Grant Application for Golden Grid Solutions FIRST Assessment
Grant Description
This grant is presented as an offering directly from Golden Grid Solutions, Inc. (GGSI). It is
intended to help developers of off-grid and thin-grid projects evaluate and then implement
renewable energy with battery storage as an attractive alternative to diesel electric power.
Qualifying Projects
The FIRST Assessment is intended for commercial scale (50KW – 250KW) or industrial-scale
(250KW – 10MW) projects to provide off-grid electric power using renewable energy sources
plus grid-scale batteries in place of more traditional power sources such as diesel generators or
highly prized grid power. The general approach is to minimize diesel fuel or grid consumption
but not to replace it outright since you always want your generator or grid connection there for
“bad renewable periods”.
Grant Inclusions
This grant covers all the GGSI costs of a FIRST Look and, if the project qualifies, a full FIRST
Assessment modeling, analysis & report. A FIRST Assessment is a comprehensive study into the
functional and financial feasibility of a project, which might take advantage of renewable energy
coupled with energy storage batteries. The output will not only give deep insight to the project
client on the project viability, but also provide a basis for obtaining quotes and financing. Please
see the FIRST Assessment brochure at www.goldengridsolutions.com for more details.
Grant Exclusions
The grant does not cover the costs of any physical hardware, other services not mentioned
herein, nor software tools.
Applicant Qualifiers
The applicant must be an authorized representative of an existing organization with the
commitment and financial credibility to engage in a project. This includes project owners,
planners, installers, contractors and anyone else seriously engaged in commercial or
industrialscale off-grid or thin-grid energy projects.
Evaluation Process
Golden Grid Solutions (GGSI) will evaluate each application on its own merits as to its
appropriateness for a FIRST Assessment and the project in general.
Notifications
A GGSI representative will be in contact with you regarding your application, and its status.
Implementation
If the application is accepted, GGSI will schedule a FIRST Look analysis at its earliest
convenience.
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Applicant Information
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Project Data Required
Objectives
Please provide a detailed description of the project, including the current
or planned sources of electricity (eg-diesel, grid, solar, wind, etc.).
Power Strategy
Describe the key uses of the power (eg-residential, equipment operation,
etc.) and include which operations (eg-icemaking, laundry, water
pumping, etc.) might be available for advantageous re-scheduling.
Timeframe
Please describe key milestones such as project evaluation, financial
commitment, project design, equipment
Providers
Please describe the current or anticipated project participants including
planners, engineers, installers and other contractors.
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Technical Data Required
Location
Latitude and longitude of the project (to look up the solar and wind
there)
Renewables
Any known solar, wind or other resource data (eg-hydro, geothermal,
etc.) available locally (hourly, by month)
Load Profile(s)
Average and peak hourly KW, over either typical 24 hour period all week
long or during different days like weekday versus weekend.
Optional Load(s)
Load(s) in KW for all optional or re-schedulable loads. These could
include centralized services such as ice-makers, water-pumping, laundry,
etc.
Generator(s)
Rated power (KW) for each generator currently in use (if any), and the
type of fuel used (diesel, propane, CNG, etc.)
Fuel Usage
Total current (if any) fuel consumption per hour, or at least per time
period (eg-day, week, or month)
Fuel Cost
Current cost of fuel (if applicable) per gallon or pound (delivered)
Ancillary Costs
Any other applicable costs associated with the fuel on a periodic (egmonthly) basis including storage and transport
Electricity price
Current price and rate structure
Other Requirements
If a grant recipient goes forward with a project that was, in whole or in part, modeled as part of
a GGSI FIRST Assessment grant, then the recipient must agree to purchase at least that portion
of the project pertaining to the battery and its associated power converter from GGSI at terms
at least as favorable as comparable equipment of similar type and size.
Submission Deadline
Applications for the current grant must be submitted no later than Thursday, July 31, 2014,
5pm Pacific time.
How to Submit
Please submit all emailed applications in pdf format.
Email Address:
Email Subject:
info@goldengridsolutions.com
GGSI FIRST grant application
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