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Message From South Florida FREPA Director Dear Florida Renewable Energy Supporters,
We hope that everyone is having a wonderful fall. We wanted to thank all of you for your continued support in growing the renewable energy industry here in South Florida. Our membership and involvement has grown significantly over the summer and we are excited to continue with this growth.
Our next chapter meeting will be on Thursday, October 29 from 6pm-8pm at the offices of RS Environmental Consulting. We would like to thank RS Environmental Consultants for hosting us. This meeting will focus on the environmental factors that we must all be aware of and discuss when trying to increase sustainable development within our state. We will touch on topics such as wetlands, wildlife, avian, Florida endangered species, cultural impacts, landscape etc.
We would also like to thank K&L Gates for hosting the following meeting in their offices. This meeting will focus on the legal aspects that surround a renewable energy project in Florida such as landowner leases and the permitting process. This meeting will take place Thursday, December 3rd, more info to come later.
As always our events are entirely free for our members. You're help will be more than appreciated.
As always thank you for being a part of this community and for your support.
Best Regards,
Sébastien Studer
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Renewable Energy Events in Florida
At last, Wind Industry Present in Florida.
American Wind Energy Association- FALL SYMPOSIUM
Orlando, FL
November 18-20,2009
The AWEA fall symposium program explores critical wind industry issues as they relate to the growth of the industry today such as the latest legislation to advance wind production, the new frontiers for wind financing, the constraints on the wind industry supply chain, and the needed expansion of transmission and infrastructure.
For more information please visit
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S. Florida Chapter: Member Spotlight -K&L Gates
K&L Gates delivers legal services on an integrated and global basis, with 1,800 lawyers located in 33 cities on three continents. They represent a broad array of capital markets participants, leading global corporations in every major industry, and ambitious middle-market and emerging growth companies. They also serve public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations, and individuals. Their lawyers counsel clients on their most sophisticated legal challenges in all areas of corporate and regulatory law as well as litigation.
They are leaders in legal issues relating to industries critical to the economies of both the developed and developing worlds-technology, manufacturing, energy, transportation, telecommunications, financial services, and life sciences, among others.
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Renewable Energy in the News:
BIOMASS IN FLORIDA:
BG&E DIVISION TO GROW POWER FOR FLORIDA POWER PLANT
By: Anna Austion
Georgia-based Biomass Gas & Electric plans to grow 50 percent of the feedstock that will be required to power its soon-to-be-constructed biomass facility, Northwest Florida Renewable Energy Center in Port St. Joe, Fla., at its subsidiary AgTech Renewable Fuels LLC.
The company will begin work on the 45-megawatt power plant in the first quarter of 2010, and is currently working to raise capital to build a laboratory and nursery to grow arundo and miscanthus seed plantlets. AgTech Renewable was formed almost a year ago, upon licensing the technology rights from the University of South Carolina.
For the full article please visit:
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2947
SOLAR IN FLORIDA:
FPL TO BRING 25MW FLORIDA DeSOTO POWER PLANT
FPL says it will be the largest solar photovoltaic plant in North America, overtaking the Nellis solar facility in Nevada.
Built in less than a year, the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center uses more than 90,500 photovoltaic panels.
Florida's largest utility estimates that over 30 years the plant will prevent emission of more than 575,000 tons of greenhouse gases. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency this is equivalent to removing more than 4,500 cars from the road every year for the entire project life.
For the full article please visit
WIND IN FLORIDA:
EVE SAMPLES: WHAT BLOWS IN THE WIND MIGHT BRING PROFIT
A small company from Miami wants to do what the state's largest utility has not: build electricity-producing windmills in Florida. And it is seriously eying central Martin County for one of its first wind farms.
Within a month, Miami-based Hurricane Wind plans to build a temporary, 197-foot-tall test tower on Caulkins Citrus Co.'s property between Florida's Turnpike and Indiantown, north of the St. Lucie Canal.
If it turns out the spot is blustery enough, it may build full-fledged, 300-foot-tall wind turbines there.
For the full article please visit
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Reminder
Next: SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER MEETING
Thursday, October 29, 2009
6pm-8pm
Hosted by: RS Evnrionmental Consultants
12265 SW 129 Court
Miami, FL 33186
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STAY TUNED
If you are not already a member of FREPA please consider joining. Visit here to go to our membership page for new membership information.If you are interested in attending our monthly meetings or if you would like your company highlighted in an upcoming newsletter please send your interest to FREPA_Sflorida@floridaenergyproducers.com |
Join Now
FREPA is the voice of renewable energy in Florida and its members range from wind energy developers, biomass developers, ethanol and biodiesel prdocures, to solar developers, clean-tech and many more.
Please visit the website for futher information and membership enrollment.
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Please contact the S. Florida FREPA Chapter at:
FREPA_SFlorida@mail.floridaenergyproducers.com
Telephone: 786.768.2417
Contacts are: Sébastien Studer or Dani Torcolacci
Join Now!!!
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