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1. Texas Wind Farm largest in the World, 662 MW, going on 735 MW
2. Panel on Electric-Drive Vehicles, Sept 26 at Stanford
3. GCEP Conference: Research Towards Greenhouse Gas Reduction from Energy, Sept 18-20
4. San Francisco Solar Homes and Electric Vehicles Tour, Saturday, Sept 30
5. Polysilicon Prices Make News
6. Stanford's Green Dorm Fall CEE 124/224: Sustainable Development Studio
7. Internships to help develop solar monitoring systems
8. Job: Field Operations Manager, Vacaville, Old Country Roofing Solar Homes
9. Job: Sustainability Engineer, Green Building Studio, Santa Rosa
10. AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
11. "Webinars" on Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Design
12. Jobs: PG&E's Emerging Technologies (ET) Project Manager
13. UK Faculty positions in Building Energy
14. Job: City of San Francisco, Analyst-Clean Technology Manager
15. "Yes on 87 "Car Tour Volunteer Drivers Wanted
16. Green Building positions with Engineers for a Sustainable World
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1. Texas Wind Farm largest in the World, 662 MW, going on 735 MW
Sep 07, 2006
FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group (NYSE:FPL) said today that as of the end of August it had completed 662 megawatts of the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Texas making it the largest wind farm in the world. When the last phase of the project is complete later this month, the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center will have a total capacity of 735 megawatts.
The Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center is comprised of 291 GE 1.5 megawatt wind turbines and 130 Siemens 2.3 megawatt wind turbines spread over nearly 47,000 acres in Taylor and Nolan County, Texas. The first phase of the project consisting of 213 megawatts was completed in late 2005; phase two consisting of 223.5 megawatts was completed in the second quarter of 2006; and, phase three consisting of 299 megawatts, of which 225 megawatts are already operational, is expected to be completed by the end of September. Once Horse Hollow is complete, FPL Energy will operate more than 1,600 megawatts of wind in Texas alone.
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2. Panel on Electric-Drive Vehicles, Sept 26 at Stanford
Can Silicon Valley upstarts really expect to take on Detroit? Which emerging
technologies have the most potential to impact the transportation
industry and where are the biggest opportunities for
entrepreneurs? Panelists will explore these and other questions at
GreenMountain's second Clean Technology Innovation event of 2006.
Panelists will include:
High-Performance Electric Vehicles: Tesla Motors
JB Straubel, CTO
Advanced Batteries: Nanoexa
Michael Pak, Co-Founder and CEO
Plug-In Hybrids: CalCars
Felix Kramer, Founder and John Davi, Director of Communications
Moderated by Jon Guice, PhD, GreenMountain Engineering
Tuesday September 26, 2006
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Stanford University, Wallenberg Hall, Wallenberg Learning Theater
$15 with advance registration, $25 at the door (space not guaranteed)
Refreshments and opportunities to network will be provided.
Open to the general public. Seating is limited. We recommend
registering as soon as possible.
Register at
For more information please visit www.GreenMountainEngineering.com/news_03.htm
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3. GCEP Conference: Research Towards Greenhouse Gas Reduction from Energy, Sept 18-20
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
Stanford University
The deadline for registration has been extended to Sunday, September 10 at midnight PST. If you have not already registered, please do so! To register, please visit the symposium website at http://gcep.stanford.edu/symposium.
The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) will hold its second energy research symposium featuring well-known speakers and leading researchers from Stanford and around the world. The three-day event is intended to provide a forum for the discussion of scientific results and developments that may lead to energy technologies with significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Both GCEP-funded and outside investigators will give presentations highlighting the results of their innovative research. Several poster sessions will also be held to allow all GCEP investigators and their graduate students to provide details of their work.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Steve Chu, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and 1997 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. His keynote address will open a session that will include presentations from Stanford and outside experts intended to set the stage for the meeting by providing an overall perspective of the background to the technical talks given during the conference.
The agenda will cover the following topic areas:
Monday, September 18
Morning – Global Energy Context
Afternoon – Solar Energy
Tuesday, September 19
Morning – Bioenergy Storage and Conversion
Afternoon – Advanced Materials and Catalysts
Wednesday, September 20
Morning – Carbon Mitigation, Capture, and Separation
Afternoon – Carbon Storage
The symposium is free and open to the Stanford community and other researchers and energy professionals.
