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Volume 18                                                    End of yr 2011-  Jan 2012

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Message From The President  

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Michael Dobson

   

First, Happy New Year. The FREPA team along with my family and I, truly hope that your holiday season has been joyous and that you and your family will have a healthy and prosperous new year.

 

  We   welcome you to this volume of IGNITE, the Florida Renewable Energy Producers Associations (FREPA) E-newsletter. And, in the spirit of this holiday season, we here at FREPA celebrate our five year (5th  year) anniversary. We thank you for helping to make FREPA "the voice of renewable energy in Florida". 

 

 

As  2011 come to a close, looking back over the year, one have to admit that 2011 has been quite a year for many  Americans and our families. At times, our world seemed to have been spinning out of control. Family, faith, good friendships and goodwill has helped us all, as we have maneuvered through diminishing global financial markets while personal setbacks have touched most families in some small way. Our world is more interdependent than ever before, financially and otherwise. The world has become so complex and global market sensitiveties so volital ...... that it seems,  our leaders  have had no roadmap. It has required individuals to take stock, re-prioritize and to view the world we live in differently as we place one foot in front of the other. For instance, how are we to provide the necessary energy sources for a world with burgeoning populations and increased demand? This is only one item requiring different solutions. There are many others.  So, we desperately need the big thinkers and doers of the day to step up.

 

 Five years ago, FREPA was founded by  Dobson, Craig and Associates and its partners. It was done so at the behest of a renewable energy developer whom the Dobson, Craig and Associates lobbying firm represented in its governmental relations business. That developer correctly assessed that Florida lacked a strong trade association to represent the renewable energy industry as a whole and that could build a notable business community of the industry, inclusive of all technologies.  FREPA has set out to do just. We've  tried to do that by   catering to the industry needs of members and the ancillary businesses that make up the renewable energy and cleantech community in Florida. As a membership driven organization, we allow our members to define what industry  regulations are  needed to make sure that markets are open, and to help us determine what best incentivize the industry, while not overburdening citizens. We have worked to create a competitive marketplace for energy and fuel  producers. FREPA also help legislators identify the tools that allow innovators, cleantech manufacturers and entrepreneurs to flourish in Florida. FREPA has also adopted the goals of the sustainability movement as a centerpiece of its mission.  

 

During the 2007 legislative session, FREPA began holding the first of its weekly coalition meetings for renewable energy lobbyist. We then held the fist of our Sunshine State Renewable Energy Expos. It was a well attended event at the Mary Brogan Museum of Tallahassee. We have since held the event each year. FREPA has been a lead organization in the various policy discussions to advance broad renewable energy policy in Florida. Current language in Florida statute that maintains a structure for a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS), energy efficiency standards and the likes are a result of the efforts of FREPA working with its many colleagues and like minded organizations. And, we thank them for their leadership.

 

 

 Today many of those policies (while in statute) have not been codified or acted on, as renewable energy has become a political football. Further in this issue, you will find bills that sends a message that the  2012 legislature is bent on  repealing  many of those steps forward  in the name of  (guess what ?)  a "renewable energy policy". It's important to understand that the statutory language being repealed is largely the result of the legislature acting on an executive order   by a previous governor. That governor ( Charlie Crist) had the help ( and support) of FREPA and others. Repealing such important language is perhaps shortsighted. By eliminating statutory language that puts in place a foundation for the consideration of reducing green house gas emissions, an RPS, incentives for carbon reduction, energy efficiency measures and the likes;  Florida will find itself at a disadvantage when renewable energy policy is addressed in the next congress.
 
Most political observers agree that renewable energy policy has found itself only temporarily constrained as a result of the political stalemate we currently have in Washington, coupled with election year politics. The renewable energy industry has out performed (in its growth) from 2007-2011. The industry has been the most consistent job creator of any other industry and has generated several billion dollars  in venture capital and other investments (annually) over the last several years. By all accounts, the clean technology and renewable energy business space is a strong and growing industry, even in this current environment. Therefore, as an important piece of our economy moving forward, it is practical thinking and perhaps even a certainty that when the dust settles in congress after the elections, renewable energy policy will be back on track. States without their own policies in place will find themselves at the mercy of the federal government without the controls or flexibility our citizens deserve. 

