Sustainable Energy Solutions

Tribal Clean Energy Resource Center

National Tribal Forum on Air Quality – June 14-16, 2011

Ann Marie Chischilly, ITEP Executive DirectorMehrdad Khatibi, ITEP Associate Director

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsTCERC Goals

Assist tribes with assessing renewable energy and clean energy resources

Recruit, training and employing Native American students

Assist with energy audits, energy plans, and energy conservation

Assist with developing energy independence and economic development

• Develop a professional renewable energy workforce for tribal governments and enterprises through

Long-term K-20 STEM education; Innovative graduate studies; Post graduate certificates; and Focused training programs (workshops, web-based curricula, mentor

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsTCERC Tribal Advisory Committee

TRIBAL LEADERSHIP: President Ben Shelley, Diné Nation Chairman Tex Hall, Mandan, Hidatsa,

Arikara Nation Chairman Leroy Shingoitewa, Hopi Nation Jim Grey, Osage Nation, Chairman CERT Joe Garcia, NCAI Southwest Region Vice

President Kirk Francis, Chief, Penobscot Tribe Bill Thompson, Vice Chief, Penobscot Tribe Bob Gough, Inter-Tribal Council on Utility

Policy Roger Fragua, Pueblo of Jemez Mike Connelly, Campo Tribe of Kumeyaay

Indians

ORGANIZATIONS: Council of Energy Resource Tribes National Tribal Environmental

Council Inter-Tribal Council on Utility Policy United Southern and Eastern Tribes National Wildlife Federation

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsOverview of NAU Services

Sustainable Energy Solutions Group Wind Energy Solar Energy, Storage, Materials Environmental Impacts Bio energy / Algae Energy / Carbon Native American Energy Business / Policy Energy and Water Biomass Rural / Engineers Without Borders NAU Curriculum

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Sustainable Energy Solutions

Sustainable Energy Solutions “From Concept to Realization”

Areas of Excellence: Research , Development, and

Demonstration Wind Assessment Utility Wind Integration Wind flow modeling in complex terrain Wind power desalination Economic impacts Avian and bat interactions

Education NAU wind energy and renewable energy

courses, capstone projects Internships / seminars Arizona Wind and Geothermal Working

Group Arizona Geothermal Working Group Southwest Renewable Energy Conference Renewable Energy Test Facility (10 kW)

Technology Transfer Wind Finders, TecVerde, SWWP

Project Implementation Native American business planning Shonto, AZ Chapter

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsWind Energy Research

Wind Resource Assessment Wind Flow Modeling

Over complex terrain Mesoscale mapping CFD Microscale Modeling Commercial: WindPro, Acusolve

Turbine-level Utility-Scale Wind Integration Wind and hydropower

integration

NAU Contacts: Tom Acker, Earl Duque, Steve Atkins Collaborators: ASU UofA Partners: NREL, SFAz, IEA, Industry

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsSolar Energy, Materials, Storage

Solar Compressed Air Energy Storage

Solar thermal / hybrid energy system optimization

Advanced materials for energy storage

NAU Contacts: Peter Vadasz, Tim Porter, Randy Dillingham, Dave Cornelison, Stephanie Hurst

Collaborators: UofA – AzRISE, Institute for Solar Energy

Partners: SFAz, NanoVoltaix, Inc. (Tempe)

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsEnvironmental Impacts

Avian and Bat Protocols for Wind Energy

Avian and Bat species assessments

Habitat assessments Related policies

NAU Contacts: Bill Auberle, Karan English, Shawn Newell, Dean Smith

Collaborators: AzGFD, USFWS, Industry Partners: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment

Program, NREL

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsBio Energy / Algae

Algae to biodiesel Bioreactor & process

design Lipid accumulating algae

strains

NAU Contacts: Terry Baxter, Egbert Schwartz Collaborators: ASU – Qiang Hu & Milt

Sommerfeld, UofA – Joel Cuello, Yuma – Kurt Nolte

Partners: AWI

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsBiomass

Cellulosic Biomass Woody biomass

supply

NAU Contacts: Haydee Hampton, Tom Sisk, Bridget Bero

Partners: USDA

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsEnergy / Carbon

Forest carbon balance Carbon protection and fire risk Carbon-nitrogen interactions Climate impacts to ecosystems;

ecosystem feedbacks to climate

NAU Contacts: Bruce Hungate, George Koch NAU Collaborators: Matt Hurteau, Tom Kolb, Alex Finkral Partners: US DOE

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsNative American Energy

Energy efficiency opportunities Renewable energy assessments,

business planning, energy policies

Shonto Regional Renewable Energy Development and Electrification

Native American Sustainable Energy Resource Center

NTUA wind feasibility study Business Planning and Startup Shonto Artist and Travel Plaza Gray Mountain Wind Devel.

