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800.374.4494 • www.grosolar.com • [email protected] Billings Farm Road • White River Junction, VT 05001
9175 Guilford Road • Columbia, MD 21046
Lee’s Lane Project Meeting June 05, 2014
Kentucky LandfillSolar Energy Projects
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Agenda
Company Overview – groSolar
Lee’s Lane Overview
Economic Benefits
Kentucky Market Overview
Next Steps
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groSolar Background
15 years building award-winning Solar PV projects
Main Offices in White River Junction, VT and Columbia, MD
Commissioned MW-scale projects nationwide
Core focus is turn-key Project Development through EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) and O&M (operations & maintenance)
Expertise implementing solar projects on environmentally sensitive sites such as landfills and brownfields
Feasibility & Design Entitlements & Financing Turn-Key EPC System
CommissioningLong-Term
O&M
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PV America 2013 Project of Distinction Nominee
Environmentally Sensitive Sites
New Jersey landfill – 1.5MWNew Jersey wastewater facility – 1.8MW
Indiana brownfields – 5.4 MW Pennsylvania agricultural land – 6MW
PV America 2013 Project of Distinction Winner
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California single-axis tracker – 1.2MW
Vermont organic farm – 2.5MW
Massachusetts reclaimed land – 3.9MW
North Carolina corporate HQ – 1.2MW
Broad Experience Across the U.S.
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Clean Harbors Landfill1.5 MW – New Jersey
Design Elements Include: • Ballasted modules sit on top of the
capped landfill• Beneficial use of land with
otherwise limited or no development potential
Project Benefits:• Defray the costs of landfill site
monitoring and cleanup with a revenue generating solar system
• Remain compliant with existing gas management energy generation plans
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Lake County Solar5.4 MW – Indiana
Design Elements Include: • Two project sites, each
2.7MW on industrial land and adjacent to 24hr operating facilities
• Worked around site constraints of wetlands, railroads, waterways, and facilities
• Environmentally sensitive sites, and therefore used concrete ballasts to eliminate embedding posts
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Camden Solar Center1.8 MW – New Jersey
Design Elements Include: • Constructed at Camden
County Municipal Utility Authority’s wastewater treatment plant without interrupting operations
• Modified solar canopies installed above operating tanks
Awards:• Honorable Mention, PV Project
of Distinction, Solar Industry Associations SEIA & SEPA
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Recent Project Awards
• Photovoltaic Project of Distinction Award - Keystone Solar– Solar Energy Industries Association & Solar Electric Power Association
• Diamond Award Certificate, Water & Storm Water - Longwood Gardens– American Council of Engineering Companies’ PA Chapter
• Honorable Mention, Outstanding Project – Longwood Gardens– Philadelphia Chapter, PA Society of Professional Engineers
• Honorable Mention, PV Project of Distinction - Camden Solar Center– Solar Energy Industries Association & Solar Electric Power Association
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Lee’s Lane Landfill
Site Details
• 112 acre site operated as a landfill until 1975
• On-going remediation since the early 1980’s
• EPA has highlighted potential for solar project
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Landfill/BrownfieldDesign Considerations
Clean Harbors Landfill- 1.5 MWdc
• Design must maintain landfill integrity with no penetrations of cap
• Design must allow for continued landfill cap maintenance
• Maintain integrity of gas collection, groundwater and other remediation systems
• Design must accommodate future settling
Design Considerations
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Project Benefits
1. Repurpose landfill into a productive clean energy generating property• Long term land lease provides stable revenue stream• Revenues could be utilized to help offset remediation costs
2. No up-front costs & no project risk to City and Site Owners• groSolar takes construction and O&M risk• Project owner can utilize federal income tax incentives (which non-taxable
entities cannot monetize)
3. Louisville would host the largest Solar PV Project in KY and one of the largest landfill projects in the country• Local jobs and economic development• Supports environmental and sustainability goals• Significant public relations opportunity • Provides educational and career development opportunities in a rapidly
growing industry
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Kentucky Market Overview
• Kentucky ranks 36th in the country for installed solar energy capacity
• No Renewable Portfolio Standard
• Third party projects are not currently permitted in Kentucky
• Net metering limited to 30kW
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Next Steps
1. Schedule meeting with Louisville Gas and Electric to discuss project and power purchase opportunity
2. Following meeting with LG&E, groSolar will conduct further site analysis
3. groSolar to provide additional information requested by the Commission, including option to lease
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800.374.4494 • www.grosolar.com • [email protected] Billings Farm Road • White River Junction, VT 05001
9175 Guilford Road • Columbia, MD 21046
groSolar Contacts
Steve Remen Ryan MarlboroughExecutive Vice President Business Development
Commercial Sales AnalystBusiness Development
(802) 359-6514 (802) [email protected] [email protected]