 

Maintaining the progress we have made over the last several years is not without its rewards for a state as dynamic as Florida, and a state poised to lead in  cleantech innovation. Not maintaining our progress, will only set us back. 

 

We urge you to think about how you can engage our leaders in 2012 to assist FREPA with its mission of maintaining the progress made in the cleantech and renewable energy industry. Your help will secure our industry for purposes of job creation and investments into our economy.  

 

We hope to hear from you and see you in the coming year.

 

Wishing you the best, I am,

 

Michael Dobson

 President, FREPA

  

 

 A REPORT

REVIEW POTENTIAL METHODS OF ENCOURAGING RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT MINIMIZE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON UTILITY RATEPAYERS ( A REPORTBY THE FLORIDA SENATE completed Oct 2010) 

 

 

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Florida Legislature Floor and Chambers

 

KEY ENERGY RELATED  BILLS CURRENTLY FILED FOR THE FLORIDA 2012 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

 

 

CSS/SB 156: Assessment of Residential and Nonhomestead Real Property

 

 GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs; Latvala

Assessment of Residential and Nonhomestead Real Property; Excluding the value of certain improvements from the assessed value of residential real property; specifying a limitation on the assessed value of residential real property; providing for application of the assessment limitations; requiring a nonrefundable filing fee for a petition to the value adjustment board; specifying additional exceptions to the assessment of homestead property at just value; specifying additional exceptions to assessment of nonhomestead property at just value; providing for the continuity and apportionment of assessment limitations on combined and divided parcels; repealing provisions relating to the property tax exemption for renewable energy source devices, etc.  Read the billbill analysis   

 

 

 SB 1106: Electric Energy Production 

GENERAL BILL by Altman

Electric Energy Production; Revising the definition of the term "public utility" to exclude certain renewable solar energy production facilities for purposes of specified provisions; revising the definition of the term "net metering" for purposes of provisions relating to renewable energy, etc.

Location: Filed

Last Action: 12/01/2011 Filed

Effective Date: July 1, 2012 

 

  

 

 SB 1074: Energy Conservation

 GENERAL BILL by Altman

Energy Conservation; Authorizing a municipality to collect special assessments to pay the additional costs to purchase renewable energy for the municipality; providing for a portion of the proceeds of the local government infrastructure surtax to be used for financial assistance to homeowners who make energy efficiency improvements or install renewable energy devices; defining the terms "renewable energy devices" and "energy efficiency improvement", etc.
Location: Filed
Last Action: 11/28/2011 Filed
Effective Date: July 1, 2012

 

 

SB 696: Customer-owned Renewable Generation

 

GENERAL BILL by Bennett

Customer-owned Renewable Generation; Revising the definition of the term "customer-owned renewable generation"; allowing a customer of a public utility who installs customer-owned renewable generation to sell renewable energy to a tenant of the customer-owned property and to separately bill the tenant; requiring that the Florida Public Service Commission adopt rules; allowing a customer of a municipal electric utility or rural electric cooperative who installs customer-owned renewable generation to sell renewable energy to a tenant of the customer-owned property and to separately bill the tenant, etc.

Senate Committee References: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU), Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP), Budget (BC)

Location: In committee/council (CU)

Last Action: 11/16/2011 Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget

Effective Date: July 1, 2012 

 

 

SB 786: Growth Enterprise Development

 

GENERAL BILL by Ring
Growth Enterprise Development; Requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to establish a One-Stop Permitting System in cooperation with certain participating agencies; authorizing local governments to establish growth enterprise development programs that provide for master development approval for the development or expansion of certain sites owned and operated by growth enterprises; providing for the development and distribution of literature explaining the One-Stop Permitting System and identifying local growth enterprise development programs; repealing provisions relating to the One-Stop Permitting System Grant Program and the Quick Permitting County Designation Program of the former State Technology Office, etc.
Senate Committee References: Commerce and Tourism (CM), Community Affairs (CA), Budget (BC)
Location: In committee/council (CM)
Last Action: 11/16/2011 Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Community Affairs; Budget
Effective Date: July 1, 2012

