat to the planet because it makes difficult the cooperation needed to address the remaining challenges. The developed world has reached a critical point at which its future economic, environmental, and social health depends upon increasing the rest of the world’s access to clean, cost-effective energy, Information and Communications Digital Technologies (ICT). Sustainability is defined as living in harmony with each other and our planet by experiencing freedom and prosperity on a global level. Key Takeaways Sustainable development is in itself a “killer application” and a major driver of the transition to the sustainable energy/information intensity economic era and the stabilization of GHG emissions. Electrification is the foundation for a global sustainable development strategy.

  23. Senge Diagram —Representation of System-Focused Solar Industry Development RE Portfolio StandardsInvestment Tax CreditsFeed-In TariffsCarbon TaxesIndustrial Policy SEIAEPVIA Bottlenecks:Performance-Cost ImprovementManufacturing Capacity/Deployment VelocitySupply-Chain DesignMarket Conditioning MarketSupply-Chain Transformation Unanticipated &ExpandingApplications Analysis:IPCCIEADOECECEPRIECOther “Smart Grid” Infrastructure Development InnovationNational LabsIndustry &Universities National andInternationalPolicy SustainableDevelopment Global Solar Industry Value Creation SustainableProfit delay MarketGrowth Solar IndustrySupply-ChainConsortium EnergyInternet Manufacturing Scale-up TechnologyInnovation Bottlenecks: Meters & SensorsGrid InterconnectionInflexible T&DTransmission SitingTransmission AccessLack of StorageSunk Costs delay delay SEPASEMIISESISGANetc. Public & PrivateInvestments AccelerateCompetitiveAdvantage Break-Through Technology TransferGlobal Supply-Chain DesignInnovative R&D Portfolio MgtEnergy Policy Analysis delay

  24. Technology Life Cycle Factors, Another View Future Emerging Wide-Application Legacy High 2008Wide Application? Availability $1,785/W, 1955 Value Competition basedon ProductInnovation Competition basedon Value-Chain (Supply Chain)Innovation Cost Risk Low 1990Early Emerging Phase Time

  25. Supply Chains • PV is being pulled into supply chain competition • Players, particularly in Asia, know supply chain and manufacturing competition well and see it as a competitive advantage • Can manufacturing investments adapt quickly and cheaply to innovations still in the pipeline, particularly in optics – AR coatings, light trapping, and concentrators? Is the transition premature? • Competition increasingly about cost, volume, scale • Addresses PV as bulk commodity – cells and modules at lowest cost based on combinations of performance and life • Facilitates high value applications, but does not create them • Absolutely necessary, but not sufficient, for PV to become a major energy source

  26. Energy Internet • Smart Grid is Key, but Energy Internet Goes Beyond Electricity • Development Will Benefit from Network Effects: • Each additional participant increases value to all participants • First-to-market with compelling applications for utilities, consumers, businesses has advantage in setting standards and expectations • Will Be Different Where There is No Grid or Weak Grid • Opportunity to leapfrog past centralized systems to distributed systems • Closely tied to suitability for powering high value end-use applications • PV has potential to ride network effects of applications it can support, just as RAM and ICs in general ride network effects of Internet, cell phone applications, and expansion of computing power • Every new connection to an antique grid is a lost opportunity • In Developed World Sunk Costs and Current Infrastructure Create Different Challenges

  27. Smart Grid and Network Effects: Some Possibilities • PV will remain interesting where and if it can participate in network effects, based on its attributes alone or in combination with other technologies. • Most of the network benefits are indirect for PV, but the more central PV is to the package, the greater the potential. • Flexible, adaptive grids removing the 20% penetration barrier, where network participation makes more intermittent resources possible. • Virtual utilities of dispersed generation and storage tied together with software and communications. • Disrupting centralized models, serving the unserved in developing countries with more than electricity • tele-medicine, tele-banking, tele-commerce, tele-education, tele-government. • more responsive to bandwidth extension married to electricity than extension of raw power • Virtual environmental performance, delivering and accounting for clean energy on a real time basis to increase its value and availability.

  28. Sustainability – The “Killer Application” for PV and Other Renewables…. Or Not • Ultimately sustainability is the rationale for PV and other renewable energy – otherwise fossil fuels could power the world economy, even with billions of new people, for many decades. • There is a physical aspect to sustainability. There is a political aspect to sustainability. If the two do not connect, effectively, sustainability will only be a weak or non-existent leverage point for PV and other renewable energy. • Sustainability does imply limits to consumption, but not limits to growth. There are no growth limits on Knowledge. • Unlike other “killer applications” sustainability depends on people acting as a community to choose what is best for the future, rather than acting alone to choose what is easiest for themselves. • Innovation is the best option for advancing sustainability. • People who denied the decline in whales for whale oil in the 19th century and continued to invest in whaling ships went bankrupt. • People who developed petroleum as a substitute and then found new uses for it beyond making lamp oil became billionaires. • People who despaired of finding more whales to light their lamps ended up buying kerosene from the new petroleum barons.

  29. This century’s most important lesson will be the value of Humility, Humanity, and Harmony in creating Global Knowledge Societies. Global Knowledge Societies live in Harmony with each other and our planet by experiencing freedom and prosperity on a global level. We express Humility, Humanity, and Harmony by respecting people (Tolerance) who are different from us and by respecting the environment which we so critically depend upon. The more we gain insight into the mysterious forces, cosmic and atomic, that are the universe, the more reason we have to be Humble and see there will always be things beyond our comprehension. The more we harness the huge power of these forces, the more Humility becomes an imperative; now that our ability to destroy ourselves is greater than our ability to understand ourselves. “Humility is nothing more than a man seeing himself as he truly is……. Any man who can see himself as he truly is…….. must surely be Humble indeed.” The Cloud of Unknowing, and Joseph Morabito, 2011

  30. African Proverb If you want to go fast, go alone… But if you want to go far, go together! State and Local Policies & Innovations Global Solar Industry Value Creation National and International Institutions Market Supply Chain Transformation International Policy & Innovation “Smart Grid” Infrastructure Development Innovation

  31. Conclusions • Global access to reliable, affordable electricity is essential to insuring sustainable economic growth, protecting environmental assets and improving global health and prosperity • Global electrification will require a combination of innovative new policies, finance mechanisms, infrastructure technology, in addition to ICT. • Technology innovation can radically increase zero-carbon electricity generation technologies such as Solar, reduce energy intensity, minimize carbon intensity, while enhancing the quality of life and insuring sustainable economic development. • Solar needs more resource investment upstream during the concept and exploration phases to introduce system-level considerations as early as possible. This can reduce the product development interval and facilitate technology transfer. • Solar Industry Drivers should be considered in the context of Systems Thinking --- Solar Industry Supply-Chain Consortium, Energy Internet, Sustainable Development • Electricity from renewable energy combined with ICT in grid operation and new services to consumers, can stabilize CO2 emissions and form the infrastructure for the transition to a globally sustainable energy system • Today, we mainly define progress by new developments in technology and economic growth rather than by the broader notion of advancing human well being and “Human Purpose.” The highest leverage will come from strategies that inherently do both. This integration has the potential to expand technology and human development as two aspects of the same process. This integration offers Hope for the creation of a Global Knowledge Society.

  32. J.M Morabito Senior Director, Bell Labs FellowChief Technology Office (CTO) www.alcatel-lucent.com

  33. REFERENCE MATERIAL & DATA

  34. PV Learning Curve and Market Penetration Barrier

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