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January 2007: We completed the PLC control programming for diesel plant heat waste heat recovery systems that will be installed in the villages of Toksook Bay and Kasigluk, Alaska.  The controller also manages a district heating system that will serve several large community heating loads.  The Alaska Village Electric Cooperative was the client.

December 2006: Awarded a contract by the Colorado Interstate Gas Company to conduct a feasibility study of distributed wind energy at its compressor stations throughout the Rocky Mountain region.

November 2006: Sustainable Automation commissioned a 107 kW secondary load controller and electric boiler at the Colorado State University's Engines & Energy Conversion Laboratory. The unit was sold to Spirae Inc. to support its “smart grid” project to develop solutions for large-scale integration of renewables, distributed generation, and demand response into a seamless system that works for system operators, utilities, and end users.

September 2006:  Delivered a control cabinet for an innovative dual-axis saw for a Colorado manuafacture of stone cutting equipment.  The control cabinet incorporates two 50 hp motor drives for the two diamond saw blades, as well as various smaller variable speed drives for the conveyor motors.  The controls included an intuitive color touch screen interface that allows the operator to rapidly reconfigure the machine for different stone products.

February 2006: Sustainable Automation commissioned another two secondary load controllers and electric boilers in wind-diesel hybrid systems in the villages of Toksook Bay and Kasigluk, Alaska.  Each unit has a rated capacity of 240 kW.

May 2005: Visit us at our booth (#225) at the Windpower 2005 Conference and Exhibition at the Denver Convention Center May 15-18, 2005. Steve Drouilhet will also be presenting a paper in the Hybrid Systems session on Wednesday.

April 2005: We've just moved into our new 2500 sq. ft. office/shop just east of Boulder! This space will accommodate our growing controls manufacturing and consulting business. See the "Contact Us" page for details.

March 2005: Sustainable Automation Alaska Village Electric Coop received an order from the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative for two 235 kW secondary load controllers and accompanying electric boilers for its next two wind-diesel projects in western Alaska.

February 2005: In collaboration with the Tennessee Valley Infrastructure Group, Sustainable Automation completed a feasibility for electrification using wind-diesel systems of 20 coastal villages in west Africa. The United Nations Development Program was the client.

June 2004: Under contract to Enermodal Engineering of Denver, Sustainable Automation completed a preliminary design of the PV/Microhydro/Propane/Battery Hybrid Power System planned for the new Eielson Visitor Center in Denali National Park, Alaska.

May 2004: Sustainable Automation recently completed the commissioning of a 140 kW Secondary Load Controller and a Wind Turbine Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System in a medium penetration wind-diesel hybrid power system in Selawik, Alaska. Selawik is an arctic native village of approximately 600 inhabitants. Sustainable Automation built this controls equipment for the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, an electric utility that operates off-grid power systems in 50 rural villages in Alaska.