Oklahoma clean energy guide

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OKLAHOMA GLEAN ENERGY GUIDE
OKLAHOMA
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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IDEAL LOCATION
Equidistant between New York City, Los Angeles, Mexico City and
Toronto, Oklahoma is ideally positioned to serve the growing Southwest
United States market, the upper Midwest, Great Lakes states, NAFTA,
and world markets; and our comprehensive transportation network (air,
highway, inland ports, and rail) keeps costs low.
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DOMESTIC: 800-588-5959
INTERNATIONAL: 001 +405-815-5187
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
OKcommerce.gov
OKLAHOMA IS:
Glean Energy for Progress, Productivity and Prosperity
Known globally as an oil and gas giant,
Oklahoma is rapidly diversifying its
energy portfolio to become America's
clean energy leader.
An overwhelming 83% of Oklahomans
agree (59% strongly agree) that
Oklahoma should use clean energy to
meet growing electricity demand and
reduce carbon.
Oklahoma's utilities-including Oklahoma
Gas & Electric (OG&E) and Public
Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO)-
are aggressively adding wind power
generation to their portfolios and looking
for opportunities to use solar
and biomass.
These companies are also expanding
transmission infrastructure, installing
Smart Grid technologies, and offering
special tariffs to spur clean energy
generation and related manufacturing.
Millions of dollars in stimulus and
miscellaneous federal grants are
flowing into Oklahoma to fund solar
and wind technician training, energy
efficiency, weatherization, and a
variety of clean energy efforts to
significantly reduce Oklahoma's
carbon footprint.
This guide provides just a glimpse of
Oklahoma's wind, Smart Grid, solar,
CNG, bio, and geothermal offerings.
Take a look, and then contact the
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
to find out more.
Glean Energy Funding Flows to Oklahoma
An example of Oklahoma's current success in leveraging federal funds.
($ in millions)
60.9 Weatherization
46.7 State Energy Program-ARRA
9.5 Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant
6.0 State Energy Sector Partnership (includes "lean and green" training for incumbent workers)
4.0 Pathways Out of Poverty (wind and recycling technician training)
3.5 Energy Efficient Appliance Program
($ in thousands) 20% Wind by 2030: Overcoming the Challenges
400 Development of wind technician safety curriculum
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With immediate proximity to wind industry
projects throughout Oklahoma, Colorado,
Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas,
Oklahoma is ideal for wind generation,
tower and blade production, turbine
component manufacturing, repair and
maintenance operations, and industry
R&D.
Oklahoma is among North America's
top wind energy producers. Currently,
the state has 1,544 MW online and
under construction. Thousands more
are expected as ACCIONA Energy,
Horizon Wind Energy, Renewable Energy
Systems, and others harness Oklahoma's
abundant wind resource and respond
to increasing demand for wind energy
across the region.
Oklahoma's utilities offer wind energy to
their customers, and Oklahomans want
more. Over 90"10 of Oklahomans support
wind energy generation, with 72"10 ready
to pay higher utility bills to support
development.
Oklahoma continues to support
transmission development, granting
private companies utility status and
allowing utilities to recover costs for
transmission infrastructure.
OKLAHOMA SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS
The Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmission
organization, expects its nine-state region to provide
8,500 MW of wind power, with more than half
coming from Oklahoma, between 2020 and 2025.
Transmission - A Powerful Component
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- Woodward/OKC 345 kV transmission project,
Windspeed transmission line (An OGE venture)
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Existing and proposed transmission lines
Oklahoma's utilities work diligently with local, state, and federal
regulatory agencies to ensure that Oklahoma can move wind
power across the state, into regional markets, and onto a
nationally-connected grid. As a first step, OG&E is now building
transmission lines to deliver wind power from western Oklahoma
to Oklahoma City.
More than 500 Oklahoma companies are ready to supply products to wind turbine, blade, and tower
manufacturers. From castings, machining, bearings, composites, and gears to forges, fabrications, suspended
climbing systems, and risk management services, your potential suppliers and partners are in Oklahoma.
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In the Works
Oklahoma expects to roll out a standardized wind
technician safety curriculum and training system in
2012, funded by the US. Department of Energy, the
program will serve as a national model.
The Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative, a long-standing
research project, investigates and promotes state
wind resources, helps landowners and developers
determine capacity, and advocates for wind energy
development.
Oklahoma's Weather Sphere offers internationally-recognized
meteorological and climate science
research, technology development, and
commercialization partnerships among the University
of Oklahoma, the National Weather Center, and
federal, state and private-industry weather/climate
groups centered in Norman.
Adding to its already nationally-recognized incentives,
Oklahoma now offers cash-back on new jobs
and investment created by wind energy MROs
(maintenance, repair and overhaul). For a customized
incentive analysis, contact 800-588-5959 (domestic)
or 00+ 1+405-815-5187 (international).
