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Advanced Manufacturing Office Activities in California

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Mapped AMO State Activities

The following map provides a visual representation of AMO activities in California. 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 California.

Large Plant Assessments (ESAs)
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Medium / Small Plant Assessments (IACs)
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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.

• California Project Award Fact Sheet

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 California's active and complete partner projects:

Project Successes
Cavity-Enhanced Gas Analyzer for Process Control, Los Gatos Research, Inc.
Mountain View, CA
Industry: Sensors and Automation
Status: Complete
Details

Development of Laser Diagnostics for in Situ Measurements of Entrained Particles in Recovery Boilers, Sandia National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Fiber Optic Sensor for Combustion Measurement and Control, MetroLaser, Inc.
Irvine, CA
Industry: Sensors and Automation
Status: Complete
Details

Monitoring and Control of Batch Carryover and Alkali Volatilization, Gallo Glass Company, Sandia National Laboratories
Livermore, CA
Industry: Glass
Status: Complete
Details

Monitoring and Control of Batch Carryover and Alkali Volatilization, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore; Gallo Glass Company
Modesto, CA
Industry: Glass
Status: Complete
Details

Olefin Recovery from Chemical Industry Waste Streams, Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Pallet Production Using Post-consumer Wastepaper, Damage Prevention Products Corporation
Benicia, CA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Plastic Manufacturing through Recovered Post-Consumer Goods, MBA Polymers
Richmond, CA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Radiation-Stabilized Burner, Alzeta Corporation
Santa Clara, CA
Industry: Combustion
Status: Complete
Details

Remote Automatic Material On-Line Sensor, Quantum Magnetics, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Industry: Sensors and Automation
Status: Complete
Details

Solid-State Sensors for Monitoring Hydrogen, DCH Technology, Inc.
Valencia, CA
Industry: Sensors and Automation
Status: Complete
Details

Thermomechanical Database for High Temperature Materials Processing and Corrosion, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore
Livermore, CA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Ultra-Low NOx Burners with Flue Gas Recirculation and Partial Reformer, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
Industry: Combustion
Status: Complete
Details

Use of Recovered Plastics in Durable Goods Manufacturing, MBA Polymers, Inc.
Richmond, CA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Mapping with Natural Induced Polarization, Electromagnetic Instruments, Inc.
Richmond, CA
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Motor System Upgrades at Chevron Refinery, Chevron
Richmond, CA
Industry: Petroleum Refining
Status: Complete
Details

Life Improvement of Pot Hardware in Continuous Hot Dipping Processes - Deloro Stellite, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

R&D Projects
Novel Membranes and Processes for Oxygen Enrichment
Menlo Park, CA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Active
Details

Methyl Chloride from Direct Methane Partial Oxidation: A High-Temperature Shilov-Like Catalytic System
Covina, CA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Active
Details

Advanced Optical Sensors to Minimize Energy Consumption in Polymer Extrusion Processes
Rancho Cordova, CA
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Next-Generation Wireless Instrumentation Integrated with Mathematical Modeling for Use in Aluminum Production
Oakland, CA
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

New Silica-Alumina-Based Cementitious Material Using Coal Refuse
Stockton, CA
Industry: Energy Intensive Processes
Status: Active
Details

Ultra-Thin Quantum Well Materials
San Diego, CA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Active
Details

Print-Based Manufacturing for Photovoltaics and Solid-State Lighting
Santa Cruz, CA
Industry: Inventions and Innovations
Status: Active
Details

Gas Fluxing of Aluminum, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Low Cost Microchannel Heat Exchanger - SBIR Phase III Xlerator Program
Sunnyvale, CA
Industry: Lower-Cost Materials for Energy Systems
Status: Active
Details

Olinda Combined Cycle Electric Generating Plant Fueled by Waste Landfill Gas
Brea, CA
Industry: CHP and Distributed Generation
Status: Active

High Efficiency 370 KW Microturbine with Integral Heat Recovery
Chatsworth, CA
Industry: CHP and Distributed Generation
Status: Active
Details

Fuel Flexible MicroTurbine and Gasifier System
Chatsworth, CA
Industry: CHP and Distributed Generation
Status: Active
Details

