Unsolicited Application; Central Michigan University

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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