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AQMD Awards Nearly $12.5 Million For Eight Renewable
Energy Projects Throughout Southland
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January 10, 2012
Zero-pollution projects will support electric
technologies locally
The South Coast AQMD has approved nearly $12.5 million to help fund eight
renewable energy projects across the Southland to support clean air
technologies such as plug-in electric vehicles.
The projects, dispersed throughout the Southland, will displace more than 11
megawatts (MW) of power typically generated through large, centralized
fossil-fuel power plants. This amount of electricity could power 5,000
typical homes.
"These are the kind of projects we need to deploy on a large scale to tackle
our severe air pollution problem,” said William A. Burke, Ed.D., AQMD’s
Governing Board Chairman. “They will demonstrate a variety of zero-emission
technologies while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase
our energy security.” AQMD’s Board approved the projects on Jan. 6.
The projects will generate electricity from renewable sources such as solar
and biogas and utilize electricity storage technologies to provide off-grid
power during peak demand hours. The eight projects include:
-- Installation of up to 2 MW for a solar carport, electric vehicle chargers
and a fleet of electric vehicles to be used in a car-sharing program at the
City of Industry’s Metrolink train station;
-- Installation of up to 50 kilowatt (kW) for a solar rooftop system, 1.5 MW
battery energy storage system and the installation of electric vehicle
charge stations at the CODA Energy facility in Santa Monica;
-- Installation by Siemens Industry Inc. of up to 632 kW for solar carports
as part of a larger power-purchase agreement project with El Monte Unified
School District with integrated electric charging stations and SmartGrid
integration;
-- Installation by Kinetic Traction Systems of up to 1 MW of flywheel energy
storage to capture regenerative braking from trains and up to 2 kW solar
system at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s
Gold Line facility in Los Angeles;
-- Installation of up to 2 MW solar and up to 2 MWh lithium battery storage
systems at the University of California, CE-CERT campus to facilitate
electric vehicle charging sites throughout the City of Riverside. The
project includes the conversion of an existing diesel trolley to electric
drive to link the campus and various city sites to the Metrolink station;
-- OHR Energy’s installation of up to 1.4 MW of renewable fuel cell energy,
an absorption chiller and electric vehicle chargers, with the potential for
energy storage, at a site within the South Coast Air Basin;
-- Installation of up to 300 kW of renewable fuel cell energy at the Eastern
Municipal Water District’s Perris Valley Water Reclamation facility; and
-- Installation by UTC Power of up to 400 kW of renewable fuel cell energy
at one Albertson’s Supermarket location, including the installation of an
absorption chiller and up to six electric vehicle charge stations.
Total cost for the eight projects is approximately $41 million, with the
balance of funding provided by project partners. Projects will begin later
this year and are expected to be completed within 18 months.
AQMD is the air pollution control agency for Orange County and major
portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
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This page updated:
January 10, 2012
URL: http://www.aqmd.gov/news1/2012/bs01102012.htm
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