Please contact Lauren Allan-Vail at (650) 724-6740 or gcepevents@stanford.edu if you have any questions or need more information.
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4. San Francisco Solar Homes and Electric Vehicles Tour, Saturday, Sept 30
Presented by: San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association (www.sfeva.org)
For More Information: Sherry Boschert 415-681-7716 shaalub@yahoo.com
Tour Description: Self-guided tour between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. of eight solar-powered homes and alternative-fuel vehicles. Registration gets you a Guidebook, and you decide where to go. Talk with homeowners and solar installers at the houses for loads of information. Co-sponsored by the Northern California Solar Energy Association, S.F. Department of the Environment, and Sierra Club Bay Chapter Energy Committee.
Tour Fee: $20 for 1-2 people includes free admission for 1 person ($30 value) to Homeowners Day at West Coast Green residential building conference at Civic Auditorium. Two escorted tour packages are available for $150 each, good for up to four people to be chauffeured from Civic Center for 3 hours in a city-owned electric RAV4-EV SUV, plus admission for two to West Coast Green's Homeowners Day.
How to Take this Tour: Pre-register at www.norcalsolar.org by Sept. 27 to be emailed the Tour Guidebook. Or register on day of tour between 10 am and 2 pm at table on Civic Plaza, near the temporary "Green Katrina Cottage" outside Civic Auditorium (99 Grove Street).
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5. Polysilicon Prices Make News
Solar's growing appetite for polysilicon has pushed
up prices and constricted supplies of a substance that can only be made in
complex and costly plants.
"In 2003, polysilicon was going for $32 a kilogram. Now
it's more like $75 to $80,"
The shortage has already cooled the growth of solar cell production from
67 percent in 2004, to roughly 30 percent in 2005, to a projected 10
percent in 2006, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Jesse Pichel
Only a handful of firms make it. They include Hemlock
Semiconductor Corp. in Michigan; Wacker Chemie AG, headquartered in
Germany; Tokuyama, Mitsubishi Materials and Sumitomo Titanium of Japan;
and REC Group, based in Norway.
Silicon is ubiquitous in the Earth's crust, but it is generally bound to a
pair of oxygen atoms and locked up in the mineral silica. The process of
creating a computer chip or silicon-powered solar cell therefore typically
begins when a silica-bearing rock such as quartz gets ground down and
mixed with wood in a furnace heated to about 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tortured by that hellish heat, the two oxygen atoms break the bonds that
hold them to the silicon and fly off with some of the carbons liberated
from the burning wood. That reaction produces carbon dioxide -- and leaves
behind a molten metal that is 98 percent silicon, Lane said.
This 98 percent pure substance is called metallurgical grade silicon, and
while it has a wide array of industrial uses -- such as a hardening agent
in making steel, or getting further refined into products like the
silicone caulk that homeowners use to seal leaks -- it's simply not pure
enough for electronics.
The metallurgical grade silicon -- "It's a metal, but it has the shape of
popcorn," he said -- is essentially liquefied, then converted into gases.
These gases are chemically treated and purified, and the resulting silicon
is resolidified to a substance that is 99.99999 percent pure. This substance, sometimes called "seven-nines" in reference to its purity,is polysilicon.
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6. Stanford's Green Dorm Fall CEE 124/224: Sustainable Development Studio
Mike Lin will be leading this course on Green Dorm student/faculty research projects. The tentative schedule is:
Sept 28 (Thurs) - CLASS: First class meeting, all hands on deck, faculty short intros, present research topics, match students with projects, 5-6pm (with students lingering and choosing projects until 7pm) in the Wallenberg Learning Theater (Bldg 160)
Oct 5 (Thurs) - CLASS: Students choose projects, assign roles and tasks.
Oct 12 (Thurs) - LAB VISIT:
Oct 19 (Thurs) - CLASS:
Oct 26 (Thurs) - LAB VISIT:
Nov 2 (Thurs) - CLASS:
Nov 9 (Thurs) - LAB VISIT:
Nov 16 (Thurs) - CLASS:
Nov 23 (Thurs) - Thanksgiving Recess:
Nov 30 (Thurs) - LAB VISIT:
Dec 7 (Thurs) - CLASS:
Dec 14 (Thurs) - Final Presentations (tentative)
Michael T Lin
mobile: 650 283 2896
fax: 908 322 9488
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7. Internships to help develop solar monitoring systems
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006
From: Steve Yang
Wattminder is working on a very novel and innovative
monitoring and diagnostic system for solar electric, and utility
usages(electric, gas and water usage rate and cumulative expenditures). We have accomplished
a number of innovations with our true real-time and model-based PV
performance monitoring system, --see www.wattminder.com.
In fact it will be the basis for an advanced energy conservation system over
the web. We are looking for enthusiastic undergrads and perhaps graduate
students to join us as interns in our development tasks. Our
platform incorporates the whole range of technologies --analog and digital electronics,
embedded micro-controllers, embedded linux and java machines, MySQL databases,
data-mining, artificial intelligence, resporting in Crystal reports, JSP, XML,
AJAX,..etc. the full complement of L.A.M.P. environment. We have a beta client in Menlo Park, the
Edison Tech Park--a 400KW solar electric complex; and are working with Dr. Phillipe
Cohen on the PV
system at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, among others.
Please let your students know about our project and have them contact
me regarding
participation in our endeavor.
S.C. Yang, P.E.
Energy and Power instrumentation and monitoring services for the Silicon
Valley
1153 Bordeaux Dr. S#199, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1223
408-734-2907, cel & SMS:408-306-5803
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8. Job: Field Operations Manager, Vacaville, Old Country Roofing Solar Homes
Old Country Roofing, one of the largest and most respected roofing companies in N. Calif., has launched an ambitious solar initiative that will position it to be the preeminent new residential solar roofing contractor in the state. To support this endeavor we need an experienced, hands-on Field Operations Manager to work out of our corporate office in Vacaville, CA.
The Field Operations Manager will oversee all solar-related engineering and installation activities at new home developments throughout Central and Northern California. Must be able to analyze site plans, design layouts for residential solar electric systems and qualify and oversee electrical subcontractors. Must demonstrate strong supervisory skills. Must also be able to interact effectively with sales staff, installation crews, vendors and customers. Must have at least 3 years experience in the solar industry and at least 6 years residential construction experience, with 2 or more years in project management. Must have excellent oral and written communication skills and strong administrative skills including the ability to multitask and prioritize. Computer drawing skills desirable (e.g. AutoCAD). Roofing and electrical contracting experience is strongly preferred. Those with electrical or solar contractor's licenses are highly encouraged to apply. Competitive pay and benefits, 401(k), dental, company-paid medical for employee, LTD, Life and AD&D. Send resume to Dept. 06-111, 190 S. Orchard Ave., Suite B-101, Vacaville, CA 95688 or hr@oldcountryroofing.com EOE
Aaron Nitzkin
Vice President, Solar Operations
Old Country Roofing
W: 707-469-7470
M: 707-592-2891
F: 707-469-6399
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9. Job: Sustainability Engineer, Green Building Studio, Santa Rosa
Green Building Studio, Inc., the leading sustainability analysis software and services company in the architectural, engineering, and construction industry, is looking for a Sustainability Engineer. If you are an individual whose goals include applying your knowledge to solve today's critical energy, water, and other resource issues, Green Building Studio, Inc. is looking for you to join our great team. We are extending the functionality of our Green Building Studio web service (GBS) to better serve architects, engineers, and building product manufacturers who are designing energy and resource efficient buildings all over the world.
Responsibilities:
Work with Senior Staff to expand the analysis capabilities of the Green Building Studio web service with weather (solar, wind, rain, etc.), water, and energy analyses including onsite renewable energy analysis. Assist in localization of GBS in today's resource constrained regions of the world. Work with industry partners around the world to provide training, marketing, and technical support. Work with leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) vendors (Autodesk, Graphisoft, & Bentley) in testing their applications with the GBS. Periodically, you may work as a member of a team improving the energy and resource efficiency of new and existing commercial and residential building designs. Training in various technical disciplines will be provided as needed.
Minimum Requirements:
College degree (engineering preferred), one or more years of experience with EnergyPlus, DOE-2, eQuest, or a similar energy simulation application. Expert knowledge of MS Excel and excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. Further requirements include a strong working knowledge of at least one computer programming language as well as MS Visual Studio.
Desired Skills:
Working knowledge of C#, JavaScript, HTML, XML, XSLT, Linux, and SQL Server. Creative, open-minded, eager, and environmentally aware. Experience in the field of energy efficiency, and knowledge of the building sector. Dedicated to working on solving today's issues for a better tomorrow.
Position Location: Santa Rosa, CA 1 hour north of San Francisco, twenty minutes from the coast, and in the Sonoma County wine country.
Email your resume along with your salary requirements, in html or MS Word attachment with "Sustainability Engineer" in the subject line to jfk@greenbuildingstudio.com.
Green Building Studio is an equal opportunity employer with excellent benefits, a collegial work environment and a growing reputation for implementing cutting edge ideas. For more information on our firm, visit our website at www.greenbuildingstudio.com.
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10. AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
The Fellowships help to establish and nurture critical links between federal decision-makers and scientific professionals to support public policy that benefits the wellbeing of the nation and the planet. The Fellowships are designed to:
The Fellowships support the AAAS objectives to improve public policymaking through the infusion of science, and to increase public understanding of science and technology and are part of AAAS Science & Policy Programs.
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11. "Webinars" on Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Design
Energy Design Resources is presenting four 90-minute webinars this fall to
continue to educate professional on topics related to energy efficient and
sustainable design. These webinars are funded by the California utlities
and are free to registered participants.
Webinar #1 Daylighting Design, September 25
Webinar #2 Integrated Energy Design, September 28
Webinar #3 The Basics and Benefits of Commissioning, October 5
Webinar #4 LEED® Rating System and Linkages to Energy Efficiency Resources, October 12
for more information and registration go to
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12. Jobs: PG&E's Emerging Technologies (ET) Project Manager
PG&E's Emerging Technologies (ET) team is in charge of screening, selecting, assessing, and initiating delivery of new energy efficient solutions for customers.
PG&E is recruiting ET Project Managers to lead Industrial, Commercial and Mass Market ET projects. These are agency / contractor positions. The successful candidates will develop and manage ET assessment projects at customer sites in order to validate the efficiency of a proposed solution and to evaluate its potential for deployment to a large base of PG&E customers. Responsibilities may also include involvement in new product development core teams.
Key requirements include an engineering BS degree, 5+ years of hands-on experience in implementing new solutions at industrial, commercial, and/or residential facilities, successful experience in negotiating and managing both the financial and technical aspects of consulting contracts, and excellent communication skills to interact efficiently with internal and external partners.
Contact Francois Rongere (FXRg@pge.com / 415-973-6856) for information on how to apply.
Go to http://www.etcc-ca.com/ for more information on the California statewide ET program.
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13. UK Faculty positions in Building Energy
Loughborough University have two permanent vacancies, one in the field of "Architectural Engineering", and a second in "Building Services Engineering". In particular, the post in "Building Services Engineering" may be of interest to some subscribers to this email list as the research interests of the Building Services Group include the application of building simulation and numerical optimization methods to the design and operation of buildings.
The vacancies are for the academic grade of "lecturer", which is broadly equivalent to the US grade of Associate Professor, the main difference being that the post would be made permanent following the successful completion of a short probationary period (however, note that a permanent position in the UK does not have the same security as US tenure position).
Details of both posts can be found at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/personnel/list.html. the deadline for application is Wednesday 27th September.
Dr Jonathan Wright, J.A.Wright@lboro.ac.uk
Department of Civil and Building Engineering,
Loughborough University,Loughborough,
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
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14. Job: City of San Francisco, Analyst-Clean Technology Manager
1823 Senior Administrative Analyst - Clean Technology Manager
Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Filing Deadline: Open Until Filled
Appointment Type: Permanent
Annual Salary: $72,072 - $87,594
Date Issued: August 11, 2006
Position Description: The Senior Administrative Analyst shall serve as the City's Clean Technology Manager and will work with the MOEWD, the Department of the Environment, and the San Francisco Public Utility Commission to develop and execute the City's clean technology business attraction strategy. The Clean Technology Manager will lead San Francisco's efforts in establishing public-private clean technology partnerships and will leverage the City's procurement policies to attract clean technology businesses and jobs to San Francisco.
Desirable Qualifications: The successful applicant will possess strong organizational, interpersonal, written, and communication skills and will have a successful track record as a strategic planner and project manager. A minimum of three years experience in work regarding the environment and/or clean technology initiatives is essential. Masters degree preferred.