CHP Integrated with Burners for Packaged Boilers
Santa Clara, CA
Industry: CHP and Distributed Generation
Status: Active
Details

Advanced Laser-Based Sensors for Industrial Process Control
Mountain View, CA
Industry: High-Temperature Processing
Status: Active
Details

Data Center Transformation from “Always On” to “Always Available”
Santa Clara, CA
Industry: Information Communication Technologies
Status: Active
Details

SeaMicro Volume Server Power Reduction
Santa Clara, CA
Industry: Information Communication Technologies
Status: Active
Details

Novel Controls for Economic Dispatch of Combined Cooling, Heating and Power (CCHP) Systems
Irvine, CA
Industry: CHP and Distributed Generation
Status: Active
Details

Low-NOX Gas Turbine Injectors Utilizing Hydrogen-Rich Opportunity Fuels, Solar Turbines Incorporated
San Diego, CA
Industry: Fuel and Feedstock Flexibility
Status: Active
Details

Renewable Power Generation from Alternative Feedstock Fuels, B&N Enterprises
Squaw Valley, CA
Industry: Fuel and Feedstock Flexibility
Status: Active
Details

Using Ionic Liquids in Selected Hydrocarbon Conversion Processes, California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Active
Details

Assuring Mechanical Integrity of Refinery Equipment through Global On-Stream Inspection, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
Industry: Petroleum Refining
Status: Complete
Details

Optical Sensors for Post Combustion Control in Electric Arc Steelmaking, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore
Livermore, CA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Separation Of Olefin/Paraffin Mixtures With Carrier-Facilitated Transport Membranes, Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Rolling Process Design Tool, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Wood Chip Moisture Content, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Drilling and Blasting Optimization, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
Industry: Mining
Status: Complete
Details

Laser Contouring System, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore
Livermore, CA
Industry: Steel
Status: Complete
Details

Development of a Composite-Reinforced Aluminum Conductor, W. Brandt Goldsworthy and Associates, Inc.
Torrance, CA
Industry: Aluminum
Status: Complete
Details

Dual-Pressure Euler Turbine for Industrial and Building Applications, Douglas Energy Company, Inc.
Placentia, CA
Industry: Inventions and Innovations
Status: Complete
Details

Process Heater Ultra-Low Excess Air Control, Bambeck Systems
Santa Ana, CA
Industry: Chemicals
Status: Complete
Details

Die Casting Copper Motor Rotors, ThermoTrex Corporation
San Diego, CA
Industry: Metal Casting
Status: Complete
Details

Three-Phase Rotary Separator Turbine, Douglas Energy Company, Inc.
Placentia, CA
Industry: Petroleum Refining
Status: Complete
Details

Advanced Nanoporous Composite Materials for Industrial Heating Applications, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
Industry: Industrial Materials for the Future
Status: Complete
Details

Chemicals from Lignocellulose, California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research, University of California at Davis
Davis, CA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Guided Acoustic Wave Monitoring of Corrosion and Erosion in Recovery Boiler Tubing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Laser-Ultrasonic Web Stiffness Sensor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley; Evergreen Pulp, Samoa; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

Linescan Camera System for On-Line Moisture Measurement, Honeywell-Measurex Corporation
Cupertino, CA
Industry: Forest Products
Status: Complete
Details

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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 California

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 California:

Canandaigua Wines: Compressed Air System Upgrade Saves Energy and Improves Performance at a Winery
Canandaigua Wine Company
Lodi, CA

CEMEX: Cement Manufacturer Saves 2.1 Million kWh Annually with a Motor Retrofit Project
CEMEX
Davenport, CA

Compressed Air System Retrofit Increases Productivity at a Petroleum Packaging Facility (Mobil)
Mobil
Vernon, CA

Database Technology Company Saves $262,000 Annually
Sybase, Inc
Dublin, CA

Improving the Performance of a Waste-to-Energy Facility
City of Long Beach, CA
Long Beach, CA

Improving Ventilation System Energy Efficiency in a Textile Plant (Nisshinbo California, Inc.)
Nisshinbo California
Fresno, CA

Lehigh Southwest Cement Company: Compressed Air System Improvement Saves Energy at Cement Plant
Lehigh Southwest Cement Company
Tehachapi, CA