 

 HB 4031 - Nuclear and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants General
Bill   by Rehwinkel Vasilinda 
Nuclear and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants: Repeals cost recovery provisions for siting, design, licensing, & construction of nuclear & integrated gasification combined cycle power plants. 
Effective Date: July 1, 2012 

  

 
HB 7007 - Florida Statutes
**see page 87, Section 70 ( addresses alternative fuels standards)

Reviser's/General Bill   by Aubuchon 
Florida Statutes: Deletes provisions that have expired, have become obsolete, have had their effect, have served their purpose, or have been impliedly repealed or superseded; replaces incorrect cross-references & citations; corrects grammatical, typographical, & like errors; removes inconsistencies, redundancies, & unnecessary repetition in statutes; improves clarity of statutes & facilitates their correct interpretation; confirms restoration of provisions unintentionally omitted from republication in acts of Legislature during amendatory process & removes gender-specific references applicable to human beings from Florida Statutes without substantive change in legal effect. 
Effective Date: on the 60th day after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in which enacted 
Last Event: Bill referred to House Calendar on Thursday, December 29, 2011 Read bill    

SB 684: Economic Development

 GENERAL BILL by Ring

Economic Development; Requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to designate a director of manufacturing; amending provisions relating to a tax credit program for capital investment by certain qualifying businesses; requiring a capital investment of at least $10 million as a criteria for a qualified project; providing tax credits for qualifying businesses that are located out of state; providing that a capital investment of a specified amount qualifies a target industry business for the tax refund; creating the Manufacturing Capital Investment Tax Refund Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity; providing for amounts of capital investments for certain manufacturing businesses that are eligible for tax refunds; providing for the application and approval process for qualified projects; authorizing the Division of Strategic Business Development in the Department of Economic Opportunity to adopt rules, etc.

Senate Committee References: Commerce and Tourism (CM), Budget (BC)

Location: In committee/council (CM)

Last Action: 11/16/2011 Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Budget

Effective Date: July 1, 2012 

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SB 690: Solar Energy Systems

 GENERAL BILL by Bennett

 

Solar Energy Systems; Removing the requirement that the Florida Solar Energy Center set standards for and approve solar energy systems; requiring that a solar energy system manufactured, sold, or installed in the state meet the safety and performance standards established by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., etc.

Senate Committee References: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU), Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP), Budget (BC)

Location: In committee/council (CU)

Last Action: 11/16/2011 Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

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HB 4001 - Florida Climate Protection Act

General Bill   by Plakon 

 

Florida Climate Protection Act: Repeals provisions for cap & trade regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities. 
Effective Date: July 1, 2012 
Last Event: Bill released to House Calendar on Thursday, December 08, 2011   
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 SB 1032: Thermal Efficiency Standards

 GENERAL BILL by Benacquisto

 

Thermal Efficiency Standards; Requiring that the Department of Environmental Protection and the applicable water management district grant a general permit for the construction, alteration, and maintenance of certain surface water management systems; authorizing the construction of certain surface water management systems to proceed without further action by the department or the water management district; providing definitions for the terms "ballasted roof," "hardscape," "heat island effect," "low-sloped roof," "solar reflectance" or "reflectance," and "steeped-sloped roof"; providing standards for a thermal-efficient roof, etc.

Senate Committee References: Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP), Budget (BC)

Location: In committee/council (EP)

Last Action: 12/08/2011 Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

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HB 743 - Energy Efficiency General Bill  

by Rehwinkel Vasilinda 
 

Energy Efficiency: Provides for portion of proceeds of local government infrastructure surtax to be used to provide loans, grants, & rebates to residential property owners who make energy efficiency improvements to their residential property, subject to referendum; defines term "energy efficiency improvement." 
Effective Date: July 1, 2012 
Last Event: Now in Energy & Utilities Subcommittee on Tuesday, November 29, 2011   
Read Bill

 

 SB 648: Florida Climate Protection Act

 GENERAL BILL by Hays

 

Florida Climate Protection Act; Repealing provisions relating to a cap-and-trade regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities, etc.

