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Upstate SC-Based Renewable Energy Company Is Working To Bring Wind Power To Rural Southeast

Submitted by: Melanie Caldwell on Apr 27, 2009 at 8:04 pm Tagged with: green energy, Renewable Energy, sustainable energy, wind power, wind turbines Source: Industrial Innovative Controls, Inc.

Industrial Innovative Controls (IIC) is striving to be among the first to bring wind power to areas of the southeastern U.S. that could benefit most from this source of renewable energy. Typically, southeastern states have not been ideal locations for wind turbines, but IIC plans to introduce models that are more suited to local wind patterns.

“The southeastern U.S. is often overlooked by companies wanting to set up wind energy projects since the breezes here are much more mild than other parts of the country like the mid west,” says Joseph Ramirez, founder and president of Industrial Innovative Controls. “Most wind turbines require stronger and more steady gusts to operate. However, IIC’s wind turbines can work under milder conditions allowing states like my home state of South Carolina to benefit from this form of green, sustainable energy.”

IIC plans to develop wind farms containing smaller turbines operated from a state-of the-art control room to monitor performance and assure maximum efficiency is achieved. The plant operators will be able to view on PC workstations, important data from each wind turbine, thereby allowing the operators to manage the interface between the turbine generator and the electrical grid. The farms will generate electricity for towns that can quickly convert to wind energy. The company’s plans include mounting wind turbines on a tower at 60-120 feet or more above ground. These turbines can be used to produce electricity for widespread distribution by connecting them to an electricity grid. Electricity is then sent through transmission and distribution lines to homes businesses, schools, etc.

Eventually, IIC plans to build larger projects to produce more clean power for the state boosting the economy. “If a 120-turbine wind farm with a maximum generation capacity of 480 MW were constructed in SC, it could provide enough energy to power more than 600,000 homes,” explains Ramirez. “What’s even more attractive is the economic impact. My company alone would bring 30 jobs to upstate South Carolina. The wind energy sector could bring a thousand plus jobs to southeastern states as well as generate close to $100 million in revenue within 3-5 years from manufacturing, installing and operating the units,” adds Ramirez.

“IIC is planning to bring about a change in the southeastern U.S. and not just in the sense of providing safe, green energy producing wind turbines, but by positively influencing the states’ economies. IIC will also have a definite positive impact on the education level and the employment rate in the southeast,” says the company’s Strategic Business Analyst, Tariq Ziad.

Studies show that wind is considered one of the cleanest forms of energy. Development of wind farms reduces the need for other types of energy that produce greenhouse gases, which damage the environment, including energy produced by natural gas, oil and coal. Use of wind turbines would prevent more than 1 million tons of greenhouse gases from being released into the air each year by conventional coal fired plants. Furthermore, renewable energy studies show that once completed, a wind generator is pollution free and able to pay back its initial carbon emission within 9 months.

“Wind turbines produced by IIC will also be much quieter - a welcome relief for anyone who has ever lived near the larger units which cause a loud humming noise,” Ramirez says.

Greenville, SC-based Industrial Innovative Controls, Inc. has been in business since 2004. It has assembled a highly experienced team of power generation developmental engineers as well as construction and operation/maintenance professionals with over 75 years of combined experience in renewable energy projects including green power (wind), biofuel, and waste-to-energy. IIC provides consulting, engineering and on-site services for the renewable energy industry. The company sells residential, commercial and industrial wind turbines. Industrial Innovative Controls’ initial plans are to develop renewable energy projects, primarily in the southeastern region of the U.S., including North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
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For further information please contact: Joe Ramirez at 864.449.4129 or ramirez@industrialcontrols.biz