Lucasfilm, Save Energy Now (SEN) Data Center Assessment Summary
Lucasfilm Ltd
San Francisco, CA

Martinez Refinery Completes Plant-Wide Energy Assessment (Equilon)
Equilon
Martinez, CA

Neville Chemical Company: Management Pursues Five Projects Following Plant-Wide Energy-Efficiency Assessment
Neville Chemical
Anaheim, CA

Owens Corning and Silicon Valley Power Partner to Make Energy Savings a Reality
Owens Corning
Santa Clara, CA

Paramount Petroleum: Plant-Wide Energy-Efficiency Assessment Identifies Three Projects
Paramount Petroleum
Paramount, CA

PWA Summary: $4.1 Million in Savings Identified in Paramount Petroleum Assessment
Paramount Petroleum
Paramount, CA

PWA Summary: $52 Million in Savings Identified in Equilon Assessment
Equilon
Martinez, CA

San Jose Mercury News: Compressed Air System Upgrade Increases Efficiency and Saves Energy at a Newspaper Plant
San Jose Mercury News
San Jose, CA

Sara Lee: Improved Compressed Air System Increases Efficiency and Saves Energy at an Industrial Bakery
Sara Lee
Sacramento, CA

Southern California Gas Company: Meeting State Carbon Emission Requirements through Industrial Energy Efficiency
Southern California Gas
Los Angeles, CA

Techni-Cast: Foundry Saves Energy with Compressed Air System Retrofit
Techni-Cast
Southgate, CA

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.

San Diego State University
Director: Dr. Asfaw Beyene
Phone: (619) 594-6207
Fax: (619) 594-3599
Email: abeyene@rohan.sdsu.edu
Web Site: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/eadc/IAC/

San Francisco State University
Director: Dr. Ahmad Ganji
Phone: (415) 338-7736
Fax: (415) 338-3086
Email: aganji@sfsu.edu
Web Site: http://www.sfsu.edu/~iac/

Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEPs) in California

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.

California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
Director: David Braunstein
Phone: (310) 263-3060
Fax: (310) 263-3062
Email: braunste@cmtc.com
Web Site: http://www.cmtc.com/

Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence (Manex)
Director: Hank Holzapfel
Phone: (925) 807-5100
Fax: (925) 807-5120
Email: info@manexconsulting.com
Web Site: http://www.manexconsulting.com

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.

Pacific Clean Energy Application Center
Director: Tim Lipman
Phone: (510) 642-4501
Email: telipman@berkeley.edu
Web Site: http://www.pacificcleanenergy.org/

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 California.

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.

• California Incentive Handbook

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.

• California Industrial Resource Fact Sheet

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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)

California Energy Commission
Lance Shaw
Project Manager
1516 9th Street
MS-39
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916) 653-1227
Fax: 916-654-4423
Email: lshaw@energy.state.ca.us
Web Site: http://www.energy.ca.gov/

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About California Industry

California At a Glance

State Information (1)
2010 Population (Million)	37.3
2010 GDP (Billion)	$1,731.8
GDP Rank	1

Energy Statistics (2)
Total Energy Consumption 2009 (Trillion Btu)	8,005.5
Total Industrial Energy Consumption 2009 (Trillion Btu)	1,770.0
Total Industrial Energy Consumption Rank	3
Total Industrial GDP 2009 (Thousand)	$314,864,000.0
Industrial Energy Intensity (Btu/GDP)	5,621.0
Industrial Energy Intensity Rank	42
Total Industrial Electricity Use 2009 (Trillion Btu)*	506.7
Total Industrial Electricity Use Rank	3
Total Industrial Natural Gas Use 2009 (Trillion Btu)	792.8
Total Industrial Natural Gas Use Rank	3
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* Total industrial electricity use reflects industrial retail electricity sales and electrical system energy losses.

Total Industrial Energy Consumption Statistics in California

Top Industries in California

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 CA:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/states/CA.html

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's Policy Database for California:
http://www.aceee.org/sector/state-policy/california

California Energy Commission Process/Agricultural Energy:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/process/index.html

Energy in Agriculture and Food Processing Loan Program:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/process/agriculture/loan_solicitation/