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Week of October 29, 2001
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Green Power
CRS Attracts Top Professionals
to Implement $6 mil Contract to Boost Public Power Renewables
The Center for Resource
Solutions announced three new staff members to kick off a new multimillion-dollar
renewable energy program. The San Francisco non-profit recently received
a $6 million dollar award from the California Energy Commission to support
a variety of renewable energy research activities for municipal utilities
in California. The Public Power Renewable Energy Action Team has already
established a groundbreaking collaboration of municipal and cooperative
utilities interested in exploring new ways to bring renewable energy into
their power portfolios. The new staff will take the lead in helping California
public power agencies deliver renewables for Californians. Ray Dracker,
of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), began his preparation
and groundwork October 1st, as the Research Director of Public Power Renewable
Energy Initiatives. He will lead the research efforts and activities for
the California Energy Commission (CEC) grant. Dracker comes to CRS with
extensive experience in renewable energy, having been the Director of Technology
Transfer at NREL, and the Manager of Renewable Energy Development and Advanced
Industrial Technologies at Bechtel Corporation. His 20-year career covers
a broad spectrum of electric power, natural gas, and transportation energy
sectors. Another accomplished professional joined the team this month
as Manager of Public Power Renewable Energy Initiatives. Fraser Smith will
develop the activities of the Initiative overall, and direct and manage
the CEC-funded program. Smith gained his utility industry experience as
a management consultant with Decision Focus, Inc. of Mountain View, CA.
He brings significant program management experience from the software,
internet and financial services industries. “I plan to develop programs
and services to enable public power and electric cooperatives in California
and nationwide to bring renewables into their portfolios as a hedge against
financial and political instability,” Smith stated. CRS also
hired a new Development Director to maintain the organization’s flow of
resources, develop increased funding sources, and to administer the sizeable
CEC award. Maureen Smith comes to the team with an extensive background
in independent fundraising and a strong interest in environmental issues.
Ms. Smith will apply her grant writing expertise and financial planning
skills towards increasing the capacity of CRS to maintain the public power
initiative and its other national and international programs. With
its new team members in place, CRS is undertaking an aggressive program
to use renewable resources as a hedge against volatile electricity prices,
offer renewable energy services to public agency customers, and keep public
power competitive in the face of changing electricity markets. Ultimately,
the program will develop long-range renewable power procurement strategies
that can compete head-to-head with traditional power plant development
proposals. For more information on The Public Power Renewable Energy
Action Team, visit their page of the CRS website http://www.resource-solutions.org/CRSprograms/publicppreat.html
. The Center for Resource Solutions is a non-profit based in San
Francisco’s Presidio that works across the US and throughout the world
to encourage sustainable growth and promote the use of clean energy. More
information on CRS is available at http://www.resource-solutions.org
. Source: The Center for Resource Solutions 10/24/2001 .
Board Approves Santee
Cooper Offering
Santee Cooper, a state-owned
electric and water utility in South Carolina serving 130,000 retail customers,
received approval from
its Board of Directors to
offer a green power pilot program to its customers. Under the optional
program, residential and commercial
customers can sign up to
purchase blocks of renewable power at a price premium of 3¢/kWh. Initially,
the pilot program will be
offered to Santee Cooper
customers in Horry and Georgetown counties and to customers of Horry Electric
Cooperative. The green power will be supplied from a new 2.2-MW,
landfill-methane project at the Horry County landfill. Revenue collected
from the green power sales will be used for future renewable energy projects.