Jennifer Entine Matz
Deputy Director, Business Affairs
Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Rm 448
San Francisco, CA 94102
SF Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development
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15. "Yes on 87 "Car Tour Volunteer Drivers Wanted
Prop 87 is the Clean Alternative Energy Act, which will fund clean alternative fuels. NRDC is endorsing and they are trying to get the message out. They are looking for some volunteer drivers
CAR TOUR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
As we gear up for our Statewide Car Tour, we are looking for (and in desperate need of) a couple of capable, young, bright, enviro-minded folks to come on the road with us. The tour kicks-off on Tuesday, September 5th in San Diego and runs through Thursday, September 28th, ending in Los Angeles. They will be asked to drive a car (which we will provide and which will be energy efficient and powered by alternative energy) so a good driving record and drivers license is a must. Additionally we will be blogging and shooting video from the road for our website and would like to plug them into these efforts (expertise in web technology a plus but not necessary). The campaign will pay for all travel related costs (food, hotel, transportation to and from tour stop - including flight to kick-off in San Diego, etc). We would love to have 2 people on-board for the duration of the tour, but this is not a must, we can discuss partial (this becomes tricky in terms of where they jump on and off, but is doable) tour involvement on a case-by-case basis.
This is a great opportunity for a recent college grad or someone looking to become involved in the campaign/politics.
Interested persons should forward a resume to Joelle Terry at Joelle@YesOn87.com.
Joelle Terry
Yes on 87
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16. Green Building positions with Engineers for a Sustainable World
PROJECT LIAISON GREEN BUILDING
*Project & Responsibilities* ESW is starting a project designing a green
building in Ocotal, Nicaragua. Our local partner in Ocotal operates a
community school and an international language academy, and has recently
obtained funding to expand their educational complex. The incumbent will
work with our partner (including a Nicaraguan engineer) to define the scope
of the project, determine design requirements, assess local material
availability and costs, and develop a conceptual design for the building.
The detailed design and architectural plans will be developed
collaboratively in CEE 177S/277S. The incumbent must enroll in 177S/277S
(additional credits may be available for individual work done) and serve as
an interface between the ESW design team and our partner’s design team.
*Desired Qualifications* Fluent in Spanish. Thorough knowledge of green
building principles, preferably in a developing country setting. Two years
construction management, architectural design, or related experience.
Experience with development projects. Able to travel to Nicaragua in
September and possibly in October (~ 1 week each; ESW will reimburse travel
expenses). Extremely organized, motivated, self-directed, flexible, and
able to meet deadlines. Ability to work well in teams and maintain
excellent communications with project partners.
*To Apply* Please send a current resume or CV along with a cover letter to
Molly Morse (morse@stanford.edu) and Karim Al-Khafaji
(khafaji@stanford.edu). In your cover letter, please explain your
motivation for applying and be sure to address the skill areas listed under
Desired Qualifications.
WEB DESIGNER FOR ESW PROJECTS WEBSITE
*Project & Responsibilities* ESW is looking to launch a new website to
showcase our projects. The website will serve as a clearinghouse for all
information related to our projects, including descriptions of current and
past projects, a database of available positions and contacts, project
philosophy, etc. The emphasis is on content, flexibility, and ease of
updating/maintaining the site; aesthetics are a secondary concern. ESW is
open to the idea of developing the site as a Wiki. Looking to launch the
site ASAP, so workload will be heavily frontloaded, although periodic
maintenance will be required. Great opportunity to gain practical
experience or polish your skills in web design and build your resume while
learning about international sustainable development and the projects
conducted by ESW. Independent study credit may be available.
*Desired Qualifications* Able to meet deadlines. Motivated, self-directed,
and organized. Experience designing websites. Knowledge of HTML, JAVA, or
other relevant programming languages. Experience working with volunteer
and student organizations. Experience or interest in developing a Wiki or
collaborative web-based platform for sharing information and managing
projects.
*To Apply* Please send a current resume or CV along with a cover letter to
Molly Morse (morse@stanford.edu) and Karim Al-Khafaji
(khafaji@stanford.edu). In your cover letter, please explain your
motivation for applying and be sure to address the skill areas listed under
Desired Qualifications.
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