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Iowa Energy Center Board - August 5, 2021

Details

Location: 1963 Bell Avenue, Suite 200 Des Moines, or Microsoft Teams Meeting
Date: August 5 | 1:00 p.m.

Attendees

Members Troy DeJoode - Chair, Dan Nickey – Vice Chair, Stuart Anderson, Debi Durham, Geri Huser, Jennifer Johnson, Terry Kouba, Craig Just, Valerie Newhouse, Rick Olesen, Timothy Whipple, Gul Kremer-Okudan and Jenae Jenison

Documents

Agenda

  1. Welcome & Introductions

    Troy DeJoode

    1. Roll Call

      Betty Hessing

    2. Approval of May 13, 2021, Meeting Minutes  

      Action

  2. Public Comment Period | A public comment period will be held at this time and is limited to 10 minutes. If you are interested in offering a comment, please email the board administrator at betty.hessing@iowaeda.com in advance of the meeting and provide your name and the topic of your comment.

  3. Fiscal Update

    Terry Roberson
    Information

  4. Legislative Update

    Kristin Hanks-Bents
    Information

  5. Competitive Grant Program

    Amber Buckingham

    1. Grant Program Update

      Information

    2. Competitive Grant Program Funding Recommendations for Awards
      1. 407769 – Driving Electric in Rural NE Iowa: An Analysis, Planning, Workforce, and Major Employer Partnership – Winneshiek Energy District 
      2. 406855 – Developing a Pilot-scale Business Model for Monetizing Carbon Capture on Solar Energy Farm – Impact7G 
      3.       406335 – Advanced 3D optical sensing and peening technologies for crack mitigation in natural gas pipelines – Iowa State University
      4. 410656 – From the Landfill to the Grid: Repurposing Used Batteries for Resilient Grid Storage –  Iowa State University                                               5. 408866 – Electrical Energy from Ethanol - University of Iowa 
      6. 406441 - Modeling Solar Radiation Potential and Urban Heat Utilizing Mobile Sensors and Topographic Data –University of Northern Iowa 
      7. 406939 – Building Enclosure Council of Iowa Educational Programs - Building Enclosure Council of Iowa
      8. 410833 - Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Robotic Mapping of Underground Infrastructure - Iowa State University 
      9. 406042 – Control and Coordination of Solar+Storage for Enhanced Resiliency - Iowa State University
      10. 408802 – GIS Tool to Plan Mitigation and Recovery of  Gridlines Under Natural Hazards to Improve Resiliency – Iowa State University
      11.       405974 – Mobile Power for Rural Wastewater Treatment and Community Resilience - Baldridge Environmental Services, LLC
      12. 406114 – Micro-DERMS: DERMS for Real-time Monitoring & Control of Mobile-Microgrids and DER Distribution Grid – Iowa State University       

      Roll Call

    3. Competitive Grant Program Recommendations for Denial

      1. 405988 – Chemically Recyclable carbon fiber composites for wind Turbine blades - Iowa State University
      2. 410987 – Treating Digestate from Municipal Digesters to Reduce Energy Consumption and GHG/Carbon Emissions – TPR Enterprises dba EcoEngineers
      3. 406064 – A Novel, Plasma-based, Adaptive Flow Control System For Improved Wind Turbine Efficiency – Iowa State University
      4. 406343 – Developing a Pilot Scale Technology to Reclaim Lead and Other Materials from Solar Photovoltaic Panels – GKAT Reclamation
      5. 408201 – Energy-Dense, Low-Cost Batteries for Grid Modernization and Next Generation Electric Vehicles – Iowa State University
      6. 406710 – Training programs for currently incarcerated Iowans to develop a new and capable energy workforce – Iowa State University
      7. 406445 – Demonstration of Cost-Effective, Scalable Zero-Energy Residential Building Design for Iowa Climates – University of Northern Iowa
      8. 406707 – Iowa River Power Company - Hydropower on Iowa Rivers - Iowa River Power Company
      9. 406020 – Low-rade industrial waste heat energy harvesting – Legov Systems Group, LLC
      10. 410096 – Applications of Cybersecurity for the energy sector – Iowa State University
      11. 410735 – The Use of Biochar for Producing Next-Generation Electricity Harvesting Asphalt Pavement – Iowa State University
      12. 410553 – Laser Based Biomass Conversion of Corn Husk for Renewable Energy Applications – Iowa State University
      13. 406032 – Recycling of Used Li-Ion batteries to extract lithium, anode and cathode materials – Iowa State University
      14. 405979 – Iowa Energy Extension Program - Iowa State University 
      15. 406950 – Electrochemical Conversion and Storage of Wind Energy into Hydrogen Electrofuel – Iowa State University
      16. 406176 – Economic Sustainability of Clean Power Grid under Uncertainty – Iowa State University
      17. 410588 – Visium Bio-oil Hydrothermal Liquefaction Refinery – Visium LLC
      18. 410592 – Prudent Generation Planning towards Carbon Neutrality – Iowa State University
      19. 406879 – Iowa Agriculture Carbon Assessment for Emerging Carbon Markets - Iowa State University
      20. 406728 – Lawton Substation BESS - Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative
      21. 407051 – Corn Belt Power Cooperative Trial Battery Project – Corn Belt Power Cooperative
      22. 411285 – Electric Grid Resiliency Study – Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
      23. 406444 – Iowa STEM Energy Teacher Externships – University of Northern Iowa 
      24. 407000 – High Strength Aluminum Carbon - Nanotube Composite for Grid Transmission Line – Iowa State University
      25. 406013 – Bio-based asphalt from corn stover – Frontline Bioenergy

      Roll Call

  6. Alternate Energy Revolving Loan Program (AERLP)

    Stephanie Weisenbach

    1. 20-AEL-009 Amendment to Keaton Martin Reduction of  Loan Amount and Project Size

      Roll Call

  7. Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program (EIRLP)

    Lisa Connell

    1. Notice of Intended Action for amendments to 261 IAC  Chapters 403 and 405 and proposing a new Chapter 406, Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program

      Roll Call

  8. Iowa Mobile Microgrid Development and Applications

    Anne Kimber – Electric Power Research Center at ISU
    Information

  9. Other Business

    Troy DeJoode

    1. Energy Office Updates

      Brian Selinger

    2. Special IEC Board Meeting is September 30, 2021

    3. Next Quarterly Board Meeting is November 18, 2021

  10. Adjournment

    Troy DeJoode

The Iowa Energy Center Board may go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code §21.5(1)a, §15.118, §22.7.3, §22.7.6 and §22.7.8 to review and discuss records IEDA is required to treat as confidential under Iowa law. This includes confidential business and financial information about applicants and industrial prospects with which the Authority is currently negotiating.

Please Note: The meeting will convene no earlier than stated above, but may begin later. Agenda items may be considered out of order at the discretion of the Chair for each meeting. If you require accommodations to participate in this public meeting, call 515-348-6197 to make your request. Please notify us at least 48 hours in advance.

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