Northeast Engineers held press conference on new renewable energy programs

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Following its recent acquisition of Rhode Island Wind and Solar Power, Northeast Engineers held a press conference to introduce its new renewable energy division Sustainable Global Energy followed by a cocktail party at its offices in Middletown RI on April 2, 2009.  Northeast Engineers’s headquarters were transformed into a wind study facility: the parking lot was equipped with a 120′-high meteorological equipment tower and a sodar provided by Second Wind. Both these devices will measure the wind available for the proposed turbine project at the site.

With about 150 attendees, the reception was the who’s who of the wind energy industry with wind turbine manufacturers for turbines from 100 kilowatts to 3 megawatts, manufacturers of sodar and wind measurement equipments. Attendees also included representatives from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services, Wind Committees for the Aquidneck Island municipalities, Middletown Town Council’s members, the Newport County Chamber of Commerce, and other public and private sector enterprises.

In its renewable energy division, Northeast Engineers has already created seven jobs, and is helping to create or save at least fifty more jobs in its partnering with other Rhode Island companies to provide all aspects of sustainable development including legal, financial, power, design, outreach, as well as all of the construction trade subcontractors.

Speakers included:

• Blake Henderson, President of Northeast Engineers, who introduced Northeast Engineers and its role in renewable energy and helping to create a green economy.
• Michael Saul, Director of Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, presents Rhode Island renewable energy fund and the RIEDC efforts to promote clean energy and new jobs.
• Don Troppoli, Vice-Chairman of the Newport County Chamber of Commerce, speaks about the NCCC’s efforts for major improvements to the Aquidneck Corporate Park and to promote new green jobs in Newport County.
• Honorable Christopher Semonelli, President of the Middletown Town Council, presents the efforts of the Town to support businesses and renewable energy at the local level.
• Eric Offenberg, Principal of Northeast Engineers, gives an overview of on-going 100kW wind turbine project for the Aquidneck Corporate Park, and answers questions about Northeast Engineers’s renewable energy programs.