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The
Green/Energy Sector is
quickly becoming one of
the nation's most
critical development
areas. Thomas P. Miller
and Associates has
always made green
development one of its
top priorities.
For information about
the green/energy sector
in the United States,
please visit these
links:
Defining a Green
Workforce
DOL Green Grants
TPMA has an extensive
background in energy and
green-related projects.
Current and recently
completed projects
include:
Current and Ongoing
- Assisting the
State of Indiana in
its strategy for
pursuing the DOL
State Energy Sector
Partnership Grant
- Providing
regional planning
technical
assistance,
competency
framework, and green
sector partnership
development to the
Quad-States Regional
Transformation that
operates in
Oklahoma, Missouri,
Kansas, and Arizona
- Supporting the
preparation and
submission of
Recovery Act grant
Smart Grid
Demonstrations for
the Wabash Valley
Power Association, a
generation and
transmission
cooperative
- Developing a
"Growing a Regional
Energy Employment
Network (GREEN)"
initiative for the
nine county Grow
Southwest Indiana
Workforce Board as
part of our work as
the Regional
Operator
2009
- Provided
technical federal
grant review
guidance and
preparation and
submission
assistance to Remy
International's
proposal to the US
Department of Energy
in response to the
Recovery Act funding
opportunity Electric
Drive Vehicle and
Component Initiative.
As a result of the
proposal submission,
Remy was awarded
$60.2 million in
federal grant money.
For the full story,
click
here.
- Prepared an
"energy cluster
analysis" for the
South Carolina
Santee-Lynches
Council of
Governments as a
part of a cluster
study focused on
metals
manufacturing,
transportation
distribution and
logistics, and
energy
2008
- Provided
planning, asset
mapping, and
start-up assistance
to the Energy
Systems Network in
Indiana, a statewide
clean technology
initiative focused
on bringing energy
breakthroughs to the
market - leveraging
Indiana's strong
manufacturing
sector, R&D
capabilities, and
heritage of
engineering advanced
power systems (see
http://www.cincorp.com/energysystemsnetwork/)
- Worked with the
Center for Coal
Technology Research
at Purdue University
on various projects
including a
feasibility analysis
for a coal to liquid
fuels facility in
Southern Indiana
2007
- Assisted the
Economic Development
Partnership of South
Carolina, based in
Aiken, to identify
and pursue funding
opportunities for
its Center for
Hydrogen Research
(CHR), a
60,000 square foot
research facility
focused on
hydrogen-based
technologies
including fuel cell
vehicles
2006
- Assessed the
economic and
technical
feasibility of
converting local
food processor and
farming wastes to
value added
bi-products within
Clinton County, IN
Other Experience
- While at the
Hudson Institute,
Jim Wheeler led
and participated in
a wide range of
energy related, both
in the US and for
foreign clients.
Selected projects
include:
- Offshore
gasfields in the
Gulf of Thailand
-
Canadian energy
trends and
policy
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Japanese energy
trends and
policy
- Korean
energy trends
and policy
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Long term United
States energy
strategy
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Policy and
technology
scenarios
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Opportunities in
electric hybrid
vehicles
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Nuclear energy
in New York
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