ASERTTI News
ASERTTI's Fall Meeting Agenda Set
Please join us for the Fall ASERTTI meeting,
October 23-26, 2007, at the Sagamore Resort (www.thesagamore.com)
on New York's beautiful Lake George. This year's
meeting includes a keynote address from New York
State Energy Research and Development Authority's
(NYSERDA) President Paul Tonko, in-depth discussions
about ongoing and new ASERTTI programs and
cost-shared project opportunities, and highlights of
cutting-edge clean energy programs in the Northeast.
In addition, we will have a special in-depth look
inside the energy innovations and opportunities at
NYSERDA – covering buildings, biofuels, power
systems and more. To view the agenda and register
click here.
4th Annual Ammonia Fuel Conference
Register now for the 4th annual Ammonia Fuel
Conference scheduled for October 15 & 16, 2007 in
San Francisco, California. It has been a very
encouraging year for the Ammonia Fuel Network (AFN).
A patent for a new energy-efficient ammonia
synthesis process has been submitted, direct ammonia
fuel cell work has made impressive strides,
demonstrations of ammonia in SI and CI engines are
taking place and more are scheduled for the summer
months of 2007, and a wind-to-ammonia demonstration
project is just a matter of months away. In
addition, ammonia has been added to the list of
official alternative vehicle fuels in the state of
Washington, and the AFN of ammonia fuel enthusiasts
has grown by over a hundred individuals. The
conference registration fee is $150 and will include
two days of continental breakfast, lunch, and
meeting room rental/set up. Please visit
http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/ammonia/home.html
to register online today. You can also view a draft
agenda at
http://www.energy.iastate.edu/becon/download%20NH3/AmmoniaMtg07.html.
Latest EERE Organizational Chart
A number of management changes have occurred at
the Department of Energy's Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy over the past
several months. The updated organizational chart
with the latest program manager and other
assignments can be found
here.
ASERTTI State and Local News
Updated State-by-State Solar Incentive Summary
Tables
Segue Energy Consulting, LLC, under subcontract to
NREL and with the assistance of DSIRE, developed two
state-by-state incentive summary tables – one for
photovoltaics and one for solar water heating – in
April 2007. The tables are an easy reference for
identifying tax credits, sales and property tax
incentives, rebates, grants, performance-based
incentives, loans, and net metering offered by
states and utilities. Each entry in the table is
hyperlinked to the DSIRE summary for further
information.
The summary tables are also available online; please
click on the links below:
*ASERTTI Member Highlight – DSIRE database is
operative by an ASERTTI member, the NC Solar Center
“Cleaning Your Air” at the University of Illinois
There is a collaborative effort underway between the
Energy Resources Center (ERC) and the Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at the
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) dedicated to
research in the growing field of air cleaning. This
important research looks at a procedure which cleans
recirculated air of indoor contaminants to promote
energy efficiency. By utilizing a process that
recirculates the air, there is less demand for
outdoor air and a reduction in the cost to condition
it. This collaborative effort underway at the Air
Cleaning Technology Laboratory (ACTLab) evaluates
the innovative technologies necessary for
alternative air cleaning processes and was made
possible through funding provided by the National
Center for Energy Management and Building
Technologies (NCEMBT) as part of a cooperative
agreement with the Department of Energy and UIC.
For more information about ACTLab and the expanding
field of air cleaning, please click on the link
below to view a full feature on the programs
underway at UIC.
*ASERTTI Member Highlight – ERC is an ASERTTI member
Consortium to Spearhead Renewable Energy
Transmission Initiative
California has long sought to capture some of the
country’s best geothermal, wind and solar resources
throughout California’s deserts and hillsides but
has consistently faced the challenge that these
resources are often far from the electric
transmission grid. As a means around this barrier,
California formed a public-private partnership
called the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
(RETI) to consider the feasibility of building new
transmission lines to access renewable generation.
The goal is to bring green electricity to the grid
as it is generated from isolated areas of the state
or possibly adjoining states. RETI is a means to
rapidly develop green energy to meet the state's
mandate of producing 20 percent of its electricity
from renewable sources by 2010 and goal of 33
percent by 2020.
The California Public Utilities Commission, the
California Energy Commission, the California
Independent System Operator (California ISO) and
representatives of publicly owned utilities,
including Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD),
Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA),
and the Northern California Power Authority (NCPA)
are spearheading the initiative. To learn more about
California's Renewable Energy Transmission
Initiative visit
www.energy.ca.gov/reti/ or click
here to view the California Energy Commission’s
press release on the initiative.
*ASERTTI Member Highlight – CEC and SMUD are ASERTTI
members
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