The DuPage Democrat
March 2009 - The Front Page
LOCAL CONSULTANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF WIND
ENERGY IN ILLINOIS AT
MARCH 12TH
MEETING OF DDC
Joining us at our
March 12th
meeting to discuss the future of wind energy in the United
States will be Tim Libson, a principal
consultant with Trintek Energy. Also invited to speak briefly will be
some
candidates running in the April 7th Consolidated General
Election
Our meeting, which
will start at 7:30 PM with
a time for socializing and
refreshment, will be held at the Lombard
Commons, 433
E. St. Charles Road, Lombard.
Presentations by our guest will start promptly at 8 PM.
Mr. Libson has 30
years of energy
industry experience including international and domestic assignments
with
Amoco/British Petroleum, The AES
Corporation, and Trintek Energy Consulting, Inc. As Principal
Consultant for
Trintek Energy Consulting, his client list in the wind energy industry
includes
wind energy developers and projects in Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Canada,
Tennessee,
California, and Arizona.
Mr. Libson has
negotiated and
executed a variety of power sales, fuel supply and services, and fuel
transportation contracts with counter parties such as Exelon,
Constellation/New
Energy, TXU, El
Paso,
and PG&E. He has significant experience in EPC
contractor and turbine supplier negotiations with counter parties such
as, Duke
Fluor Daniel, Stone and Webster/Shaw Group, NEPCO, Parsons, Mortenson,
D.H.
Blattner, TIC, Westinghouse, Mitsubishi, GE, and Vestas American Wind
Technology. Mr. Libson negotiated the $275 MM non recourse financing
for the AES
Wolf Hollow 730 MW combined cycle project in Granbury,
Texas and was also responsible for
negotiating and executing a 20 year power purchase agreement for 350
MW's with
Exelon for this project. As a consultant to Invenergy LLC, he assisted
the
Invenergy wind team with development of the Buffalo Mountain Wind
Energy
Project.
His international
experience
includes development and acquisition of power projects in Trinidad
and Tobago, Panama,
Brazil,
Argentina,
Malaysia,
Turkey,
Israel,
and the
U.K. He
personally negotiated and closed purchase and sale transactions
totaling $140
MM as Manager of Acquisitions and Divestments for an Exploration and
Production
Business Unit of Amoco Production Company.
He is a licensed
Professional
Engineer by exam in Texas,
a
licensed Real Estate Broker in Illinois,
and holds a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas
Tech University
and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University
of St. Thomas in Houston,
Texas. He is a member of the
American Wind
Energy Association, the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, the
Society
of Petroleum Engineers, the Gulf Coast Power Association, and the
Midwest
Cogeneration Association. Mr. Libson served four years active duty with
the
U.S. Army as an officer and was honorably discharged with the rank of
Captain.
All
DuPage Democratic Club meetings are open to the general public. We
welcome and encourage attendance by individuals of all political views
and
affiliations.
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