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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
solar News Update
LOCATION: Pueblo County
PLAYERS: Main Street Power, Pueblo County
THE SKINNY: Solar panels will be installed on nine different Pueblo County public buildings in a contract worth $5 million. The installation will deliver an immediate power savings of $35,000, say the participants. The panels will provide supplemental power to, among other structures, the Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center and the County jail.
QUOTE: “We don’t see any sign that the cost of electricity is going down in the future.” Pueblo county commission chairman Jeff Chostner
LOCATION: Outshirts of Grand Junction
PLAYERS: XCEL Energy, Abengoa Solar
THE SKINNY: First integration of coal and concentrated solar power in the U.S. The hybrid system at the Cameo facility uses a previously existing 44-megawatt coal plant and a 4-megawatt concentrated solar power installation. Operating now for a month, the facility is testing how concentrating solar power (CSP) can help a coal plant use less coal and produce the same amount of energy. Testing should be completed by the end of this year, when the Cameo plant will be shut down. Xcel anticipates that the project will increase the power plant’s efficiency by up to 5% and will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2,000 tons per year. The Cameo operation is expected to test the commercial viability of integrating coal plants with CSP. It is the utility company’s first demonstration project under the company’s Innovative Clean Technology program.
QUOTE: “If this project produces the successful results we expect, this type of solar thermal integration will help move the use of solar energy one step closer to being a potential technology for improving the environmental performance of coal-fired power plants.” Kent Larson, vice president and chief energy supply officer, Xcel Energy
LOCATION: Denver Internationa Airport
PLAYERS: Sharp Solar (National), Oak Leaf Energy, Xcel Energy, MP2 Capital
THE SKINNY: This new project financed and developed byMP2 Capital delivers 1.6-megawatts of solar powered jet fuel to help DIA offset the environmental and monetary costs of its jet fuel storage and distribution facility. It is expected to generate about 2,450,000 kilowatt hours of clean electricity in the first year of operation and approximately 47 million kilowatt hours during the system’s lifetime. Through a power purchase agreement, Denver International Airport will procure the electricity generated from the system from MP2 Capital for a period of 20 years.
QUOTE: “This project is a breakthrough in the airport industry as it relies on solar power to help reduce the carbon footprint of the fuel farm. Solar-powered jet fuel is the wave of the future as airports seek a cost-effective way to improve the environment.” Mark Lerdal, chief executive officer, MP2 Capital
LOCATION: Boulder
PLAYERS: Cool Energy, Xcel Energy
THE SKINNY: This is the first planned pilot field installation of the SolarFlow System in a Boulder commercial building. Xcel will provide research and analytical support. Designed for residential and small commercial buildings, the SolarFlow System is a combined heat and power (CHP) generation system that uses solar energy as its only input fuel. Features include energy storage and a control system that optimally apportions the system’s energy output between heat and electricity depending current weather conditions. Integral to the system is Cool Energy’s SolarHeart Engine which the system activates whenever the electricity produced is more valuable than the heat consumed.
QUOTE: “The system will not only provide substantial financial relief for homeowners, but also offset the need for utilities to add more generation facilities that are particularly costly during peak consumption periods.” Sam Weaver, Cool Energy CEO
LOCATION: Fort Collins
THE PLAYERS: Astralux Solar, Fort Collins homeowners in northwest corner of city
THE SKINNY: A neighborhood in the northern Front Range city has embraced solar power in a big way. Eight different homeowners got together and were able to take advantage of the Energy Partners buying group program from Boulder-based Astralux Solar to lower the installation cost for all. All told the community now has more than 50-kilowatts of solar PV operating within a two block area, with more to come. Particpants say they get the individual benefits of solar, and raise the home values in the entire neighborhood as well. Astralux Solar says its group buying program was created for just this reason.
QUOTE: “Many national solar companies have used this concept to swoop into neighborhoods and sell systems with no local presence at all. Astralux Solar is a born and bred Colorado company that uses the group model but offers a much more local, personal, service oriented experience. The people in this area are just amazing.” Osea Nelson, Astralux Solar specialist
LOCATION: Grand Junction
PLAYERS: Bella Energy
THE SKINNY: A 172-kilowatt system recently installed at the Colorado National Guard Readiness Center provides enough power to offset 450,000 pounds of carbon emissions, according to the participants.
QUOTE: “Not only will this energy project lay the foundation to meet our net-zero electricity consumption goal of 2030, it is also important in how we will manage and design our facilities in the future.
