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■ New Jersey Nonprofits Find New Funding for Renewable Energy

■ Energy Infrastructure REIT Launched

SOLAR SEE PAGE 4

■ City of Madera Activates Solar Project at Water Treatment Facility

■ MassMutual Completes Rooftop Solar Project

WIND POWER SEE PAGE 6

■ Nordex Opens Wind Turbine Plant in Arkansas

■ First Wind Breaks Ground on Milford II

BY LORRIE BAUMANNOhio is marketing its workforce, proximity

to major urban populations and a favorable

tax climate as assets to be considered by

alternative energy companies looking for a

place to locate new facilities. The state is

already home to a number of renewable en-

ergy companies and research institutions,

including First Solar, the world’s largest

manufacturer of thin film solar panels;

Glasstech, a developer and manufacturer of

processing systems used in making glass;

DuPont, which produces Tedlar film that’s

used to increase the durability and performance

of solar panels; Battelle Memorial Institute,

which manages or co-manages seven national

laboratories for the U.S. Department of En-

ergy; and the Wright Center for Photovoltaics

Innovation and Commercialization.

“First Solar was born in Ohio and does all

their major manufacturing in Ohio,” said

Matt McQuade, Sales Manager for the Ohio

Business Development Coalition.

To join them, Ohio is looking particularly

for companies seeking locations in which to

Lack of U.S. RES Drives Wind Developer to CanadaBY DANIELLE D’ADAMO “Even though the U.S. market is

larger in terms of MW con-

structed per year, there is no

clear RES policy happening in

the U.S., so that wind market is

far less certain at the moment,”

said Brent Bergland, Construc-

tion Executive for Mortenson

Canada Corporation, an affiliate

of M.A. Mortenson Company,

one of the largest renewable

energy construction companies

in North America. He was ex-

plaining his company’s decision

to diversify out wind business

into Canada. “There is great

potential in Canada for a strong

renewable energy sector in wind,

solar and other alternatives.”

Although Canada also does not

have a national Renewable

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OTHERALTERNATIVES

POWER PROFILES: Rise of Canadian Wind Industry

NEWPRODUCTS

SEE PAGE 10 SEE PAGE 13SEE PAGE 9

Ohio Providing Lavish Incentives to Attract Solar Manufacturers

EMERGING TECH SEE PAGE 8

■ Envision Solar Selects MAGE SOLAR to Power Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

■ Unique Furnace from Renewable Resources

SEE PAGE 14

Solar panels being installed at the Toledo Museum of Art.

BY DANIELLE D’ADAMO Texas has made huge strides in

the solar industry after the

2010 National Solar Jobs Cen-

sus ranked it third among

states with an estimated 6,400

solar jobs at 170 companies.

The city of San Antonio in par-

ticular, is positioning itself as

one of the top solar markets in

the country after the comple-

tion of its first—and the state’s

largest—solar project. Located

in southeast San Antonio

on a 113-acre site, the

14-MW Blue Wing Solar

Project is home to 214,500

solar PV modules, making it

the largest commercial PV

solar project in Texas and third

largest in the nation.

Juwi solar Inc., a developer

San Antonio’s First and State’sLargest Solar Project Completed

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

It is indisputable that alternative energy advocates didn’t quite have the power they needed to muster to pass a federal Renewable Energy Stan-

dard before the November elections, and it sent a clear message about where the American public places its priorities right now. And,

obviously enough, that clear message included no rebuke to Congress for its disregard of the alternative energy industry associations’ intense

lobbying for an RES.

Despite that, we have very little doubt that the American public clearly recognizes that we cannot continue to rely so heavily on foreign oil

or on American coal to fuel our future. The times, they are very definitely a-changing.

Here in Tucson, where we publish Alternative Energy News, it’s just impossible to ignore the sun’s energy. The problem for many years

was that, although the sun’s energy couldn’t be ignored, it couldn’t be captured for a price most homeowners or businesses could afford. Now,

the technology has advanced, our government is cooperating by offering tax incentives and over the past couple of years, we’ve seen solar

panels sprouting from rooftops and racks all over the place. The local demand for solar equipment has just gone through the roof, so to speak.

If we had as much wind as sunshine here in the Sonoran Desert, we’d be seeing wind turbines out among the saguaros, too.

Tucson is not alone in this. Over the past few months of our reporting on projects in the U.S. and Canada, we’ve been surprised to hear that

folks are seeing the same excitement about renewable energy everywhere the sun shines or the wind blows. In Canada, the CanSIA folks say

their winters are cold, but that just makes their PV panels more efficient, and in Ohio, they’re very proud to be the home of a First Solar

manufacturing facility. Out in California, multiple solar facilities are being developed in the Mojave Desert and there’s a new wind farm on

Hatchet Ridge, not terribly far from the redwood forests. On the New York Island side of the country, they’re studying the potential for tidal

power and offshore wind in New Jersey, and the Cape Wind offshore project has secured Massachusetts’ approval for a 15-year power

purchase agreement with National Grid.

To be sure, a good deal of the enthusiasm behind these projects comes from federal money invested in tax incentives, grants and research

support at national laboratories. But we’re sensing that the majority of it comes from the grass-roots. People tell us that they’re investing in

alternative energy projects not because it makes immediate financial sense, but because they’re making decisions for the future and it’s just

the right thing to do.

Across the U.S., we’re doing a lot of squabbling right now about our different visions for the future of our country, as we do every couple

of years around election time. But as we watch the bickering and power struggles ‘round the banks of the Potomac, it’s good to be able to see

another kind of power struggle going on, too—struggles taking place across the country to invent new technology and get it engineered,

manufactured and in service fast enough to meet our sense of what Americans can do when we want it enough. It gives us a warm feeling to

know that as a society, we’ve come around to wanting this enough.

Lee M. Oser

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It’s Blowin’ in the Wind


SOLAR POWER

Installation Required No Upfront Costs andWill Meet an Estimated 62 Percent of the Facility’s Power Needs.

Madera Mayor Gary Svanda and city coun-

cil members, along with REC Solar, a leading

solar electric system provider in the U.S., and

SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy

services provider and subsidiary of MEMC

Electronic Materials Inc., celebrated the acti-

vation of a 1.1-MW solar deployment at that

city’s waste water treatment facility. Ranking

as one of the largest of its kind in California,

the project required no upfront costs from the

city and is expected to meet an estimated 62

percent of the facility’s power needs.

The project was jointly developed by REC

Solar and SunEdison. REC Solar managed

design and construction of the solar power

system that covers more than nine acres of

land and utilizes cutting-edge dual-axis

system trackers along with REC Group solar

panels. The trackers allow the mounted

panels to follow the sun throughout the day,

improving output by more than 35 percent

compared to a traditional ground mount

system. Under a strategic power purchase

agreement (PPA) between SunEdison and the

city of Madera, SunEdison will finance,

operate and maintain the solar power plant,

and the city will purchase the energy

produced to offset demand from the grid at

predictable energy rates for 20 years.

“This is another important step for the

city of Madera,” said Mayor Svanda. “Find-

ing ways to reduce costs for taxpayers while

reducing our carbon footprint for our chil-

dren and grandchildren should be a goal of

responsible government at all levels. I’m

very proud that Madera is leading the way

in that transformation.”

“The city of Madera will truly benefit from

this investment, by achieving a lower cost of

electricity for at least the next 20 years,”

stated Keith Helmuth, Madera’s city engineer

who oversaw the project.

CEO of REC Solar Angiolo Laviziano

stated, “REC Solar is excited to have partic-

ipated in the Madera project. The project’s

size and technical complexity required criti-

cal advanced design and planning to ensure

its economic success. We are pleased to see

the tangible benefits of our expertise in engi-

neering, design and construction delivered to

the city of Madera.”

“SunEdison brings all the pieces

together,” commented Jaime A. Smith, V.P.

of Sales for SunEdison. “Having deployed

more than 340 sites worldwide since 2004,

SunEdison has the experience and leverage

needed to make affordable solar solutions a

reality for government clients like the city

of Madera.”

The system is expected to produce an

estimated 2.4 million kWh of energy

annually and more than 45 million kWh

over 20 years. That is enough energy to

power more than 4,200 average U.S. homes

for one year. The city estimates the power

system will meet 62 percent of the waste

water treatment facility’s power needs. The

environmental assets associated with

the system will offset an estimated 47

million pounds of CO² over 20 years, the

equivalent of removing an estimated

4,600 cars off the road for one year. AEN

City of Madera Officials Commission 1.1-MW Solar Array at Waste Water Treatment Facility

Company Launches Renewable Energy Initiative with more than 600 Solar Panels.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

(MassMutual) announced the completion of

a $2.4 million solar construction project at

its headquarters in Springfield, Mass.,

reaffirming its commitment to increasing

earth-friendly “green” standards in its

operations by reducing its environmental

impact and improving sustainability.

“By installing more than 600 solar

panels on the roof of our headquarters,

MassMutual has made great strides at

adopting earth-friendly operations, reduc-

ing our carbon footprint, and providing a

sustainable and renewable source of energy

for our campus,” said Roger Crandall,

President and CEO, MassMutual. “We

are very pleased and excited about our

renewable energy initiative.”

