ASERTTI News
The Long Island – New York
City Offshore Wind Project
The Long Island‐New York City Offshore Wind
Collaborative is a newly-formed coalition of
utilities, State and New York City agencies –
including ASERTTI members LIPA and NYSERDA – seeking
to obtain power from an offshore wind energy
facility in the Atlantic Ocean south of Long
Island. The Collaborative is seeking information
from the wind power industry and other interested
parties, including community groups, to support the
development of a Request for Proposal (RFP) through
which the Collaborative will pursue a Power Purchase
Agreement (PPA) that would support the installation
of up to 700 MW of offshore wind generation by one
or more private developers. To learn more about the
Collaborative, please
click here. To link directly to the Request for
Information (RFI) page, please
click here.
Obama Administration
Announces up to $32 Million Initiative to Expand
Hydropower
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced
up to $32 million in Recovery Act funding to
modernize the existing hydropower infrastructure in
the U.S., increase efficiency and reduce
environmental impact. Funding will be competitively
awarded in the following two areas to a variety of
non-Federal hydropower projects that can be
developed without significant modifications to dams
and with a minimum of regulatory delay:
- Deployment of Hydropower Upgrades at
Projects >50 MW: These include projects at
large, non-Federal facilities (greater than 50
MW capacity) with existing or advanced
technologies that will enable improved
environmental performance and significant new
generation.
- Deployment of Hydropower Upgrades at
Projects < 50 MW: These include projects at
small-scale non-Federal facilities (less than 50
MWs) with existing or advanced technologies that
will enable improved environmental performance
and significant new generation.
Letters of intent are due July 22, 2009, and
completed applications August 20, 2009. The
complete Funding Opportunity Announcement number,
DE-FOA-0000120, can be viewed at FedConnect.net.
Projects are expected to begin in Fiscal Year 2010.
Please
click here to link directly to the full DOE
press release.
Obama Administration
Announces Availability of $3.9 Billion to Invest in
Smart Grid Technologies and Electric Transmission
Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Energy is soliciting
applications for $3.9 billion in grants to support
efforts to modernize the electric grid, allowing for
greater integration of renewable energy sources
while increasing the reliability, efficiency and
security of the nation’s transmission and
distribution system, as part of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Approximately $3.3
billion for the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program
and $615 million for smart grid demonstration
projects will help develop and implement smart grid
technologies across the country. The final FOAs are
available at
www.fedconnect.net. Search public
opportunities for the following reference numbers:
Smart Grid Investment Program (DE-FOA-0000058) and
Smart Grid Demonstrations (DE-FOA-0000036). To view
the full DOE press release, please
click here.
NC Solar Center at NC State is
seeing More Green than Red in the Residential
Building Industry
Recently, the NC Solar Center, located in the
College of Engineering at NC State University has
been seeing more green than usual. Given that this
green has grown through their partnerships and
technical support of the beleaguered residential
building industry, this is definitely a cause for
Wolfpack pride. Two recent green building
achievements by the High Performance Buildings (HPB)
team of the Center highlight the part NC State is
playing in transforming the residential market and
reducing its environmental footprint. In an email
from the US Green Building Council on June 24, 2009,
Dona Stankus and Marshall Dunlap of the Center
learned that the first multi-family LEED for Homes
project in NC had been certified Silver.
On this same date, the HPB team completed and
posted a new HBH Version 4 Checklist for the NC
HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) program which the Solar
Center developed and continues to administer for the
state. The entire set of Statewide Version 4
documentation, including the Checklist (PDF and
Excel) and Reference Manual (PDF), is now available
online at
www.healthybuilthomes.org. For more information
and to view the full press release, please
click here. |
