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Marathon Renewable Energy
Wausau, WI
Completion Date: 7/13/2009
Award Amount: $1,500
This grant supported the development of marketing materials for
Marathon Renewable Energy.
Marathon Renewable Energy is a Wisconsin-based solar installation firm.
Synergized Solar
River Falls, WI
Completion Date: 6/29/2009
Award Amount: $9,000
This grant supported the development of
Synergized Solar's Web site.
Synergized Solar is a Wisconsin-based wholesale solar distribution company.
Autonomous Mind Consulting LLC
Madison, WI
Completion Date: 5/29/2009
Award Amount: $3,000
This grant supported Autonomous Mind Consulting's
development of a Business Planning Seminar for solar installation firms.
Sunspec LLC
Milwaukee, WI
Completion Date: 4/28/2009
Award Amount: $3,825
This grant supported the coordination of 9 solar electric and 11 solar hot water installations on 20
Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity homes.
Wave Wind LLC
Sun Prairie, WI
Completion Date: 3/31/2009
Award Amount: $3,500
This grant supported marketing and website development for
Wave Wind LLC. Wave Wind is a
planning, development and maintenance firm of small to mid-sized wind farms.
Lamar Community Center
Saint Croix Falls, WI
Completion Date: 12/26/2008
Award Amount: $2,433
This grant supported the promotion of the
Lamar Community Center's high-mass Solar Heating System.
Energy Concepts Inc
Hudson, WI
Completion Date: 12/26/2008
Award Amount: $7,500
This grant supported the development of sales and marketing materials for
Renewable Energy Division of Energy Concepts.
Energy Concepts is a Wisconsin solar and wind design and installation firm.
Seventh Generation Energy Systems, Inc.
Madsion, WI
Completion Date: 12/26/2008
Award Amount: $2,550
This grant supported the development of a database of Wisconsin wind ordinances and zoning
personnel contacts. Seventh Generation Energy Systems is a wind and solar design and installation firm.
Flambeau River Papers
Park Falls, WI
Completion Date: 10/31/2008
Award Amount: $10,000
This grant supported the writing of a Wood Gasification to Energy Department of Energy Grant Application.
City of Madison
Madison, WI
Completion Date: 10/31/2008
Award Amount: $10,000
This grant supported the creation of the Prospective Solar Owner's Agent position for the
MadiSUN
initiative. The city of Madison has undertaken multiple initiatives to promote solar energy after
being named one of only 25 Solar America Cities by the Department of Energy.
Aur Solar
Milwaukee, WI
Completion Date: 10/29/2008
Award Amount: $6,380
This grant supported the development of marketing materials for
Aur Solar.
Aur Solar is a Wisconsin-based solar installation firm.
Resource Solar LLC
Madison, WI
Completion Date: 7/31/2008
Award Amount: $6,677
This grant supported the development of a marketing materials for
Resource Solar LLC. Resource Solar
LLC is a Wisconsin-based solar hot water installation firm.
Hot Water Products
Milwaukee, WI
Completion Date: 4/29/2008
Award Amount: $1,971
This grant supported the a
Hot Water Products marketing
campaign targeting solar thermal market promotion, education and recognition. Hot Water
Products is a Wisconsin-based solar hot water distribute and general contractor firm.
Positive Energy Alternatives
Menomonie, WI
Completion Date: 2/29/2008
Award Amount: $7,500
This grant supported the development of a professional anaerobic digester management company.
Richland County Economic Development Corporation
Richland Center, WI
Completion Date: 7/26/2007
Award Amount: $8,000
This grant supported the development of a business plan for Pine River Biomass Processing
Systems (regional biomass processing center).
Bubbling Springs Solar
Menomonie, WI
Completion Date: 3/28/2007
Award Amount: $10,000
This grant supported the national certification of
Bubbling Springs Solar
collectors and assisted in the development of a business plan leading to incorporation
and the raising of capital through the sale of shares.
John Young
Madison, WI
Completion Date: 12/28/2006
Award Amount: $4,222
This grant supported the development of an alternative energy development company using
financial engineering principles that exist in the real estate development business.
Door County Environmental Council Inc.
