Assistant Professor Luis Rodriguez Jr. at Alfred University
Networking is an art and an important tool that is valuable. AU students joined the Career Development Center for an evening of networking, with guest speaker President Mark Zupan. Following President Zupan’s informative talk, AU students attended a small networking event with local employers, with hors d’oeuvres and networking exercises.
Mr. Bill Rice, President / CEO of CerX LLC spoke to Alfred University students today on the topic of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other international business topics.
He shared his international business experiences regarding the legal challenges of doing business in Europe, India, Russia, China, and other nations where the business and social cultures are very different from that of the United States.
AgriPower, Inc. was formed in 2004, is headquartered in Great Neck, New York, and custom designs and manufactures a unique and proprietary line of advanced technology, transportable, Waste-to-Energy, “Heat Only” and “Combined Heat and Power” (“CHP”) Systems and grinders. The Systems enable a wide variety of waste materials (all types of wood, cardboard, paper, agricultural and forest waste, manure, construction and demolition debris, sorted municipal solid waste and many types of plastic), with up to a 50% moisture content, that would normally be burned, buried or disposed of at a cost, to instead be used as free or low-cost fuel to produce on-site, base load, heat energy and electric power.
The Systems have a proven track record of reliable and low-cost operation; more than 60 Systems are currently in use, some for more than 12 years, primarily at schools, hospitals, prisons and factories. Their typical payback period is between 2.5 to 4 years and even less if diesel fuel is being displaced. The Systems are fully-automated, do not require any on-site technical personnel and can be remotely monitored by the customer or AgriPower.
The Company has developed a robust sales agent network in more than a dozen countries that is producing a rapidly expanding sales pipeline. It has signed Letters of Intent for numerous Systems in various African, South American and Asian countries. To expand sales of its proven, advanced, clean and renewable technology, it is seeking funding to set up a working CHP demo site in its plant in Pennsylvania and project finance funding, equity and ever-more deals.
The Systems utilize from 1 to 60 tons per day of waste to produce 500,000 BTU/hour of heat energy (heated air, hot water and/or steam) and can generate from 250 kW to 1.2 MW of electric power. They are pre-fabricated, modular and skid-mounted, making them easily transported to on-grid and remote off-grid locations such as small to mid-size communities, hotels, hospitals, military bases, industrial parks and colleges and universities.
Their unique dual combustion design enables them to comply with all applicable emissions requirements. The fuel burns so cleanly because, after the combustion takes place in the lower chamber, all of the resultant gases are directed into the upper chamber where they are completely combusted using AgriPower’s proprietary extended dwell time design. This enables problematic materials, such as paint on wood or plywood that contains glue, to be used as fuel.
AgriPower recently signed a broad agreement to use a recently introduced and new type of electric generator that enables the heat energy produced by the Systems to generate electricity. These generators are being manufactured for AgriPower by one of the largest manufacturing companies in the world, and its generators are substantially less costly than traditional Organic Rankine Cycle generators.
AgriPower is working actively with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Export-Import Bank, the Africa Development Bank and USAID’s Power Africa program to deploy its Systems to provide renewable electricity in rural areas throughout that continent. One possibility is to combust the sawdust from lumber mills to generate the electricity needed to power their equipment, with the extra power going to nearby homes and businesses in accordance with various Feed-In Tariff programs. AgriPower is also exploring possibilities in urban areas where sorted municipal solid waste will be used as fuel.
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Barry J. Berman is CEO of AgriPower, Inc. and has been actively involved in the Alternative and Renewable Energy fields since 1999. His primary areas of responsibility at AgriPower are in Business Development, Strategic Alliances and Finance.
Barry is an experienced entrepreneur. Prior to joining AgriPower, Barry founded several companies that ultimately were built up and then sold in the broker-dealer and telecommunications industries. Several such companies had more than 100 employees at the time of their sale.
Barry obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from The College of Insurance and his Juris Doctor from Fordham University’s School of Law.