The entire system, which includes 528 PV

and 96 thermal solar panels, was installed

on a 40,000-square-foot parcel of Mass-

Mutual’s 9.6 acres of roof on its main campus

and has a life expectancy of more than

20 years. The thermal panels will provide

50 percent of campus hot water needs

while the PV system will provide 111 kW of

electricity, enough to power 22 average

Massachusetts homes annually. The panels

will also cut MassMutual’s carbon emissions

by 1,830 metric tons of CO² over the life of

the system.

The overall project took nearly five months

to complete. Various state-of-the-art tech-

nologies were used in the project, including

a white roof, which is a proven tool for

reducing roof temperatures and internal air

conditioning expenses, while also increasing

the operating efficiency of the solar panels.

“Not only will this solar system reduce

our operating costs and fuel consumption,

it will also provide an opportunity for

other area businesses and organizations to

learn about renewable energy technology,”

said Crandall.

The project also provided the opportunity

to recycle and donate materials that would

otherwise go unused. More than 2,000 boards

of foam insulation removed from the com-

pany’s roof were donated to the ReStore, a

nonprofit home improvement center that sells

leftover or unwanted building materials from

construction projects at a discounted price. In

addition, more than 250 tons of stone ballast

were removed from MassMutual’s roof prior

to the start of the project and will be reused

around the company’s main campus for

drainage and landscaping. AEN

MassMutual CompletesRooftop Solar Project

Photo courtesy of REC Solar

Newly installed solar panels on the roof of MassMutual’s headquarters.

5Alternative Energy News ■ January 2011

of solar power plants throughout North

America, designed, developed and built

Blue Wing. The project is owned by Duke

Energy Generation Services (DEGS),

part of Duke Energy’s Commercial

Businesses, and the power is purchased by

CPS Energy, the largest municipally-

owned energy company in the nation,

under a 30-year PPA. With a goal of

obtaining 100 MW of non-wind generation

by 2020, Blue Wing was CPS’ first

effort to meet that goal and represented

the company’s start into utility-scale

solar projects.

“The completion of the Blue Wing Solar

Project just goes to show that we can build

utility-scale solar here in Texas,” said Chris

Eugster, Executive Vice President and Chief

Sustainability Officer for CPS Energy.

“We are helping to lay out a strategy for San

Antonio to become a true sustainable city.

CPS Energy sees this as a long-term

solution, and hopes to bring more renewable

energy online in Texas and even more energy

efficiency programs.”

The ground-mounted thin film panels

are expected to produce more than 26,570

MWh of electricity per year—enough to

power 1,800 average households. Blue

Wing even includes a 500-kW demonstra-

tion area that is being used to test the

efficiency of eight different PV technolo-

gies, including a 50-foot tall concentrating

PV unit that tracks the sun’s movement.

“It’s a very exciting project for Texas,

which already has such a great renewable

energy market,” said Greg Efthimiou,

Corporate Communications Manager for

Duke Energy. “Since Duke already has

three large commercial wind power

projects in operation throughout the

state, working on Blue Wing was a natural

extension of our renewable energy

growth plan. We were delighted to work

with CPS Energy and juwi solar on a

project of this magnitude.”

Representatives at juwi solar were

unavailable for comment.

Construction started in April and the

installation began full operations in early

November, nearly two months ahead of

schedule. During construction, hundreds

of people were employed to help build the

enormous facility. Close to $2 million

were spent in local purchases and more

than 100,000 labor hours were generated,

which shows great promise for contractors

looking for work in future solar projects,

according to Efthimiou.

“In the U.S., developers need to set

realistic goals in dealing with wind or

solar projects because the reality is that

they don’t create hundreds of ongoing

jobs,” he said. “However, during the con-

struction phase, the industry puts a lot of

hard-working people to work and connec-

tions are made for future contractors. With

Blue Wing, we had roughly 115 workers

on site at the peak of construction.”

Even though Blue Wing is the first solar

project of its size in Texas, there are a

number of future solar farms in the works,

including six additional statewide projects

in the early stages of development. AEN

SAN ANTONIO (Continued from Page 1)

SOLAR POWER

Rosendin Electric Selected as the Winner forits Mineta San Jose International AirportSolar Array Installation.

Canadian Solar, a leading vertically inte-

grated provider of ingot, wafer, solar cell,

solar module and other solar applications,

announced that Rosendin Electric, the

nation’s largest private electrical contractor

and a 100-percent employee-owned com-

pany, was selected as the grand prize winner

of the Win with Canadian Solar Contest for

its installation of a solar array at Mineta San

Jose International Airport.

Rosendin Electric completed installation of

the new 1.12-MW PV solar electric system on

the roof of the airport public parking garage in

May. The solar array features 4,680 of Cana-

dian Solar’s high-performance CS5P-240

monocrystalline solar modules and is part of a

$1.3 billion initiative by the city of San Jose to

modernize the airport. The installation is

expected to deliver a projected annual output

of 1.7 million kWh—enough to offset at least

20 percent of the garage’s electricity needs.

“The San Jose Airport solar installation

serves as a wonderful showcase for our solar

engineering capabilities,” said Todd Mazza,

Division Manager for Rosendin Electric.

“Recognition for this project reflects the on-

going success of Rosendin Electric’s Solar

Division in designing and installing sustain-

able power solutions for a wide variety of

public facilities. In the past 18 months, we

have delivered 10 MW of solar power in the

state of California alone.”

As recipient of the Win with Canadian

Solar grand prize, Rosendin Electric will

receive $3,000 and a profile of the airport

solar installation project submission in

SolarPro magazine. Rosendin Electric’s

submission was chosen as the grand prize

winner based on engineering skill, environ-

mental impact, creativity and aesthetics. AEN

Rosendin Electric AwardedGrand Prize in “Win with Canadian Solar” Contest

build components for solar equipment. To

lure those companies into the state, Ohio is

offering a number of incentives, including a

certainty of demand for renewable energy, a

workforce that has industrial skills and needs

jobs, and tax benefits.

The state is guaranteeing demand through

a renewable energy standard that calls for

25 percent of the state’s energy to come from

alternative energy sources by 2025. Of

that, half must be produced from renewable

sources in Ohio. The standard requires 6,000

MW of new renewable energy capacity and

is expected to create more than 30,000 jobs

by 2030.

The specific carve-out for solar within the

state’s Advanced Energy Portfolio Standard

includes a 0.5 percent solar requirement, an

estimated 825 MW deployed or delivered to

the state by 2025. Ohio’s nearby states as

well as Ohio itself have solar set-asides

requiring a combined total of 4,000 MW of

solar energy, according to the state’s Energy

Resources Division. The state is in a good

position to supply energy to neighboring

states as well. Central Ohio is within a day’s

drive of New York City, Washington, D.C.,

Atlanta, Toronto, Chicago and St. Louis.

Ohio’s workers are an additional incentive

to solar manufacturers. The state’s unem-

ployment rate is slightly above the national

average—at 10.3 percent in October 2010—

and many of its workers have industrial skills

developed in Ohio’s historic industries. Ohio

is the third-largest manufacturing state in the

country, as measured by gross state product.

These workers have skills that are related to

those needed by the solar industry and are

thus easily transferable, according to

McQuade. The state is assisting them in

transferring their skills to jobs in the solar

industry through a vigorous training program.

“Workforce is one of the largest cost inputs

that a company faces—oftentimes it is the

largest,” said Christina Panoska, Advanced

Energy Development Manager for the Ohio

Energy Office. “Incentives provided by the

state allow companies to hire the workers and

offer the training to get them up to speed.”

In addition, Ohio has passed a package of

tax incentives that make the state the lowest

business-tax state in the Midwest. Six years

ago, Ohio eliminated its corporate income

tax, and more recently, it has eliminated

real and personal property taxes for all

renewable and alternative energy equipment,

including those used in energy production

from wind, solar, advanced nuclear, and clean

coal sources.

These tax incentives are not a means of

compensating for poor tax policy, McQuade

insists—aside from the incentives, Ohio

industry bears a comparatively low tax

burden, but the special incentives for renew-

able energy assets help to attract companies

that are being pursued by many other states.

“If we were not able to make these claims,

we’d be noncompetitive,” he said. AEN

OHIO (Continued from Page 1)


WIND POWER

Nordex USA celebrated the official

opening of its flagship wind

turbine manufacturing plant in the

U.S. Representing a $40 million invest-

ment, the 150,000-square-foot plant is one

of the most modern production facilities

in the wind industry, optimized for lean

flow and reduced lead times for customers.

It positions Nordex as a domestic manu-

facturer of the highest caliber in one of

the biggest wind energy markets in

the world.

“There’s no way around it,” said

Thomas Richterich, CEO of parent

company Nordex SE. “To play in the U.S.

wind market, you need a made-in-the-

USA strategy. Our turbines are some of

the most powerful and reliable on the

global market, and now we can get them

to U.S. wind farms quickly and cost-

effectively.”

Gov. Mike Beebe and Arkansas Senior

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, joined with state

and community leaders for the event, fol-

lowing a tour of the plant. The total

planned investment for the site is $100

million, with further manufacturing capac-

ity to be added in a second phase in line

with market conditions.

The Nordex plant will build nacelles for

2.5-MW turbines that belong to Nordex’s

new third generation efficiency class—the

Gamma generation. Production began in

early October, and the first assembled na-

celle was on display. Nacelles house the

engine and other key turbine components,

and sit high atop the turbine tower. The as-

sembly time for a nacelle is about two

weeks, and the Nordex plant has the

capacity to produce 300 per year. One

Nordex turbine can power about 700

American homes.