Sister Bay, WI
Completion Date: 12/28/2006
Award Amount: $9,277
This grant assisted the
Door County Environmental Council
examine possibilities for a community-beneficial commercial wind project for the county.
Community acceptance, securing wind sites, negotiation of PPA agreements, modification
of county ordinances and becoming incorporated using a community business model are all
issue that were addressed.
Joel Goodman
Dodgeville, WI
Completion Date: 11/29/2006
Award Amount: $830
This grant supported the marketing of
PVO Pergolas by updating the
Web site and developing a color brochure.
Procorp Inc.
Wauwatosa, WI
Completion Date: 8/30/2006
Award Amount: $10,000
This grant supported the development and roll-out of a product designed to provide renewable
energy advantages to industrial and municipal entities requiring wastewater treatment.
The product in development is referred to as "Biocore"" and utilizes proven membrane
technology, dissolved air floatation (DAF) units or rotary drum screen units for solids/liquid
separation. Biocore is a joint effort between Procorp and Filtration Engineering (hereinafter
referred to as the Biocore Group). The Biocore process integrates the hydraulic mixing
components of the complete mix anaerobic reactor to the bioreactor. This configuration
offers substantial economic advantages to the client via significant capital and operational
savings while producing a valuable renewable energy source.
Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland, WI
Completion Date: 7/25/2006
Award Amount: $10,000
This grant supported the assessment of Wisconsin manufacturers capabilities to provide
renewable energy components.
Cooperative Development Services
Madison, WI
Completion Date: 6/28/2006
Award Amount: $7,500
This grant supported the development of a community manure digester business model for Wisconsin.
Solar Mining Company
Green Bay, WI
Completion Date: 5/26/2006
Award Amount: $4,379
This grant supported the revision and expansion of Solar Mining website.
Collaborative Energy Ventures LLC
Fitchburg, WI
Completion Date: 4/26/2006
Award Amount: $7,500
This report begins by examining traits and characteristics that can be used to identify
specific groups of potential customers for solar electric systems. A strategy was developed
for addressing both general and customer group specific end-user barriers. As part of this
strategy a web page was set up at:
collaborativeenergy.com.
System financing and project economics were then discussed for typical residential, non-profit
and commercial solar electric installations. One interesting result is that due to the
combination of State, Federal, and utility incentives and decreasing system costs as a
function of system size a "sweet spot" with the lowest solar electricity cost for commercial
systems emerges in the 10 to 25 kw range. The report concludes with an examination of
third-party ownership models that have the potential to reduce system costs under some
circumstances. Due to the interplay between Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations and
Wisconsin utility law these third-party models do not appear to be available for Wisconsin
solar electric systems located at non-profit sites at this time. While third party ownership
models are available to for-profit sites such sites are typically better off purchasing a
solar electric system directly.
Seventh Generation Energy Systems, Inc.
Belleville, WI
Completion Date: 10/28/2005
Award Amount: $7,000
This grant supported
Seventh Generation Energy Systems
work with a consultant to develop and design marketing materials (letterhead, brochures, business
cards, website, tradeshow exhibit booth), and enhanced employee technical skills by supporting
attendance of an EMS Vestas E-15 turbine installation training in Minnesota.
Citizens Energy Cooperative
Green Bay, WI
Completion Date: 8/29/2005
Award Amount: $8,000
This grant supported the development of marketing and sales materials to conduct outreach
around the state, which helped cultivate a membership base for a renewable energy cooperative.
Collaborative Energy Ventures LLC
Fitchburg, WI
Completion Date: 4/28/2005
Award Amount: $9,000
Cooperative Development Services (CDS) of Madison developed a generic and replicable model
business plan for community wind projects in Wisconsin with Focus on Energy funding. This
model business plan is a thoroughly researched and detailed reference document describing a
variation on the "flip" structures successfully employed in Minnesota. The primary goal of
the present project was to remove uncertainty arising regarding several aspects of the newly
developed "Wisconsin flip structure" and thereby facilitate the implementation of community
wind projects in Wisconsin.
Citizens Energy Cooperative
Green Bay, WI
Completion Date: 4/15/2005
Award Amount: $10,000
This grant supported the development of a business plan, office and staff. The development of a
marketing plan and early outreach to helped cultivate a membership base for a renewable energy
cooperative.
