“Broadlands is one of the few companies in the world that brings concentrating trough, concentrating tower and photovoltaic experience to its clients’ solar initiatives,” Fortay said. “We are proud to bring that experience to the upcoming CSP Summit.

Mr. Fortay will Chair four panels of world class experts in the development, financial, engineering and construction segments of the solar marketplace. The sessions will include critical discussions on renewable energy project finance, cycle optimization, material procurement, construction operations maintenance, cost savings strategies, and project development challenges, as well as a case study on molten salt storage.

Broadlands was the owner’s choice to provide owner’s representative services and project controls on the largest Concentrating Solar Trough Power Plant built in the world in over 20 years – the 64 MW Nevada Solar One. Broadlands was the owner’s choice to provide owner’s representation on the 10.5 MW photovoltaic plant, PA Solar Park I. Broadlands was the owner’s choice to provide post construction cost analysis and best practice construction strategies on a 5 MW CSP tower project. In addition, Broadlands was chosen as the owner’s representative on the first CSP plant being built under India’s new national tariff program and as the strategic consultant on a 100 MW wind initiative for a major government authority. Broadlands’ professionals further bring diverse energy project experience to the company, including nuclear and biomass. And, the company employs personnel that worked on the design of the Luz SEGS VIII and IX 80 MW projects as well as modifications and plant improvements made on the SEGS 30 MW units.

“We have a proven approach to decrease development costs, mitigate construction risk and drive on time project completion of solar plants, especially concentrating solar,” Mr. Fortay added.  “The upcoming CSP Summit will be another opportunity for Broadlands to showcase that experience and collaborate with other talented professionals working in the concentrating solar field.”

For more information, visit: www.BroadlandsOnline.com or contact us at 610-664-2324.

After providing critical owner’s representation and project controls for Acciona on the Spanish conglomerate’s 65 megawatt Nevada Solar One Project, Broadlands was selected by Entegra to represent Entegra through the design and construction of Entegra’s Rajasthan Solar One, a 10 MW concentrated solar project that will include eight hours of thermal storage to be built in Rajasthan, India.

“The national feed-in-tariff program has put India squarely on the renewable energy map,” said Ted Drauschak, Broadlands’ President. “Companies in India and around the world are designing and implemented strategies to take advantage of the opportunity in India. Broadlands just happens to be one of the few companies in the world with major concentrating solar, PV, wind and biomass expertise. There aren’t too many companies that can say that they have utility scale concentrating solar and PV experience, but Broadlands can,” Drauschak added.

As a result, real estate owners, developers and lenders are looking to Broadlands to design the roadmap to bring their Indian projects from concept to successful and profitable operation.  “There is no question that owners and lenders want to know what we know,” Drauschak said.  “We’ve worked to protect owners and lenders against the risks on CSP trough, CSP tower and PV projects. We have the experience and others want to take advantage of our knowledge. Broadlands’ move to the Indian marketplace is a logical progression for Broadlands and its clients.”

Risk-averse capital providers require proven, meaningful ways to contain construction risk and demanded transparency as part of the deal. Broadlands fills that need.  Bryan Fortay, Broadlands’ Executive Vice President said, “investors and lenders want to see an experienced team. Unfortunately for owners looking to develop major solar projects, there are not that many companies in the world that bring any significant experience in representing the owner’s interests on utility scale solar projects. Broadlands does.”

“When an investor or lender sees a company like Broadlands as part of the owner’s team, a company with two decades of underwriting construction and development projects, a company that designed and executed loss control strategies on over $15 Billion of loss-free projects and a company that brings real solar experience to the project, that investor or lender is more likely to want to be involved in your project,” Fortay added.

Several Broadlands representatives will attend POWER-GEN India and Central Asia 2010. “We will meet with existing clients, government agencies, lenders, and large multi-national corporations capable of utilizing strong balance sheets to generate substantial internal rate of return via solar project development in India,” Drauschak said. “Come and see us at the conference.”