Pictured above is VITA volunteers Phatryna Suon and Rebecca Esham along with a taxpayer client at the Wellsville site.
Allegany County United Way returns to Alfred University! They came to the Franklin Olin Building in room 214 from 10:00am – 12:00pm to help our students and the local community file their federal and state income taxes for free!
Last year, they helped stimulate the local economy; by bringing in $800,573 which was returned to 512 local families. They proudly fund and administer this very important program that provides free income tax preparation services to hundreds of local families. In addition, it is estimated that the program had saved these families approximately $175 each in preparation costs for a total of $88,550.The support of their donors makes this possible. Families and individuals with household incomes of $54,000 or less in 2016, are eligible to benefit from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The income level is determined by the IRS annually.
Last year more than 25 United Way volunteers worked diligently at 8 sites, including Alfred University that serve families in Allegany County.
Families use their returns and the money they save by utilizing the free service for many purposes, including paying their home taxes, children’s college tuition, opening savings accounts and medical bills.
Allegany County United Way supports over 25 nonprofit programs in our community that impact one in every three local residents.
Currently, VITA is coordinated by Shawn M. Currier. This will be his second tax season running the program. Shawn has an associate’s degree in accounting as well as certificates in marketing and business management, as well as 7 years of tax experience. When asked about this upcoming tax season Currier stated, “I am very excited to get the new tax season going, ACUW has a very hard working and devoted group of volunteers. We want to make sure we do everything in our power to get Allegany County residents all the money they deserve. Best of all the service is free. ” This assistance is for people who make $54,000 or less, people with disabilities, and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns. Our IRS-certified volunteers provide basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals.
Throughout the years Allegany County United Way has had many wonderful and caring volunteers who have been working diligently at many sites that serve families throughout Allegany County.
For the full list of programs supported, go to our website at www.acuw.com.
Pictured above is VITA volunteers Phatryna Suon and Rebecca Esham along with a taxpayer client at the Wellsville site.
Allegany County United Way returns to Alfred University! They came to the Franklin Olin Building in room 214 from 4:30pm – 7:00pm to help our students and the local community file their federal and state income taxes for free!
Brenda Wesche and Jacob Graves of AU’s Accounting Department helped over ten of our taxpaying neighbors, from inside and outside of NY State, file their federal and state tax returns! Hurray and thank you both!
Fiat Lux!
Last year, they helped stimulate the local economy; by bringing in $800,573 which was returned to 512 local families. They proudly fund and administer this very important program that provides free income tax preparation services to hundreds of local families. In addition, it is estimated that the program had saved these families approximately $175 each in preparation costs for a total of $88,550.The support of their donors makes this possible. Families and individuals with household incomes of $54,000 or less in 2016, are eligible to benefit from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The income level is determined by the IRS annually.
Last year more than 25 United Way volunteers worked diligently at 8 sites, including Alfred University that serve families in Allegany County.
Families use their returns and the money they save by utilizing the free service for many purposes, including paying their home taxes, children’s college tuition, opening savings accounts and medical bills.
Allegany County United Way supports over 25 nonprofit programs in our community that impact one in every three local residents.
Currently, VITA is coordinated by Shawn M. Currier. This will be his second tax season running the program. Shawn has an associate’s degree in accounting as well as certificates in marketing and business management, as well as 7 years of tax experience. When asked about this upcoming tax season Currier stated, “I am very excited to get the new tax season going, ACUW has a very hard working and devoted group of volunteers. We want to make sure we do everything in our power to get Allegany County residents all the money they deserve. Best of all the service is free. ” This assistance is for people who make $54,000 or less, people with disabilities, and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns. Our IRS-certified volunteers provide basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals.
Throughout the years Allegany County United Way has had many wonderful and caring volunteers who have been working diligently at many sites that serve families throughout Allegany County.
For the full list of programs supported, go to our website at www.acuw.com.
Members of the AU Drone Club (SaxonFly) further refined their flight skills at Jericho Hill today – commercial flights coming soon.
