INTEGRAL SOLUTIONS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY
We integrate our proprietary highly efficient (70%) solar system with geothermal technology, building energy conservation to achieve a netzero carbon footprint. We pay the upfront costs of the system and our customers get their power and thermal needs 100% generated by renewable energy at a lower cost.
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Cogency Power has two affiliate companies, Netzero Energy and Netzero Development. Netzero Energy installs the solar and geothermal systems. And Netzero Development develops and manages renewable energy real estate developments.
True Netzero Energy
“Netzero energy” is a buzzword which is highly attractive but can deliver far less than the zero emissions the name implies. Some people define it as netzero source energy, where a carbon-belching coal plant can offset its emissions by buying renewable energy credits or by exporting renewable energy equal to their fossil fuel generated consumption. This energy consumer may signal environmental sensitivity by doing this but their operations are nonetheless generating harmful emissions.
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A second definition of netzero energy is netzero energy cost, where the customer has a $0 utility bill over a twelve month cycle. For example, a customer could sell 5,000 kWh of peak hour solar production to the utility at $0.10/kWh and offset 12,500 kWh of off peak usage billed to them at $0.04/kWh. Their net bill would be $0, but their carbon footprint would still be 71% of its original.
True netzero is site netzero, where a property produces all the energy it uses onsite from zero emission sources. Cogency is the best path to achieving netzero site energy. Its high efficiency creates a small footprint, where buildings can produce 100% of their energy needs on a small portion of their available space. Cogency's unique solutions for heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration and freezing remove emissions 24 hours per day, 365 days per year from about 50% of building energy demand. Its electrical output covers the balance of building needs at zero emissions. This is true netzero energy.
How We Do Netzero Energy
Energy Conservation
Replace Fossil Fuels with Economically Advantaged Renewable Energy
Simple Business Model
The first step is to reduce energy usage.
We look at insulation, aging doors/window, managing lighting sources, plug load usage, heating and cooling architecture, etc.
We do a cost/benefit analysis and recommend solutions that make good energy and economic sense.
To be good stewards of our planet we need to use clean renewable energy.
To encourage wide deployment renewable energy must be less expensive than fossil fuels.
We do this by combining our proprietary solar product that produces both electricity and thermal energy with geothermal heating and cooling.
We provide a holistic systems solution without requiring the customer to become a renewable energy expert.
We pay the upfront costs of the renewable energy equipment and installation.
The customer lowers his monthly utility bill through a long-term purchase power agreement (PPA).
BUILDING COOLING/HEATING, REFRIGERATION AND FREEZERS ARE CONVERTED FROM ELECTRIC TO THERMAL GENERATED FROM OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND GEOTHERMAL BORE FIELDS
Synergy: Solar Generator + Geothermal = Economical - CO2
01 / HCPVT
Our patented technology Highly Concentrated PhotoVoltaic Thermal (HCPVT) solar system produces both electricity and heat. 70% of the sunlight projected on our parabolic concentrating mirrors is delivered to end users. Each solar generator produces 30kWe (12kW electricity and 18kW thermal) while only using 1000 sqft (93 sqm). Heat can be used for space heating, domestic hot water, cooling (chiller), water purification, food dehydration, etc.
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Power output is 40% electricity and 60% thermal
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70% net efficiency compared to PV's 15-20% net efficiency
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Delivered costs to end users 50-85% below current retail
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5-6X more power output per acre compared to PV
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On-site power eliminates transmission costs
02 / Geothermal
Geothermal systems pulls energy from the earth for heating and cooling. In our system we are also using the ground to store energy for daily and seasonal use.
Seasonal Storage - during the summer when solar produces the most the heat it needs to be stored for winter. The ground is an excellent thermal battery with 93% efficiency.
Geothermal systems are very energy efficient as they get more energy from the ground than the power needed to operate the system.
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Our solar heat is injected into the geothermal bore fields thus significantly reducing the cost of the geothermal system by reducing the number of bore holes by 50-75%.
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Combining our solar generators with geothermal reduces the cost of installing geothermal system and increases the operating efficiency
Reduces capex by 35-60%
Increases efficiency by 20-30%
Our solar generators, geothermal and chillers provide all heating, cooling, refrigeration and freezer needs with 100% renewable energy.
Electrical transmission is a large percentage of the cost of electricity ranging from 30% to 70% of the total cost and averaging 44% worldwide.
Our system eliminates transmission, distribution and line losses.