“Energy is one of the biggest challenges

facing the world today, including the

U.S.,” said Ralf Sigrist, President and

CEO of Nordex USA. “These turbines

will help America secure a new domestic

energy supply without compromising

national security or the environment.”

Since breaking ground on the plant last

September, Nordex has hired 54 employ-

ees, about 80 percent locals, including

the first production crew. Job functions

range from production assembly, process

engineering, supply chain management,

facilities management, training, quality

assurance, safety, administration and

management.

Gov. Beebe, who has led Arkansas’ bid

to become a wind turbine manufacturing

hub, addressed the audience. “The clean-

energy sector has great potential for

creating high-quality jobs in Arkansas

and across the United States,” he said.

“Nordex has recognized that Arkansas

has the right location and workforce to

produce American-made components for

the North American wind industry.”

The Jonesboro production crew is under-

going extensive practical training. The team

spent 10 weeks at Nordex’s German factory

in Rostock, and now their German counter-

parts have set up residence in Jonesboro for

four months to work side-by-side with the

crew on their home turf.

Sen. Lincoln also shared remarks: “I am

proud that Nordex is helping make

Arkansas a leader in wind manufacturing,

and they chose well in selecting

Jonesboro,” she said. “I know that the

hardworking people of this community are

ready to get to work, and I look forward

to the job creation and economic

growth that are sure to result from

Nordex’s investment.”

Nordex has also built a 10,000-square-

foot training academy on site, and has a

partnership in place with Arkansas

State University to teach “mechatronic”

skills, which combine mechanical and

electrical know-how and are specific

to wind-turbine manufacturing. “We’re

making a long-term investment in our

workforce,” said Joe Brenner, Vice

President of Production. “These are not

just jobs, they are careers.” AEN

Nordex Celebrates Grand Opening of Wind Turbine Plant in Arkansas

First Wind, an independent U.S.-

based wind energy company, held a

ceremony to commemorate the start of

construction of the 102-MW expansion of

the company’s Utah-based Milford Wind

project. As part of the ceremony, local

and community leaders joined First Wind

at the project site in Milford, Utah, to rec-

ognize the economic and environmental

benefits of the project along with the sig-

nificance of recent project milestones that

include a long-term power purchase

agreement (PPA) and construction financ-

ing, both of which were critical in

spurring the current construction activity.

Milford Mayor Bryan Sherwood and

Millard County Commission Chair

Daron Smith joined with First Wind

officials and others in signing their names

to a turbine blade that will be erected on

the wind project.

The Milford Wind Phase II Project will

have the capacity to generate up to 102

MW of clean energy upon its completion,

enough to power about 22,000 homes.

Located in Millard and Beaver County,

Utah, the construction associated with the

installation of 68 additional 1.5-MW GE

turbines for the second phase of the project

began in July, with foundations being

poured in October.

The construction will be a source of rev-

enue and new jobs to the surrounding area.

For example, the 204-MW Milford I proj-

ect, which went online in November 2009,

supported more than 300 development and

construction jobs, and First Wind directly

spent about $30 million with Utah-based

businesses developing and building the

first phase of the project and another $50

million in statewide spending on items

such as wages, taxes and more.

“We are very pleased to accelerate our

construction activities for the second phase

of the Milford Wind project,” said David

Hastings, Vice President of Western De-

velopment for First Wind. “The expansion

and continued success of Milford Wind is

a testament to the project and the commit-

ment of our stakeholders, the state of Utah,

our host counties of Beaver and Millard,

our PPA partners—SCPPA, LADWP and

Glendale, our landowner group including

the federal Bureau of Land Management,

our contractor and subcontractors, and of

course, our lenders.”

RMT, which led the construction for the

Milford I project and is currently building

First Wind’s Kahuku project in Oahu,

Hawaii, and the Sheffield Wind project in

Vermont, is again leading construction ac-

tivities for the Milford II project.

“We are pleased to continue our partner-

ship with First Wind to expand the Milford

Wind project,” said Frank Greb, Vice Pres-

ident and General Manager for RMT. “As

with the first phase of the project, RMT

will hire local workers and subcontractors

whenever possible to ensure that the con-

struction of this expansion maximizes the

economic benefits for the surrounding

community and Utah.” AEN

First Wind Marks the Start of Construction on Milford II Project

Nordex USA opens wind turbine manufacturing plant in Arkansas.


Network to Result in Improvement to Forecast Accuracy.

Onsemble, leading provider of real-time

renewable energy data, announced the com-

pletion of the company’s hub-height wind data

network throughout the Electric Reliability

Council of Texas (ERCOT) region. With the

new Texas locations, Onsemble will offer real-

time, hub-height wind data near 95 percent of

the state’s wind farms. The completion and

launch of the Onsemble Network in ERCOT

makes it the first independent source of

hub-height wind observations in the region.

The new network equates to more than

100 hub-height observation points from

towers strategically located in close prox-

imity to the wind farms in Texas. Onsemble

sensors measure wind speed, direction and

temperature, and provide high-resolution

data reports in 10-minute intervals to

strengthen wind energy forecasts critical to

grid operators, utilities, power traders and

wind farm operators. Internal studies show

that Onsemble’s real-time data could

potentially provide double-digit reductions

in forecast error from short-term out to

24-hour lead times. These improvements to

forecasting accuracy are achieved via

better data—captured at hub-height and

other levels throughout the rotor plane.

“The electrical grid in Texas, where wind

represents approximately 10 percent of the

state’s energy, has already experienced grid re-

liability threats as a result of quick changes in

the wind. These events could become even

more dangerous as wind energy grows and be-

comes a larger piece of the energy mix,” said

Jon Kilberg, Onsemble Founder and President

of Torch Renewable Energy. “For wind energy

to prosper, the industry needs localized, hub-

height data to improve wind forecasts. With

better forecasts, grid operators can better man-

age energy loads and market participants can

better anticipate price changes.”

In addition to ERCOT, Onsemble is cur-

rently operating its real-time data network in

the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA),

the Public Service Company of Colorado

(PSCCo.) and the Southwest Power Pool

(SPP) utility markets, with a nationwide

build-out planned through 2012.

“With our proprietary network of high-

quality, localized data inputs, wind energy

forecasters for the first time have consistent

access to the real-time information they need

to produce the most accurate wind forecasts

possible,” said Anish Parikh, Co-Founder and

Vice President of Onsemble. “The industry

has long contemplated the possibility of im-

proving forecast accuracy with a network of

real-time hub-height observations. I am proud

to say that, with the support of our investors

and partners, Onsemble has completed

the first such network in ERCOT and is

delivering those observations today.” AEN

Onsemble Completes Real-Time Wind Data Network in Texas

WIND POWER

Company Finishes 2010 with Nearly 1,000MW of Wind Power.

With Duke Energy’s Kit Carson Windpower

Project in eastern Colorado now online and

producing electricity, the company has

nearly 1,000 MW of wind generation ca-

pacity in operation at nine U.S. wind farms.

All of the output from the Kit Carson site

will serve customers of Tri-State Generation

and Transmission’s member electric cooper-

atives and public power districts through a

20-year power purchase agreement. Kit

Carson consists of 34 General Electric wind

turbines capable of producing 1.5 MW each,

for a total of 51 MW. Construction at the

6,000-acre wind farm northwest of Burling-

ton, Colo., began in early 2010, and the facil-

ity achieved commercial operation on Nov. 19.

Kit Carson is the second commercial

wind project Duke Energy brought online

in 2010. The company’s 110-turbine,

200-MW Top of the World Windpower

Project near Casper, Wyo., reached

commercial operation in October.

Duke Energy has invested more than $1

billion to grow its commercial wind power

business over the last three years. The

company brought the following wind

farms online prior to 2010:

• The 283-MW (net Duke capacity)

Sweetwater Windpower Project in Nolan

County, Texas

• The 29-MW Happy Jack Windpower

Project in Laramie County, Wyo.

• The 59-MW Ocotillo Windpower

Project in Howard County, Texas

• The 153-MW Notrees Windpower

Project in Ector and Winkler counties,

Texas

• The 70-MW North Allegheny Wind-

power Project in Blair and Cambria

counties, Pa.

• The 42-MW Silver Sage Windpower

Project in Laramie County, Wyo.

• The 99-MW Campbell Hill Windpower

Project in Converse County, Wyo.

Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS)

is a leader in developing innovative

renewable energy solutions, including wind,

solar and biopower projects. DEGS builds,

owns and operates electric generation for

large energy consumers, municipalities,

utilities and industrial facilities. DEGS

is also working to build commercial trans-

mission capacity to help the U.S. meet its

energy needs of the future. AEN

Duke Energy Completes Colorado Wind Farm

Duke Energy’s Kit Carson Windpower Project in Kit Carson County, Colo.

Energy Standard, Ontario has an aggressive

provincial standard that includes strong in-

centives for alternative energy development.

Mortenson Canada recently opened an of-

fice in Mississauga, Ont., dedicated to renew-

able energy construction projects and services

in Canada. The new office, which opened in

December, comes on the heels of Mortenson’s

completion of its Gosfield Wind Farm near

Kingsville, Ont. The 51-MW wind farm

consists of 22 Siemens 2.3-MW turbines with

101 meter rotors—the largest rotors available

in the North American market.