In market surveys conducted by Santee Cooper, 35 percent of the
utility's residential customers
and 58 percent of commercial customers indicated interest in purchasing
green power. http://www.eren.doe.gov/greenpower/santee_0901.shtml
. Source: Green Power Marketing Monthly Update - September
2001
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For more information: http://www.eren.doe.gov/greenpower/
or http://www.thegreenpowergroup.org/
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Renewable Energy Technologies
UniPrime Signs LOI
with Jessel for Wind Park
UniPrime Capital Corporation,
Inc. recently announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with
Jessel Enterprises, Inc. for a
partial interest in a wind
park ground lease. The ground lease, owned by Enron Wind Development
Corporation, represents more than 3,000 acres of prime natural land in
the Tehachapi Valley in California, which has an extremely high-quality
wind source, said UniPrime. The company said the output at
the facility is about 64 megawatts, which is enough energy for about 40,000
residential customers. The revenue generated from the Jessel wind
park is expected to be about $96 million per year. "We are very pleased
to have this opportunity to assist in providing a clean, environmentally
favored alternative power supply to California consumers, especially in
view of the recent crisis conditions that many west coast markets have
been experiencing," said UniPrime Capital Corporation president and CEO
Randy Russo. Contact: Randy Russo, UniPrime, phone 480-898-4285.
Source: Business Wire 10/22/2001 via EIN Renewable Energy Today
10/25/2001.
APS Plans Largest PV
Concentrator Project
Arizona Public Service Company
(APS) is planning the world’s largest high-concentration solar photovoltaic
(HCPV) project, using commercially available technology that evolved from
research and development supported in large part by EPRI. APS plans to
install 500 kW of distributed, 25-kW sun-tracking HCPV arrays at multiple
sites in Arizona this year. The plans were announced in April by APS and
Amonix Incorporated of Torrance, California, which developed and patented
the high-efficiency, potentially low-cost utility-grade PV generating technology.
Amonix’s fifty-five-ft (16.8-m) wide, forty-five-ft (13.7-m) tall HCPV
arrays are comprised of five MegaModule™ blocks, each rated 5 kW and mounted
on a two-axis drive-structure that tracks the sun with high precision.
Molded acrylic Fresnel lenses concentrate the sun’s rays by a factor of
250 onto small-area, point-contact silicon solar cells, which originated
from EPRI-funded work by researchers at Stanford University in a ten-year
program from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. During that time, APS was
among five EPRI-member companies that participated in a collaborative project
to supplement HCPV funding. With an overall efficiency converting
sunlight to direct current that exceeds seventeen percent, Amonix’s solar
array is projected to cost less than two dollars per watt when manufactured
in large volume. Achieving such production costs would make solar-generated
electricity more competitive with conventional sources and open the way
to broader application and market penetration. The first 100 kW of
APS’s HCPV project came on line on April 5, 2001, with the dedication of
four 25-kW arrays at the Glendale (Arizona) Municipal Airport. An additional
400 kW, or sixteen additional HCPV arrays, are planned for installation
at other locations this year. The Glendale installation—along with two
others in Prescott and Gilbert that involve different PV technology—brought
APS’ total installed solar generating capacity to nearly 1 MW. The utility
says it plans to have another megawatt of solar generating capacity installed
by the end of 2001. "We are pleased to reach the one megawatt milestone
with the dedication of these three plants, but it’s only the beginning,"
says Ed Fox, APS vice president for communications, environment, and safety.
"With the energy shortages faced across the country and especially the
West, every kilowatt of power we can generate
is important. These plants
showcase our commitment to developing earth-friendly, renewable energy
resources." Herb Hayden, APS solar program coordinator, notes that
the utility—the largest subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation—has
worked with Amonix for several years to develop the HCPV technology and
field-tested an earlier model of the Amonix array. "We’re pleased to be
constructing and operating these first commercial solar power generating
facilities, and we’re confident this installation will demonstrate that
high-concentration PV is ready for large-scale commercial use." When
completed and fully operating, the HCPV installations will generate over
1,000 megawatt-hours per year. Their output will be fed into APS’s electrical
grid and displace an equivalent amount of electricity that would have been
generated by more traditional methods. All of the utility’s solar plants
are financed in part by APS and nearly 2500 customers participating as
APS Solar Partners, who each pay $2.64 per month to have fifteen kilowatthours
of their electricity needs generated by solar power. Additional funding
support is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Utility
Photovoltaic Group. Amonix advanced its HCPV technology from concept
to commercial status through early collaboration with EPRI and with support
from DOE, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia
National Laboratory. "Our technology has an opportunity to play a major
role in solving our country’s energy crisis," says Vahan Garboushian,
president and founder of Amonix. "Our system can be readily manufactured
in volume and has great potential to be the world’s lowest-cost solar option."
