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TREASURY, ENERGY SURPASS $1 BILLION MILESTONE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Press Center

TREASURY, ENERGY SURPASS $1 BILLION MILESTONE
9/22/2009

2009-9-22-10-9-43-15090

Treasury Department
Office of Public Affairs

EMBARGOED UNTIL 10:30AM: September 22, 2009
CONTACT: Treasury Public Affairs (202) 622-2960
Energy Public Affairs, (202) 586-4940

Treasury, Energy Surpass $1 Billion Mileston In Recovery Act Awards for Clean Energy Projects
Geithner, Chu Hold Roundtable Discussion with Energy Companies on Expanding Development of Clean, Domestic Sources of Energy

WASHINGTON– This morning, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu hosted a group of clean energy
developers and manufacturers at the White House to discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) is
creating jobs and helping expand the development of clean, renewable domestic energy. At the meeting, Secretaries Geithner and Chu
announced $550 million in new awards through the Recovery Act's 1603 program, bringing the total to more than $1 billion awarded to
date to companies committed to investing in domestic renewable energy production.
"This Recovery Act program is an example of a true federal partnership with the private sector," said Treasury Secretary Geithner. "Not
only are our Recovery dollars meeting an immediate funding need among innovative companies, they are also jumpstarting private sector
investment in communities across the country – with benefits for the renewable energy industry and our economy alike."
Said Secretary Chu: "These investments are crucial to ensuring America can compete and win in the race for the clean energy jobs of the
future. With American workers and American innovation, we can and must lead the world when it comes to the new Industrial Revolution
in clean energy."
Created under Section 1603 of the Recovery Act, the program provides cash assistance to energy producers in place of tax credits. The
payments improve project viability, enabling companies to create and retain jobs, and establish sufficient financing bases for projects that
may otherwise not be possible, dramatically expanding and accelerating the development of renewable energy projects throughout the
country. Under this program, the federal government provides a cash payment in lieu of a tax credit totaling 30 percent of the qualifying
cost of the project; for each federal dollar spent in payments, more than two dollars are spent in private sector investments.
Today the Treasury Department will make the second round of awards, all of which will be made in half the statutorily mandated
turnaround time of 60 days. The first round of awards totaling $502 million was announced on September 1, 2009. Today's announcement
provides an additional $550 million. The 1603 program is having an immediate effect on the renewable energy industry by significantly
increasing the availability and liquidity of project capital in three ways:
·
Recycling grants into new projects. Project developers are able to begin construction of additional projects thanks to the extra
capital from the grants they are receiving.
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Increasing the flow of capital. By reversing the drop in availability of equity investment available, the 1603 program brings
significant private capital off the sidelines to finance more renewables projects.
·
Attracting investment for domestic projects. Large project developers allocate capital across many countries, and the 1603
program is attracting billions of dollars of additional capital towards projects in the US.
Project developers receiving awards through this program participated in today's meeting, including Ameresco, First Wind, Horizon Wind,
and Sun Edison. Also participating were several renewables manufacturers who supply these developers, including Cardinal Fastener, GE
Energy, Gamesa, Solyndra, and Vestas Americas.
·
At a site in Pittsburgh, CA, Ameresco is using a landfill to provide power to the City of Palo Alto. Payments awarded because of this
project will allow Ameresco to accelerate its development of renewable energy projects by a minimum of four more domestic projects a
year.
·
Solyndra is helping to provide energy to a building in downtown Denver, CO through solar panels on the roof, a project that would
not have been possible without Recovery Act payments.
·
VestasAmericas has made a significant investment in developing renewable energy in the United States. The company has
allocated $1 billion for new manufacturing facilities throughout the country, and the 1603 program will allow these facilities to be fully
operational by 2011.
The following is a chart of the 25 projects that qualified for awards as part of today's announcement.
STATEPROJECT/SUBSIDIARY

LOCATION

AMOUNT

CA

Bob's Big Boy LLC

Burbank, CA

$53,648

CA

Ameresco Half Moon Bay LLC Half Moon Bay, CA $6,641,747

CA

Ameresco Keller Canyon LLC Pittsburgh, CA

$2,796,377

CA

BioFuel Oasis Cooperative, IncBerkely, CA

$16,858

CO

5135 Company

$23,130

FL

Conditioned Air Corporation of
Naples
Naples, FL

$50,250

HI

Two Daughters

Kihei, HI

$15,150

IA

Barton Wind Farm

Kinsett, IA

$93,419,883

MN

BI

Minneapolis, MN

$25,649

MN

Spruce Tree Centre

St. Paul, MN

$107,764

MO

FarmersCity Wind Farm

Tarkio, MO

$84,959,857

MO

Ameresco Jefferson City LLC Jefferson City, MO $2,300,244

NC

Solar Billboard Property

NJ

MeadowlandsExpositionCenterSecaucus, NJ

NJ

EHT Leasing LLC

Denver, CO

Bolivia, NC

$5,850
$767,937

EggHarborTownship$118,560

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NJ

OC Kearny

Kearny, NJ

$992,006

NV

Enel Salt Wells, LLC

Fallon, NV

$21,196,478

NV

Enel Stillwater, LLC

Fallon, NV

$40,324,394

NY

OP 110 E. 59th St. CHP

New York, NY

$415,774

SD

Impervious Energy Systems,
LLC

Whitewood, SD

$31,511

TX

Barton Chapel Wind Farm

Jacksboro, TX

$72,573,627

TX

Rio Grande Valley Sugar
Growers, Inc.

Santa Rosa, TX

$10,232,261

TX

Bull Creek Wind LLC

O'Donnell, TX

$91,390,497

TX

Pyron Wind Farm, LLC

Roscoe, TX

$121,903,306

VT

Wheeler Brook Apartments

Warren, VT

$19,155
$550,381,913

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