Mortenson completed its first wind power

project in Canada in 2006, with the Prince 1

Wind Power Project near Sault Ste. Marie,

Ont. Developed and owned by Canadian-

based developer Brooksfield Renewable

Power Inc., the company handled the site

selection, land monitoring and up-front plan-

ning for past and future Mortenson projects.

Mortenson is responsible for engineering and

construction of the access roads, foundations,

collection systems, substation and erection of

the turbines.

Construction of the Gosfield project began

in January 2010 and was completed in

September. The wind farm provided

approximately $25 million in economic

support within a 75-kilometer region of the

site. Resources such as labor, supplies,

equipment rental, hotels and food were all

supplied through the local community.

“One of the most important aspects of

constructing wind farms is embracing the

community in the area,” Bergland said. “With

so much potential in Ontario, we plan on

staying here for multiple wind opportunities

and to do that, we hope to continue to stir job

growth with upcoming projects. The Gosfield

project had roughly 200-250 employees

during the time of construction, not

including the handful of full-time operational

employees brought on by Brooksfield.”

Mortenson’s latest wind power project is

the 166-MW Comber Wind Project, which is

currently under construction near Lakeshore,

Ont., located south of Lake St. Clair. The

wind farm broke ground in November and

will be completed in the fall of 2011. The sis-

ter project to Gosfield, Comber is expected

to bring an even greater economic impact to

the area since it is nearly three times the size

of Gosfield.

Comber will consist of 72 Siemens 2.3-

MW turbines and is expected to provide

electricity to more than 21,500 households

annually. In total, Mortenson has erected—

including wind projects currently under

construction—328 wind turbines, generat-

ing 687.2 MW of clean, natural wind

power in Canada. AEN

MORTENSON WIND FARM (Continued from Page 1)


Harper Designs Unique Furnace System with Carbon-Related Products from Renewable Resources

Envision Solar Selects MAGE SOLAR to Power Electric Vehicle Charging StationsM

AGE SOLAR, part of the globally

operating MAGE SOLAR GROUP

entered into a partnership with

Envision Solar International Inc., a leading

sustainable infrastructure designer and

developer, to provide panels for its new

EnvisionTrak™ tracking Solar Trees®, incor-

porating CleanCharge™ solar-powered

electric vehicle charging stations that have

been selected by General Motors.

“Envision Solar is one of the most innova-

tive solar designer and developers in the

world today, and is constantly ahead of the

curve in the products that it brings to the mar-

ket,” said MAGE SOLAR GROUP CEO,

Norbert Philipp. “We’re thrilled that Envision

Solar has chosen our modules to power some

of its most prestigious projects, including

supplying General Motors with CleanCharge

electric vehicle charging stations for its new

line of Chevy Volt vehicles. We look forward

to continuing this relationship and are excited

about the possibilities that it will bring.”

Envision Solar’s Solar Tree with

EnvisionTrak is a highly engineered parking

lot solar array, which is 20 to 25 percent more

productive than conventional fixed solar

arrays due to the incorporation of dual access

tracking that enables the canopy to follow

the sun throughout the day. In addition,

MAGE POWERTEC® PLUS modules, also

tested for salt and ammonia resistance, offer

high efficiency and are proven to maintain

high performance even when continuously

exposed to aggressive substances in the air.

“MAGE SOLAR’s modules offer a best-in-

class warranty and allowable tolerances from

zero to +5 watts, which lowers the total cost

of ownership for Envision Solar’s customers.

As a result, Envision Solar is able to maintain

the lowest warranty and service costs in the

industry. We couldn’t ask for a better partner

for this implementation,” said Bob Noble,

CEO of Envision Solar International Inc. and

Chairman of the Board for California Center

for Sustainable Energy (CCSE).

Envision’s CleanCharge solar powered

electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations will

enable cars like the Chevy Volt to leverage

clean solar power to recharge their batteries

without relying on carbon fuel generated

electricity. The Chevy Volt extended-range

electric car is expected to hit showrooms in

the next couple months and will be rolled out

initially in California, Michigan, Washington

D.C., Texas and New York.

“Envision Solar has moved into an exciting

phase of its evolution, and as we continue to

work with some of the most recognized

brands in the country, we need to ensure that

our partners are of the highest possible qual-

ity,” said Desmond Wheatley, Envision

Solar’s President and COO. “In MAGE

SOLAR, we have found just that. Its solar

modules are well-known as being among the

best on the market, and their reliability and

warranty ensure that we can count on MAGE

SOLAR’s products when implementing high-

profile installations.”

Pike Research forecasts that the market

for plug-in hybrid and battery electric pas-

senger cars and light duty trucks will grow

at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)

of 106 percent between 2010 and 2015, re-

sulting in sales of more than 3.24 million

vehicles during that period. AEN

solar cells, nano materials, flat-screen

displays, lithium ion batteries, advanced cat-

alysts and carbon fiber are all fairly standard

items in today’s world. Harper International

has played an important role in assisting

companies with the development and com-

mercialization of many of these advanced

materials with their highly engineered

thermal processing systems. AEN

Harper International Corp. recently devel-

oped a unique furnace system with dual

functionality for a national laboratory engaged

in research, development and commercializa-

tion of new advanced materials.

Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) is

researching the development of a wide range

of carbon materials from renewable resources.

Advanced carbon materials derived from

renewable sources would replace products

currently derived from petroleum. The objective

is to provide products with similar functional

quality at a lower cost thereby increasing the ap-

plications for these advanced carbon materials.

To simulate commercial production of

carbon materials, a continuous thermal

processing system was selected by the

ORNL research team. Precursor materials

planned for this development project have a

wide variation in both particle sizes and

particle shapes. These variations in precursor

materials would require two distinctive types

of furnace systems: a rotary furnace for one

type of material and a mesh belt furnace

system for other materials.

ORNL contacted Harper International for

assistance in designing a single continuous

thermal processing system that could satisfy

both requirements. Harper’s engineering

team developed the dual functionality fur-

nace due to limited space within the lab, and

the need for flexibility in processing a wide

variety of materials in both rotary and mesh

belt furnace systems. The Harper team de-

signed a multi-functional thermal processing

system that can be transformed from a rotary

tube furnace to a mesh belt furnace while uti-

lizing a single thermal platform.

“The design of this custom furnace system

demonstrates the commitment Harper makes

to provide solutions, investments and new

concepts to achieve the needs of our valued

customers,” said Rick Rehrig, Harper Vice

President of Sales. “The world of advanced

materials continues to change at an acceler-

ated pace. The engineers and scientists here

at Harper International provide custom

solutions and technical assistance for the

economical commercialization for the

advanced materials industry.”

The single thermal processing system fea-

tures a clamshell design that allows the top half

of the furnace to open, exposing the internal

section of the furnace. The rotary tube may be

removed from the system, allowing for the in-

stallation of a mesh belt within the same ther-

mal section of the furnace. Both furnace

systems have been designed to be gas tight and

operate with a variety of atmospheric gases in-

cluding reactive and corrosive gases.

The systems have been designed to operate

in the 1,000°C range

with thermal process-

ing cycles variations

from 30 minutes up

to 10 hours. ORNL

will have the flexibil-

ity to test and develop

new carbon materials

from a variety of

sources, including

renewables.

Advanced technol-

ogy due to the research

and development of

advanced materials is

now considered the

norm. Cell phones,

Photo courtesy of MAGE SOLAR

EMERGING teCHNOLOGIES

Harper Furnace System

OTHER alternatives


Liquid Fuel Technology Enables Clean and Green PowerL

PP Combustion LLC, a Columbia,

Md-.based innovator in liquid fuel tech-

nology, has successfully demonstrated

clean and green generation of renewable

electric power using both bio-ethanol and

bio-diesel. LPP Combustion has developed

a Lean, Premixed, Prevaporized (LPP)

combustion technology that converts liquid

fuels, including bio-ethanol and biodiesel, into

a substitute natural gas called LPP Gas™. The

LPP Gas has been used to fuel a commercial

Capstone 30-kW gas turbine designed for

operation on natural gas, allowing the gas

turbine to burn these liquid bio-fuels with

natural gas level performance and emissions.

The LPP Combustion fuel processing skid is

designed to enable real-time operation of gas

turbines on liquid fuels without requiring any

modifications of the combustion system.

Currently, combustion of bio-fuels in gas

turbines is accomplished by burning these

liquids as a spray. This spray flame mode of

combustion generates much higher emissions

of pollutants, such as NOx, CO and particu-

lates than the burning of natural gas.

However, the LPP Combustion system

allows these bio-fuels to be burned in the

same lean, premixed combustion system that

provides extremely low emissions from

natural gas operation. Emissions from the

Capstone gas turbine, operating in low-emis-

sions mode at 25 kW on LPP Gas derived

from these bio-fuels, are less than 5 ppm

NOx and less than 20 ppm CO, at 15 percent

O2, with no observable particulate emissions.

These emissions were lower than those

obtained during operation of the gas turbine

on natural gas. In addition, no problems

with combustion instabilities, flashback, or

autoignition have been observed.

