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News at a Glance
Geothermal and Wind Quarterly News Brief for January 2009The APPA-NRECA newsletter for January 2009 is now online. Features include:
Nominations for Wind Power Pioneer Award Opens Feb. 2Nominations are now being accepted for 2009 Wind Power Pioneer of the Year Award. The award honors one public power utility for its leadership in wind power. All public power utilities that are members of the American Public Power Association (APPA) are eligible. Public power utilities can nominate themselves, and there is no cost to enter. The Wind Power Pioneer of the Year Award is sponsored by the U.S. DOE's Wind and Hydropower Technologies' Wind Powering America program in partnership with the APPA. This year marks the award's seventh anniversary. Past winners have included Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Waverley Light and Power, Fort Collins Utilities, Austin Energy, town of Hull, Mass., and last year's winner, Aspen Municipal Electric. The 2009 winner will be recognized at the APPA National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 13-17. Submit the nomination form by close of business on April 23, 2009. For more information, contact Randy Manion, Western Area Power Administration, 720-962-7423. Wind and renewables webinar schedule announced for 2008-09The U.S. DOE report, 20% Wind Energy by 2030: Challenges and Opportunities is the topic for the next webinar in the 2008-09 Wind and Renewable Energy Webinars. Join us March 12, 1–3 p.m. MDT, to find out how wind power could become a major contributor to America’s electricity supply over the next three decades. Space will be limited at some events, so reserve your place early. To register, contact Ryan Harry; BCS, Incorporated; at 303-425-6800. The sponsors of this year's series are National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, American Public Power Association–DEED program, Western Area Power Administration, U.S. DOE Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Utility Wind Integration Group, American Wind Energy Association – AWEA Utility Working Group, Northwest Public Power Association and National Wind Coordinating Collaborative. Download presentations from past wind webinars
Heat pumps focus of next geothermal webinarMarch 31, 2009 Ground-source heat pumps are the affordable geothermal technology that any utility can develop. Learn how this highly efficient heating system can improve your bottom line and customer relations. Register for the next webinar in a series hosted by the Geothermal Resources Council. The cost of the webinar is $50, or $35 to GRC members. To register, download the registration form and return it to the GRC by fax: 530-758-2839; or mail it to GRC, P.O. Box 1350, Davis, Calif. 95817. For more information call the GRC at 530-758-2360. Sponsors of the 2009 Geothermal Education Series include American Public Power Association, DOE Geothermal Technologies Program, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Western Area Power Administration. Distributed Wind Applications User Group to meet in AustinMarch 25, 2009 The UWIG Distributed Wind Applications User Group will meet on March 25 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin, Texas from 1 to 5 pm. This meeting is being held in co-location with the American Public Power Association's Engineering & Operations Conference. This meeting is open to UWIG members, APPA DEED program members, and NRECA CRN members. The agenda will focus on enhancements to the UWIG Distributed Wind Analytical Tools, LVRT interaction with IEEE 1547, and case studies. APPA and NRECA members can receive registration/travel assistance to attend this meeting. The Public Power Partnership effort led by Western Area Power Administration on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program, is offering thirty $500 travel scholarships to electric cooperatives and public power utilities to attend a UWIG meeting. To qualify for the scholarship, your employer must be a member of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association or the American Public Power Association, have never previously attended a UWIG meeting, and submitted a scholarship request and received a confirmation e-mail from Western. Please note, one scholarship per utility. To secure a scholarship, which can also be used to defray registration costs, please contact Randy Manion at 720-962 7423. For more information, contact Sandy Smith, UWIG. Register for UWIG spring meetingsWind Turbine Operations & Maintenance Users Group - March 31 Register today for the Utility Wind Integration Group's 2009 Spring Technical Workshop and Annual Meeting, April 1-3. This year's agenda focuses on wind integration, application and operation on utility power systems. Events include:
Information is also available for the Wind Turbine Operations & Maintenance Users Group Meeting, also in Philadelphia on March 31. Upgrade to TAP Web site makes application easierThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently updated the Technical Assistance Project (TAP) Web site. The updates include additional information on how to apply for TAP assistance, as well as posting the TAP application form online. TAP provides state and local officials with customized, short-term access to DOE national laboratory expertise on renewable energy and energy efficiency policies and programs. The website includes summaries of completed TAP projects, and additional resources to state and local officials such as notices of past and future webcasts, and a list of completed projects by state. Users will now find additional resources/tools for state and local government policy decision-makers covering renewable energy and energy-efficiency issues. The analysis toolkit includes links to models, databases useful for evaluating energy-efficiency and renewable energy projects. DOE believes that the changes to the TAP Web site will be helpful to utility professionals and key partners. Questions about the TAP Web site and services, and about related DOE programs should be directed to James M. Ferguson, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 412-386-6043, or fax 412-386-5835. Green power financial opportunities available on EERE Web siteThe U.S. DOE EERE Green Power Network now posts solicitations for renewable energy generation, renewable energy certificates and green power on its Web site. Visitors can also sign up to receive e-mail updates about new green power RFPs. The RFPs and solicitations are from private organizations and are not endorsed by the Green Power Network. GreenEnergy TV posts first PRP webcastPRP has teamed up with GreenEnergy TV to make our webinars available to the renewable energy industry and consumers–any time, any place you have access to the Internet. So, if you miss an event, you can still see the presentations, complete with speakers' commentary by visiting GreenEnergy TV, and selecting "WATCH NOW" from the menu. Scroll through the titles to "WAPA Webinars," select "play now" and learn about the latest developments from industry experts. Watch the April 4 webcast, "Renewable Energy Applications and Opportunities: Clean Renewable Energy Bonds," today, and check this Web site and GreenEnergy TV regularly for new titles and other videos. Don't forget, you can also download the PowerPoint presentations from our Webcast presentation library. Consumer-owned Utilities Offering Green Power to Retail CustomersThe Public Renewables Partnership is working with the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory and the Green
Power Network to promote the use of green
power to consumer-owned utilities across the United States. Below are
categories of consumer-owned utilities currently offering green power
to their retail customers. If your utility offers green power but is not
listed, please contact the Green
Power Network. Electric cooperatives Western Renewable Energy Generation Information
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