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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Unsolicited Application; Central Michigan University

agency: Department of Energy.

action: Notice of intent to award a grant based upon an unsolicited 
application.

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summary: The Department of Energy (DOE), Golden Field Office, through 
the Chicago Support Office, announces, pursuant to the DOE Financial 
Assistance Rules 10 CFR 600.14(f) its intent to award a grant to 
Central Michigan University to analyze and evaluate the impact of solar 
domestic hot water heaters (SDHW) on the electric consumption and 
demand patterns on Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan, off the City of 
Charlevoix, Michigan.

supplementary information: Central Michigan University (CMU), through 
its Biological Station at Beaver Island, has been a lead participant in 
the Beaver Island Energy Project (BIEP). The BIEP assists the residents 
of Beaver Island to develop their economy with energy efficiency and 
renewable energy to sustain the Island's unique ecological and social 
infrastructure.
    One result of the BIEP has been the increased use of solar domestic 
water heating, supplementing mostly electric domestic water heating. 
Beaver Island may have one of the largest percentage concentrations of 
SDHW for residential structures in the Great Lakes region. The minimal 
usage of other seasonal electric demand, such as air conditioning, is 
an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of SDHW as a demand-side 
management tool. This award will further the usage of renewable energy 
application by monitoring the impact of SDHW on electric power demand 
and consumption. This study is unique because it will take place in a 
northern latitude location in the Great Lakes region to supplement 
other ongoing studies of SDHW which are taking place in the southern 
and western parts of the United States. CMU has supported the BIEP with 
the only college-level facilities located on the Island.
    The unsolicited application is being accepted by DOE as a result of 
DOE's determination that the proposed activity is meritorious, likely 
to be effective and successful, and offers a unique opportunity to 
further the use of renewable energy, as encouraged by Titles XII 
(Renewable Energy) and XVI (Global Climate Change) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992, as well as the Climate Change Action Plan. The project 
period for the grant award is 24-months, expected to begin October, 
1994. DOE plans to provide funding in the amount of $30,000.

for further information contact: Mark Burger, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Chicago Regional Support Office, 9800 South Cass Avenue, 
Argonne, IL 60439, 708/252-2193.

    Issued in Golden, Colorado on August 30, 1994.
John W. Meeker,
Contracting Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-23475 Filed 9-21-94; 8:45 am]
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