The bio-ethanol fuels tested range from pure

alcohol with no water to ethanol containing

more than 30 percent water. Although the pres-

ence of even small amounts of water in ethanol

used for blending with gasoline causes

problems for automotive engines, the presence

of up to 30 percent water mixed with the

ethanol had no significant effects on perform-

ance or emissions from the gas turbine. The

bio-ethanol was provided by Dubay Biofuels,

a Stratford, Wis. company. Dubay has devel-

oped a proprietary process to create ethanol

from waste streams of food manufacturers.

The biodiesel fuels tested in the 30-kW gas

turbine included both a canola-based diesel

fuel that meets the ASTM specification for

biodiesel and a less expensive to produce,

off-spec form of biodiesel not suitable for use

in diesel engines. Both biodiesel formulations

also provided performance and emissions in

the gas turbine similar to natural gas, with

less than 5 ppm NOx and less than 20 ppm

CO, at 15 percent O2, and with no observable

particulate emissions.

These biodiesel fuels were provided by

Northern Biodiesel, an Ontario, N.Y. com-

pany. According to Northern Biodiesel, the

off-spec biodiesel can be produced at a sub-

stantially lower cost than traditional biodiesel

since the off-spec fuel can be made from a

wider variety of feedstocks, including beef

tallow and chicken waste.

Clean operation of gas turbines on biofuels

provides a reliable alternative to wind or solar

power for renewable electric power

generation. Gas turbines equipped with LPP

Combustion fuel skids can provide “dispatch-

able” (available on demand) renewable power

to complement new or existing wind or solar

farms. LPP Combustion enables the cleanest

use of renewable fuels by using existing

or new gas turbine infrastructure while

providing dispatchable, green energy. The

LPP Combustion system allows for fuel

flexibility, improved heat rate and reduced

maintenance for gas turbine operation on

liquid fuels without the usual 80 percent

increase in emissions associated with

conventional burning of liquid fuels. The LPP

System can be integrated into new combustion

systems or deployed as a self-contained

hardware skid that can be easily retrofitted into

existing natural gas-fired equipment without

modification of the combustion hardware.

This ease of installation makes LPP Systems

using liquid bio-fuels an exciting option for

industrial and utility scale power markets. AEN

wholly-owned subsidiary of Ormat

Technologies Inc.

“Our Goodsprings project provides a

reliable and consistent renewable energy

resource for our customers in southern

Nevada,” said NV Energy President and

Chief Executive Officer Michael Yackira.

“We are proud of the innovative nature of this

project as well as our company’s growing

presence in the renewable energy arena.

Additionally, we appreciate our partnership

with Kern River and the great work Ormat

has done in developing this project.”

The waste-heat-recovery project is

adjacent to the Kern River Goodsprings

compressor station. The project will use a

process to capture the heat from Kern River’s

Southern Nevada’s First Non-Solar Renewable Energy Project CompletedExecutives from NV Energy Ormat

Technologies Inc. and Kern River

Gas Transmission Company dedicated

southern Nevada’s first non-solar renew-

able energy project, the Goodsprings

Energy Recovery Station.

Located 35 miles south of Las Vegas, the

Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station is the

first renewable energy project owned by NV

Energy. The project is rated at 7.5 MW,

enough to supply approximately 4,500 homes

in southern Nevada.

Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station was

built in partnership with Kern River Gas

Transmission Company, a wholly-owned

subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings

Company, and by Ormat Nevada Inc., a

natural gas-fueled compressors, and then use

that heat to turn a separate generator to

produce electricity. To save water, the

project will use a dry-cooling system.

“Kern River is an advocate of increasing

energy efficiency while reducing green-

house gas emissions,” said Kern River

President Gary Hoogeveen. “We have been

happy to collaborate with NV Energy

and Ormat to recover the heat from our

compressors and turn it into energy to be

used by NV Energy’s customers.”

Ormat provided the project technology

and served as the project’s engineering,

procurement and construction contractor.

During construction the project employed

approximately 30 workers during peak

construction activity.

“We are pleased to have partnered with NV

Energy in the design, supply and construction

of the first recovered energy generation fa-

cility in Nevada,” said Ormat Technologies

Inc. President and COO Yoram Bronicki.

“This innovative, cost-effective project

will contribute to the success of Nevada’s

renewable energy economy.”

The Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station

is one of NV Energy’s 44 separate geother-

mal, solar, biomass, small hydro, wind and

waste-heat recovery projects under contract

that are either in commercial operation or the

project-development stage. The company’s

renewable energy portfolio is more than

1,200 MW. AEN

The Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station located in southern Nevada. Photo courtesy of NV Energy.

POWER PROFILES


AEN: Please

tell our readers

a little bit about

yourself and

how you be-

came involved

in the wind en-

ergy industry.

CJ: Over

the last two

decades, I

have had the

pleasure of working in all aspects of the

power industry. After five years with

FortisAlberta Inc., where I held several vice-

presidential roles overseeing regulatory and

legal affairs, as well as customer and

corporate services, I returned to TransAlta

just last year. I had originally spent 15 years

at TransAlta in a variety of senior roles,

including Vice President of Fuel Supply and

Hydro Operations and Vice President of

Transmission. The main reason for return-

ing to TransAlta was because I saw an

opportunity to join a strong leadership team

committed to growing its renewable energy

portfolio with a proven track record of

operational excellence. I currently oversee

TransAlta’s wind and hydro operations.

AEN: What can you tell us about

your company and its commitment to

wind energy?

CJ: Reliably, affordability, safely and

responsibly, TransAlta is helping meet

the growing appetite for electrical power

while minimizing the environmental

impact of doing so. With facilities from

Alberta to New Brunswick, TransAlta is

Canada’s largest producer of wind power,

operating more than a third of Canada’s

3,549 MW of installed wind capacity.

Over the last two years TransAlta has

successfully installed three new wind

facilities and completed expansions of

two existing facilities.

TransAlta has been growing its renewable

energy portfolio for 10 years and is the

leading publicly traded provider of elec-

tricity and renewable energy in Canada.

Our renewable generation portfolio now

totals 2,101 MW; including 1,162 of wind,

893 MW of hydroelectric, 25 MW of bio-

mass and 164 MW of geothermal energy

in California through a partnership with

CE Generation LLC.

We currently generate more than 1,000

MW of installed wind capacity at 16 facil-

ities across Canada. We have facilities in

four provinces, and our portfolio includes

the two longest-running wind farms in the

country and two of the largest wind facili-

ties in Canada. TransAlta is proud of our

history and leadership in the Canadian

wind power industry and in the years to

come we plan to dedicate the majority of

our planned growth to renewable power

sources including wind.

AEN: What areas of the wind industry do

you focus on?

CJ: In renewable operations, we are

focused on two main priorities that will

positively affect our business. The first pri-

ority is all about optimizing our existing

wind assets by developing “the TransAlta

Way” for operating them. TransAlta’s wind

business has more than doubled in the last

year as a result of greenfield additions

and the acquisition of Canadian Hydro

Developers. Combining the experience of

our people in wind with the overall

operational expertise within other fuel

types across TransAlta will enable us to

strengthen our competitive advantage in

the operation of our wind facilities. This

will also provide us with the blueprint to

quickly and effectively integrate new wind

assets into our portfolio as we continue to

grow our renewables business.

The other priority is to support the

company’s broader plan in the near term

to dedicate the majority of our planned

growth to renewable power sources

including wind. This growth will be

achieved through some project develop-

ment and through acquisition opportunities

in Canada as well as the western U.S.

AEN: What are the biggest challenges

facing the Canadian wind industry?

CJ: Transmission infrastructure, system

integration and management will always

be a challenge. And more recently, public

perception of wind facilities has been a

challenge for us in certain jurisdictions.

Our approach to facing these challenges

is simple. We have a long standing

commitment to building and maintaining

collaborative working relationships with

all of our stakeholders. By listening to and

learning from our customers, landowners

and regulators, and taking the time to

educate them about the benefits of wind

energy, we are contributing to a strong and

sustainable wind industry in Canada.

AEN: Where do you see the wind industry

headed in the next five to 10 years?

CJ: Globally, wind power is the fastest

growing form of new generation, and we

do not see a tangible reason for this to

change in the years to come. Demand for

power is going to continue to increase, and

customers will continue to expect reliable

power grids. Only through a diverse mix

of sources, including renewables, will this

expectation be met. AEN

Cynthia JohnstonVice President of Renewable Operations for TransAlta Corporation

AEN: Please

tell our readers

a little bit about

yourself and

how you be-

came involved

in the alterna-

tive energy

industry.

FC: I have

been the Gen-

eral Manager of

the TechnoCentre éolien since March 2009.

I have more than 10 years of experience in

human resources management, business

reorganization and change management, both

in the private and public sectors. As a

certified human resources professional

(CHRP), I hold a double MBA from Univer-

sity of Quebec in Montreal, Canada and from

Paris-Dauphine University in France.

Born in Gaspé, I have returned to live in my

native region to contribute to its economic

development. As the General Manager of the

TechnoCentre éolien, I worked on the

construction of a $16 million-dollar wind

farm in Gaspé dedicated to research and

development in northern conditions and

complex terrains. Indeed, the TechnoCentre

éolien owns and operates the site nordique

expérimental en éolien CORUS (SNEEC),

which features two 2.05-MW Repower

wind turbines. We offer different services

throughout the SNEEC, such as technical

validation, technological showcase, certifica-

tion assistance and development of products

and services.

