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  HOME, BACKGROUND AND CONTACT INFORMATION Home My Background My Contact InformationSPECIALIZATIONS Buying Electricity and Natural Gas in Illinois' Competitive Energy Market Buying Electricity and Natural Gas in Massachusetts' Competitive Energy Market Large (> 1 MW) Wind Projects Small Wind (< 1 MW) ProjectsThe Kyoto Protocol, Carbon Trading and the Carbon Tax Solar Thermal Projects PV (Photovoltaic) Projects Hybrid, Electric, Hydrogen and Alternative Fuel Vehicles Microturbines & Distributed Generation ProjectsABSTRACTS FOR ALL PUBLISHED PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS Abstracts of My Published Papers and Presentations Complimentary Copy of my Article in the June, 2002 Issue of the Northern Solar SUNPAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS PAPER at the 2008 Latin American Wind Energy Conference, November 5-7, Guadalajara, MXPRESENTATION at WINDPOWER 2008, June 1-4, Houston, TXPRESENTATION at the 2008 European Wind Energy Conference, 31 March-3 April, Brussels. BelgiumPAPER, "The Economics of Storing Wind Electricity as Hydrogen" at WindPower 2007 June 3-6 Los Angeles, CA USAPAPER, "The Technology of Storing Wind Electrcity as Hydrogen" at the European Wind Energy Conference, 7-10 May, 2007, Milan, ItalyPAPER at the POWER GEN Renewable Energy and Fuels Conference, March 6-8, 2007, Las Vegas, NVPRESENTATION "Reporting the Wind Story" At the Seminar "Reporting Energy Issues in the Midwest", Sponsored by the Foundation for American Communications, Urbana, IL September 14, 2006  Letter to the Editor of SPARK, November, 2005 "US Energy Sources and Uses" Interview on KYGT, Clear Creek County, CO Public Radio ANSWERS to Certain Questions Concerning Illinois' 2005 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)2005 COMMENTS to Illinois Commerce Commision Concerning lllinois' Renewable Portfolio StandardOctober 4 Speech to the Sierra Club, Chicago Group, North Shore Program COMMENTS Quoted in Newspapers or Magazines PUBLISHED "Letter to the Editor" in Crain's Chicago Business UNPUBLISHED Letters to the EditorPAPER Published in the February, 2005 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering PAPER Published in the August, 2002 Journal of Solar Energy EngineeringPAPER World Renewable Energy Conference-VIII, Denver, CO USA, August 29-September 3, 2004PAPER California Climate Change Center's First Annual Conference on Climate Change, June 9-10, 2004, Sacramento, CAPAPER, National Hydrogen Association 20O4 Convention, April 26-30, 2004, Los Angeles, CAPAPER-Global WINDPOWER 2004 Conference, Chicago, IL USA, 28-31 March 2004PAPER-United States Association for Energy Economics-NCAC-Washington, DC, Friday, December 19, 2003PAPER-Illinois Economics Association's 33rd Annual Meeting, October 17-18, 2003, Chicago, ILPAPER-American Wind Energy Association, WIND 2003 Conference, May 18-21, 2003, Austin, TXPAPER-American Solar Energy Society's SOLAR 2003 Conference, June 21-23, 2003, Austin,TXPAPER-International Solar Energy Society-SOLAR WORLD CONFERENCE 2003-14-19 June 2003,Goteborg, Sweden PAPER-European Wind Energy Association-2003 EUROPEAN WIND ENERGY CONFERENCE 16-20 June 2003-Madrid,SpainPAPER-National Hydrogen Association's 14th Annual Meeting, March 4-6, 2003, Washington, DC POST CONFERENCE Contact InformationPAPER, SOLAR 2002, Reno, NV, June 15-20, 2002 POST CONFERENCE Contact InformationPAPER, Global Windpower 2002 Conference, Paris, France, April 2-5, 2002 POST CONFERENCE Contact InformationPaper, RIO '02 CONFERENCE--ENERGY POLICIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE January, 2002 RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL--POST Conference Contact InformationEVENTS AND ANNOUCEMENTSWINDPOWER 2009, May 5-7, Chicago, IL USA GHG Emissions Papers Will Help You Understand Climate ChangePAPERS are Cited in Other Published PapersQUOTED in the Northwestern Alumni Magazine, Winter, 2007 VISIT to Georgetown, CO August 12 to September 2, 2008VISITED PARIS, 26 March - 15 April 2008 VISITED Washington, DC 23-30 June 2005First BLOG (April 5, 2007) on the New York Times Web SiteATTENDED SOLAR 2006, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, COATTENDED WINDPOWER 2006, June 4-7, 2006, Pittsburgh, PAATTENDED the AWEA RPS Workshop, March 7-8, 2006, Chicago, IL  My Picture Gallery-IRENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITES Renewable Energy Investment OpportunitiesFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Frequently Asked Questions Sitemap HomeMichael Stavy Consulting Energy Economist 312.832.1631 432 North Clark Street Suite 204 Chicago, Illinois USA 60610 michaelstavy@covad.net  A Modern 5 MW European Wind PlantIndependent Consulting Energy Economist----Renewable Energy (Wind and Solar and then a little Geothermal, Bio, Wave)----Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Kyoto Protocol---US Specialization: Help US Non-Residential Utility Customers Buy Electricity (>100 kW) and Natural Gas in Competitive Markets---In Private Practice Since 1990
To learn how I help Illinois non-residential utility customers buy electricity and natural gas go to Buying Electricity and Natural Gas in Illinois' Competitive Energy Market
To learn how I help Massachusetts non-residential utility customers buy electricity and natural gas go to Buying Electricity and Natural Gas in Massachusetts' Competitive Energy Market
ENERGY-THE FOURTH FACTOR OF PRODUCTION
Burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, oil) supplies most of the energy in the industrial economies. The use of this chemical energy in economic production is one of the key characteristics of the industrial nations. The use of non-human and non-animal energy is so important to industrial societies that energy, itself, is now an additional factor of production. This was not explicitly observed in the pre-industrial era. Energy must now be added as a fourth factor to the three classical factors of economic production; land, labor and capital. Because energy is a factor of production in industrial society, its production and use is complicated.