Workforce Ready:
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DOMESTIC: 800-588-5959
INTERNATIONAL: 001+405-815-5187
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
OKcommerce.gov
In January 2010, PSO asked the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission to allow the utility to offer two new incentives:
(1) the Wind and Solar Manufacturing Tariff to encourage
wind and solar equipment manufacturers to locate in
Oklahoma, and (2) the Green Energy Choice Tariff to
allow customers to further support wind power generation.
Permitting a wind power facility in Oklahoma is easy and
inexpensive. To apply for a Zero-Emission Tax Credit,
companies need to complete a one-page form (Zero
Emission Facility Determination Request) provided and
processed by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental
Quality, 405-702-1000 or 800-869-1400. There's no fee for
this determination.
Wind industry and related education/training offered
by Ok/ahoma's colleges, universities and technology centers:
- Wind turbine technician training
- Pre-engineering alternative energy and alternative power options
- OSHA-approved safety training for incumbent wind turbine technicians
- Associate in Applied Science degree in wind turbine technology
- Introductory courses detailing the wind industry
- SCADA systems training
- Composites manufacturing with turbine blade capabilities
- Electronics technology-alternative energy option
- Meteorology and climate science undergraduate and graduate degrees
- Internships for university students with various wind power developers
active in Oklahoma
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As Oklahoma builds the
transmission infrastructure needed
today to move renewable energy
across the state and into regional
markets, we're also preparing for
the fully-connected national grid
of tomorrow and the wide-spread
use of Smart Grid technologies to
reduce carbon emissions.
The Smart Home
The Smart Home Area Network (HAN)-Under Positive Energy®, OG&E
replaces existing meters with smart meters, or digital meters, that transmit
electricity-use information to the utility via a new wireless network. This
gives the customer and the utility greater ability to reduce and manage
the use of electricity when it costs most to purchase and generate.
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OG&ELaunches Ambitious Smart Grid Project
Oklahoma Gas & Electric is one of only 100 companies across the nation
to receive a Smart Grid Investment stimulus grant. OG&E plans to use
the $130 million to accelerate its Positive Energy® Smart Grid program.
Within the next three-to-five years, OG&E, which considers Positive
Energy® a key part of its carbon reduction efforts, will expand the
program across its entire 30,OOO-square-mile service territory, which has
773,000 customers.
By mid-year, OG&E plans to have smart meters on virtually all 42,000
homes and businesses in Norman. Positive Energy® started as a
6,600-customer pilot in northwest Oklahoma City in 2008.
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DOMESTIC: 800-588-5959
INTERNATIONAL: 001 +405-815-5187
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
OKcommerce.gov
Energy Conservation
In 2009, a proposal for a $7 million low-interest loan for
Public Service Company of Oklahoma to install 8,000 to
10,000 residential smart meters and support equipment
was approved. PSO is working to launch Grid Smart®
in 2010, and considers it the first phase in its overall
strategy to conserve energy.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
recognized Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO)
with a 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award
for its outstanding contributions to reducing greenhouse
gas emissions by delivering information and services to
its customers to increase energy efficiency.
Exploring New Technologies
Because of its location to key solar markets,
low operating costs, and a robust supply
chain, Oklahoma is ideally suited for solar
generation; wafer cell, glass and plastics
manufacturing; silicon production (Oklahoma
offers an abundant silica supply); module
assembly, research and development; and
solar facility repair and maintenance.
As the solar corridor moves east, Oklahoma
finds itself deep in solar country.
With 300+ days of sunshine per year,
Oklahoma's solar resource is above average
for the United States. A solar energy system
in Oklahoma could be expected to produce
between 5 and 6 kilowatt-hours per square
meter per day.
Oklahoma's utilities are looking for opportunities
to add solar to their generation portfolios.
From Umicore Optical Materials (solar panel
parts) and SouthWest NanoTechnologies
(single-wall nanotubes) to glass panel
manufacturers and a variety of solar service
companies, Oklahoma's solar supply chain is
ready to do business.
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Solar energy and related education, training, and
research programs offered by private companies,
and Oklahoma's col/eges and universities:
• Oklahoma State University's University Multispectral
Laboratories conducts sensor research with photovoltaic
cell applications
• The Oklahoma University/University of Arkansas Center for
Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructures involves applications
for crystalline silicon solar cells
• SouthWest NanoTechnologies in Norman, an Oklahoma start-up
recognized by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology as a leader in single-wall nanotube development,
is currently commercializing its carbon-nanotube-coated
flexible films for photovoltaics
• Oklahoma University's College of Chemical, Biological and
Materials Engineering conducts a variety of photovoltaic-related
research projects
• Oklahoma State University's College of Engineering -
Manufacturing Development Lab fabricates NASA solar panels
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Umicore Chooses Oklahoma's Workers,
Affordable living, and Competitive Costs
In October 2008, Belgium-based Umicore broke
ground in Quapaw on a $35 million facility, which
will make parts for high-efficiency solar panels
used on satellites and NASA space equipment.
