Celerity Energy and Sixth Dimension Join With Bonneville Power for Initial Phase of Project to Network Distributed Energy Resources.Business Editors & Energy/Environmental Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 Sixth Dimension/Celerity Energy: Web-Based Technology Will Integrate Untapped Resources to Strengthen Northwest Electric Transmission and Distribution Systems and Help Secure the Region's Energy Supply Celerity ce·ler·i·ty n. Swiftness of action or motion; speed. See Synonyms at haste. [French célérité, from Old French, from Latin celerit Energy, Portland, Ore., and Sixth Dimension, Fort Collins, Colo., have joined with the Bonneville Power Administration The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a U.S. self-financed federal agency which transmits and sells wholesale electricity in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana. The BPA is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. (BPA BPA British Paediatric Association. ) to launch an initial phase of a project designed to explore the value distributed energy resources can bring to the region as part of BPA's EnergyWeb concept. Celerity will identify distributed energy resources in the Northwest while Sixth Dimension will provide the communications, control and coordination (network) technology to be used with the resources as they are aggregated in the second phase of the project. The Department of Energy is also cooperating through participation by its Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is one of nine United States Department of Energy (DOE) multiprogram national laboratories. The laboratory PNNL is located in Richland, Washington, and operates a marine research facility in Sequim, Washington. (PNNL PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ), Richland, Wash. PNNL will provide unique modeling and analysis of the resources to further optimize the energy resource mix. "Distributed energy resources offer a terrific opportunity to address a range of energy issues in the Northwest," said Dennis Quinn, senior vice president, Celerity Energy. "These resources already exist in energy conservation, load management and small generation. Historically, energy conservation has had a tremendous benefit to the Pacific Northwest. But we think combining demand management with new generation and communications technologies will open a new world of regional benefits. Individually these resources offer little benefit in the context of new energy markets. By networking the resources into usable blocks of power, BPA and its customers gain a new resource to meet peak demands and increase system benefits." Distributed resources include stand-alone generation found in most commercial and institutional buildings or industrial facilities to provide emergency power should a power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" occur. However, as technology has progressed, other forms of distributed energy resources have entered the market, such as advanced energy storage systems, renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. systems and demand management. "BPA is pleased to participate in this initiative. As part of our EnergyWeb concept we will be exploring how distributed energy resources can work for a more environmentally benign resource mix in the Northwest," said Terry Oliver Terrence Glenn Oliver (born May 16, 1963 in Maryborough) is an Australian cricket coach. Before becoming a coach, Oliver had represented Queensland Country at the National Country Championships on 5 occasions. He was part of the Australia Country team in 1989-90 and 1992-93. , public utilities specialist, BPA. "Aggregating resources such as cogeneration, advanced energy storage systems, wind and micro turbines can provide cost, diversity and environmental benefits. This is exciting because we are pursuing an expanded approach to resource aggregation, and it offers tremendous promise for the region." About Bonneville Power Administration The Bonneville Power Administration, an arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, markets wholesale electricity from 29 federal dams on the Columbia River Columbia River River, southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S. Rising in the Canadian Rockies, it flows through Washington state, entering the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Ore.; it has a total length of 1,240 mi (2,000 km). and from one nuclear plant. BPA also operates more than 15,000 miles of heavy power lines in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, accounting for three-fourths of the region's high-voltage transmission. BPA relies solely on its own revenues from these services to support its operations, conserve energy, promote renewable resources and fund fish and wildlife programs. More information about the EnergyWeb concept can be found at: http://www.bpa.gov/Energy/N/tech/energyweb/. About Celerity Energy Celerity Energy, Portland, Ore., was founded in 1999 and is one of the first companies in the U.S. to tap the aggregated potential of distributed generation Distributed generation generates electricity from many small energy sources. It has also been called also called on-site generation, dispersed generation, embedded generation, decentralized generation, decentralized energy or . It identifies and networks independent distributed generating facilities and, in turn, provides peaking energy and other system benefits to electric utilities, power marketers and electric power users throughout the world. In January 2001, the company announced the first commercial distributed resource power project in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century in partnership with Public Service Company of New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). and Sixth Dimension (www.celerityenergy.com). About Sixth Dimension Sixth Dimension has developed a unique service-delivery infrastructure called the Intelligent Network. Fully managed and Internet-based, the network enables energy services companies, solutions providers, and their customers to monitor energy use, remotely control on-site generation and curtailable loads, and receive vital pricing information. Network architecture based on distributed intelligence The placing of processing capability in terminals and other peripheral devices. Intelligent terminals handle screen layouts, data entry validation and other pre-processing steps. Intelligence placed into disk drives and other peripherals relieves the central computer from routine tasks. ensures high levels of reliability and security. With a "device neutral" design, virtually any equipment can be networked (www.sixthdimension.com). About Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash., is one of nine U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) multi-program national laboratories. It is managed by Battelle for DOE, and performs work for DOE, other government agencies and private industry. The Laboratory's mission is to deliver breakthrough science and technology to meet key national needs. It applies its capabilities to meet selected environmental, energy, health and national security objectives, strengthen the economy, and support the education of future scientists and engineers. Battelle has operated PNNL for DOE and its predecessors since 1965 (www.pnl.gov). |
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