PLAYERS: Main Street Power, Pueblo County
THE SKINNY: Solar panels will be installed on nine different Pueblo County public buildings in a contract worth $5 million. The installation will deliver an immediate power savings of $35,000, say the participants. The panels will provide supplemental power to, among other structures, the Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center and the County jail.
QUOTE: “We don’t see any sign that the cost of electricity is going down in the future.” Pueblo county commission chairman Jeff Chostner
LOCATION: Outshirts of Grand Junction
PLAYERS: XCEL Energy, Abengoa Solar
THE SKINNY: First integration of coal and concentrated solar power in the U.S. The hybrid system at the Cameo facility uses a previously existing 44-megawatt coal plant and a 4-megawatt concentrated solar power installation. Operating now for a month, the facility is testing how concentrating solar power (CSP) can help a coal plant use less coal and produce the same amount of energy. Testing should be completed by the end of this year, when the Cameo plant will be shut down. Xcel anticipates that the project will increase the power plant’s efficiency by up to 5% and will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2,000 tons per year. The Cameo operation is expected to test the commercial viability of integrating coal plants with CSP. It is the utility company’s first demonstration project under the company’s Innovative Clean Technology program.
QUOTE: “If this project produces the successful results we expect, this type of solar thermal integration will help move the use of solar energy one step closer to being a potential technology for improving the environmental performance of coal-fired power plants.” Kent Larson, vice president and chief energy supply officer, Xcel Energy
LOCATION: Denver Internationa Airport
PLAYERS: Sharp Solar (National), Oak Leaf Energy, Xcel Energy, MP2 Capital
THE SKINNY: This new project financed and developed byMP2 Capital delivers 1.6-megawatts of solar powered jet fuel to help DIA offset the environmental and monetary costs of its jet fuel storage and distribution facility. It is expected to generate about 2,450,000 kilowatt hours of clean electricity in the first year of operation and approximately 47 million kilowatt hours during the system’s lifetime. Through a power purchase agreement, Denver International Airport will procure the electricity generated from the system from MP2 Capital for a period of 20 years.
QUOTE: “This project is a breakthrough in the airport industry as it relies on solar power to help reduce the carbon footprint of the fuel farm. Solar-powered jet fuel is the wave of the future as airports seek a cost-effective way to improve the environment.” Mark Lerdal, chief executive officer, MP2 Capital
LOCATION: Boulder
PLAYERS: Cool Energy, Xcel Energy
THE SKINNY: This is the first planned pilot field installation of the SolarFlow System in a Boulder commercial building. Xcel will provide research and analytical support. Designed for residential and small commercial buildings, the SolarFlow System is a combined heat and power (CHP) generation system that uses solar energy as its only input fuel. Features include energy storage and a control system that optimally apportions the system’s energy output between heat and electricity depending current weather conditions. Integral to the system is Cool Energy’s SolarHeart Engine which the system activates whenever the electricity produced is more valuable than the heat consumed.
QUOTE: “The system will not only provide substantial financial relief for homeowners, but also offset the need for utilities to add more generation facilities that are particularly costly during peak consumption periods.” Sam Weaver, Cool Energy CEO
LOCATION: Fort Collins
THE PLAYERS: Astralux Solar, Fort Collins homeowners in northwest corner of city
THE SKINNY: A neighborhood in the northern Front Range city has embraced solar power in a big way. Eight different homeowners got together and were able to take advantage of the Energy Partners buying group program from Boulder-based Astralux Solar to lower the installation cost for all. All told the community now has more than 50-kilowatts of solar PV operating within a two block area, with more to come. Particpants say they get the individual benefits of solar, and raise the home values in the entire neighborhood as well. Astralux Solar says its group buying program was created for just this reason.
QUOTE: “Many national solar companies have used this concept to swoop into neighborhoods and sell systems with no local presence at all. Astralux Solar is a born and bred Colorado company that uses the group model but offers a much more local, personal, service oriented experience. The people in this area are just amazing.” Osea Nelson, Astralux Solar specialist
LOCATION: Grand Junction
PLAYERS: Bella Energy
THE SKINNY: A 172-kilowatt system recently installed at the Colorado National Guard Readiness Center provides enough power to offset 450,000 pounds of carbon emissions, according to the participants.
QUOTE: “Not only will this energy project lay the foundation to meet our net-zero electricity consumption goal of 2030, it is also important in how we will manage and design our facilities in the future.
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