The expansion of Umicore's existing plant means 50 more high-tech, green-collar
jobs for this rural northeastern Oklahoma community, bringing Umicore's
total employment there to more than 100 when the new facility opens in 2010.
Peter Dobbelaere, Umicore's plant manager, says that "among other Oklahoma
assets, Quapaw's talented, productive workforce convinced us that expanding
our existing facility made more sense than opening a new plant in Phoenix or
Albuquerque."
"Umicore's decision to expand at Quapaw, Oklahoma was based on a multitude
of factors including the state's cost of living, cost of production, average
unemployment rates, and average household income, " Oobbelaere says.
The new facility is Umicore's second foreign direct investment in Quapaw and
its third in Oklahoma. The company also operates Umicore Autocat at the Tulsa
Port of Catoosa, one of Oklahoma's inland ports. (www.TulsaPort.com)
In the Works
Using $1.2 million in stimulus funding, High Plains
Technology Center will expand its current oil and
gas and wind programs to train solar technicians.
Students will train on a solar array with rooftop
and rack mount thermal, thin film, photovoltaic,
and crystalline panels. The curriculum will follow
standards set by the Institute for Sustainable
Power Quality and the North American Board of
Certified Energy Practitioners.
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DOMESTIC: 800-588-5959
INTERNATIONAL: 001 +405-815-5187
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
OKcommerce.gov
Environmental Monitoring Stations
Mesonet, Oklahoma's world-class network of environmental
monitoring stations has been used to collect and track detailed
data about the state's wind resource, and can easily be used
to do the same for solar energy capacity. Efforts are under
way to use data already collected to develop advanced solar
forecasting models. (www.Mesonet.org)
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Gas Shale Basins of the United States
Oklahoma Ranks Fifth-Largest
Natural Gas Producer
Known as an oil and gas giant, Oklahoma's
position in the energy industry has only
strengthened as domestic oil production shifts
to clean energy alternatives.
Ranking as the nation's fifth-largest natural gas
producer, Oklahoma hosts two of the largest
independent producers of natural gas in the
world: Chesapeake Energy and Devon Energy
Corp. Other leading natural gas production
and transportation companies based here
include SandRidge Energy and Enogex.
Oklahoma is at the center of an extensive
network of natural gas pipelines, making it
THE choice for your natural gas transportation
and production operations.
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Oklahoma's TGT Spreads CNG
Innovation Around the World
and at Home
Tulsa Gas Technologies, a compressed natural
gas (CNG) service company, is the largest
manufacturer of CNG dispensers in North America.
TGT innovations, which include CNG conversion
kits for generators and vehicles, dispensers, and
refueling stations, are used across the United
States and around the world-India, Pakistan,
Norway, Korea, China, Turkey, United Kingdom,
Mexico, Bangladesh, Canada, Venezuela,
Bolivia, and Egypt.
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DOMESTIC: 800-588-5959
INTERNATIONAL: 001 +405-815-5187
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
OKcommerce.gov
CNG Refueling Stations
Oklahoma has dozens of CNG refueling stations
across the state, with many more expected as
convenience stores and service stations take
advantage of new incentives created to support clean
energy refueling infrastructure and as public and
private fleets throughout Oklahoma convert to CNG.
In 2009, Oklahoma contracted with TGT
and Natural Drive Partners to provide CNG
conversion technology for all state fleet vehicles.
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Demonstrating industry leadership, TGT Founder
Tom Sewell-a tireless advocate for Oklahoma's
CNG industry-successfully worked with
legislators over the years to drop excise and
state taxes on CNG vehicles.
He has also worked with Oklahoma's technology
centers (www.okcareertech.org) to add CNG
conversion and maintenance components to
existing automobile technician programs.
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Adding to its already nationally-recognized incentives,
Oklahoma now offers tax credits to support installing
CNG refueling infrastructure and converting vehicles
to CNG. For a customized incentive analysis, contact
800-588-5959 (domestic) or 00+ 1+405-815-5187
(international).
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Cellulosic Ethanol Production
The heritage, capabilities, expertise, groundbreaking research, and collaborative spirit of our energy
and agriculture industries make Oklahoma an ideal location for bioenergy development.
Bioenergy and related education, training, and research programs offered by Oklahoma's colleges,
universities, and public-private partnerships include:
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation:
An independent, nonprofit institute based in Ardmore,
conducts internationally-recognized plant science
research, agricultural and energy programs.