High efficiency means small footprint which makes distributed generation feasible
On one Hawaii hotel CPP can produce 60-70% of all energy needs on rooftops and in utility areas when PV could meet less than 10% of those needs
Eliminates peak transmission bottlenecks
Only Solution for Sunbelt, Snowbelt and Desert
The world identifies sunny, temperate climates like California as solar country but Cogency dramatically broadens that universe to include the Snowbelt and deserts. Cogency thermal output is often 500-600% more valuable in cold climates than in warm ones. Since thermal is 60% of Cogency output, customer value may be higher in cloudy, cool Snowbelt locales despite their receiving a third less sunshine than prime Sunbelt sites. Cogency’s seasonal thermal storage solution allows customers to match high summer thermal output with high winter thermal demand.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, conventional solar is poorly suited to hot, desert locations because its performance degrades at temperatures above 68 F. In places like Arizona, PV may produce 40% less than its rated output. Cogency’s technology is less than 10% as influenced by high temperatures, so it produces close to its rated output in very hot climates. In addition, Cogency’s solar air conditioning solution displaces electrical demand, making it highly valuable in hot spots like Saudi.
1 CPP Cogenerator in Phoenix creates:
Netzero energy footprint for a 7,150 sf building in Phoenix
3.4-4.4 yr. paybacks compared to electricity, propane or fuel oil
Payback in 11-15% of the lifetime of the solar HCPVT product
1 CPP Cogenerator in Boston creates :
Netzero energy footprint for a 5,850 sf building in Boston
2.5-3.5 yr. payback of CPP compared to electricity, propane or fuel oil
Payback in 8-12% of the lifetime of our solar HCPVT product
July 2019 Assessment of Current Energy Consumption Delft University of Technology and King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah:
1/3 of Saudi oil production used for electricity generation
40% of electricity is used by residences (1/6 of Saudi oil production)
71% of Jeddah residence electricity is for cooling
Saudi electricity tariff averages $0.048/kWh for residences
34% of $0.14/kWh world average residential electricity tariff (implicit 66% subsidy)
Saudi electricity tariff averages $0.068/kWh for businesses
57% of $0.12/kWh world average business electricity tariff (implicit 43% subsidy)
OUR STORY
Doug Kiesewetter installed PV on a ranch he owned in Texas in the 1990s and was disappointed when the output did not produce anywhere near the rated power of the panels. Two main reasons was the rating is done when the sun is directly facing the panel on very sunny days, which means this only happens twice a year at noon. And secondly the PV panel efficiency declines rapidly with rising ambient temperatures. Sunny climates are generally also hot climates. After he sold an oil exploration company, he set out to find a way to make solar energy efficient at a lower cost than fossils fuels. God gave us the sun; it has plenty of energy to meet all our energy needs without polluting our earth.
After researching many different approaches he and his team determined the best approach to sustainable energy was to use highly concentrated solar using 40% efficient satellite solar cell technology ( with very little efficiency loss at high temperatures) and collect the waste heat (60% of the energy) to be used for all thermal (cooling & heating) loads. Combining the thermal energy with geothermal technology provides cooling and heating for all climates around the globe as well as inexpensive short and long-term thermal storage. Almost all cooling (building, refrigeration, freezers) demand is provided by electricity. In our system these electrical loads are eliminated thus reducing electrical loads 30-50% depending on the location and type of industry. Thus a netzero carbon footprint is achieved at an attractive cost.
Knowing the product would need to thrive in multiple climates we placed beta test systems in a cold climate (Colorado), desert/hot climate (Arizona), and Island/Sea climate (Hawaii). The learnings from these beta test systems have now been incorporated into the volume production cogenerators.
COGENCY
OUR VISION
Provide affordable renewable energy to our world.
OUR MISSION
Using Solar and Geothermal renewable energy technology we build, install and manage products and systems to produce electricity, heating and cooling of commercial and residential neighborhoods profitably and affordably to our customers.
OUR CORE VALUES
Reason
We approach our work honestly, cogently and sensibly
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Learn
We strive to find a better way
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Care
We love people and endeavor to be good stewards of our planet
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Edify
We build worth into all that we do
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Doug Kiesewetter
CEO
Drew Granzow
COO
Nicolas Caballero
VP Global Finance
Buzz Johnson
CTO - Netzero Energy
MBA, CPA
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Veteran of 10+ successful start-ups.
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3 Companies grown from inception to >$100MM in captial value.
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Strengths in corporate and project finance and sales.
Mechanical Engineer
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Development leader for portable products for Compaq including their 1st laptop. Also developed various laptops, desktops and workstations products for Dell.
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Strengths in product management, design, development, value engineering, supply chain and manfacturing.
Project and corporate finance for Houston-based oil, gas and mining group.
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Samsung C & T, structured project finance, equity for infrastructure projects in Latin America.
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Fluent in four languages with broad finance and sales experience and contact networks in Europe and Latin America.
Mechanical Engineer
As CTO of Enlink Geoenergy Services oversaw drilling of >12MM vertical feet of geothermal heat exchangers, power >60,000 tons of geothermal heat pumps.
Director Drilling Technologies, Dandelion Energy, a Google-X spin-off.
Pioneer in directional drilling and measure while drilling (MWD) technologies. Holder of 14 U.S. patents, primarily in drilling technologies.