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2007 WORK PLAN TO STIMULATE A GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY ECONOMY
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Youth apprenticeship program
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SASD will coordinate significant development projects in 2007. Some of these projects are anticipated to be completed in 2007 and many will require several years to complete. Below are listed a few of the major projects planned for 2007.
- Promote and coordinate the completion of local commercial-sized wind energy production contracts with municipalities for total production of between 10 and 100 megawatts.
- Municipal owned or co-owned large-scale projects
- Significant property tax relief potential
- Significant greenhouse gas avoidance
- Establish regional leadership in sustainable development
- Significant high paying job creation during several year construction phase and afterward in maintenance
- Facilitate development of local medium and small wind energy production projects.
- Many projects between 5kw and 50kw
- Commercial, agricultural and residential projects
- SASD will coordinate with system providers and work to educate potential system owners on available financing options and the benefits of net metering.
- Promote and coordinate local solar energy production contracts for up to 1000 kilowatts.
- Schools, commercial buildings, municipal buildings, agricultural facilities and residential systems
- SASD wil coordinate with system providers and work to educate potential system owners on available financing options and the benefits of net metering.
- School tax relief, enhanced educational funds and energy price stability
- Local job creation, both for installation and for ongoing systems maintenance
- Provide education and youth programs.
- Extend existing high school student program that heightens awareness and understanding of how to reduce electric consumption and of the values and practicalities of installing renewable energy
- Implement youth apprenticeship program
- Hold 10 more energy reduction and renewable energy workshops in 2007 that will be open to the general public
- Establish a one-stop information clearing house and referral center.
- Establish renewable energy, green building and energy consumption library and referral services data base, including maintaining a customer satisfaction rating listing for service providers
- Provide referrals on materials, technology, installation services
- Advertise the service so that it may be fully utilized
- Search for new business and innovation
- Look for clean, environmentally and economically sustainable industries and businesses that provide living wages for Sullivan County citizens
- Facilitate the establishment of additional green technology and renewable energy business development
- Develop renewable energy financial instruments and packages, working with local banks and governmental agencies
- Advertise and educate citizens, government decision-makers and business owners and managers of the opportunities
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