Senate Committee References: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU), Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP), Budget (BC)

Location: In committee/council (CU)

Last Action: 11/16/2011 Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

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 SB 740: Nuclear and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants

  

GENERAL BILL by Fasano

Nuclear and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants; Repealing provisions relating to cost recovery for the siting, design, licensing, and construction of nuclear and integrated gasification combined cycle power plants, etc.

Senate Committee References: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU), Community Affairs (CA), Budget (BC)

Location: In committee/council (CU)

Last Action: 11/16/2011 Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Community Affairs; Budget

Effective Date: July 1, 2012 

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HB 4013 - Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act

General Bill  by Gaetz (CO-SPONSORS) Adkins; Coley; Costello; Ford; Ingram; Smith; Wood 
 

Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act: Repeals Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act. 


Effective Date: July 1, 2012 
Last Event: Now in State Affairs Committee on Wednesday, December 07, 2011

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HB 779 - Electric Energy Production General Bill  

 by Burgin 
 

Electric Energy Production: Revises definition of term "public utility" to exclude certain renewable solar energy production facilities for purposes of specified provisions; revises definition of term "net metering" for purposes of provisions relating to renewable energy. 


Effective Date: July 1, 2012 
Last Event: Now in Energy & Utilities Subcommittee on Monday, December 12, 2011 

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HB 133 - Assessment of Residential and Nonhomestead Real Property
 

General Bill   by Frishe (CO-SPONSORS) Berman; Rehwinkel Vasilinda 
Assessment of Residential and Nonhomestead Real Property: Limits review of changes to assessed or taxable value of real property resulting from informal conferences to review by DOR; excludes value of certain improvements from assessed value of residential real property; specifies limitation on assessed value of residential real property; provides for application of assessment limitations; provides procedural requirements & limitations; requires nonrefundable filing fee for petition to value adjustment board; specifies additional exceptions to assessment of nonhomestead property at just value; defines term "placed on tax roll"; provides for continuity & apportionment of assessment limitations on combined & divided parcels; specifies when divided or combined parcels must appear as combined or divided on tax roll; deletes definition of terms "renewable energy source device" & "device"; repeals provisions relating to property tax exemption for renewable energy source devices; provides for application. 
Effective Date: July 1, 2012, and applies to assessments beginning January 1, 2013 
Last Event: Now in Energy & Utilities Subcommittee on Monday, October 03, 2011
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HJR 23 - Ban of Oil Exploration, Drilling, Extraction, and Production in Territorial Seas Joint Resolution  

by Kriseman (CO-SPONSORS) Bullard; Pafford 
 

Ban of Oil Exploration, Drilling, Extraction, and Production in Territorial Seas: Proposes amendment to s. 7, Art. II of State Constitution to prohibit exploration, drilling, extraction, & production of oil beneath Florida waters between mean high-water line & seaward limit of Florida's boundaries; exempts transportation of oil produced outside of such waters.  
 

Effective Date: Not Specified 
Last Event: Now in Energy & Utilities Subcommittee on Thursday, September 15, 2011

 

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 FLORIDA CLEANTECH JOB FAIR, EXHIBITION AND SYMPOSIUM?

 

OUR CHALLENGE, OUR FUTURE

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WE CHALLENGE YOU

 TO SHOW UP

IF YOU ARE A CLEAN TECHNOLOGY JOBS CREATOR!

 

I believe that its better for the cleantech or renewable energy business space and its advocates  when decision makers can touch and feel their industry. And, this event (while lawmakers  are in Tallahassee) does just that. So, its paramount that cleantech companies show up to prove their value to Florida's economy and its future."... Michael Dobson

 

LESS THAN 45 DAYS AWAY !!!

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"FLORIDA CLEANTECH JOB FAIR, EXHIBITION AND SYMPOSIUM"

Feb 7-8, 2012

At the Florida State capitol

Job fair 

(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images).

 

DOES YOUR CLEANTECH OR RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY HAVE AN EXHIBIT SPACE YET TO TALK ABOUT THE JOBS YOU ARE CREATING?

 

If not, how do you make the case for support to policymakers?  