The Oklahoma Bioenergy Center (OBC):
A state-initiated R&D partnership that includes scientists
from Oklahoma's research universities and the Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation to advance biofuels research
and economic development.
The Oklahoma University Center for Biomass Refining:
Part of the OBC; develops science and sustainable
technologies for the thermo-catalytic conversion of
biomass to finished products used by the fuels and
chemical industries.
The Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research:
A program created to increase the state's research competitive-ness
through strategic support of research instruments and
facilities, research collaborations, and integrated education and
research programs. Received a five-year, $15 million National
Science Foundation grant in 2008 to research the development
of alternative fuels from non-food crops. Oklahoma's higher
education system matches that grant each year with $1.1 million.
The Oklahoma State University Biofuels Team:
Scientists and engineers from Oklahoma State University's (OSU)
Biobased Products and Energy Center; OSU College of
Engineering, Architecture and Technology; Oklahoma University;
and Brigham Young University who focus on biomass fuel-source
improvement and the development and use of feedstocks made
from straw, woody materials, sorghum, switchgrass, and a variety
of other natural grasses native to Oklahoma.
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The Oklahoma Bioenergy Center
secured land for the world's largest
stand of switchgrass devoted to
cellulosic ethanol production.
The 1,100 acres of production-scale
demonstration fields for cellulosic,
non-food energy crops are being
used by OBC scientists and others
from Abengoa Bioenergy and Ceres,
Inc., the Idaho National Laboratory,
and the U.S. Department of Energy.
In the Works
Encore Catoosa, LLC will build a $30 million
biodiesel and glycerin refinery at the Port of
Catoosa, with construction expected in the
spring of 2010. Using plant and animal
materials, Encore expects to produce 50
million gallons of biodiesel and 20 million
gallons of glycerin annually
Glean Energy Opportunities:
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DOMESTIC: 800-588-5959
INTERNATIONAL: 001+405-815-5187
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
OKcommerce.gov
Clean Refueling Stations
Oklahoma has dozens of biodiesel and
ethanol refueling stations across the state,
with many more expected as convenience
stores and service stations take advantage of
new incentives created to support our clean
energy infrastructure.
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Geothermal Supply Chain
Oklahoma's well-established geothermal industry
continues to gain momentum as a part of the
state's clean energy portfolio.
Hundreds of Oklahoma companies operate within
the geothermal supply chain. From certified
GeoExchange designers, accredited installers,
vertical loop installers, and system testers to
OEMs, such as FHP-Bosch Group (Oklahoma City
and Catoosa) and ClimateMaster (Oklahoma City),
Oklahoma's geothermal supply chain is ready.
Oklahoma Sets International
Geothermal Standards
Oklahoma -Investing in Geothermal
• ClimateMaster received $8.94 million in stimulus
funds to expand its ground source heat pump
manufacturing facilities.
• In 2008, the OSU College of Engineering designed
and helped install the geothermal system used at
China's National Stadium during the Olympics.
Based on the Oklahoma State University
campus in Stillwater, the International
Ground Source Heat Pump Association
(IGSHPA) is a non-profit established in
1987 to advance geothermal heat pump
technology across the United States and
around the world.
• December 2009, the Muskogee Community
Hospital in northeastern Oklahoma became the first
hospital in the nation to use geothermal energy.
Working closely with the Oklahoma
State University College of Engineering,
Oklahoma's two-year colleges and
technology centers, IGSHPA conducts
ground source heat pump system
installation training and geothermal
research. With its access to the most
current advancements in the geothermal
industry, IGSHPA makes the ideal bridge
between the latest technology and the
entrepreneurs and companies who can
benefit from these developments.
• The Villas at Southern Hills in Tulsa was one of
the first housing additions in the country to use a
shared geothermal system for heating and cooling.
• School districts across Oklahoma, including
Shawnee and OSU-Okmulgee, are installing
geothermal systems and receiving money from
the Commerce-administered Energy Loan Fund
for Schools to offset installation costs.
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For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DOMESTIC: 800-588-5959
INTERNATIONAL: 001 +405-815-5187
~ 900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
OKcommerce.gov
•••• Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Building Energy Efficiency Renovation
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services building, when fully renovated in 2010,
will feature a building management system with geothermal heating and cooling along
with photovoltaic solar panels and a 1O-kilowatt wind turbine manufactured by Norman-based
Bergey Windpower.
• 95"10 reuse of existing building.
New solar tracking skylights.
• New roofing system with high light
reflectance value and new insulation.
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glazing system.
New water efficient fixtures.
New ground source heat pump HVAC
system.
• New building energy management
system with occupancy sensors and
daylight harvesting controls.
New parking canopies with 30-kW
photovaltic system.
• New 1O-kWwind turbine.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DOMESTIC: 800-588-5959
INTERNATIONAL: 001+405-815-5187
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
OKcommerce.gov
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