Last November, the TechnoCentre éolien

won the Canadian Group Leadership Award

presented during the Canadian Wind Energy

Association’s (CanWEA) 26th annual

Conference and Exhibition held in Montréal.

This award pays tribute to the government,

company or nonprofit organization that has

contributed significantly to the advancement

of wind energy in Canada.

AEN: What can you tell us about your com-

pany and its commitment to wind energy?

FC: The TechnoCentre éolien is a nonprofit

organization whose mission is to contribute

to the development of a made-in-Quebec

industrial wind energy network that can

compete on North American and world stages

while promoting the Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-

Madeleine region. The TechnoCentre éolien

was founded in 2000 to support the develop-

ment of Quebec know-how in wind energy

while contributing to the economic growth

and industrial renewal by developing a wind-

related industrial network.

Back in the 1990s, the Gaspé Peninsula’s

main economic drivers (fishing, forestry and

mining) were in bad shape. Hundreds of

jobs were lost and the unemployment rate

was just under 30 percent. However, the

region has a great wind potential. Local

entrepreneurs and key stakeholders founded

the TechnoCentre éolien to promote the wind

energy development in Québec with a com-

mitment to assure local content for wind in

the Gaspé Peninsula. Our requests have been

heard. Since 2003, the Québec government

and the national utility have launched three

requests for proposals totaling 3,500 MW of

wind power who brought fresh air to the re-

gion’s economy. Right now, 1,000 people

work in the wind energy industry in the

Gaspé Peninsula and County of Matane.

AEN: Are there any new projects your com-

pany is currently working on?

FC: The TechnoCentre éolien works day

after day to continue the development of

wind power in Québec. We are currently

working on a variety of projects involving

technical assistance for businesses, such as

technical validation of a new generation of a

red flashing beacon in the northern climate

with Technostrobe, and technical validation

of a 25-kW wind turbine with a permanent

magnet alternator with Éocycle Technolo-

gies. In addition, we are also doing applied

research focusing on northern environments

and complex terrain, such as the Nacelle

anemometry project and testing a new

generation of anemometer with WESNet,

the Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Counsil of Canada (NSERC) Wind

Energy Strategic Network. We are also

developing a test bench for a trial hybrid

wind-diesel micro-system with compressed

air storage, and re-powering wind turbines

with new power train.

AEN: What are the biggest challenges

facing the Canadian wind industry?

FC: In Québec, we are facing a number of

challenges, including delivering the selected

number of projects, speeding up home-grown

spin-offs creation, continuing to support

companies’ financing and trade and export

capabilities, optimizing the supply chain, and

the domestic content requirements in other

jurisdictions, such as the U.S. and Ontario.

AEN: Where do you see the wind industry

headed in the next five to 10 years?

FC: I see the growth of the wind industry

continue to mature, especially with other

mergers and acquisitions. I also believe the

wind industry will focus more and more on

costs. As an industry, we will push the

frontiers: There will be more offshore

development and more wind farms will be

installed in very cold climates. We can also

expect that the smart grids will somehow

have an impact on the wind industry. AEN

Rise of Canadian Wind IndustryFrédéric CôtéGeneral Manager of TechnoCentre éolien (Wind Energy TechnoCentre)

Alternative Energy News ■ October 2010

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

11

Senate EPW Committee Passage of Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Applauded by Diesel Technology Forum

improve America’s air quality,”

Schaeffer said.

DERA has helped clean up tens of

thousands of diesel engines. It’s been

incredibly cost-effective—EPA estimates

that every federal dollar invested in DERA

translates into at least $13 in health bene-

fits. This cost-effectiveness is actually

higher thanks to state and local matches

that stretch the federal DERA dollars.

DERA funds also support new and exist-

ing jobs in clean diesel manufacturing, as

well as local jobs in installing and main-

taining the new diesel technologies. AEN

The passage of the Diesel Emissions

Reduction Act (DERA) by the U.S.

Senate Environment and Public

Works Committee (EPW) is being hailed

as a major step in continuing “a vital clean

air program that has benefited communi-

ties in every single state in the nation,”

according to Allen Schaeffer, the Execu-

tive Director of the Diesel Technology

Forum (DTF).

DERA (S. 3973) is a five-year re-

authorization of the highly-successful

program created in 2005 to establish vol-

untary national and state-level grant and

loan programs to reduce diesel emissions

by upgrading and modernizing older diesel

engines and equipment. The bipartisan

legislation was introduced on November

18 by U.S. Senators George Voinovich (R-

Ohio) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) and

cosponsored by several of their colleagues

including EPW Chair Barbara Boxer

(D-Calif.) and Ranking Member James

Inhofe (R-Okla.).

“Chairwoman Boxer and Ranking

Member Inhofe are to be commended for

their bipartisan work on DERA to help

modernize older diesel engines and

Could 135,000 Laptops Help Solve the Energy Challenge?Department of Energy Supercomputers toPursue Breakthroughs in Biofuels, NuclearPower, Medicine, Climate Change andFundamental Research.

U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu

announced the largest-ever awards of the

Department’s supercomputing time to

57 innovative research projects—using

computer simulations to perform virtual

experiments that in most cases would be

impossible or impractical in the natural

world. Utilizing two world-leading super-

computers with a computational capacity

roughly equal to 135,000 quad-core

laptops, the research could, for example,

help speed the development of more

efficient solar cells, improvements in

biofuel production, or more effective

medications to help slow the progression

of Parkinson’s disease.

“The Department of Energy’s supercom-

puters provide an enormous competitive

advantage for the United States,” said

Secretary Chu. “This is a great example of

how investments in innovation can help

lead the way to new industries, new jobs

and new opportunities for America to

succeed in the global marketplace.”

The projects include both academic

and commercial research, including

partnerships with companies such as GE

and Boeing to use sophisticated computer

modeling in the development of better

wind turbines and jet engines.

Specifically, the department is awarding

time on two of the world’s fastest and most

powerful supercomputers—the Cray XT5

(“Jaguar”) at Oak Ridge National Labora-

tory and the IBM Blue Gene/P (“Intrepid”)

at Argonne National Laboratory. Jaguar’s

computational capacity is roughly equiva-

lent to 109,000 laptops all working together

to solve the same problem. Intrepid is

roughly equivalent to 26,000 laptops.

The awards include nearly 1.7 billion

processor hours on the Department of

Energy’s advanced supercomputers—the

largest total ever—reflecting both the

growing sophistication of the field of

computer modeling and simulation and the

rapid expansion of supercomputing

capabilities at DOE National Laboratories

in recent years.

Awarded under the Department’s Inno-

vative and Novel Computational Impact

on Theory and Experiment (INCITE)

program, many of the new and continuing

INCITE projects aim to further renewable

energy solutions and understand of the

environmental impacts of energy use. The

program, open to all scientists, is

supported by the Department’s Office of

Science and managed by the DOE

Leadership Computing Facilities at the

Department’s Argonne and Oak Ridge

National Laboratories, which host some of

the world’s fastest supercomputers.

INCITE program goals include:

• Illuminating the roles of ocean,

atmosphere, land and ice in

climate change

• Advancing materials for

lithium air batteries, solar cells

and superconductors

• Understanding how turb-

ulence affects the efficiency

of aircraft and other

transportation systems

• Designing next-generation nuclear

reactors and fuels and extending the life

of aging reactors

• Developing fusion energy systems

• Improving combustion in fuel-

efficient, near-zero-emissions systems

• Exploring carbon sequestration

Projects were selected on a competitive,

peer review basis and evaluated for com-

putational readiness. Selected projects

were chosen for their potential to advance

scientific discoveries, speed technological

innovations and strengthen industrial

competitiveness, and for their ability to

make use of hundreds of thousands of

processors to work in concert to do so.

More than half of the projects are led by

university researchers, with the remainder

of the awards going to government and

industry scientists and engineers. AEN

BY JACK JACOBSI recently spoke with a client about his

new 5-kW photovoltaic solar system

that he had just installed on the roof of

his house. He told me that in less than

two weeks, the array had already gener-

ated enough electricity to power all of

his family’s needs for the entire month.

The 75-year old retiree didn’t exactly

seem like the quintessential solar con-

sumer, so I asked him why he decided to

install the system. He said, “It’s just the

right thing to do.”

After that conversation, it became clear

to me that society can only really change

for one of two reasons: (1) people are mo-

tivated by their own internal ideologies, or

(2) they are forced to change by a variety

of external forces.

My client clearly fell into the first cate-

gory. He believed that protecting the en-

vironment was a moral imperative, and

therefore must install solar panels because

he had a moral obligation to do so.

For the rest of the population that relies

more on external pressures than internal

convictions, peer pressure, economic in-

centives, social norms and the law play an

extremely important role in encouraging

social change.

The law, in particular, has historically

been used as a powerful tool to trans-

form entire nations almost overnight.

Even when the path of change was un-

popular or didn’t seem to make eco-

nomic sense, the law has been able to

force progress upon us. Such was the

case with ending slavery, mandating

civil rights, allowing women the right to

vote and prohibiting child labor.

If clean air and water are important na-

tional goals, and if climate change is

something that we have an obligation to

reverse, then making electricity from re-

newable sources of energy is nothing short

of a duty. And so if all other forms of mo-

tivation are failing to help us move away

from an oil-based economy and toward re-

newable energy, then the law must inter-

cede and demand change.