Amonix’s HCPV technology is well-suited to high-volume production that
can be easily ramped up as demand for solar electricity increases. As with
most manufacturing industries, such as automotive and electronics, unit
costs decline dramatically with increasing production. These factors position
Amonix’s systems well for producing large amounts of solar electricity.
"Environmental benefits and cost are both important factors that must be
balanced, which is why APS has been so supportive of solar development,"
according to Hayden. "We’re excited about the potential that Amonix and
its high-concentration PV have as a large-scale solar generation resource."
Tom Tanton, EPRI general manager for renewables and hydropower, calls the
success of Amonix's HCPV technology "an excellent example of fruit born
through the determination and vision of collaborative research, development,
and demonstration. EPRI is proud of our contribution to this outcome."
For more information, contact Eric Dominguez at Amonix, edominguez@amonix.com,
310-325-8091, or Tom Tanton, ttanton@epri.com, 650-855-2470. Photo:
Amonix concentrator arrays installed at the Glendale, Arizona, municipal
airport. Source: EPRI 10/22/2001 via Solar e-Clips.
YNP Issues Contract
for Solar Roofing Project
Yosemite National Park (YNP)
recently issued a contract to Berkeley, CA-based PowerLight Corporation
to design and install solar
roofing panels for the park's
El Portal administrative site. The 350 photovoltaic panels will produce
47 kilowatts of electricity during
peak hours, which is about
10 percent of the building's energy demand cost during that time.
YNP said the solar panels are being installed in order to decrease the
park's consumption of grid-generated electricity, and support the President's
initiative to reduce federal energy consumption by 10 percent. The
project supports National Park Service's renewable energy efforts and the
Green Energy Parks Program, which is a partnership between the Department
of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior. YNP said the Green
Energy Parks program was established to promote the use of energy efficient
and renewable energy technologies and practices in national parks, and
to educate the visiting public. The Yosemite photovoltaic project
will be partly underwritten by grants from the California Energy Commission
and the Distributed Energy Resources program under DOE's Federal Energy
Management Program. Contact: Scott Gediman, YNP, phone 209-372-0248.
Source: YNP Release 10/2/2001 via EIN Renewable Energy Today 10/4/2001.
Two CA Wind Facilities
Begin Operations
SeaWest WindPower, Inc.
and PG&E National Energy Group (PG&E NEG) recently announced that
two new wind power projects in California, capable of generating enough
energy for about 40,000 homes, have begun commercial operations. The companies
said
the Mountain View Power
Partners I and II projects are located near Palm Springs, CA. The
projects are being administered by PG&E NEG and SeaWest WindPower.
The California Department of Water Resources will purchase power generated
at each site.
"We are very pleased to
add these two wind energy plants to our western power resource portfolio,"
said PG&E NEG West Region
president and chief operating
officer Tom King. "The Mountain View projects provide a clean, economical
source of renewable
electricity for California
customers, and will help ensure that the energy needs of the state will
be met by a reliable and diverse mix
of resources."
Both projects were built by SeaWest and purchased by PG&E NEG. SeaWest
will continue operation and maintenance at each site under an agreement
with PG&E NEG, who will market the wind energy generated at sites through
its Pure Wind initiative. The sites feature more than 100 600-kilowatt
wind turbines manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Contact:
PG&E Pure Wind program, website, http://www.purewind.com
; SeaWest, website http://www.seawestwindpower.com
.
Source: PR Newswire
10/1/2001.
Genencor Meets First
Technical Milestone in Biomass to Ethanol Project
Genencor International,
Inc. of Palo Alto, CA announced it has achieved its first technical milestone
in a three-year contract with the U.S. Department of Energy Biofuels Program.
The contract is administered by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
in Golden, CO. Genencor developed and validated processes for improved
cellulase enzymes that meet the intended objective at one-half the cost
of currently available technologies. Specifically, Genencor and NREL are
working to deliver enzyme systems that provide a 10-fold improvement in
the economics of breaking down cellulosic material (plant matter) and other
complex carbohydrates into fermentable sugars. These sugars are the raw
materials necessary for further refining into ethanol, organic chemicals,
and other bioproducts like plastics. Source: PR Newswire 9/2001
via Source: October 2001 Biobased Products and BioEnergy Newsletter.
