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Poseidon Resources
2010 Green Team, continued ...Published: June 01, 2010
Huntington Beach (seawater desalination facility) • poseidon1.com
Founded: 1995 in Stamford, Conn.
President and CEO: James Donnell
Chief Green Officer: Jon Loveland, Chief Technology Officer
Huntington Beach stretches along about 8 miles of the Pacific. It makes for a perfect place to build a desalination plant, which is exactly what Poseidon Resources plans to do, using infrastructure that already exists next to the AES Generating Station at Pacific Coast Highway and Newland Street. If built to specs (construction is anticipated to begin next year), the company says it will be the most technologically advanced, energy-efficient and environmentally sound seawater desalination plan in the Western Hemisphere – and it will provide 50 million gallons of drinking water on a daily basis. That’s enough to accommodate 8 percent of O.C.’s needs, without tapping into ground- water or other limited resources, or harming marine life. (Studies indicate that desalination has the same impact as natural evaporation.) The project includes an Energy Minimization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, a commitment that would result in a carbon-neutral footprint for the facility. The company plans to build the $350 million plant at no cost to taxpayers, using a formula of private enterprise and investment tools. Poseidon has financed and developed more than $2.8 billion worth of water projects throughout North America.
OC METRO'S 2010 GREEN TEAM
Poseidon Resources | Green Foam Blanks | Alere
The Costa Mesa Green Home | e-Recycling of California
The Irvine Co. | Kaiser Permanente Irvine Medical Center
B. Braun Medical Inc. | TowerJazz Semiconductor | UPS
Waste Management of Orange County | Nova Vita Salon & Spa
Irvine Ranch Water District | OCB Reprographics | City of Irvine
Sharp Solar Energy Solutions Group & the City of Huntington Beach
Stantec Consulting | Rent A Green Box | Yard House Restaurants
McCarthy Building Cos. | Miocean Foundation | NuWa Textiles
Toshiba America Business Solutions | Cox Communications
Sustainability Leadership Program, UC Irvine Extension
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Founded: 1995 in Stamford, Conn. President and CEO: James Donnell Chief Green Officer: Jon Loveland, Chief Technology Officer Huntington Beach stretches along about 8 miles of the Pacific. It makes for a perfect place to build a desalination plant, which is exactly what Poseidon Resources plans to do, using infrastructure that already exists next to the AES Generating Station at Pacific Coast Highway and Newland Street. If built to specs (construction is anticipated to begin next year), the company says it will be the most technologically advanced, energy-efficient and environmentally sound seawater desalination plan in the Western Hemisphere – and it will provide 50 million gallons of drinking water on a daily basis. That’s enough to accommodate 8 percent of O.C.’s needs, without tapping into ground- water or other limited resources, or harming marine life. (Studies indicate that desalination has the same impact as natural evaporation.) The project includes an Energy Minimization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, a commitment that would result in a carbon-neutral footprint for the facility. The company plans to build the $350 million plant at no cost to taxpayers, using a formula of private enterprise and investment tools. Poseidon has financed and developed more than $2.8 billion worth of water projects throughout North America. OC METRO'S 2010 GREEN TEAM Poseidon Resources | Green Foam Blanks | Alere The Costa Mesa Green Home | e-Recycling of California The Irvine Co. | Kaiser Permanente Irvine Medical Center B. Braun Medical Inc. | TowerJazz Semiconductor | UPS Waste Management of Orange County | Nova Vita Salon & Spa Irvine Ranch Water District | OCB Reprographics | City of Irvine Sharp Solar Energy Solutions Group & the City of Huntington Beach Stantec Consulting | Rent A Green Box | Yard House Restaurants McCarthy Building Cos. | Miocean Foundation | NuWa Textiles Toshiba America Business Solutions | Cox Communications Sustainability Leadership Program, UC Irvine Extension You can create a greener workplace |
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