With a few strokes of a pen, legislatures

could take small actions to amend laws

and end the status quo. For example, they

could revise the building code to require

the installation of solar systems on all new

buildings and replacement rooftops. As a

result, the solar energy industry would

grow, carbon emissions would slowly

drop off and thousands of new jobs would

be created.

The time has come for change. The

stagnation that accompanies status quo

is taking its toll on the economy and the

environment. If ideology, peer pressure

and social norms are not enough to en-

courage the widespread adoption of

clean energy technology, then the law

must be called in to impose the “right

thing to do” upon society.

Jack Jacobs is the Founder and Manag-ing Partner of Cleantech Law Partners, aboutique law firm that represents renew-able energy project developers and clean-tech companies. A special thanks toRachel McClure for her help in preparingthis article. Jacobs can be reached at [email protected]. AEN

How the Law Can Save the World

POLICY PERSPECTIVES

MONEY MATTERS


James Hardie Building Products Inc.

announced the receipt of a federal grant

worth $756,000 to help offset the cost

of updating its fiber cement recycling

operations in Peru, Ill. James Hardie

was awarded the grant by the Illinois

Department of Commerce and Economic

Opportunity (DCEO) as part of the

Federal American Recovery and Reinvest-

ment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

The Illinois Department of Commerce

and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)

administers a portfolio of programs under

the State Energy Plan that is designed to

invest in the development of Illinois’ green

economy including renewable energy

resources, energy efficiency, green

buildings, biofuels and more. The money

received through the 2009 American

Recovery and Reinvestment Act allowed

DCEO’s State Energy Office to develop

new programs and expand current

programs in order to fund cost-effective

energy projects that create and retain Illi-

nois jobs, reduce energy consumption and

costs, increase renewable energy capacity,

and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The grant money will offset the cost of

equipping James Hardie’s trim manufac-

turing plant in Peru, Ill., with new, more ef-

ficient fiber cement recycling machines.

The hi-tech new equipment will collect and

reclaim off-specification HardieTrim®

XLD® boards and fiber cement dust for

use in James Hardie’s new line of crown

mouldings: HardieTrim Crown Mouldings.

“It’s a great example of how sustain-

ability can be good for business,” said

Tom Jagiella, Trim Engineering Manager

at James Hardie. “Sometimes errors occur

during the manufacturing process, which

result in boards that don’t measure up to

James Hardie’s quality standards. The

standard practice within the industry is that

off-spec boards are sent to a landfill. With

this equipment we’re able to convert them

into high-quality marketable products.”

The new equipment will allow James

Hardie to improve this process.

As a new addition to James Hardie’s

line-up of fiber cement products, Hardi-

eTrim Crown Mouldings represent less

than one percent of the output of the Peru,

Ill., facility and are currently produced

using only recycled materials.

The project qualified for DCEO/ARRA

funding in the category of “Recycled

Content Products,” which is considered

part of “Green Industry.” The $756,000

grant will cover 50 percent of the $1.5

million projected cost of equipping the

facility. The remaining 50 percent will be

covered by James Hardie. The State

Energy Plan is providing more than $100

million in grants statewide, resulting in

more than 12,000 green sector jobs being

created over the next two years and lever-

aging almost $1 billion in investment. AEN

Environment Education Group and ViridianPromote Renewable Energy.

The Environment Education Group has re-

cently discovered a new way to address their

mission of promoting the use of renewable en-

ergy sources throughout New Jersey. The EEG

has seen a new way for Viridian, a third-party

energy-provider, to raise money for nonprofit

organizations while helping their members

save money and green the environment.

According to Louis Paulucci, an EEG

Trustee, New Jersey’s nonprofit service, re-

ligious and educational organizations can

sign up as Associates with Viridian. The

nonprofit shares information with their

members and for every member who

chooses Viridian for their basic generation

service, the nonprofit receives $2 per month

residual income, as long as the member re-

mains a Viridian customer. EEG will help

the nonprofit with information and choices

to educate members. There are additional

cash bonuses of $250 to $4,500 available to

nonprofits depending on how many of their

members switch to Viridian.

“Nonprofits are always looking for new

resources and all of us are interested in

reducing our negative impact on the

environment,” said Paulucci. “Our relation-

ship with Viridian offers the triple benefit of

supporting community nonprofits, saving

people money and reducing dependence on

polluting energy sources.”

Since 1999 when the New Jersey Energy

Choice program was initiated, New Jersey

residents and organizations have had the

right to choose their electricity generation

supplier—just as they have the right to choose

a telephone service provider. However, up

until April of 2010, only 625 residential

customers took advantage of the opportunity.

The turning point came when Viridian entered

the New Jersey marketplace offering an

alternative source of electricity that includes

20 percent or 100 percent renewable sources,

such as wind and solar. In New Jersey, cus-

tomer service is still provided by your current

energy company (PSE&G, JCP&L, Atlantic

City Electric), with only the “basic generation

service” line on the bill changing to Viridian

when the switch is made.

Since April, more than 65,000 environ-

mentally-conscious New Jersey residents

have made the switch, saving on their electric

bills. In addition, more than 160 nonprofits

have signed up as Associates to promote the

program and generate residual income.

Before the program launched in New Jer-

sey, the first nonprofit to sign up in Con-

necticut was the University of Connecticut’s

athletic scholarship fund. Tickets to UConn

athletic events carried information encourag-

ing fans to go green, save money and support

the school’s fundraising by switching their

electricity generation supplier to Viridian.

The monthly residual income generated by

the promotion resulted in a new altruistic

scholarship fund at the school which other-

wise would not have been possible. Currently

UConn has a base of more than 2,700

customers and each month $2 goes to the

scholarship fund for each customer.

Paulucci envisions similar success stories

as more nonprofits participate in the program

in New Jersey. “This is an innovative way for

individuals and the organizations they’re

affiliated with to benefit while helping the

environment,” he said. “It takes less than five

minutes to sign up online, there’s no contract,

no credit check, no hidden charges, all rate

tax is included and there is no additional cost

to make the switch. Unlike other third-party

electric suppliers who charge a premium for

clean energy, Viridian supplies it at a dis-

count. Their 20 percent renewable energy is

almost three times the state mandate.” AEN

James HardieAwarded StimulusFunds for Fiber CementRecycling

New Jersey Nonprofits Find New Funding Source WhileHelping to Green the Environment

First-of-its-Kind Investment Vehicle for Energy Infrastructure Sector.

Hunt Power, Marubeni Corporation, John

Hancock Life Insurance (USA), TIAA-CREF

and OPTrust Private Markets Group an-

nounced they have agreed to form Electric

Infrastructure Alliance of America (EIAA)

and Gas Infrastructure Alliance of America

(GIAA) as real estate investment trusts

(REITs) to invest in the energy infrastructure

and gas storage and delivery sectors in the

U.S. These alliance members will invest up

to $2.1 billion to develop and acquire elec-

tricity and gas transmission and distribution

assets, primarily in Texas, the Great Plains

and the desert Southwest. These will be the

first REITs of their kind in the electricity and

gas transmission and distribution sector.

“This is an innovative direct investment

alliance, leveraging the expertise and active

participation of the members, within a new

REIT structure that will help to mobilize

capital to invest in the electricity and gas

transmission and distribution sectors,” said

Kirk Baker, Chairman and President of both

EIAA and GIAA, and Senior Vice President

of Hunt Power.

Subsidiaries of Hunt Power will manage

the REITs and will invest up to $322.5 mil-

lion in cash and assets in the alliance,

Marubeni will invest up to $500 million, John

Hancock will invest up to $450 million,

TIAA-CREF will invest up to $450 million,

and OPTrust will invest up to $400 million.

“Marubeni, as a leading Japanese investor

in the global electric power market, is pleased

to join with other world-class investors to

look for potential opportunities in the U.S.

electric power transmission and distribution

sector,” said Toshi Fukumura, Senior Vice

President at Marubeni Power International

Inc. “This investment provides a strong plat-

form for growth in the U.S. transmission and

distribution sector.”

“EIAA and GIAA are actively seeking to

partner with utilities, co-ops, municipalities

and local distribution companies seeking ex-

pertise and capital to upgrade and expand

their infrastructure systems,” said Jerry Han-

rahan, Managing Director, John Hancock

Power and Project Finance. He added, “EIAA

and GIAA will have the financial strength,

broad industry expertise and the ability to

transact as opportunities are identified.”

“TIAA views energy infrastructure serv-

ices in the U.S. southwest as a good addition

to our growing portfolio in infrastructure,”

said Lisa Ferraro, Managing Director, Energy

& Infrastructure, TIAA-CREF. “This alliance

unites a strong developer and manager with

substantial investors so that all can partici-

pate in the growth of the region for the long

term benefit of our respective clients.”

“We are all pleased to be investing in a

new and innovative REIT investment ve-

hicle that represents a transformative

means of mobilizing capital in the

electricity infrastructure sector. As a group

of active investors in this alliance, we all

look forward to unlocking the operational

and financial potential this transaction

provides,” said Kevin Warn-Schindel,

Group Head & Managing Director of

OPTrust Private Markets Group.