Canada Sponsors Hydroelectric
Development
Industrialinfo.com recently
announced that Canada's Northwest Territories provincial government has
been examining the region's
major river systems as a
source for environmentally friendly hydroelectric power. According
to studies, the six river systems in the province could produce 11,630
megawatts (MW) of power. The province said that developing hydroelectric
power of this magnitude would require about $16.6 billion for new generation
construction alone, with several billion more needed for power transmission
lines and infrastructure construction. Officials said the Mackenzie
River system is the largest in the province and has the most potential
for future development. It is estimated that the river system has the capacity
to support the bulk of new hydroelectric generation construction, which
is at around $14 billion. By replacing fossil fuel use with
green power, emissions in Canada could be reduced by about 50 percent.
In addition, communities in the region would be able to share more than
$28 million of power sales-related revenues annually from power companies
located in the area. The power projects can also stimulate industrial growth
by attracting new support businesses to the area. Contact: Joseph
Govreau, Industrialinfo.com, phone 713-783-5147. Source: Business
Wire 10/19/2001 via EIN Renewable Energy Today 10/26/2001.
High-performance Coating
Materials for Use in Geothermal Energy Production
The objective is to develop
technologies that allow the coatings to self-repair and self-heal internal
cracks, and enhancing thermal conductivity of composite coatings.
In trying to design a smart self-healing polymer composite material that
can seal cracks in the matrix, restore strength in damaged areas, and also
retard the propagation of cracks, focus centered on developing two different
self-healing technologies. One is the use of the hydraulic inorganic fillers,
which are capable of crystal growth in a hot brine environment, and the
other is to incorporate micro- and nano-sized encapsulated healing agents
into the matrix. For the former technology, when specific fillers incorporated
into the matrix come in contact with hot brine in the fracture zone, they
must react quickly with brine to form a strong, tough hyper-crystal phase.
Consequently, the interaction of grown crystals would act to seal micro-
and nano-sized cracks. At present, several candidate hydraulic fillers
with CaO-SiO2, CaO-SiO2-Al2O3, CaO-Al2O3, and Al2O3-CaO phase systems are
being investigated. Contact: T. Sugama, BNL, 631-344-4029,
Sugama@bnl.gov . Source: Gerald Nix, Geothermal ESR&T Report
for the Week of 10/22/01.
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Outreach, Education & Reports
DOE Names SolarWise
As Top Program
The Department of Energy's
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently named SolarWise for
Schools, an educational
outreach program sponsored
by the WPS Community Foundation, one of the best programs addressing renewable
energy in the
country. NREL released
the report following a nationwide study of the leading factors that contribute
to the success of renewable energy programs. NREL said that "green energy"
pricing gives consumers an option to help support additional electrical
production from renewable resources such as solar and wind.
SolarWise for Schools was recognized for its 5,400 utility customers who
make voluntary contributions to the WPS Community Foundation when paying
their monthly electricity bills. These contributions go exclusively to
support the SolarWise for Schools program. SolarWise schools receive
a free curriculum package that includes a three-week unit on renewable
energy along with a complete set of audiovisual material and laboratory
equipment. SolarWise students also take part in the Solar Olympics. Source:
WPS Community Foundation Release 9/27/2001 via EIN Renewable Energy Today
10/2/2001.
Avian Collisions with
Wind Turbines
A Summary of Existing Studies
and Comparisons to Other Sources of Avian Collision Mortality in the United
States - This NWCC resource document was produced under contract by consultant,
WEST, Inc. and was reviewed and approved by the NWCC Avian
Subcommittee. Scientific
monitoring studies have established that birds sometimes collide with wind
turbines. These studies have also established that raptors are more likely
to be killed than any other group of birds (or are killed at a higher rate
based on utilization), as a result of collisions with wind turbines in
the Altamont Wind Resource Area (AWRA) in California. What is not
well understood, or documented, is the relative level of bird fatalities
for any group of birds resulting from collisions with wind turbines, compared
to the level of bird fatalities resulting from collisions with other human-made
structures. The NWCC aims to provide a credible, balanced synthesis
of information for use by various decision-makers, regulators, environmentalists,
and other stakeholders on avian fatalities from collisions with human-made
structures. A bound copy of this Paper may be purchased for $10 by
sending a check made out to RESOLVE, Inc to the address below.
