1. USVI Energy RoadmapAdam Warren, PhD (NREL)
Credit: Don Buchanan, VI Energy Office
Credit: Warren Gretz, NREL
Credit: Don Buchanan, VI Energy Office
EDIN-USVI Energy Workshop
April 7-8, 2011
Univ. of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas

2. 4/27/2011
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Our motivation
Electricity Cost = Fixed Cost (Poles, Wires, Equipment) + LEAC

3. 4/27/2011
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Our motivation
EIA: annual average price of low sulfur crude oil real 2009 dollars per barrel
Factors not considered:

4. What is EDIN?
EDIN is an international partnership between USA, New Zealand, and Iceland started in 2008.
Why Islands?

• Islands are often highly dependent on fossil fuelsfor electricity and transportation and often have very high retail electricity rates
• 5. Islands often have abundant renewable resourcesand small populations, so are ideal places to showcase the future of high renewable energy penetration.