As part of this transaction, EIAA will ac-

quire an interest in Sharyland Distribution

and Transmission Services (SDTS), an affil-

iate of Hunt Power. SDTS will own five line

segments and four substations that have been

proposed as part of the Competitive Renew-

able Energy Zone (CREZ) transmission build

out in the Electric Reliability Council of

Texas (ERCOT). The facilities will be built

by Sharyland Utilities, L.P., and once

completed, will form a loop in the Texas

Panhandle and South Plains that will bring

wind power to major load centers in Texas

while enhancing reliability. Applications for

regulatory approval have been filed with the

Public Utility Commission of Texas for all

five segments, with final decisions expected

by May 2011. Construction is expected to be

completed in 2013. There will be no changes

from an operational perspective, as Sharyland

Utilities will continue to operate the assets

as a regulated utility and will continue its

activities under the jurisdiction of the Public

Utilities Commission of Texas. Possible fu-

ture acquisitions by EIAA could significantly

expand the group’s activities into other

regions of the U.S. AEN

Innovative $2.1 Billion Energy Infrastructure REIT Launched

First Dual-Certified PV Cable from a U.S. Manufacturer

AmerCable, the industry leader in photovoltaic cablemanufacturing, has announced their new AmerSolcable–the first dual-certified (TÜV and UL) PV cablefrom a U.S. manufacturer. AmerSol is a versatile single-conductor PV cable that is designed to meet the varying needs of the solar industry. Applicationsinclude connection to module junction boxes and required cable routing in balance of system (BOS) integration. The cable is rated 600V UL and 1000VTÜV, featuring two-layer construction utilizing a lowsmoke halogen-free, flame-retardant and sunlight-resistant cross-linked compound outer layer and halogen-free thermoset polyolefin inner layer.

AmerCable(tel) 800-643-1516 www.amercable.com

New Helio Protection Brand of Products for Solar Industry

Mersen (formerly Ferraz Shawmut) announced therelease of the industry’s first UL 2579 listed rangeof dedicated photovoltaic fuses, Helio Protectionfuses. Within the Helio Protection brand, Mersenintroduces three new fuse lines: HP6M, HP10M andHP6J. Designed to provide superior overcurrentprotection at the combiner box and inverter levels,the new series covers applications ranging from 1to 400A, 600VDC and 1000VDC. The enhancedfuse construction of the Helio Protection seriesmakes it ideal for continuous temperature and cur-rent cycling withstand, adding to system longevity.

Mersen(tel) 978-462-6662www.mersen.com

Commercial Disconnect Combiners

SolarBOS is pleased to announce the addition of100 and 200 amp disconnects to their popular Dis-connect Combiner box product line. The completerange of solutions now includes 55, 100, 150, 200and 245 amp disconnects, and these can be spec-ified with up to 36 input circuits in NEMA-3, 3R, 4 and 4X enclosures. SolarBOS Disconnect Combiners incorporate an integrated 600 VDCload-break switch into the combiner box, allowingsystem integrators to greatly simplify the designand installation of a PV system.

SolarBOS(tel) 925-456-7744 www.solarbos.com


NEW PRODUCTS

Fastest and Easiest-to-Install Rooftop Solar System

Solyndra Inc., an American manufacturer ofcylindrical PV systems for large commercialrooftops, introduced the Solyndra 200 Series.The new product offers fast, simple installation,a low distributed load and low overall installedcost. Building owners with older or “value engi-neered” rooftops benefit from the lightweightpanels (roof load of 2.8 lbs/ft2) that have noneed for penetrations or ballasting, and can beinstalled significantly faster than flat panels ona typical roof. This minimizes business disrup-tion during installation and dramatically reduceslabor costs.

Solyndra Inc.(tel) 877-511-8436 www.solyndra.com

New Dry Pump for Solar Crystal Pullerand Laminator Applications

Edwards, a leading global supplier of vacuum andabatement equipment and services, introduced anew GXS dry pump designed to support pumpingrequirements for silicon ingot manufacturing andlaminator applications in the solar industry. TheGXS provides the optimized thermal control anddust handling capability needed to meet the pump-ing challenges encountered in these processes.The high atmospheric pumping speed capability ofthe GXS also enables faster chamber pump down,reducing cycle times and improving throughput.The GXS pump is compatible with Edwards Fabworks data monitoring system so that pumpparameters can be monitored and trended in real-time via a central computer.

Edwards(tel) 800-848-9800 www.edwardsvacuum.com

Surge Protection Device for Solar Applications

Color coded, modular plug-in and DIN-railmounted design with voltage rejection feature andeasyID™ visual indication makes the new CooperBussmann® Surge Protective Device (SPD) simpleto identify, install and maintain. As the first UL14493rd Edition recognized SPD for DC photovoltaic ap-plications, in addition to IEC61643-11 compliance,it is simple to specify for solar power applicationsglobally. Built-in, fast-acting short-circuit inter-ruption (SCI) technology for 600Vdc, 1000Vdc and1200Vdc systems safely shunts damaging surgesand over-voltages to ground. This high-performancecapability also eliminates the need for additionalfuses or over-current protection and associatedpanel space, providing PV users complete protection at substantial cost savings.

Cooper Bussmann(tel) 636-527-3877www.cooperbussmann.com/surge

New Cost-Effective Materials for Photovoltaics

Drawn from its portfolio of high-performance poly-mers, UV-resistant DuPont™ Rynite® PET resins offeran excellent balance of properties which makes theman ideal candidate for the cost-effective manufactur-ing of photovoltaic module frames and components.Two specific grades are currently available fromDuPont for these applications: Rynite® 935SUV is a 35 percent glass-fiber/mineral reinforced, UV stabilized grade of polyethylene terephtalate (PET)suitable for injection molding; Rynite® 540SUV is a 40 percent glass-fiber reinforced, UV stabilized gradeof PET suitable for extrusion and injection molding.Both grades combine high stiffness with low warpageand have been specifically developed for long-termoutdoor applications.

DuPont(tel) 800-441-7515 www.dupont.com

Solar Thermal Water Heating Innovations

A. O. Smith is taking energy efficiency to newheights with the CIRREX™ Solar Thermal WaterHeating System. This all-in-one solution makesspecification and installation simple. Solar thermalcollectors provide up to 70 percent of the energyneeded for water heating from the sun, and theyare only a fraction of the cost of photovoltaic solarpanels. Available in 80- and 120-gallon models, A. O. Smith calls CIRREX one of the ‘greenest’ solutions available to homeowners today. With aSolar Energy Factor (SEF) of 2.5, the CIRREX system is ENERGY STAR qualified and eligible for a federal tax credit of 30 percent of the total installation cost without a cap.

A.O. Smith(tel) 866-362-9898 www.hotwater.com

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JANUARY

January 17-20 World Future Energy Summit 2011 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates www.worldfutureenergysummit.com

January 18-19 Wind Power Romania Bucharest, Romania www.greenpowerconferences.com/general/event_listings.html

January 19-21 Synergistic SuperGrid for Transmitting Energy Overseas 2011 London, United Kingdom www.worldconferences.co.uk/conferences

January 24-25 Inverter and PV System Technology Berlin, Germany www.solarpraxis.de/en/conferences

January 24-26 Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer Austin, Texas, USA www.parksassociates.com/events/energysummit2011

January 25-26 Solar Power Generation USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA www.greenpowerconferences.com/general/event_listings.html

January 27-28 5th Annual Central and Eastern European Power Prague, Czech Republic www.platts.com/ConferenceDetail/2011

January 31-February 2 14th Annual EUEC-Energy and Environment Conference Phoenix, Arizona, USA www.euec.com

FEBRUARY

February 1-2 Offshore Wind Power Boston, Massachusetts, USA www.greenpowerconferences.com/general/event_listings.html

February 8-9 Offshore Wind Farms: Construction & Installation 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark www.offshorewindconstruction.com

February 17-19 International Conference on Energy Systems and Technologies Cairo, Egypt www.ourglocal.com/event/?eventid=4135

February 19-20 International Conference on Product Development and Renewable Energy Resources 2011

Hyderabad, India www.iacsit.org/icpdre

February 22-23 Solar Power Australia 2011 Melbourne, VIC, Australia www.solarpoweraus.com.au

February 22-24 Eilat-Eilot 4th International Renewable Energy Conference Eilat, Israel www.eilatenergy.org

February 24-25 GeoPower Americas San Francisco, California, USA www.greenpowerconferences.com/general/event_listings.html

February 28-March 1 Green California Summit Sacramento, California, USA www.green-technology.org/gcsummit/index.html

MARCH

March 1 Deep Water Offshore Wind London, England www.offshorewindconference.com

March 1-3 Energy Indaba 2011 Johannesburg, South Africa www.energyindaba.co.za

March 8-10 Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo Tampa, Florida, USA www.renewableenergyworld-events.com/index.html

March 14-17 EWEA 2011 Brussels, Belgium www.ewec2011.info

March 15-17 SOLARCON China 2011 Shanghai, China www.semi.org.cn/solarconchina/en

March 23-24 Offshore Wind Power Development 2011 Shanghai, China www.offshorewindpowerasia.com

March 23-26 Energising South East Asia Perth, Western Australia, Australia www.energisingsea.com.au

March 31-April 2 Sustainable Environment Technologies SET2011 Los Angeles, California, USA www.set2011.com

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