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The City of Golden is currently underway with a transit study to determine necessary transit facilities leading up to the 2013 opening of the West Line Light Rail Corridor to Denver. A fuel cell bus could be implemented along with the recommendtaions contained within the new transit study. In addition, the City could partner with existing private property owners interested in hosting alternative fuel recharging stations. At least three stations are feasible, two for electric vehicles and one for the fuel cell bus.
Being the largest energy user in the county, it was incumbent on SCWA to explore paths to energy efficiency and usage reduction. SCWA has implemented numerous programs to seek economically viable means toward this goal, and they are in various stages of development. These include replacing electric motors, adjusting pumping schedules to smooth energy-use peaks, and other system operation fine-tuning. Currently, ~67% of SCWA's peak power demands are met through renewable energy sources.
Energy From the Ground Up is on-going effort to incorporate geothermal technology into municipal buildings. The three buildings that had geothermal heat pumps installed were the Human Services Center, Administration Building, and Justice Center. So far, Story County has saved $201,000 in annual energy costs with a total savings of $726,000 and counting. With the success of the three building retrofits, Story County has completed a geothermal engineering study for the Community Life Building in Ames. When completed, this building will utilize horizontal boring.
This project will generate local power through the anaerobic digestion of manure from nearly 2 million Sonoma County egg laying chickens. A 1.4 MW fuel cell will convert some of the biogas to clean electricity, which will be sold to the SCWA and provide up to one-quarter of their power needs, and any remaining biogas will be sold to the power company for use elsewhere in the community.
The Go Green Team is responsible for reviewing internal operations that impact the Story County’s triple bottom line: environment, economy/budget, and employees/society. This team evaluates the impact of policies on the green goals of the County and creates a sense of commitment and common understanding of green actions among all levels of employees.
Going E-carbon Neutral Installs Solar Energy in Schools (GENiSES) will help Sedona and the Verde Valley reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve funding available to schools and other public institutions by becoming the local resource for information on climate change and greenhouse gas mitigation strategies, and acquiring and providing funding towards the installation of energy conservation and renewable energy technologies that reduce greenhouse gas from schools and other public institutions.
The County of Coconino Sustainable Economic Development Initiative (SEDI) has created a renable energy purchasing consortium called the Northern Arizona Renewable Energy Purchasing Group (NAREG). On February 5, 2008, the NAREG members became signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the local utility, Arizona Public Service's (APS), regarding their intent to contract with them under the Green Choice program to purchase 5% or more of their power from renewable sources for an additional 1 cent per kilowatt hour (kWh).
At the City of Golden's third reservoir, Guanella Reservoir, we can capture the in-stream and in-pipe flows for a much smaller, but effective energy generation. This project, estimated at $250,000 can generate enough energy to provide electricity to the water storage pumps and adjacent private rock operation, who currently relies on diesel generators.
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MetraPark sits on 185 acres along the Yellowstone River and is located within the Billings, MT city limits, just off Interstate 90. MetraPark began its existence as a fairgrounds early in the last century and is still the site of the state’s largest event, MontanaFair, each August. The major buildings on the site include the Rimrock Auto Arena, the Expo Center and the Montana Pavilion. The Arena, which can hold up to 12,000 people, is host to Montana’s largest concerts, family shows, rodeos, ice shows, motor sports events, and more.
The City of Asheville is in the process of integrating a 5 MW photovoltaic system on the floodplain of one of their waste water treatment plants. Power generated from this photovoltaic system is to help meet the energy needs of the waste water treatment plant with clean, renewable energy. Any excess energy produced will be redirected back to the local power grid.