Joel Goodman
Dodgeville, WI
Completion Date: 2/25/2005
Award Amount: $6,000
This grant supported the development of marketing and educational materials (printed, slide
presentations, and electronic) for building integrated active solar technology: design services;
project development for technical feasibility studies; and student design projects. One aim was
to communicate to developers, architects, engineers and students - building integrated active
solar energy technology possibilities, offer design services, invite participation in the
development of technical feasibility studies, and offer design and engineering student projects
to educational centers in Wisconsin.
Midwest Windgineering
Muskego, WI
Completion Date: 2/25/2005
Award Amount: $10,000
This grant supported activities needed to help bring a wind tower and wind component manufacturers
to Wisconsin.
Sandstrom Enterprises, Inc.
Bayfield, WI
Completion Date: 12/1/2004
Award Amount: $1,610
This grant supported the a marketing campaign of Pinehurst Inn's newly constructed Garden House
as a primary example of renewable energy sources, practices and materials.
Midwest Renewable Energy Association
Custer, WI
Completion Date: 5/3/2004
Award Amount: $11,334
This grant supported the improvement of the
Midwest Renewable Energy Association's web site.
Tasks included streamline the web site, allowing for more educational content and adding an
"E-commerce" feature to help generate revenue for this renewable energy educational nonprofit
organization.
Light Energy Systems
Madison, WI
Completion Date: 3/31/2004
Award Amount: $10,219
This grant will assist Light Energy Systems
to complete a first year's business development and marketing. This includes a business plan with
organizational outline, marketing plan and pro-forma financial statements; print and internet
advertising; marketing materials and promotional show representation; research into warehouse space
and equipment; and business management training.
Midwest Windgineering
Muskego, WI
Completion Date: 3/31/2004
Award Amount: $10,000
This is an expansion on the previous Business and Marketing Grant for Midwest Windgineering. This
grant helped establish a plan to position Wisconsin as a major manufacturing hub for wind turbine
manufacturing. This plan will be used to convince a major turbine manufacturer to locate their
U.S. Headquarters and/or major manufacturing in Wisconsin. This includes bringing Wisconsin area
companies on line as major component manufacturers and assemblers.
Solar Mining Company
Green Bay, WI
Completion Date: 11/26/2003
Award Amount: $20,000
This grant supported the development of a marketing and sales plan for commercial and industrial
solar thermal energy systems.
Midwest Windgineering
Muskego, WI
Completion Date: 9/29/2003
Award Amount: $14,946
This grant supported the organization a wind-power component vendor base in Wisconsin to supply
foreign turbine manufacturers entering the North American market.
Cooperative Development Services
Madison, WI
Completion Date: 9/26/2003
Award Amount: $16,570
This project has developed a business plan for Community Wind Turbine projects that allows for the
participation of small investors in ownership of wind turbine projects. The business model involves
a partnership between a Limited Liability Corporation of small investors and a larger corporation
that could utilize federal tax incentives.
Sun & Daughters
Eagle River, WI
Completion Date: 7/27/2003
Award Amount: $5,968
This grant supported the Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) training for my business and
showcases a PV installation. It also supported Jacobs Wind Turbine servicing and repair training.
Harvestar Energy
Brookfield, WI
Completion Date: 4/9/2003
Award Amount: $820
This grant supported the installer training at a PV contractor certification workshop in Michigan
February 3-7, 2003.
Timmerman's Talents
Shullsburg, WI
Completion Date: 3/9/2003
Award Amount: $550
This grant supported a Bergey dealer training workshop.
Virent Energy
Madison, WI
Completion Date: 9/12/2002
Award Amount: $15,000
This grant supported the development of a comprehensive business plan for
Virent Energy Systems. Virent Energy Systems
is a Wisconsin startup company based on technology developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
which converts renewable biomass to hydrogen fuel. This hydrogen fuel can then be used to
generate renewable electricity.
Radiant Unlimited
Wausaukee, WI
Completion Date: 7/1/2002
Award Amount: $1,988
This grant supported the set-up and staffing of a display booth with solar hot water systems at
the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Custer Wisconsin.
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