Source: Stavy, Michael, The Effect That the Kyoto Protocol Will Have on the Cost of Wind Power in the Signatory Countries, Global Windpower 2002 Conference, European Wind Energy Association, American Wind Energy Association, Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturer's Association. 2-5 April 2002, Paris, France
Specialist in the technical, financial, tax and regulatory issues of renewable energy (wind, solar thermal, PV) and greenhouse gas emissions.
Advise clients on the subtle yet important complex details of renewable energy generation and greenhouse gas emissions.
Do technical and economic analysis of renewable energy/distributed generation projects.
Technical knowledge makes my feasibility studies and financial analysis more accurate.
Facilitate investor efforts to finance renewable energy/distributed generation projects with equipment leases, debt and equity.
Assist renewable energy/distributed generation project owners get equipment leases, debt and equity financing.
Develop renewable energy/distributed generation projects from concept through operations management.
Specialize in wind projects from 1-10 MW.
Work with clients in the Midwest (IL, WI, IA, MI, MN, IN), nationally and internationally.
Help clients with their purchases of electric, hybrid and alternative fuel vehicle fleets. Check out these French electric and hydrid vehicles at My VISIT to PARIS, 26 March - 15 April 2008
Advise governments, NGO and corporations on their GHG and Kyoto Protocol public policy questions.
Help clients buy electricity in Illinois' competitive energy market. ComEd's Illinois small business customer auction based electric prices are projected to increase 21% over the current prices. This increase started January 1, 2007.
Help clients buy natural gas in Illinois' competitive energy market.
Put your mouse pointer over the image of the 5 MW European wind plant above and see what will benefit from renewable energy in Europe.
Other mouseover images are labeled where first used on this website.
WINDPOWER 2009 comes to Chicago, IL USA. To learn more press here WINDPOWER 2009, May 5-7, Chicago, IL USA
LAWEC 2008 Attendees: To download an electronic copy of my presentation handouts, press LAWEC 2008 Handouts. You will need the username and password that I gave to you at my presentation. The username and password are good until Monday, December 1, 2008.
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Go to Abstracts of My Published Papers and Presentations to read the abstracts of my 27 published papers. and presentations. Due to rising costs, I am unable to continue to mail free printed copies of my published papers to visitors to this website. Visitors can order copies by going to the library, to the publisher of the paper or by contacting me. Go to My Contact Information
Current Carbon Emissions Fact
“Viewed another way, last year’s [2007] carbon dioxide increase means 2.4 molecules of the gas were added to every million molecules of air, boosting the global concentration to nearly 385 parts per million (ppm). Pre-industrial carbon dioxide levels hovered around 280 ppm until 1850. Human activities pushed those levels up to 380 ppm by early 2006.”
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Website, Carbon Dioxide, Methane Rise Sharply in 2007, http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080423_methane.html Dated: April 23, 2008; Accessed: April 24, 2008
Disclaimer The photographs of PV, solar thermal, wind and other renewable energy projects shown on this web site are for illustrative purposes only. Except where noted, I have neither consulted nor developed the projects shown. While I believe that this web site contains correct information, I am not making any warranty, express or implied, not do I assume any legal responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, process or service disclosed. The information contained herein, and/or the products or services described, are subject to change without notice.
I am not responsible for the content of the external internet web sites that I have linked to.My energy practice is limited to being an independent consulting energy economist with a specialization in renewable energy and greenhouse gas emmissions.
June 23, 2006
An Older Spanish Wind Plant (MW capacity unknown)
Photo: Michael Kemma, Quixote's Giants, Study 8, Consuegra Spain, 1996
Source: Michael Kenna, A 30 Year Retrospective, June 23-August 26, 2005, Robert Mann Gallery http://www.robertmann.com/
Monet's Zaan River at Zaandam (1871)
Horizontal axis Dutch wind mills (turbines) which have "sails" (blades) that use the lift principle to convert wind energy into mechanical energy
Source: Illustrated History of Wind Power Development by Darrell M. Dodge, Littleton, CO, 2002 web address: http://telosnet.com/wind/index.html
750 kW NEG/Micon Turbine, Moorhead MN
US EIA Photo
Fall 2006 Chicago, Illinois (Bio energy [Btu/lb] unknown)
Photographer: Christine BOIRY
Fall 2006 at dusk, walking along the Illinois and Michigan Canal (solar energy [KWh/m^2] unknown) Please change your contact information.
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