 

Visit the Florida Cleantech Innovation website Here  or FREPA Here

clean technology world  

Bringing the clean technology world to the Florida State Capitol


 

 

Where:
The State Capitol
*State Capitol Courtyard reserved for exhibits
(photo used courtesy of FCIT/ USF)

 

The Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee

 

 

 

 ONE TIME DISCOUNT:

Register between December 29, 2011 and January 4, 2012 and apply  a 25% discount  

 

The Event

Renewable energy companies and ancillary businesses can exhibit at the State Capitol. Exhibitors can begin setting  up as early as 5:00 p.m. on February 7, 2012 ( security will be available overnight to secure exhibits for next days exhibition on the Capitol Courtyard)

* there is a small fee to help defray some cost such as refreshments, reception, dinner, tents,security and etc

 

February 7, 2011

 Reception: 6:00- 7:30 at Doubltree Hotel

 

February 8, 2011

Exhibitions open in capitol courtyard - 8 a.m- 5:00 p.m.

 

Luncheon and symposium ( with speakers and presenters) - 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

 Location: 22nd Floor of State Capitol ( observatory area)

 

Presentation by, Angela prioleau, USDA Rural Renewable Energy Program

 

Enterprise Florida Representaive- Invited

 

Governor Rick Scott - Invited

 

State Representative Michelle Rehwinkle Vasilinda- Invited

 

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam - Invited

 

State Senator Jeremy Ring- Invited

 

* THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ATTENDEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT WITH LEGISLATORS.

 

5:30- 7:00- Meet  at Andews Capitol Bar and Grill for cocktails

 

Note: No fee for job seekers

 

Exhibitor, Event  and/or Symposium participant tickets:

FREPA Member attendee ticket: $40  

Non-Member attendee ticket: $75

Government( other than member of legislature or staff)/non-member: $50

Member of legislature or staff: $25

*Attendee ticket allows theregistored ticket holder attendee to particiate in all events(policy symposium,reception, dinner and ect)

 

Exhibit Space Fee

FREPA Member exhibitor: $60

Government : $80

Non-member a exhibitor: $100

* Add and additional $25 for each needed attendee ticket for all events( $15 for

members)

 

Download a registation form to be faxed or mailed  to our office here. If you have paid via online "paypal" system omit credit card info from the registration form. The registration form is necessary for our registration records  and  to identify all registrants for name tags, listing, gift bags, sponsorship packages and etc

 

Payments 

 

Who should exhibit and/or attend:

 

Engineering firms

Agriculture industry professionals and Florida farms

Land owners

Technology firms

Manufactures

Investors

Bankers

Solar contractors and Installers

Energy Plant contruction companies and ancillary businesses

Utilities

College job training programs or institutes

College job placement

Workforce organizations

Florida University System

Community Colleges

Petroleum marketers ( key to clean tech innovations important to transportation fuel infrastructure)

Automobile dealers

Electric car industry

EV Electric plug infrastructure and deployment

Ocean and wave energy technologies

Forestry

Florida based solar panel manufactuers and distributors

Wood pellet producers

University researchers

Economic Development councils

Local governmental entities

Electrical generation developers ( biomass, solar, wind, hyroelectric, natural gas and other clean energy technologies)

Producers of enery efficiency technology or products

Producers of HVAC technologies

Magnet technologies for electric generators, wind turbine technolgy and all power systems

Power systems technologies 

Materials manufactures for wind turbines

Fabricators 

Energy efficient lighting and appliance manufactures or innovators

Developers of stand alone energy systems using clean technology

waste to fuels and waste to energy plant developers and operators

Energy efficient building materials companies and entrepreneurs

Green building technologies

Sustainability living systems

Energy consultants

 

* To name a few. The cleantech industry is broad and expanding

   

All FREPA events are part of the FREPA Sunshine State Energy Expo series

 

 

 

 SIGN UP HERE

 

BE A SPONSOR

Sponsorship Levels


$250 - BRONZE SPONSOR

Listing in "Florida Green Innovation" Magazines business guide, listing on event placard, logo and link on event website as bronze sponsor and:

 

