Energy Composites Corporation Launches Great Lakes Strategy as Unifying Component of Company’s WindFiber™ Program
August 12 2009 - 10:46AM
Business Wire
Energy Composites Corporation (OTCBB:ENCC) announced that it has
taken a leadership role in efforts to make the Great Lakes the
preferred site for wind farm development over the next decade. The
Company has created the Great Lakes Wind Consortium, and is
inviting leaders from government, industry and academia to join
efforts to focus on meeting the Federal Government’s renewable
energy mandates using offshore wind farms in the wind-rich Great
Lakes.
Sam Fairchild, ECC’s CEO, stated that, “The Great Lakes
themselves are the hidden solution to the Nation’s mid-term
renewable energy needs. Over the last decade, wind farm developers
have focused on the on-shore wind corridor -- from Texas to the
Dakotas -- as fertile ground for harnessing wind energy, but they
have found that our need to upgrade the Nation’s electrical grid,
including the development of new technologies to reduce the
substantial loss of power that comes with transmission over long
distances, to be a significant obstacle to success. And, while the
Obama Administration has targeted substantial federal investment
towards solving the grid challenge, it likely will be more than a
few years before we see real progress there.”
Fairchild added that, “There is an immediate opportunity to meet
the Federal mandate of 20% renewables simply by building wind farms
in the Great Lakes. The advantages are enormous. The wind profile
in the Great Lakes is optimal for wind farms, allowing for the use
of larger, offshore turbines, significantly longer, more efficient
blades, and cost-savings, water-borne logistics. Most importantly,
nearly 23% of the US population lives within 25 miles of the Great
Lakes, allowing for short transmission lengths without power loss.
We do not have to wait for advancements in grid technology to make
substantial progress.”
ECC is inviting the Governors of the Great Lakes States --
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York, to join and lead the Coalition, along with leaders of
counties and municipalities throughout the region. ECC is also
reaching out to participants in the wind energy supply chain in the
Great Lakes States, including manufacturers and service providers,
as well as financial institutions, investors and developers. The
Company intends to host a planning session for the Coalition later
this year.
Dan Wergin, an ECC Director, along with Fairchild, helped with
the growth and success of Broadwind Energy in Manitowoc, Wisconsin,
noted the key role that the Great Lakes Strategy will play in the
growth of green jobs in states that have been hit hard by the
economic downturn. “I predict that the Great Lakes Strategy will
bring welcome relief to the Governors of the seven affected states.
This approach will deliver jobs and substantial growth in economic
activity on a sustainable basis. It will also accelerate our
national goals of energy independence and clean air.”
Adrian Williams, the internationally-respected expert on the use
of composites in wind energy and the architect of ECC’s WindFiber™
strategy, added that “ECC is uniquely-positioned to provide
substantial value to the execution of the Great Lakes Strategy. Our
new 350,000 square foot wind blade manufacturing plant will be
capable of building the outsized blades required for offshore
systems in the Great Lakes, and our ability to leverage water-borne
logistics will drive value as well. We are also working on a
highly-innovative approach to offshore towers that will help
position us more prominently as well.”
Jamie Mancl, ECC’s founder and President, underscored the
importance of the Great Lakes Strategy to ECC and to the State of
Wisconsin, saying that “we remain fully committed to the successful
development of jobs and economic activity for the State as well as
the City of Wisconsin Rapids. We believe that the Great Lakes
Strategy will help us achieve these goals.”
About Energy Composites Corporation
ECC operates a world-class, automated 73,000 sq. ft.
climate-controlled manufacturing facility in Wisconsin Rapids, WI,
employing advanced composite materials to design, engineer and
manufacture complex composite structures, vessels and processing
systems for a range of clean-tech applications that include: wind
energy system components, flue gas desulfurization for power
plants, infrastructure for bio-fuel storage and processing,
infrastructure for managing waste water and drinking water storage,
advanced municipal utilities infrastructure, and caustic material
storage and handling systems for the petrochemical, mining and the
pulp and paper industries. ECC also provides 24/7 field service
crews nationwide for wind energy system composites maintenance,
repair and overhaul; industrial retrofit, shutdown and maintenance;
system installation; and repair and inspection services. For
additional information, visit our website at
www.energycompositescorp.com or contact Sam Fairchild at
1-800-787-5439.
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