http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/11/03/wheres-the-money-for-energy-entrepreneurs-our-podcast-previewing-the-conference-on-clean-energy-has-some-hints/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/11/03/wheres-the-money-for-energy-entrepreneurs-our-podcast-previewing-the-conference-on-clean-energy-has-some-hints/comment-page-1/#comment-37473 James M. Knott, Sr. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:28:44 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5880#comment-37473 I own a hydropower site at 130 Riverdale Street in Northbridge, MA. I restored a Holyoke turbine built in 1901 that harnesses 1/3 of the energy available at the site. I have been granted a 50% loan to install a modern Kaplan turbine capable of harnessing all the energy at the site. Since 2006, I have been trying to get FERC approval of the expansion, and they have found three applications "patently deficient". The millpond at the site was created in 1753, but the FERC demands information as if it had never been in existence. Last year, I was a member of the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) and I communicated with 27 state and federal agencies that might be concerned about the expansion. The FERC says I didn't do enough by communicating with the 27 agencies. Any ideas about how to get FERC approval? I own a hydropower site at 130 Riverdale Street in Northbridge, MA. I restored a Holyoke turbine built in 1901 that harnesses 1/3 of the energy available at the site. I have been granted a 50% loan to install a modern Kaplan turbine capable of harnessing all the energy at the site. Since 2006, I have been trying to get FERC approval of the expansion, and they have found three applications “patently deficient”. The millpond at the site was created in 1753, but the FERC demands information as if it had never been in existence. Last year, I was a member of the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) and I communicated with 27 state and federal agencies that might be concerned about the expansion. The FERC says I didn’t do enough by communicating with the 27 agencies. Any ideas about how to get FERC approval?

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