The Stella Group, Ltd. is a Washington, D.C.-based strategic marketing and policy firmleveraging projects utilizing advanced batteries and controls, energy efficiency, fuelcells, heat engines, microgeneration (natural gas), micro hydropower, modular biomass, photovoltaics, small wind, and solar thermal. (water heating and processheat, building air-conditioning, and electric generation). Prior, Scott Sklar, StellaGroup Ltd. President, served for 15 years concurrently heading the national trade associations of the solar and biomass-electric industries; for nine years served as anaide to Senator Jacob javits (NY); and lives in a solar home in Arlington, VA.

The Stella Group, ltd. Scott Sklar, President

The Stella Group, Ltd. or Stella Capital LLC materials

• Leasing services flyer or form or window sign
• Annotated list of distributed energy systems, leased: advanced battery bank 25 kW) combined heat and power (55 kW, 250 kW, 1.5 MW), fuel cells (1-5 kW), plop and drop photovoltaics (shipping container, metal skid), microhydropower (25 kW), modular biomass (55 kW, 500 kW), and small wind systems (300 watts to 10 kW)
• Packet for leasing systems for municipalities - brownfields photovoltaics systems (250 kW/acre), municipal solar water pumping (60 - 600 hp pumps), solar street lights (in lots of 100)
• Pamphlet fact sheets - biomass, geothermal, photovoltaics, solar thermal, and wind
• Geographic Database of Renewable Energy Installations (by state and country) compiled by graduate student interns in 2003 (is being updated for 2004) 38 pages

Co-authored book by Scott Sklar, released in 2004 for is third printing - "Consumer Guide to Solar Energy" 215 pages $19.95 includes shipping Bonus Books, inc. PO Box 11403, Chicago, Illinois 60611 or fax info w/credit card 312-467-9271

E-mail requests for articles, testimonies or publications, listed below

• Solar Thermal Guide. Article for Solar Today magazine (August 2004) which outlines US solar thermal market and industry (5 pages)
• New Dawn for Distributed Energy. (August 2004) Renewable Energy News magazine, july\August issue, page 231 (8 pages)
• New Dawn for Distributed Energy. (August 2004) Cogeneration On-Site Power Production magazine, july\August issue, page 115, slight variation of above, (8 pages)
• On-Site Energy Generation List Oune 2004) annotated market niche list presented before the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP - federal procurement officials
• Methane and Thermal Near-Term Applications to Offset Natural Gas (May 2004) presented on Capitol Hill for an Environment Energy Study Institute presentation. Handout (12 pages)
• Earth Day: What Parents and Students Can Do in Their Homes, Communities, Schools and Businesses (April 2004) handout (2 pages)
• Two Billion People Require Access to Energy Services (April 2004) Press Release where Sklar joined a Nobel laureate and US Catholic Conference concerning The World Bank Extractive Industries Review
• Renewable and Distributed Energy as a Security Tactic (December 2003) addressing homeland security applications for critical infrastructure hardening (5 pages)
• New Programs that Help Small Business Profit from Energy Efficiency (April 2003) handout for Capitol Hill presentation for Environment Energy Study Institute. Model local renewable energy programs and another before New jersey Board of Public Utilities on establishing their clean energy system benefit trust fund (5 pages)
• Guest Editorials in Solar Today magazine: Holding Government to CorporateStandards (DOE's) renewable energy program), Topsy Turvey World in Washington, A Secure Energy System. (all one page) Political Commentaries.