开利子公司获签美国能源部大单
2月2日，美国能源部(DOE)已授权节能方案领域的先驱者——NORESCO无限期无交货量的节能绩效保证合同(ESPC)。NORESCO，Carrier子公司，Carrie是美国联合技术公司(NYSE:UTX)的一部分，其已经根据美国能源部现有超级节能项目一直向美国能源部及其他政府机构提供ESPC服务超过十年之久。
这份新签的多年期合同，最高价值达到50亿美元，这份新合同使相关机构与NORESCO共同合作在联邦设施中实施提高能源和水的利用率，以及可再生能源项目。NORESCO是16家获得ESPC合同项目的公司之一，将产生高达800亿美元的高额项目。ESPC任务通常具备极强的竞争力。美国总统令13423号，2005年的能源政策法，2007年的能源独立与安全法，美国能源部转型能源行动管理队积极提倡、鼓励各类机构实施ESPC项目，以便达到他们能够节约能量、水源以及再生现场发电的目的。在美国总统令13423的目标中、2005年美国国会提交的能源政策法中的要求中及2007年能源独立和安全法中都强调一项在2015年节省能源消耗达到30%，节省水耗达到16%，2013年向美国联邦设施所需电力增加可再生能源达到7.5%。
美国能源部秘书博德曼(Samuel W. Bodman)在去年十二月一个单独的美国能源部公布中指出，“这一新决议，能够确保联邦各机构掌握强大的工具使替代性融资到达一定规模，以满足我们对于能耗强度、提高可再生能源利用、减少水源消耗的挑战。
尼尔Petchers，NORESCO总裁兼首席行政官表示，“NORESCO非常荣幸能继续支持联邦政府能量转型的倡议。这一新的裁决使我们能够继续提供大量的能源并节约纳税人的成本，减少我们对矿物燃料和国外石油的依赖，减少有害气体与温室气体。我们将致力于和美国能源部长久稳定的合作关系，并期待能为这个非常成功的计划共同努力。”
NORESCO是至今联邦ESPC项目记录中最为成功的契约人之一，随着7亿美元项目的开展以及联邦设施的实施，其中包括美国能源部(DOE)，美国海军(U.S. Navy), 海军陆战队(Marine Corps)，联邦监狱局(Federal Bureau of Prisons)。作为最大的美国能源服务公司之一，NORESCO专业于能源与环境能效项目的开发，设计，施工，资金筹措和实际操作，以及业务承包和中央能力植物。除联邦政府外，NORESCO客户还包括公共住房机构，学区，大学，国家，地方政府，工商企业。在过去的25年中，NORESCO在美国及海外实施了超过25亿美元的能源项目，建立了2000多个网站。
NORESCO Awarded Department of Energy Contract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) to NORESCO, a national leader in energy-savings solutions. NORESCO, a subsidiary of Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has been providing ESPC services to the DOE and other government agencies for more than a decade under the DOE’s existing Super ESPC program.
The new multi-year contract, with a maximum value of $5 billion over its life, allows agencies to work with NORESCO to implement energy and water efficiency and renewable energy projects at federally owned facilities worldwide. NORESCO is among 16 companies awarded these ESPC contracts that could result in up to $80 billion in projects. ESPC task orders typically are placed competitively. Executive Order 13423, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and DOE’s Transformational Energy Action Management (TEAM) Initiative encourage agencies to use ESPCs to meet their goals for energy and water reduction and renewable on-site energy generation. Goals set out in Executive Order 13423 and the requirements put forth by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 include a 30 percent reduction in energy consumption by 2015, a 16 percent reduction in water use by 2015, and an increase in renewable energy to 7.5 percent of electricity needs by 2013 for federal facilities.
In a separate DOE announcement last December, former U.S. DOE Secretary Samuel W. Bodman stated, “This set of awards will ensure that federal agencies have access to powerful tools for alternative financing at a scale that is needed to meet our challenge of reducing energy intensity, increasing the use of renewable energy, and decreasing water consumption.”
Neil Petchers, NORESCO’s president and chief executive officer, said, “NORESCO is honored to continue to support the federal government’s energy-transformation initiatives. This new award enables us to continue providing substantial energy and cost savings to taxpayers, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and foreign oil, and reduce harmful emissions and greenhouse gases. We are committed to our long-standing partnership with DOE and look forward to contributing to a very successful program.”
NORESCO is one of the most successful federal ESPC contractors on record, with more than $700 million in projects awarded and implemented at federal facilities worldwide, including the DOE, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Federal Bureau of Prisons. As one of the largest U.S. energy services companies, NORESCO specializes in the development, design, construction, financing, and operation of energy and environmental efficiency projects, performance contracting, and central energy plants. In addition to various U.S. government agencies, NORESCO clients include public housing agencies, school districts, universities, state and local governments, and industrial and commercial businesses. Over the past 25 years, NORESCO has implemented more than $2.5 billion in energy projects at more than 2,000 sites throughout the U.S. and abroad.
About Carrier Corp.
Carrier Corp., headquartered in Farmington, Conn., is the world’s largest provider of heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions. With 2008 revenues of $14.9 billion, Carrier has approximately 41,000 employees worldwide and operations in more than 170 countries. Carrier is part of United Technologies Corp., a Hartford, Connecticut-based provider of products and services to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide.
