The future of Manufacturing In the USA

Green Energy Company Seeks to Bring Thousands of Jobs to Indiana
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report
A Washington, D.C.-based renewable energy company says it has developed a green power energy supply system and is considering Indiana for the initiative's manufacturing headquarters. D'Arcinoff Group says it is talking with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation about seven locations throughout the state with the potential to create 20,000 jobs.
Source: Inside INdiana Business
Continued Below...


The D'Arcinoff Group, Inc. (“DG”) and its partners have developed an integrated, green energy supply system that delivers large-scale power generation, distribution and storage. By maximizing efficiencies through innovative manufacturing design of wind turbines and proprietary slurry technology to transport hydrogen in conventional oil tankers from wind farms to industrial end-user destinations.
The revolutionary DG Energy System introduces a cost effective solution to providing clean fuel for electric generation and the aviation industry. Once fully implemented, the DG Energy System is expected to directly employ over 100,000 people manufacturing, operating and servicing its wind turbines, electrolysis units and other related equipment at approximately 25 different major facilities in the U.S. and Europe.
As the first link in DG’s integrated energy system, Eco-Dawn, Inc. (“EDI”) will mass produce a unique wind turbine designed to generate 1.5MW of rated output (representation at right).Commercial production of the turbine’s unique blade configuration and gear can be done by EDI through adapting technologies commonly used in the automotive industry. The availabilityof idled automotive plants allows for major cost efficiencies in establishing manufacturing sites and retraining existing skilled labor. This combination of resources overcomes two currentproblems associated with the more common 3-blade turbine design, massive single piece blades and difficult to manufacture ground gear assemblies. Dr. Kenneth Visser of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Clarkson University in New York says, “The EDI wind turbine is a unique approach to industrial scale wind turbine design utilizing a twin rotor, aerodynamically effective concept that enables mass production of all the components”.
EDI will also mass produce a solid oxide membrane electrolyzer developed by scientists at Boston University for magnesium production and hydrogen electrolysis units based on technology from GE or Statoilhydro.
Specializing in wind farm and fuel operations Transportable Power, Inc. (“TPI”) is responsible for the power generation and fuel system components of the energy system. TPI intends to locate wind farms in remote, sparsely populated areas with favorable high-wind conditions. TPI’s Power Generation System utilizes the more densely deployable EDI wind turbine and other equipment to be manufactured in the U.S. by GE, Textron and others. Energy from the wind farms is deposited (i.e., charged) into reusable slurry that works like a rechargeable battery for large-scale hydrogen storage and transportation. The system will use the proprietary, easily pumped, slurry to safely transport hydrogen for use as fuel inelectric power generation at facilities in or near urban areas or to store energy for use as fuel for large ships.
Additionally, TPI is in discussions with Rentech, Inc. to license their proprietary Fischer Tropsch process and catalyst system. TPI expects to integrate its energy infrastructure with Rentech’s technology to manufacture synthetic jet fuel that will contain approximately 60% lower carbon emissions than conventional jet fuel. The synthetic fuel derived from Rentech’s Fischer Tropsch process is ideal for aviation industry applications.Deployment of the remote equipment will be facilitated by specialized equipment designed and to be built by U.S. and European manufacturers. “The difficulties of deploying wind turbine components in remote locations becomes more practical using the integrated deployment and support equipment designed for TPI”, said David McMillan President of STX Canada, part of STX Europe.The final part of the system is an electric generation program that will utilize energy (hydrogen) stored in the slurry to provide clean fuel for gas turbine driven electric generators during peak-period commercial electric power production in urban areas.
“The synergistic low and stable cost fuel systems developedby TPI very effectively address some of the largest emitters of CO2 which are ships burning IFO380 and power plants burning coal while providing the U.S. aviation industry comparatively clean fuel in large quantities without requiring engine modification”, said Mr. Michael Horner, Managing Director of DG and a former technology professional at GE Aircraft Engines & GE Power Systems.
The entire five phase Energy Program will support TPI peak load power stations serving the EU in excess of 33,750 MW with clean, zero emissions fuel. This is the equivalent to the power output of 15Hoover Dams or the burning of approximately 72,270,000 tons of coal per year. The program will also support jet fuel production in excess of five billion gallons per year, equivalent to the approximate current jet fuel needs of the U.S. military.
The sale of electricity through power purchase agreements (“PPAs”), placed by Ernst & Young’s Energy & Environmental Infrastructure Advisory London Team, to major European power companies and the sale of TPI’s synthetic jet fuel in the U.S. will represent the source of TPI’s projected revenue. “By utilizing innovative but practical steps in an integrated energy system TPI is able to directly access reliable revenue”, said Mark Williamson, Assistant Director of Ernst & Young’s Energy & EnvironmentalInfrastructure Advisory Team”.
Equity for the Program is fully subscribed. Debt financing for TPI’s equipment to be manufactured by EDI and other U.S. suppliers is planned to be through loans or loan guarantees from the Export-Import Bank of the United States or other sources.In cooperation with State economic development agencies, EDI is considering the operation of manufacturing facilities at the following locations, subject to final suitability appraisal and leaseavailability. EDI anticipates that approximate employment distribution among the States by EDI will beas follows: