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Advanced Manufacturing Office Activities in New Jersey
Mapped AMO State Activities
The following map provides a visual representation of AMO activities in New Jersey. Click the checkboxes to filter certain activities. You may click the pushpin icon to show activity details. All locations are approximate. Following the map, there are lists that provide AMO activities (Energy Savings Assessments, Industrial Assessment Centers, Events and Trainings, and AMO Partner Projects) in New Jersey.
AMO Project Award
AMO provided seed funding to 23 awardees for the development and delivery of industrial energy efficiency programs at the state and regional levels. These projects are aimed at delivering assessments, trainings, and technical resources to manufacturers to achieve significant reductions in industrial energy intensity.
R&D Projects and Successes
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In order to meet the challenges of improving energy efficiency, the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) helps to mitigate its industry partners' energy use. Both share the cost of research and development (R&D) projects while reaching the common goals of improving not only energy efficiency, but economic viability, energy security, environmental quality, and resource conservation. The following list provides New Jersey's active and complete partner projects:
Project SuccessesMicrochannel Reactor System for Catalytic Hydrogenation, Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Active
Details
Ultrasonic Tank Cleaning, TELSONIC Ultrasonics
Bridgeport, NJ
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details
High Octane Fuel via Catalytic Distillation, Exelus, Inc.
Livingston, NJ
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details
Intelligent Extruder Software for Polymer Compounding, GE Global Research
Niskayuna, NJ
Industry: Sensors and Automation
Status: Complete
Details
R&D Projects
Autothermal Styrene Manufacturing Process with Net Export of Energy
Bloomfield, NJ
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Active
Details
Waste Heat Recovery and Recycling in Thermal Separation Processes
Princeton, NJ
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details
Hydrate-Free Concrete: A Low Energy, CO2-Negative Solution
New Brunswick, NJ
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details
Low-Cost Production of InGaN for Next- Generation Photovoltaic Devices
Piscataway, NJ
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Active
Details
Advanced Refrigerant-based Cooling Technologies for Information and Communications infrastructure (ARCTIC)
Murray Hill, NJ
Industry: Information Communication Technologies
Status: Active
Details
Launching A New Route To Styrene Monomer - SBIR Phase III Xlerator Program
Livingston, NJ
Industry: Reactions and Separations
Status: Active
Details
Mixed Solvent Corrosion, OLI Systems, Inc.
Morris Plains, NJ
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details
New Brunswick, NJ
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details
Solution Crystallization Modeling Tools, OLI Systems, Inc.
Morris Plains, NJ
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details
Predicting Corrosion of Advanced Materials and Fabricated Components, OLI Systems, Inc.
Morris Plains, NJ
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details
Large Plant Assessments (ESAs)
With emphasis on reducing natural gas consumption, DOE provides American businesses, factories, and manufacturing facilities with on-site Energy Savings Assessments (ESAs). The purpose of these assessments is to identify immediate opportunities to save energy and money that will lead to significant long-term savings. Gold and silver stars represent facilities that have been recognized for their achievements in industrial energy savings. The following is a list of businesses that have all benefited from AMO assessments in New Jersey:
- Denotes Large Plant Assessments (ESAs) on map above
Deepwater, NJ
10/10/2006
Details
Kraft Foods - Nabisco - Fairlawn
Fairlawn, NJ
6/20/2007
Details
Owens Corning - Kearny R&A
Kearney, NJ
4/23/2008
Details
Owens Corning - Kearny R&A
Kearney, NJ
3/12/2008
Details
Gerresheimer Glass - Millville Plant
Millville, NJ
7/21/2009
Details
Lucent Technologies - Corporate Headquarters
Murray Hill, NJ
3/27/2006
Details
Nutley, NJ
3/29/2006
Details
Valero Energy Corporation - Paulsboro Refinery
Paulsboro, NJ
3/7/2006
Details
Gerdau Ameristeel - Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy, NJ
2/22/2006
Details
Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe - Phillipsburg (ASCIP)
Phillipsburg, NJ
3/3/2009
Details
Mannington Mills - Salem
Salem, NJ
9/25/2010
Gerdau Ameristeel - Sayreville
Sayreville, NJ
7/31/2007
Details
Medium / Small Plant Assessments (IACs)
Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) provide eligible small- and medium-sized manufacturers with no-cost, on-site energy assessments to identify potential savings opportunities. The following is a list of IAC training participants in New Jersey for the past two years. A complete collection of all the publicly available assessment and recommendation data is available at the AMO IAC database.
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Middlesex, NJ
3/3/2009
Aleris Light Gauge Products
Clayton, NJ
7/2/2009
Arde Inc.
Carlstadt, NJ
7/5/2011
Bumble Bee
Cape May, NJ
8/24/2010
Coca-Cola
Mount Laurel, NJ
10/5/2010
ExxonMobil Lubricants
Paulsboro, NJ
4/27/2010
Mount Laurel, NJ
5/12/2010
G&W Laboratories Inc.
South Plainfield, NJ
4/7/2009
Magnesium-Elektron
Whiting, NJ
10/25/2010
Morgan Technical Ceramics / Certech
Wood Ridge, NJ
12/2/2009
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
11/10/2011
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
12/15/2011
Pennsauken, NJ
4/4/2011
SWEMCO
Moorestown, NJ
3/31/2009
Victory Refrigeration
Cherry Hill, NJ
6/10/2009
Events and Trainings
The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) offers system-wide and component-specific training sessions and materials to help reduce energy use, save money, and minimize waste through system optimization. The following is a list of New Jersey's past training events:
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Technical Resources
AMO provides information on upcoming energy efficiency events and trainings, case studies on replicable industrial energy efficiency projects, and contact information for Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC), Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers, and Regional Clean Energy Application Centers.
Case Studies in New Jersey
Each year AMO develops new case studies on research, development and demonstration projects; energy assessments; the use of AMO tools and training; and leveraging of AMO partner resources for energy efficiency project implementation. The case studies are developed jointly with AMO's industrial partners. The following is a list of the case studies in New Jersey:
Back to Basics: Corporate Energy Management at Unilever
Unilever
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Energy Productivity is the Best Medicine: Corporate Energy Management at Merck & Co., Inc.
Merck
Rahway, NJ
Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) for Region
There are 26 Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), sponsored by AMO, located at universities across the U.S. IACs provide no-cost energy assessments to small- and medium-sized manufacturers within a 150-mile radius. Additionally, they provide industrial assessment and energy management systems training for the next generation of energy engineers.
Rutgers University
Director: Mike Muller
Phone: (732) 445-5540
Email: muller@caes.rutgers.edu
Web Site: http://www.iac.rutgers.edu/
Lehigh University
Director: Dr. Alparslan Oztekin
Phone: 610-758-4343
Fax: 610-758-6224
Email: alo2@lehigh.edu
Web Site: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inluiac/
University of Delaware
Director: Dr. Keith Goossen
Phone: (302) 831-0590
Fax: (302) 831-4316
Email: goossen@ece.udel.edu
Web Site: http://www.ece.udel.edu/iac/
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEPs) in New Jersey
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a not-for-profit network of businesses and manufacturing specialists, with almost 60 MEP centers across the nation. Funded by state, local, and private organizations, and in partnership with the IACs, they provide a variety of services to U.S. industry, including process improvements, innovation strategies, and green manufacturing techniques.
New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program
President and CEO: Robert L. Loderstedt, III
Phone: (973) 998-9801
Fax: (973) 556-1345
Email: bloderstedt@njmep.org
Web Site: http://www.njmep.org
Clean Energy Regional Application Centers
Formerly the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Regional Application Centers (RACs), the eight Clean Energy Application Centers across the U.S. promote CHP, waste heat recovery and other clean energy technologies and practices. They provide regional assistance for specific projects, including market assessments, targeted education and outreach, and technical assistance.
Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Application Center
Director: James Freihaut
Phone: (814) 863-0083
Email: jfreihaut@engr.psu.edu
Web Site: http://maceac.psu.edu/
State Incentives and Resource Database
This database is a comprehensive collection of incentives and resources for implementing energy-efficiency measures in a commercial or industrial facility. These incentives are often financial and are in place to reward business and residential customers for making strides in energy efficiency. The resources are in the form of analysis tools, education and training programs, and energy audits. The following link will take you to a site that will show you the energy incentives and resources in New Jersey.
State Incentive Handbooks
AMO has created handbooks of available resources and incentives for industrial energy efficiency implementation organized by system for each of the 50 states.
Resource Fact Sheets
AMO developed 50 resource fact sheets that identify local, regional, state, and utility organizations in each state that can serve as partners working together with manufacturers to advance industrial energy efficiency.
Contacts
DOE Contacts
DOE Headquarters Contact
Sandy Glatt
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, Colorado 80401
Phone: (720) 356-1544
Email: sandy.glatt@go.doe.gov
DOE Project Contact
Jamey Evans
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: (720) 356-1536
Email: jamey.evans@go.doe.gov
State Contact(s)
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Energy Division
Mahogany Hendricks
Two Gateway Center
8th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Phone: (609) 292-0090
Email: mahogany.hendricks@bpu.state.nj.us
Web Site: http://www.bpu.state.nj.us/bpu/divisions/energy/
About New Jersey Industry
New Jersey has a total of 8.8 million residents and ranks 7th in the nation in terms of GDP, which is $438.7 billion. In 2009, New Jersey ranked 30th in the nation’s industrial energy consumption at 291.6 trillion Btu and 34th in the nation’s industrial natural gas consumption at 49.9 trillion Btu.
New Jersey’s leading industries (by total value of shipments) include Chemical Manufacturing, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, and Food Manufacturing. Information on the state’s top industries is displayed in the table below, which can be sorted based on number of employees, production workers’ hours, and payroll, among other categories.
The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) is providing funding for the development and delivery of industrial energy efficiency programs implemented on a local, state or regional level. These projects are delivering Save Energy Now resources to reduce industrial energy intensity in the states. AMO has 23 total active state and regional projects that are impacting 36 states across the U.S. Learn More
New Jersey At a Glance
| State Information (1) | |
|---|---|
| 2010 Population (Million) | 8.8 |
| 2010 GDP (Billion) | $438.7 |
| GDP Rank | 7 |
Energy Statistics (2)  | |
|---|---|
| Total Energy Consumption 2009 (Trillion Btu) | 2,393.6 |
| Total Industrial Energy Consumption 2009 (Trillion Btu) | 291.6 |
| Total Industrial Energy Consumption Rank | 30 |
| Total Industrial GDP 2009 (Thousand) | $52,505,000.0 |
| Industrial Energy Intensity (Btu/GDP) | 5,553.0 |
| Industrial Energy Intensity Rank | 44 |
| Total Industrial Electricity Use 2009 (Trillion Btu)* | 87.3 |
| Total Industrial Electricity Use Rank | 37 |
| Total Industrial Natural Gas Use 2009 (Trillion Btu) | 49.9 |
| Total Industrial Natural Gas Use Rank | 34 |
| View state rankings | |
| * Total industrial electricity use reflects industrial retail electricity sales and electrical system energy losses. | |
Total Industrial Energy Consumption Statistics in New Jersey
| Year | Energy Consumption (Trillion Btu) |
National Average (Trillion Btu) |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 291.6 | 560.4 |
| 2008 | 353.1 | 613.3 |
| 2007 | 451.9 | 636.5 |
| 2006 | 451.8 | 635.0 |
| 2005 | 479.2 | 637.0 |
| 2004 | 483.0 | 656.0 |
| 2003 | 482.3 | 638.6 |
| 2002 | 508.5 | 640.6 |
| 2001 | 525.6 | 642.2 |
| 2000 | 466.8 | 678.9 |
Top Industries in New Jersey
| NAICS Code | Industry Name | Number of Employees | Production Workers' Hours (1,000) | Annual Payroll ($1,000) | Production Workers' Wages ($1,000) | Total Cost of Materials ($1,000) | Total Capital Expenditures ($1,000) | Value Added ($1,000) | Total Value of Shipments ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324 | Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | 3,466 | 5,453 | $323,721 | $206,870 | $14,534,958 | $297,794 | $1,451,570 | $16,177,039 |
| 325 | Chemical Manufacturing | 46,485 | 42,257 | $3,922,121 | $1,015,834 | $9,791,611 | $739,574 | $15,430,064 | $25,507,125 |
| 311 | Food Manufacturing | 28,867 | 41,523 | $1,194,165 | $711,510 | $6,243,316 | $292,910 | $5,014,104 | $11,324,840 |
| 339 | Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 23,799 | 25,061 | $1,544,959 | $514,565 | $2,329,500 | $110,743 | $4,190,704 | $6,572,607 |
| 334 | Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing | 23,047 | 23,767 | $1,771,317 | $678,707 | $2,274,687 | $174,744 | $3,931,238 | $6,268,233 |
| 326 | Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing | 18,361 | 28,428 | $776,121 | $439,646 | $2,260,676 | $105,714 | $2,009,826 | $4,285,231 |
| 332 | Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | 23,240 | 30,872 | $1,110,146 | $565,895 | $2,128,657 | $83,384 | $2,540,758 | $4,694,391 |
| 322 | Paper Manufacturing | 9,787 | 15,905 | $487,541 | $319,158 | $1,540,665 | $53,363 | $1,190,039 | $2,759,627 |
| 333 | Machinery Manufacturing | 13,211 | 14,757 | $704,314 | $298,227 | $1,423,537 | $57,447 | $1,570,617 | $3,040,075 |
| 323 | Printing and Related Support Activities | 19,073 | 25,602 | $881,424 | $525,171 | $1,298,317 | $144,661 | $1,970,664 | $3,280,791 |
Note: The data included in this table is from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Manufactures, except for years that end in "2" or "7", when data from its more comprehensive Economic Census is reported.
Additional Resources
List of Fortune 500 Companies in NJ:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/states/NJ.html
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's Policy Database for New Jersey:
http://www.aceee.org/sector/state-policy/new-jersey