All NWCC publications including the following are available at http://www.nationalwind.org
for free download. Source: E-mail from Philip Chou,
NWCC 10/25/2001.
NWCC Economic Development
Guidelines for Assessing the Economic
Development Impacts of Wind
Power - These guidelines are a consensus-based NWCC Economic Development
Working Group product designed to guide the assessment of the economic
impacts of wind power development. The purpose of the guidelines
is to identify the most important factors that should be considered in
economic impact analyses of wind power development as well as
to provide a consistent
basis for comparing the impacts across studies. The intended audiences
for these guidelines are economists, analysts, consultants, planners, and
users of the results of economic development studies. All NWCC publications
including the following are available at http://www.nationalwind.org
for free download. Source: E-mail from Philip Chou,
NWCC 10/25/2001.
Economic Development
Impacts of Wind Power
Northwest Economic Associates
of Vancouver, Washington has been awarded a contract to document Case Studies
on the Economic Development Impacts of Wind Power. To date the economic
impacts from existing wind development have not been documented and analyzed
thoroughly or consistently. The majority of communities in wind resource
areas do not have well developed methodologies to evaluate the economic
impact of wind development. Additionally, few areas understand which policies
and practices are available to maximize economic development benefits without
penalizing wind power relative to other energy sources. These Case Studies
will educate NWCC members and others, including economic development professionals,
policy analysts, planning officials, and other users of these studies about
the local and regional economic impacts of wind power development in the
U.S. and provide a methodology for others conducting or assessing such
studies. The NWCC Economic Development Working Group will oversee
the study and products will be reviewed and approved by all NWCC members
before
release as consensus documents.
The anticipated date of release for the Case Studies is April 2002.
The detailed RFP is available on the NWCC website at: http://www.nationalwind.org
. Source: E-mail from Philip Chou, NWCC 10/25/2001.
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Educational Resources go to: http://www.thegateway.org
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News from Washington
Congress Considering
a Number of Renewable Energy Bills
Congress is considering
a number of bills that promote the use of biomass and other renewable resources
to generate energy and products. For more information, visit http://thomas.loc.gov/
. Source: October 2001 Biobased Products and BioEnergy
Newsletter.
Solar Power Industry
Honors Its Own
The Solar Electric Power
Association (SEPA) recognized four companies with its 2001 "Award for Solar
Program Achievement." The awards were presented at the 6th annual
conference of the Solar Electric Power Association held in Sacramento,
CA September 30 to October 4, a partnership of electric utilities, energy
service providers and companies which produce solar electric generating
equipment. SEPA says that JEA (the municipal utility of Jacksonville,
Florida), Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Sacramento Municipal
Utility District, and Soluz, Inc. are leading the way in solar electric
technology use. Each of these energy service providers, with their own
distinct programs, are incorporating solar electricity into their corporate
business plans. Based in Washington DC, SEPA works with energy service
providers to create and encourage new solar energy business partnerships.
SEPA helps to establish standards for photovoltaic (PV) systems and their
interconnection to the utility grid, hosts cross industry workshops, and
educates business leaders, utility executives, government officials, and
the public about solar electricity. Efforts begun in 1994 by SEPA
have leveraged $15 million in Department of Energy funds with $57 million
in private funds to install 1100 PV systems totaling 7.25 megawatts of
electricity. SEPA's membership includes 120 energy service providers,
utilities, utility associations, PV module and component manufacturers,
PV installers, integrators and distributors, government agencies, research
organizations, and educational institutions. The energy service provider
members represent 28 percent of all U.S. electricity customers. More
information is available at: http://www.SolarElectricPower.org
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For
more information on legislative activities go to: http://www.kannerandassoc.com/fedenergybills.html
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Marketing & Market Research
Electricity Restructuring
Web Site
This newly redesigned site
includes an in-depth description of DOE's Electricity Restructuring Program,
an updated timeline charting each state's restructuring activities, and
new reports on DOE-funded restructuring projects throughout the country.