NAU Contacts: Dean Smith, Mehrdad Khatibi, Tom Acker, Bill Auberle, Levi Esquerra

Collaborators: NAU ITEP, CAIED Partners: NTUA, NREL, DOE, LLNL,

WRAP, Grand Canyon Trust, AZDOC, Sandia National Labs

1997 EIA data on energy consumption and expenditure for major energy sources in Indian households.

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsBusiness / Economics

Economic impacts of wind development

Wind energy development: in-state vs. out-of-state

Non-market benefits of solar energy in Arizona

Economic, Social and Cultural Development and Energy

Policy Design and implementation

Investment analysis for installations

NAU Contacts: Dean Smith, Susan Williams, Tom Acker, Julie Mueller

Collaborators: NAU ITEP Partners: NREL, DOE, LLNL

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Output for 60 MW Wind Farm

Percentile Construction O & M Construction O & M0% $ 2.53 $ 0.68 $ 2.64 $1.13 5% $ 4.34 $ 0.78 $ 4.21 $1.29

50% $ 7.60 $ 0.98 $ 7.39 $1.59 95% $ 11.19 $ 1.32 $ 10.49 $1.96 100% $ 13.56 $ 1.61 $ 13.18 $2.33

Output for 180 MW Wind Farm

Percentile Construction O & M Construction O & M0% $ 7.79 $ 2.00 $ 8.74 $3.29 5% $ 13.66 $ 2.33 $ 13.03 $3.90

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Sustainable Energy Solutions

Center for American Indian Economic Development

Mission: To collaborate with tribal communities and nations to help them achieve self-sufficiency through community, economic, and business development.

Evaluating the macro/micro economic impacts of any major infrastructure change Examining Long Term & Short Term

sovereignty impacts Evaluating the direct relevance of projects to

local communities and their governing processes

Regional impacts to competing or neighboring tribal groups, tribes, and/or communities

CAIED points of contact: N. Levi Esquerra – Director, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe Ron Cornish – Research Specialist

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsEnergy & Water

Wind powered desalination

Energy and water in Arizona agriculture and food products

Water/energy conservation & management for rural Arizona’s water and wastewater systems

Energy efficiency attributes of Ag

NAU Contacts: Abe Springer, Tom Acker, Steve Mead, Bill Auberle, Charlie Schlinger, Dean Smith

Collaborators: UofA Yuma – Kurt Nolte Partners: NREL, US Bureau of Reclamation

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Figure 1: Schematic of the Water and Wastewater System at Middle Verde

Well #2 150 ft Deep

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Pump House & Treatment

Community Housing

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Wastewater Lagoons

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200,000 gallon storage tank

Yuma Lettuce Energy Map

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsRural / Developing World

Engineers Without Borders (EWB)

Rural energy and water supplies

Field applications in Ghana, Africa

Wind powered shallow water well pumping and purification

Kenyan market for rural wind power

NAU Contacts: Paul Trotta, Aaron DenhamTom Acker, Dean Smith

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsNAU Curriculum

Master of Science in Engineering Emphasis in Sustainable Systems

ME 451 – Renewable Energy Systems ME 499/599 – Wind Energy Conversion Systems EGR 501 – Sustainable Systems Engineering SUS 599 – Powering The Plateau CENE 440/540 – Env. & Energy Policy CENE 599 - Sustainability of Environmental

Biotechnology ECO 328 – Energy Economics and Policy 328, ECO 325 – Environmental Economics 325 Interdisciplinary course on climate mitigation:

campus solutions ITEP K-16 Outreach program

NAU Contacts: Tom Acker, Bill Auberle, Dean Smith

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsEmerging Areas of Expertise

Fuels / Engines / Vehicles

Control Systems Power Systems Food consumption,

production, migration Business start-ups /

Technical support

NAU Contacts: John Tester; Niranjan Venkatraman; Allison Kipple; and Dean Smith

Partner: NREL; testing, design, manufacturing

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsNAU Institutional Support

Strategic Goal 6“…to become the nation’s leading University

serving Native Americans.”

1200+ Native Students (70 tribes) Located close to numerous tribes New Native American Cultural Center Applied Indigenous Studies American College & University Presidents

Climate Commitment (President Haeger signed) National Institute for Climate Change Research

(1 of 4 Nationally) Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals

(ITEP) – serving tribes nationally for 20 years National Nuclear Security Agency Internship at

Lawrence Livermore National Lab College Students (9) High School Students (10)

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Sustainable Energy SolutionsHow can tribes help?

Join the TCERC Advisory Committee

Tell us what services you think TCERC needs to prioritize and develop

Partner with NAU to assist with development efforts

NAU Contacts: Dr. Joseph Martin; joseph.martin@nau.edu Ann Marie Chischilly; ann-marie.chischilly@nau.edu

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