Contact:
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789 East Lancaster Avenue
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Broadlands Financial Group, LLC, an international owner’s representative and construction controls services firm based in Villanova, PA, has added a number of key personnel to its renewable energy group in response to a surge in renewable energy projects under contract.

Gage Kellogg has been named the Senior Vice President of Renewable Energy. Mr. Kellogg has been with Broadlands since 2002 and led the project controls team at Broadlands for Nevada Solar One, a 64 MW CSP plant in Boulder City, NV.

Broadlands Executive Vice President, Bryan Fortay, said Broadlands is quickly becoming the international leader in owner, lender and investor controls and project management in the renewable energy marketplace. “Project owners and lenders see real value in the experience we bring to the table and the strategies we carry out to maximize return on investment.” Mr. Fortay said. Broadlands has recently been engaged to provide a variety of project controls, program management and consulting services. Broadlands is providing owner’s representative and program management services on the 10MW Rajasthan Solar One CSP project in India and the 10.6MW PV PA Solar Park One in Carbon County, PA. , The company is supporting the development initiatives of a major governmental entity on a 106MW wind project in Bethlehem, PA and provided a variety of post construction services on a 5 MW concentrating solar tower project in California, to name a few.

“For twenty years we have been implementing development and project controls that ensure the on-time, on-budget delivery of construction projects. Our renewable energy clients are benefitting from our ability to drive project costs down and maximize investment returns and many others are taking notice.” Fortay said. Broadlands currently has a renewable energy pipeline of nearly one billion dollars of projects in the United States, Asia and Africa.

Broadlands’s ability to deliver the necessary diversity of professional expertise, including engineers, accountants, project managers, attorneys, scheduling experts and budget controls professionals, is bolstered by the recent addition of Terrence Hottle. Mr. Hottle has joined Broadlands as Vice President of Engineering – Energy. and brings over 30 years of energy experience, including design and construction of nuclear reactors and major solar plants, as well as waste-to-energy facilities. Prior to joining Broadlands, Mr. Hottle held various engineering and project executive positions with, among others: Veolia Energy North America; General Electric/Penpower; Chevron Energy Solutions; Trigen Energy Corporation; and Illinova Generating Company.

Broadlands Financial Group, an international owner’s representative and construction controls services firm based in Villanova, PA, has been selected as the Owner’s Representative by India-based Entegra Limited for the construction of a 10 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant in Rajasthan, India.

Broadlands Executive Vice President, Bryan Fortay, said Broadlands is quickly becoming the international leader in owner, lender and investor controls and project management in the renewable energy marketplace. “Project owners and lenders see real value in the experience we bring to the table and the strategies we carry out to maximize return on their renewable investment.” Mr. Fortay said.

Broadlands has recently been engaged to provide a variety of project controls, program management and consulting services. Broadlands is providing owner’s representative and program management services on the 10.6 MW photovoltaic PA Solar Park One in Carbon County, PA, supporting the development initiatives of a major governmental entity on a 106MW wind project in the eastern United States and providing a variety of post construction services on a 5 MW concentrating solar tower project in California, to name a few.

“For twenty years we have been implementing development and project controls that ensure the on-time, on-budget delivery of construction projects. Our renewable energy clients are benefitting from our ability to drive project costs down and maximize investment returns and many others are taking notice.” Fortay said. “Now we have a one-of-a-kind opportunity to work with the Entegra team and support Entegra’s investment in solar power.”

Rajasthan Solar One, as the project has been named, will consist of a 10MW solar field of parabolic trough mirrors using molten salts as a heat transfer medium as well as for 8 hours of thermal energy storage. Entegra has teamed up with the Italian Consortium Solare XXI, consisting of Techint, Archimede Solar Energy, Ronda Reflex and Duplomatic Oleodinamica, to supply their innovative solar collectors capable of utilizing molten salts as an environmentally-friendly and higher efficiency replacement for oil. Rajasthan Solar One will be the first major utility-scale deployment of this new technology.

