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New TEES Project to Provide Temporary Power to Colonias Residents

 A partnership of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO), and Xtreme Power Solutions of Kyle, Texas, will  provide electric power to residents in colonias along the U.S.-Mexico border that are not currently served by electric utilities.  TEES received $200,000 from The State Energy Conservation Office of Texas (SECO) to facilitate the project in which portable generation systems will provide electric power to residents at competitive rates.  Xtreme Power’s advanced Hybrid Generation systems utilizing its proprietary Powercell will be capable of delivering 40 kilowatts of electric power to 10-20 dwellings. Integrating the Powercell with a high efficiency bio-diesel generator, solar panels and a wind turbine will make the overall system remarkably efficient for a remote power application.  In addition, the reduced fuel requirements and exhaust emissions will have quantifiable environmental benefits. 

Read about the Grand Opening Here!

Ribbon Cutting Under the Lights; Micro-power station to provide electricity to 12 colonia families

TEES Engineers Install Micro-grids for Power in Laredo Colonia

Coverage of the Installation and Operation of the Colonia Temporary Micro-Grid
TEES News Service Release

See the Distributed Energy Magazine article:  Backing up the Grid.

About Backing Up the Grid"

Media Coverage of Brooks Energy and Sustainability Lab

Spring 2008	--	Texas A&M University College of  Architecture - archone. Newsletter: Micro-grid Provides Aid:  CHUD, partner agencies providing power to Texas colonia residents
11/20/2007	--	Laredo Morning Times:  Ribbon Cutting Under the Lights; Micro-power station to provide electricity to 12 colonia families (see also an image of the Laredo Morning Times front page)
11/16/2007	--	TEES Engineers Install Micro-Grids for Power in Laredo Colonias
10/15/2007	--	Backing up the Grid - A Distributed Energy magazine article by Lyn Corum which includes a detailed write-up of the Colonia Micro-grids
7/18/2007	--	Colonias Wind - A Presentation of Texas A&M Engineering's Engineering Works Radio spot (Download the audio file - here)
6/20/2007	--	Texas A&M University System - Systemwide Newsletter:   Laredo students partner with TEES and Texas A&M engineers to provide electricity to colonias
6/3/2007	--	Laredo Morning Times Focus:  Winds of Change
5/26/2007	--	Laredo Morning Times:  Harnessing the wind: A&M engineers set up turbines at Cigarroa (see also an image of the Laredo Morning Times front page)
9/19/2006	--	High school students and TEES engineers partner to provide electricity to colonias
2/24/2005	--	TEES, TAMIU to partner on renewable energy, energy conservation programs in South Texas
3/5/2003	--	New energy law looms over cities
8/17/2001	--	Brooks leads military effort to cut West Coast energy usage
9/11/2000	--	New pacts fuel Brooks lab's research into energy usage

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