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Farmingdale State CollegeEnergy Symposium
April 22, 2009
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Challenges and Opportunities in Distributed
Generation

• Solar Renewable Gas
• Solar PV on LI
• Solar Thermal Programs
• Renewable Gas
• Fuel Cells
• Farmingdale State College
• Verizon Garden City
• Other Clean Energy pilots
• Micro-turbines
• Micro-CHP

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Solar

• Solar PV
• 12 100 kW
• National Grid Facilities
• 50 Mw in Massachusetts
• Solar Thermal Programs
• Residential Commerical
• National Grid Gas Customers Eligible
• Thermal energy used for heat and hot water
• Residential
• Available for natural gas DHW systems
• Solar Contractors
• Tech Demo Program First Come, First Serve
• 15 of project costs
• 1,500 Max
• Commercial
• Audit
• Solar Contractors
• 3 / therm rebate

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Renewable Gas

• Staten Island Bio-methane
• 6,500 MMBtu of processed landfill gas daily
• The Plant has been in continuous operation since
  July 28th, 1982.
• Pineline gas
• HVCC landfill gas CHP plant
• Landfill gas to run 825 kW generator
• Total CHP Plant over 6.5 Mw
• Heat recovered used in the campus field house
• Technology Innovation Program (RD)
• DOE Proposal
• Six facilities waste water, landfill, food waste,
  diary, wood waste, farm waste
• Pre engineering and technology analysis

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Farmingdale State College Proposed Fuel Cell

• Proposed Project
• 1 - 300 kW Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
• Nold Hall
• National Grid NYSERDA Grants
• Generating Efficiency 47
• High Temperature - Heat Recovery
• Space, domestic water and pool heating

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Farmingdale State College Fuel Cell contd

• Environmental Benefits
• NOx - 19,000 lbs per Year (Electric Generation
  only)
• CO2 Savings
• Electricity 1,100 tons per yr
• Heat Recovered 75 tons per yr
• Research Project
• Potential excess hydrogen generation
• Independent Evaluation of technology
• Follow on research

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Verizon Fuel Cell

• Garden City, NY
• 7 - 200 kW 1.4 Mw
• Largest fuel cell installation in US
• Energy Star Award
• 35,000 LI customers
• Back up power
• Heating and Cooling plant
• 11.1 Million pounds of CO2 per year

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Other Clean Energy Projects

• Capstone Micro-turbine
• Ultra low NOx
• .28 lb/MwH electric and .10lb/MW with heat
  recovery
• Suffolk County Forensic Science Building
• 1 65 kW
• Medical Examiners Office
• Thermal energy used in heat and hot water
• Standby power to maintain operations
• Jericho Terrace
• 2 60 kW
• Catering Hall
• Thermal energy used for heat and hot water
• Standby power to maintain operations
• CHP installed with additional back up
• Algeria Hotel
• 4 65 kW
• Boutique Hotel
• Thermal energy used for heat and hot water
• Standby power to maintain operations

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Other Clean Energy Projects

• Micro CHP
• Climate Energy Free watt System
• 1.2 kW continuous duty
• 66 reduction in GHGs
• 6,000 lbs CO2 reduction per household
• 3 installations in LI
• Thermal load following
• 1.8 kW Standby power mode
• integrated with load leveling critical circuit
  panel
• Yanmar
• 10 kW 25 kW
• Healthcare and Multifamily proposed
• 30 plus electric generating efficiency
• Single 10 kW
• Multiple 25 kW units under NYSERDA fleet program
• Thermal energy used for heat and hot water
• Standby power to maintain common areas

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Holonic Community Energy
Ref The Tokyo Gas Company