News – 2010
Project Navigator, Ltd.'s Solar Team Wins Contract from U.S. Army
July 30, 2010
PNL's PVNavigator Group has won a contract from the U.S. Army to assess the viability of using solar power to run remote electrical equipment at Fort Irwin, California. Fort Irwin is a major training area for the U.S. Military, and is located in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County. Facilities currently powered by generators, in training and containment areas, will be reviewed. The first phase of work includes the preparation of a work plan, site visits, modeling computations and recommendations.
Project Navigator, Ltd. and SunPods, Inc. Recently Exhibited at the Tech Connect Expo 2010
July 8, 2010
Project Navigator, Ltd. (PNL) staff recently discussed the business opportunities which can be realized from siting small scale solar facilities on brownfield sites or urban-located closed landfills. At Tech Connect World Summit Conference & Expo 2010, Anaheim, CA, June 21 to 24, 2010) we had a booth, system model and made a presentation.
PNL staff, in collaboration with SunPods Inc of San Jose, CA, discussed our approach to the localized, urban delivery of power from systems sized up to about 5MW, occupying between 40 and 50 acres.
Dr. Ian Webster Represented Project Navigator, Ltd. at the National Brownfields Association Atlanta 2010 Meeting on March 24 & 25
April 6, 2010
Dr. Ian Webster represented Project Navigator, Ltd. at the National Brownfields Association's Atlanta 2010 Meeting on March 24 & 25. Ian was a member of a panel session covering Re-Powering America's Land: Renewable Energy on Contaminated Sites.
Ian described PNL's business plan which entails the siting, design and financing of small scale, distributed solar facilities on Superfund or brownfield sites. PNL has assembled a portfolio of project opportunities. Many of these projects stem from the company's core business of Superfund site management. The business concept is described here, and the full slide deck can be downloaded here.
PNL Talks About Facilitating Land Conveyance in Brownfields Projects using Innovative GIS and Visualization Techniques at AEHS Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA March 15 -18
March 15, 2010
Project Navigator, Ltd. has developed a rigorous protocol for the GIS-enabled screening of Brownfield sites. The system allows sites to be prioritized in the queue for reuse. Click here for poster.
PNL Staff Work on the Classification of Landfill Fires
March 5, 2010
Drs. Halil Kavak, Raudel Sanchez and Ian Webster have worked for a number of major clients on landfill assessment and closure projects. A notable example is the Operating Industries Inc (OII) Landfill in Monterey Park, CA. In addition to helping with more routine site design and construction activities, the PNL team was asked to investigate and provide solutions to control and mitigate landfill waste prism fires (or enhanced oxidation zones). The PNL team used in well thermocouples to measure temperatures and produce 3D maps of the locations of the high temperature zones. The existence of high temperature zones (driven by air intrusion into the landfill prism) affects the ability to efficiently collect landfill gas and readily maintain perimeter compliance.
The PNL team has now reported on some of the general findings. Click here to see how we have classified different types of landfill fires.
PNL's Graphics Team Builds 3D Hard Model to Help Outreach Activities at Asarco Smelter Clean Up Project in El Paso, TX
February 1, 2010
Roberto Puga's PNL team is now actively engaged in planning activities related to the future demolition and cleanup at the former Asarco smelter site in El Paso. Communication and outreach will be an important component of a successful project. PNL is expert in the use of visual techniques and graphics to explain project activities (Visual Navigator). In this regard, PNL graphics staff have just completed the assembly of site model to assist project activities.
Project Navigator, Ltd. Discusses Solar Power Opportunities on Brownfield Sites at National Brownfield Association Meeting in Sacramento
January 14, 2010
PNL's Ian Webster discussed how solar facilities can be sited on Brownfield Sites at NBA's Sacramento Meeting on January 14, 2010. The talk discussed how smaller, urban -located PV facilities, which are close to transmission and load, can be more quickly permitted, financed brought online, than larger competing facilities located in the desert southwest. Webster gave examples of projects which PNL is pursuing.
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