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6. Photovoltaic Energy

Theme: Commercial Solar / Large Rooftop System

Main Points To Communicate:

1. Customers self generate to meet their own needs
2. California Solar Initiative – 125 MW for SMUD
3. Takes advantage of existing space (and sunshine!) that otherwise goes to waste
4. This is pretty much the same as utility-scale solar or residential solar – the only difference is the size of the system, which is often in between that of a residential (avg ~ 4kW) and a utility scale (avg 1-10MW)
5. Solar can be used to help promote the “greenness” of a business, but C&I customers are very conscious about the financial aspects of the project – how quickly does the project pay off, etc.
6. Large flat commercial rooftops are a good location for solar given you don’t need to take up additional land for the installation.

Detractor: How much are businesses doing this to be green versus hedging against increasing energy prices?

Links and Source images:

General Truss
www.smud.org/community-environment/

After the chart below of random story ideas, there are some ways to combine them into fast film scripts and example films to watch for more ideas. These environmental story ideas for student short films are evolving and will be added to over the course of the next year.

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Characters Set Ideas Antagonists/Conflicts Plot Goals Visual Story Ideas  
solar guides on top of commercial buildings solar office park no sun at times To explain how solar energy works

Animated 2D, DV, 3D School House Rock type film (see example YouTube videos below)

 
business people at meeting talking abot funny image ideas for going solar solar house ignorance about solar power To educate people on solar energy Interview a solar farm tourguide about how it works  
3D animated talking solar panel sunny places to contrast with foggy ones anti-solar power people To explain how well solar energy works Place a DV face on a solar panel (DV clip or a photo)  
foggy house bad for solar then show sunny house good for solar solar factories sun haters To show the best places for solar panels Do a singing solar farm story where a group of roating panels explain how they work like a musical  
funny inventor talking about how innovations in solar all converging to reduce price solar panels in your area you can shoot people who do not understand solar To explain solar energy to kids in simple way Play with the sound of the sun sizzling on the solar panles  
rich solar home people sunset / sunrise cost of installing solar   Have narrator voice sound hot and sweaty  
SolarShares Wallstreet type office solar factory fog   Shoot a bunch of slick and beautiful solar panel shots with a voice over explaining how they work  
solar engineer SMUD solar DV footage rain   Do a fake funny outragous ad for solar power  
kid asking parent about how solar shares work SMUD solar locations available for shoots     Show how a funny or interesting character's life changes by learning how solar energy works  
sun teacher famous solar farms     Have an ridiculous expert give a funny tour of a solar factory  
the Sun as a character (how would this look?) traveling inside a solar energy system using 3D     Play with the sun as a spiritual image where people meditate or worship it in funny ways while talking about solar POWER  
funny solar expert          
solar fanatic - crazy about loving sunlight          
two animated solar panels talking on a roof about how they work          
solar energy superhero - think up a great name!          
Solar future TV show spoof - How does the new solar family house look in 2030?          
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

School House Rock Film Examples: The following cartoon short films "How A Bill Becomes A Law" and "Conjunction Junction" are great ways to convey a process with of lots of information at once. How can you update the look and feel of the films below using DV, 2D and 3D combinations or styles? How could you come up with a catchy song that rhymes to explain how windmills work?

 


Fast Solar Energy Film Ideas:


1) Show a solar farmer talking about how he harvests sun power for his home and others. Then show his house all lit up with crazy electrical things like Christmas lights, rotating statues, inner disco lights, an electric fence and spot lights.


2) Play with the sun as a spiritual image where people meditate or worship it in funny ways while talking about solar POWER.


3) Do a Sun monologue where it talks about how hard it works to provide light and free energy while showing wow shots of sunsets and sunrises.


4) Do a superhero Sun story where the goal is to educate people about how wind energy works. Think of funny names such as Super Sun, Sunlight, Solar Powerman, WonderSun, Sunblast or Super Solar Woman.

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