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Local businesses are involved in varying aspects of traditional
energy/alternative fuels from power generation and solar pool
heating to biodiesel and energy efficiency. Following are overviews
of a sampling of companies within the sector that are operating in
the region:
Allsolar
Allsolar is one of the region’s oldest solar energy companies,
providing installation and service of solar hot water heating,
solar pool heating and solar electric systems. The company is among
the only full service solar companies in the state to deliver
energy rating and analysis for buildings.
Clean Power Engineering Company
Clean Power Engineering offers comprehensive consulting,
engineering and professional support services with strong
capabilities in all phases of energy and water-related project
development across the U.S. Clean Power’s primary interest is the
widespread demonstration and deployment of hydrogen
fuels?production, distribution and end-use?and integrated,
high-efficiency power system technologies.
HUGR Systems
HUGR provides small engine based equipment that burns clean
biodiesel created from waste vegetable oil. The company’s partners
offer professional carpet cleaning, lawn care and landscape
services to residential and commercial clients.
Mitsubishi Power Systems, Inc.
Headquartered in Metro Orlando, Mitsubishi Power Systems, Inc.
provides a broad range of products and services, including power
systems, air-conditioners, machinery for industrial and general
use, aerospace systems and more. In addition to the corporate
headquarters, Mitsubishi Power Systems also operates a power
systems service and manufacturing center in the region.
Mitsubishi’s Remote Monitoring facility at the Orlando Service
Center features redundant communications lines, uninterruptible
power supplies and emergency power to ensure continuous connection
to customer sites.
Orlando
Utilities Commission (OUC)
OUC is the second largest municipally-owned public utility in
Florida, providing water and electric service to 190,000 customers
in the city of Orlando and adjoining portions of Orange County. OUC
owns the Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center and portions of other
power plants in Florida, as well as eight water plants.
OUC is currently soliciting customer feedback on Green Power, an
expanded renewable energy program the utility plans to launch soon.
OUC already uses methane gas from a local landfill as fuel to
generate power, which provides enough electricity for 10,000 homes
while reducing methane emissions from the landfill. The utility
also provides financial incentives for residential and commercial
solar-power installations.
Progress Energy
Progress Energy is a Fortune 250 diversified company with more than
23,000 megawatts of generation capacity. The company’s holdings
include two electric utilities serving more than 2.8 million
customers in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Progress Energy has partnered with Palm Harbor, a manufactured
home builder, and the Florida Solar Energy Center to study the
operation of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in six homes. Upon
installation of the PV systems, Progress Energy will monitor each
home for a year or longer to determine the impact.
Siemens Energy, Inc.
Headquartered in Metro Orlando, Siemens Energy, Inc. is the
regional entity in the Americas for the global fossil power
generation business, which has an installed fleet of more than
697,000 megawatts worldwide. Siemens offers a full
spectrum of innovative, environmentally friendly, and
cost-effective products. The company offers an unparalleled
level of service and support for the power generation market –
including gas and steam turbine-generator technology, world-class
process control and power management systems operations and
maintenance support, power plant modernization and upgrades, wind
power and air pollution control technology.
Solis
Energy
Solis Energy is a privately held global provider of reliable
outdoor off- grid solar and battery backup solutions for all
low-voltage applications. Solis Energy's products offer the most
reliable, flexible and cost-effective outdoor powering solutions
available on the market today. Established in 2005, the
company's "smart" solutions allow customers to continuously power
critical, low-wattage applications and electronic devices – such as
security/surveillance cameras, WiFi hotspots, WiMax radios,
telemetry equipment, power conditioning, SCADA and traffic
monitoring systems – anytime and anywhere grid-supplied electricity
is either unavailable or unreliable.
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