Company name and logo displayed on a placard placed at entrance ( northeast  and northwest entrances of the capitol Courtyard) 

 

One (1) complimentary exhibit booth

 

$500 - GOLD SPONSOR

 

Listing in "Florida Green Innovation" Magazines business guide, quarter page advertising in magazine, central logo placement as a tent sponsor (logo on tent banner and placard), logo and link on event website as gold sponsor and:

One (1) complimentary attendee passes for all related event activities-tba

 

One (1) complimentary exhibit booth (subject to availability)

 

Company logo displayed on a sponsor banner during event and on placard      strategically placed according to your choosing according to event floor plan

 

And, Company name and logo displayed on a placard placed at entrance  and exit  (northeast  and northwest entrances of the Capitol Courtyard) and exit (southeast and southwest) 

 

$1,000 - DIAMOND SPONSOR

 

Listing in "Florida Green Innovation" Magazines business guide, half page advertising in magazine,  logo and link on event website as diamond sponsor, logo banner and placards placed at  entrance and exit 

( northeast  and northwest entrances of the Capitol Courtyard) and exit (southeast and southwest)  and:

 

Two (2) complimentary exhibit booth

 

One (1) complimentary attendee passes for all event activities -tba

 

Company logo displayed on a sponsor banner during event

 

Half page ad in Florida Green Innovation Magazine and business guide

 

Company insert in event gift bag

 

$1,500 - PLATINUM SPONSOR

 

Listing in "Florida Green Innovation" Magazines business guide, space for a full page promotional article in the magazine, full page ad in magazine, logo and slogan on entrance banner and placard, logo and link on event website as platinum sponsor,  listing on all event placards, one year annual FREPA membership with all benefits(offered and optional), verbal introduction and  acknowledgement of company or organization at lunch ceremony in addition to recognition by TBA state legislator at ceremony, and:

 

Two (2) complimentary exhibit booths (for car dealers: two spaces to exhibit           flexfuel, hybrid vehicles)

 

Up to four complimentary attendee passes for all event activities-tba

 

Full page ad in program booklet which will be available statewide

 

Name and logo listed on event display board at entrance of event

 

Recognition at all meals and event advertising

 

Company insert in event gift bag

  

Pay Now

 

   Be and Partner or Supporter

 

Being a Partner and Supporter, we would ask that you agree to support the event in many different ways. One key way of doing that would be the distribution of information about the event to your natural network, securing exhibit space and providing financial help to cover some cost of the event by adhering to the suggested partner/supporter fees. We would also ask that our event be placed on your website and that it is otherwise mentioned in your communication to stakeholders throughout your network. Your partnership status would be mentioned by your logo placement in event publications and on placards.

 

Suggested Partner /Supporter fees below:

 

$50 - Supporter

 

$75 - Workforce Champion

 

$100 - Workforce Leader

 Pay Now 

 

 or visit Sunshine State Expo  site to Make Payment Here

 * do not need to have a paypal account. Click link that says"do not have a  paypal account? (on right) once on payment page for standard payment from

(optional)  and/or complete

Registration Form to fax to (708) 778-8864

*note: the attached form is a multipurpose form. Therefore, please do not hesitate to augment the form for any FREPA  event registration  

 

Event Participants Accomodations

tallahassee marriott 

Marriott Residence Inn 

Group rate: $169( include buffet style breakfast)

(850) 422-0093

 courtyard marriott tallahassee

Courtyard Marriott

Group rate: $129 

(850)422-0600

towne place 

TownPlace Suites

(850) 219-0122 

Rates: $119

 

*Note: Contact [email protected] to for any questions about accomodations 

 

 WHY BECOME A SPONSOR

 Why become a sponsor? The Cleantech Job Fair is an opportunity to show that you are a part of the solutions to our high unemployment and that you are relevant to consider when policymakers determine how to make sure clean energy job creators are free to do their parts since this event will be a visible reminder to leaders and in the front yard of our policymakers. Also, sponsorship establishes your leadership in the market, your community consciousness, community goodwill as it relates to the future of our energy needs, and provides valuable exposure and advertising for your company in what is an exciting industry.