These reports address an array of topics related to electricity restructuring,
from creating standard performance contracts for energy efficiency services
to assisting state legislators on electric restructuring issues.
http://www.eren.doe.gov/electricity_restructuring/ . Source:
EREN Network News 10/24/2001.
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Grants, RFPs & Other Funding News
Wind Generators
The U.S. Department of the
Air Force, Air Force Space Command, Patrick AFB, FL requests services design
and construct power systems and HVAC equipment including, but not limited
to, 2 to 3 wind generators to produce a minimum total of 1500kW of power.
Site visit required. The RFP is expected to open 11/7/01 and close
12/7/01. For more info, contact Johnny Bellina at (321) 494-9943
or go to: http://www.eps.gov/spg/USAF/AFSC/45CONSb423/F08650-01-R-A001/listing.html
. Refer to Sol# F08650-01-R-A001. (CBD 10/5/01). Source:
The Seattle Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Energy 10/25/2001.
Fish Friendly Hydropower
The U.S. Department of Energy
requests proposals to stimulate the design, testing, field demonstration,
and deployment of a new generation of hydropower turbines with enhanced
environmental performance, such as fewer effects on fish through resolving
fish passage, water quality, and instream flow issues in turbine design;
and to demonstrate that the new generation of turbines can be compatible
with today's environmental standards, be commercially viable, and successfully
balance environmental, technical,
operational, and cost considerations.
Responses due 12/6/01. For more info, contact Kathleen Stallman, DOE, at
stallmkm@id.doe.gov.
Refer to Sol# DE-RP07-02ID14262. (CBD 10/17/01). Source:
The Seattle Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Energy 10/25/2001.
Renewable Power RFI
The Environmental Protection
Agency in Houston, TX has issued a request for information (RFI) from renewable
power suppliers regarding potential renewable power or renewable energy
credits purchase options under a restructured electricity market.
This RFI also serves to give renewable power suppliers advance notice of
EPA’s possible interest in purchasing renewable power and should allow
them sufficient time to fulfill certification and other related requirements.
Written responses due 11/9/01. For more info, contact Chandra Shah,
NREL, at (303) 384-7557 or: http://www.eps.gov/spg/GSA/PBS/PNE/GS-00P-02-BSD-0001/listing.html
.
Refer to Sol# GS-00P-02-BSD-0001.
(CBD 10/24/01). Source: The Seattle Regional Office of the
U.S. Department of Energy 10/25/2001.
New Federal Building
The General Services Administration
requests the services of a general contractor for the construction of a
new Federal Office Building in San Francisco, CA. The building, which
will house over 1600 Federal employees, will be constructed at a site on
the corner of 7th & Mission Streets and will incorporate elements of
Sustainable Design including a natural ventilation system, ambient lighting
with daylight as the primary source, a 50% reduction in the energy of a
comparable sized conventional building, and the use of recycled materials.
Firms interested in proposing as the Prime Contractor should submit a one-page
letter of intent. Final proposals due 11/14/01. For more info,
contact Connie Russell, GSA, at (415) 522-3130. Refer to Sol# GS-09P-02-KTC-0002.
(CBD 10/4/01). Source: The Seattle Regional Office of the U.S.
Department of Energy 10/25/2001.
Research and Writing
Grants Competition
The John D. and Catherine
T. MacArthur Foundation's Research and Writing Grants support projects
that explore improved
understanding of key topics
in global security and sustainability, and that broaden and strengthen
the community of writers and
scholars engaged in work
on these issues. Applicants may request up to $75K for individual projects,
and up to $100K for two-person collaborations. Applications due 2/1/02.
For more info, contact the Foundation at (312) 726-8000 or go to: http://www.macfound.org/programs/gss/other_guidelines/rw_2002.htm
. (RFP Bulletin 10/5/01). Source: The Seattle Regional Office
of the U.S. Department of Energy 10/25/2001.
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