Hello everybody,
Please mark your calenders:
The July meeting of the Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force will be held Thursday, July 9th at 12:00 p.m.
The meeting will be held at Progressive Field.
Parking in Gateway East Garage - $4, Enter the Club Lounge under the green canopy on Carnegie Ave. The meeting will be held in the Press Function Room on the service level, there will be staff to direct you.
Lunch will be provided at a cost of $10.00 per person. No checks or credit cards will be accepted and correct change would be appreciated.
Please RSVP by Thursday, July 2nd
This is very important. We must give the caterers the lunch order by Thursday.
If you RSVP after Thursday, July 2, please do not expect a lunch.
If you have any questions, please call.
Thanks, Maureen
216-443-7868
The June meeting minutes:
GREAT LAKES ENERGY DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE
Bill Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Chair
June 11, 2009, Thompson Hine, LLP
Meeting called to order- 12:20 p.m.
Attendance: Task Force Members
Steve Dever
Joyce Burke-Jones
Greg Zucca
Paul Oyaski
Lorry Wagner
Nick Willis
Dave Karpinski
Ed Weston
Harry Conard
Richard Stuebi
Shilpa Kedar
Michael Challender
Harriet Applegate
Guests
1. Paul Stanard Great Lakes Construction
2. Cynthia Trotta IBC Solar
3. Dave Sterio Lincoln Electric
4. Seth Mason Lincoln Electric
5. Hon. Ken Callahan
6. Bill Eger City of Cleveland
7. Jennifer Fenderbosch City of Avon Lake
8. Katie Arthurs Green Energy Ohio
9. Aaron Godwin Renaissance Group
10. Krystal Naylor Renaissance Group
11. Mike Gallagher Bayer Material
12. Ed Oliveros
13. Christine Nelson Team Neo
14. Dean Williams Thompson Hine
15. Dennis Flores City of Lorain, Ohio
16. Tom Whitby Lake Erie Electric
17. Jamie Callender Buckley King
18. Robert Zadkovich Great Lakes Towing
19. Margie Flynn Brown Flynn
20. Ron Buzzelli
21. Neil Dick
22. Jim Cusick Ironworkers
23. Jack Krebs
24. Nick Scarietta
25. Lou McMahon McMahon Dugulis
26. Athan Barkoukis
27. Rich Barton
28. Mick Wise Ocean Energy Systems
29. Paul Alsenas Cuyahoga County
30. Erin Davis Cuyahoga County
31. Heidi Spackman
32. Marcia Koly
33. Scott Sanders
34. Rose Allen
35. James Sabrey
36. Stefanie Spear
37. Stacey Polk
38. Henry Butler
39. Taylor Makmacher
40. Lorna Wisham First Energy
Introductions
Steve Dever welcomed everyone to the meeting.
The minutes from the May meeting were approved.
Steve introduced Christine Nelson, Director Team NEO, to the podium. Christine is very optimistic about the feedback from the recent AWEA 2009 conference. She explained that Ohio is a hot spot in the industry because of our supply chain manufacturers. Ohio registered over 500 leads from the conference. Out of those 500 leads, 63 were established to be “A” leads. An “ A” lead is a manufacturer or developer that could start up within 12 to 18 months. Out of the 63 leads, 10 are considered true leads because they are willing to consider Ohio within a year. Team NEO, the Ohio Wind Network and the Greater Cleveland Partnership are all working with these leads.
Richard Stuebi asked if anymore help was needed with the 10 leads and how do we strengthen our case in Ohio? Christine said right now we do not have shovel ready sites. We also need to concentrate on workforce training.
Attached to the agenda is a Task Force survey. Appointments and re-appointments to the 2009-2010 Task Force will be approved by the Commissioners in August. Please take a moment to fill out the survey, which will also be sent out by e-mail.
Steve Dever was recently in Milwaukee and emphasized the need to build a wind market here in Ohio. We also need to create a predictable, known permitting process and we are currently in talks with ODNR and the Army Corp of Engineers.
Lorry Wagner spoke about the fast path to the pilot project is a process of pioneering permitting. There are currently 400 square miles in Lake Erie. We need to determine which sites are best for development. There is no way to tell which Great Lakes states are ahead in the wind fight, because all states have different Natural Resource requirements. We need to keep an eye on what is happening around us and be prepared to adjust our legislation accordingly.
Aaron Godwin reminded the meeting that ODNR and Fish and Wildlife language has changed and that these groups are currently pre-prioritizing.
Steve showed the Task Force a screen which showed favorable sites for the pilot project. The slide was created by ODNR. Steve also showed a screen from ODNR which listed required studies and their timelines, depending on site selection. Lou McMahon said environmental agencies are scrambling to help developers boost the wind industry.
Richard Stuebi gave a brief overview on a recent visit to Washington DC to meet with Ohio congressional representatives and delegations. Also attended by Steve Dever, Greg Zucca and Jim McCafferty. One of the key messages was this project was not all about generating wind, but job creation and creating an sustainable industry. Washington is now really focusing on clean energy and we need a commitment from our government leaders that they will help build a wind market. The Department of Energy really needs to design a roadmap for off-shore wind. No research and development monies have been spent by the government for off-shore and we need to get competitive. Northeast Ohio needs to work on tightening their messaging for off-shore.
Meeting adjourned at 1:20 p.m.
If you have any questions, please call.
Thanks, Maureen
216-443-7868
2 comments:
Here, let me help you with the neo off-shore energy thing. Quit trying to swallow the whole problem with whirly things in the sky. To get ground support you got to hit the user side as well as the supply side. Get GE to develop OLED lighting for home and business use. Ditch those swirly mercury bulbs. Then produce a retrofit low power sub system for homes and business. OLED panels will light rooms at lower power requirements. Smaller solar arrays, a vertical wind turbine, battery and/or flywheel energy storage system takes care of lighting and all the low power systems in a house, OFF-GRID. AC adapters will become antiques. Then you have time to develop lower energy demand in the other appliances and equipment in a home. We don't want to just supplement the grid, we want to be free from it. Since we can't have that, politics and profits aside, a halfway solution is better. We on the ground need to see and feel the progress where we live.
Just want to add to my previous madness. By low power I mean 12-24 volts DC. That low power DC subsystem could be tied to the grid via a single whole home/business building inverter/converter, so that when sun and wind and batteries don't cut it, the grid can still supplement. Larger energy pigs are on the normal grid circuit. This way, there is now incentive to move stuffs to the low energy subsystem and of course the solar/wind capability should grow with the "low power demand". If we don't approach the user side, the expense of solar will stop us and as you all know the grid is insatiable (how many wind mills will it take?).
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