 

 We are currently looking for Exhibitors & Sponsors!  For further information on exhibit packages and/or sponsorship, please contact: our office by phone at 850-363-4122, e-mail [email protected], [email protected]

 

 BENEFITS


Priority placement of name and logo on event website as it is updated. Same for event promotional materials.

 

Dignified and appropriate signage recognizing sponsorship

 

Complimentary exhibit table & registration

 

Reference in all media advisories

 

 TO GET MORE INFO ABOUT SPONSORSHIP AND ITS BENEFITS, VISIT HERE

 

 Business guide fees will be provided in a seperate release. We  hope to count on your support as we will seek you out for content and occassional spotlight articles.  

 

Please send any inquiries to: [email protected] 


 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS

 

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CLEANTECH  NEWS IN FLORIDIA AND ELSEWHERE

 

 

 

All eyes on German renewable energy efforts

 

Dec 29, 2011

 

(AP)  FELDHEIM, Germany - This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a wind-swept corner of rural eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution.

  

Yet environmentalists, experts and politicians from El Salvador to Japan to South Africa have flocked here in the past year to learn how Feldheim, a village of just 145 people, is already putting into practice Germany's vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy.Read More 

 

Coal-Fired Plant to Use Solar Technology
Dec 28, 2011 

 

 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A power plant along Interstate 10 in Tucson is dismantling a massive old fuel-oil storage tank to make room for solar-thermal technology.

 

The move at Tucson Electric Power Co. could be seen as a symbol of the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, but it's really a lesson in how the two can work together. Read More 

 

Why would a utility consider Nuclear Energy? 

Dec 27, 2011

 

The future of the U.S. electricity portfolio is a complex matter that asks the industry to find a path forward that acceptably balances many different factors. Once one acknowledges that every generating technology carries physical, financial and environmental risks, the conversation can begin in an intellectually honest manner. In the case of the nuclear industry, the issues frequently discussed are the costs of new construction, safety and fuel management.

 

Why would a utility consider nuclear power when public opinion on the risks and rewards appears to swing more significantly than it does for other technologies? A response requires taking stock of the broader situation as it stands today, and then focusing on the nuclear industry specifically. Read More 

 

Duke, Progress merger hits a snag 

Dec 28, 2011

  

RALEIGH -- As the holidays approached, the honchos at Duke Energy and Progress Energy had to be asking themselves whether they are being asked for too big a gift.

The proposed merger between the state's two biggest electricity suppliers has come to a crossroads after federal regulators told company officials to go back to the drawing board. Read More 

 

Top 25 Alternative Energy Moves of 2011

 

Despite controversies surrounding biofuel and the collapse of several high-profile alternative energy companies, 2011 was a big year for renewables. Profits from the alternative energy industry skyrocketed, making headlines worldwide. As the year comes to a close, let's take a look at some history-making milestones in green energy. Read More 

 

Panel Says Chinese Imports Hurt U.S. Solar Firms

 

WASHINGTON - American solar panel manufacturers won a round against China on Friday when the United States International Trade Commission reached a preliminary conclusion that they were being harmed by imports. 

 

The vote clears the way for additional steps by the commission and the Commerce Department that could result in heavy tariffs on Chinese imports. The Commerce Department had responded to the industry filing last month by agreeing to open an investigation into the complaints. Read More 

 

Wood trading exchange stokes green energy row
 

New exchange launches in Netherlands amid growing row about wisdom of burning more wood to generate electricity

 

Oil, gold and even pork bellies have been traded on commodity markets for many years, but traders are now able to buy and sell industrial wood pellets via an electronic market place for the first time.

The APX-ENDEX exchange in the Netherlands has launched green energy contracts at a critical moment, when demand for biomass is soaring, but critics argue that burning wood to generate electricity causes as many problems as it solves. Read More 

 

Clean energy group to challenge PSC decision on nuke funding

 

Dec 27, 2011

TALLAHASSEE -- An advocacy group will ask the state Supreme Court to reject a regulatory decision that would allow Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy Florida to collect about $282 million from customers next year for nuclear-power projects.  

