September 2019 Buyer's Share Report
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RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the September 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 1,490.2 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
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Projects Updates for collection: Renewable Energy Projects
Energy SWATeam Meeting: October 10, 2019
Associated Project(s):The Energy SWATeam's early October meeting involved discussions on the draft 2020 iCAP Objectives created by the SWATeam members.
Attached Files:eGen010 Geothermal Feasibility Study - Returned
Associated Project(s):Andy Stumpf provided the following response for eGEN010, "Yes. The summary will be compiled as part of a 'Living Labs' project proposed by the Illinois Water Resources Center."
See the iWG Assessment of eGen010 Geothermal Feasibility Study here.
See the SWATeam recommendation eGen010 Geothermal Feasibility Study here
Energy SWATeam Meeting: September 26, 2019
Associated Project(s):The Energy SWATeam's meeting in September involved discussions on 2018-2019 recommendations and 2020 iCAP objective ideas.
Attached Files:Solar Farm 2.0 to Nearly Triple on Campus Renewable Energy Production
Associated Project(s):Construction of a new 54-acre, 12.1 megawatt (MWdc) Solar Farm is approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees as the sole member of Prairieland Energy, Inc. Referred to as “Solar Farm 2.0,” the new utility-scale array to be located north of Curtis Road, between First Street and U.S. Route 45, will produce approximately 20,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) annually, almost tripling the university’s existing on-site renewable energy generation. Solar Farm 2.0 will generate the equivalent electricity use of more than 2,000 average American homes.
Sol Systems, LLC, will design, build, operate, and maintain Solar Farm 2.0, for the duration of a 20-year contract which includes power purchase and land lease agreements, and an option to buy the system at the end of the term.
Next steps phone call
Associated Project(s):Morgan White and Joyce Mast discussed next steps for acheiving Net-Zero status for the ECE Building. Mike Marquissee is working on a draft MOU about using Solar Farm 2.0 Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
Joyce is seeking student input about what should go on the ECE Building interactive display. If you are interested in working with her on this, contact her at jmast@illinois.edu.
News Gazette article about Solar Farm 2.0
Associated Project(s):Julie Wurth with the News-Gazette, published an article updating the progress on the Solar Farm 2.0 project, which is expected to get Board of Trustees approvals later this month. Read the article at:
Last Month for Bulk Solar Pricing
Associated Project(s):September is Final Month to Use Bulk Pricing for Solar Solar Urbana-Champaign 4.0 is scheduled to end new contract signings for solar installations on September 30 at 5pm. That means you have just 3 weeks to schedule a site assessment with New Prairie Construction, receive a proposal, and sign a contract for your shiny new solar array.
Email 12 months of electric bills to solar@newprairieconstruction.com with the subject line "last minute solar proposal."
If you've already received a proposal, then all you need to do is say YES to your very own renewable energy power plant. And keep in mind that 2019 is the last year for the 30% federal tax credit. It's 26% next year.
Join the 200 other friends and neighbors in the Urbana-Champaign area that are enjoying a home or business running on sunshine courtesy of Solar Urbana-Champaign.
Second Bulk Discount Achieved All Solar UC participants receive compounding 1% discounts off the purchase price of their solar installation as the program reaches 50 kilowatts, 150 kilowatts, and 250 kilowatts of contracted capacity. The 2019 round of Solar UC currently stands at 151 kilowatts of contracted capacity! So a 2% discount on all installations!
August 2019 Buyer's Share Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the August 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 909.3 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Attached Files:eGen009 Campus Geothermal Policy - Successful
Associated Project(s):Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Executive Director at F&S, responded to Dr. Ximing Cai, iWG Chair, on August 27, 2019 stating, "We will review options for incorporating geothermal into existing campus documents, and share our thoughts with the iWG before proceeding."
For further information about this project, please see Geothermal on Campus.
See the transmittal of eGen009 Campus Geothermal Policy Recommendation.
See the SWATeam Recommendation eGen009 Campus Geothermal Policy.
July 2019 Buyer's Share Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the July 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 992.8 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Attached Files:Cruze Barn new address
Associated Project(s):The Cruze Barn was moved as part of the agreement with the Student Sustainability Committee for their funding support of the first solar farm. It was moved by Trillium Dell, and it is now located at 316 Leman Lane, Congerville, IL.
June 2019 Buyer's Share Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the June 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 1,657.8 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Attached Files:Preferred Vendor selected
Associated Project(s):The evaluation committee has selected a preferred vendor to develop Solar Farm 2.0, and the Chancellor's office approved moving forward with contract development. PEI will work with this vendor to complete the next steps of the award process. The vendor name will be announced upon approval of the contracts in fall 2019.
Meeting Minutes for iWG June 7, 2019 (Informal)
Associated Project(s):These are notes from 6/7/2019 iWG meeting. They have been submitted in an informal style. Several SWATeam recommendations were assessed.
Attached Files:May 2019 Buyer Share's Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the May 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,052.7 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Attached Files:Solar Thermal Notes
Associated Project(s):The attached file includes original notes about the solar thermal installation at ARC.
Attached Files:April 2019 Buyer Share's Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the April 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,842.1 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Attached Files:Solar Panels are all producing power!
Associated Project(s):Update from Joyce Mast: "All the ECE solar panels except for those to be used for research have been producing power since this morning. Yay! Joyce"
March 2019 Buyer's Share report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the March 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2599 Megawatt hours. See the attached file.
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