Broadlands Financial Group will lead the international project team for Rajasthan Solar One and provide the same program of financial and construction controls proven successful on Nevada Solar One, a 64 MW CSP plant currently operating near Boulder City, NV. A unique system of contract negotiation, design optimization, schedule controls, and open-book accounting provides project developers, lenders, and equity partners the oversight and industry experience required to deliver large renewable energy projects on time and on budget.

The construction and finance professionals at Broadlands Financial Group, LLC have been providing loss controls to owners, lenders, sureties and government agencies for nearly 20 years. An industry-leader within renewable energy, Broadlands is currently representing owners and lenders on nearly one billion dollars of energy projects.

For more information, visit: www.BroadlandsOnline.com

The Pennsylvania solar park will generate enough electricity to power 1,450 homes and eliminate more than 320,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions over 30 years of operation – the equivalent of planting more than 25,000 acres of trees. The project also includes a LEED platinum educational center and observatory.

“We are extremely proud to be a part of this project,” said Bryan Fortay, Executive Vice President at Broadlands. “This project is a sharp statement by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that it intends to be a national leader in renewable development and the project owner is one of the most knowledgable and passionate renewable entrepreneurs we have worked with.”

Thank you to all participants and thank you for all of the compliments you made in your program critiques.

Villanova, October 3, 2006 – Kenneth L. Brier, President, is pleased to announce that Broadlands Financial Group’s parent company, Sealord Holdings, Inc., has been recognized as number ten among the 100 fastest growing, privately held companies in the ten county Philadelphia region. This year’s Philadelphia 100 had a very high bar as the two year growth rate of the lowest ranked company on the list exceeded 80%, one of the highest in the history of this program.

The 2006 Philadelphia 100 marks the 18th Anniversary of the founding of this prestigious research project and event. Sealord Holdings was honored at the 2006 Philadelphia 100 Awards Dinner and Ceremony, held on October 24, 2006 at the Sheraton Philadelphia. This year’s event was sponsored by Reed Smith (Gold), The Philadelphia Business Journal (Silver Sponsor), Sabre Systems (Bronze), National Penn Bank (Bronze), Wachovia Bank (Bronze), CBIZ (Bronze), Flaster/Greenberg (Bronze), Republic First Bank (Bronze) and Stream Companies (Bronze).

The Philadelphia 100 was founded in 1988 to publicly identify, recognize and promote young successful companies in the Greater Philadelphia region. Previously recognized companies include NovaCare, Forman Mills, ATX, Mothers Work, Diamond Transportation, West Coast Video, Spectacor, Urban Outfitters and Kremer Laser Eye Center, among many others. The Philadelphia 100 is a meritorious designation based on verifiable revenue growth as reported on federal tax forms or audited financial statements. The Philadelphia 100 is a registered trademark of the Entrepreneurs’ Forum of Greater Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Business Journal and The Wharton Small Business Development Center. For more information about the Philadelphia 100, please visit the website at www.Philadelphia100.com.

Sealord Holdings was established in 1990 in the home basement of CEO, Ken Brier. Sealord Holdings, Inc. is comprised of two subsidiaries, First Sealord Surety, Inc. and Broadlands Financial Group, LLC.

First Sealord Surety, Inc. is a surety rooted in the principles of underwriting excellence and engineering. First Sealord Surety, Inc. is rated A- (“Excellent”) by A.M. Best and has been Treasury-listed since 1994 when it first received its Certificate of Authority (“T-List”) from the United States Department of Treasury. First Sealord was founded to provide surety products that meet the challenges facing the standard and specialty contractor. First Sealord Surety desires to serve clients who participate in general construction, subcontract, specialty, supply, utility work and specialty environmental contractors in the surety marketplace. For more information, please visit www.FirstSealord.biz.

Broadlands Financial Group, LLC is a full service construction risk management company serving general contractors, lenders, banks, owners, developers, and government agencies both domestically and internationally. Broadlands provides construction risk management, surety bond alternative solutions, project funds administration, contractor/owner coordination, contract plan and bid review, initial project evaluation, and business mentorship. For more information, please visit www.BroadlandsOnline.com.

Both companies render distinguished service to their clients by applying financial, construction management and engineering diligence throughout their business processes.