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy notified the state Public Service Commission last week that it is taking the unusual step of appealing an order that allows the utilities to collect money for work on future or existing nuclear plants. Read More 

 

Gainesville (Florida) Bigger Per Capita Solar Producer than California

 

Advocates for feed-in tariffs (FITs) have long claimed that the policy is the fastest, most efficient method for deploying renewable energy. One need only look at the rapid adoption rates in European countries to see their effectiveness.

 

FITs require utilities to purchase renewable electricity from system owners over a certain period of time, typically 15-20 years. The rates are calculated to ensure a specific rate of return for different technologies. By providing a guaranteed contract for the electricity over the life of the system, project financing is often simpler and less expensivethan a tax-credit or renewable energy credit system.

 

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Developer pulls out of Gulf County energy project

 

Rentech Inc. had hoped to secure a federal loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), but this summer the DOE put the term sheet for the loan guarantee on hold due to the number of projects in the pipeline and available funding. Read More 

 

Eco Ventures lands $12M order for new Florida biofuels plant

 

 In Florida, Eco Ventures has received a "Blanket Purchase Order for 120 days following first fuel production" from Agri Liquid Products of Sandy Hook, Mississippi. Read More  

 

Fla. shouldn't give up on renewable fuels   

For any Floridian who has had a boat motor damaged by gasoline blended with ethanol, it sounds like a great idea: Let's get rid of the state's ethanol mandate! This month a state House panel approved a bill to repeal the 2008 state law that requires most gasoline sold in Florida to include up to 10 percent ethanol. Sponsor Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Fort Walton Beach, decried the government "crawling into our gas cans." Read More      

 

 EcoGen wins 60MW biomass Florida supply deal approval        

Florida regulators have approved a 29-year agreement under which US EcoGen, developer of a proposed $200m 60MW biomass power plant near the city of Fort Meade, will sell all its power to electric utility Progress Energy Florida.


The deal will take effect 1 January 2014. The plant will use mainly waste wood and eucalyptus trees as fuel and provide electricity for 10,000 homes. Read More 

 

Wind farm impact on marine traffic eyed

 
PORTSMOUTH, Va., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard says it will study marine traffic along the Atlantic coast to determine how planned offshore wind farms could affect maritime navigation.

The study, to extend from Maine to Florida, is the first to examine waters beyond port entrances where the Coast Guard routinely monitors vessel traffic, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported Thursday. Read More  

 

 

UCF gets $1.3 million clean tech grant 

 

The University of Central Florida  is leading a team that won $1.3 million in a White House competition aimed at developing technology for a green innovation economy. Other winners are in Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, New England and Washington. Read More

 


Top 10 Wind Energy Stories of 2011

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 27, 2011- Wind power hits 20 percent overall in two states. It contributes a record 50 percent for a period of time in another. And the turbines that pump out all those electrons? Their cost has dropped 33 percent.

The wind power industry never sits still in any given year, and 2011 was no different, as it forged ahead with a slew of benchmarks, policy progress, and hard data that illustrate wind energy continuing its march forward as a mainstream, reliable and affordable energy source made in America. Read More

 

FREPA note..a company to watch:GridGlo one of the most innovative firms in Florida

 

 GridGlo, a startup specializing in data fusion and the development of smart grid applications, has been selected from among hundreds of Florida's clean technology start-up companies to present at the Igniting Innovation Showcase on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 in Port Canaveral, Florida. Read More
 
Waste to Energy: Florida's Renewabale Energy Source
by Nancy McCann

Converting waste into energy is a worldwide industry.   In the United States alone, 88 waste-to-energy facilities process nearly 100,000 tons of municipal solid waste - everyday household and commercial garbage and trash - each day.  As a result, these facilities generate enough electricity to meet the needs of more than two million homes.

In Florida, 12 waste-to-energy facilities from Miami to Panama City process nearly 20,000 tons of municipal solid waste each day - enough to fill a football stadium - while  continuously producing over 500 megawatts of clean, renewable power.  The Tampa Bay area is home to four waste-to-energy facilities, located in the City of Tampa and in the counties of Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco.  Without these facilities, local governments would be faced with the daunting task of siting large landfills near our rapidly growing residential communities. Read More


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