Hi Geri and Anita,
At the Sustainability Council, you said there are University-owned lands that could potentially support our Solar Farm 3.0 goals. I think you said there is one possibility near UIS. Is there another location, as well?
Madhu,
I have attached a study that I did in 2020 for an on-campus Solar Farm 3, in case it is of use to you or anyone else. The numbers have changed since 2020, of course, but it is likely that the conclusions of the study remain the same. This study supports the comments I made to you about an on-campus Solar Farm 3 when we spoke last week.
Below is an email exchange between Morgan White and Tony Spurlock:
Hi Ehab, Rob, and Tony,
I’ve put the Solar Farm 3.0 slide show from Dec. 9 into the attached report. I referenced the slides with thumbnail images, and we could take some out and increase the size of some, depending on what we prefer to do.
Attached are notes provided on solar farm talking points from Ehab Kamarah.
Attached is a pdf and excel file looking at the costs and solution comparisons for Solar Farm 3.0.
Cynthia Klein-Banai, Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Director of Sustainability at UIC, provided this summary of UIC's interest in Solar Farm 3.0:
Renewable energy at the UI "How much power is each of the renewable (University of Illinois) sources generating? How many houses can each provide power for? Are there plans to add more than what we currently have? How many years does it take for the cost of each to be paid off? We have a growing interest in this and many homes now also have this."
Morgan White, the UI's associate director of Facilities & Services for sustainability, has all your answers.
The Daily Illini published an article about the impacts of covid-19 on the campus sustainability efforts. One key message is that, even with some delays associated with the pandemic, we are still determined to move forward. The conclusion of the article says:
Mohamed Attalla, executive director of Facilities and Services, said there are lots of initiatives to reach carbon neutrality in terms of energy and hopes to reach 400,000 metric tons of CO2 this year.
This presentation includes a review of the draft iCAP 2020 objectives.
Mohamed Attalla and Evan DeLucia approved $17,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for an Energy Advisor for Solar Farm 3.0, Customer First Renewables.
An email of the approval is attached below.
While procurement laws still restrict the majority of campus purchasing contracts to ten years, there is a state of Illinois law that allows our campus to enter into Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) that are as long as 25 years. See http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=101-0193 for details.
VIRTUAL POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT RULED LEGAL
See attached for the iWG Meeting Minutes from 11/22/2019.
Agenda includes: iCAP 2020 timeline, Clean Energy planning, and Zero Waste planning
