ASERTTI News
ASERTTI Fall Meeting,
October 5-8, 2009
Please mark your calendars for the fall 2009
ASERTTI meeting, which will be held October 5-8,
2009 in Palo Alto, California. Hosted by EPRI and
the California Energy Commission (CEC) this year’s
fall meeting will include a presentation on the
California Climate Change Strategy and several
discussion panels cover such topics as Energy
Efficiency Successes, Challenges, Plans for the
Future and Renewable Energy Barriers and Solutions.
Other topics that will be addressed at the meeting
include transportation, smart grid and nuclear
energy. Please
click here to link directly to the ASERTTI fall
meeting page for additional agenda and registration
information.
Save the Date: 6th Annual
California Climate Change Symposium, September 8-10,
2009
The California Energy Commission’s Public
Interest Energy Research (PIER) program is pleased
to announce the 6th Annual California Climate Change
Symposium from September 8-10, 2009 at the
Sacramento Convention Center. The symposium will
showcase cutting-edge regional climate change
science: from greenhouse gas inventory methods,
climate change monitoring and analysis, to impacts
mitigation and adaptation. Professor Chris Field,
the new chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate change (IPCC) Working Group II, will be one
of the keynote speakers. Professor Field will
share his insights on the strategy that his working
group will use for the preparation of the Impacts
and Adaptation Report of the next IPCC Assessment.
For additional information, please
click here
DOE Announces $37 Million for
Small Business Research and Technology
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $37
million in funding from the Recovery Act will be
made available to qualified small businesses through
the Department’s Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
programs. The funding announcement emphasizes the
Department’s commitment to developing near-term,
clean energy technologies while allowing small
businesses take part in the new industrial
revolution that the sustainable energy economy will
bring. The deadline for submission of applications
is September 4, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
Approximately $8.5 million is expected to be
available for new Phase I awards. Successful
applicants may receive up to $150,000 for a Phase I
grant for a period of six months to demonstrate the
feasibility of the ideas that appear to have
commercial potential. Please
click here for more information about DOE’s SBIR
and STTR programs. To view the full press release,
please
click here.
Gas Technology Institute and
Consortium for Energy Efficiency Work Together To
Advance Gas Energy Efficiency
ASERTTI member, Gas Technology Institute (GTI),
and the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) have
signed a memorandum of understanding that provides a
mechanism for the two organizations to collaborate
regarding the development, introduction, and market
adoption of new, high efficiency natural gas
equipment and appliances throughout the United
States and Canada. Please
click here to read the GTI press release.
LIPA Announces “Cash for
Clunkers” Refrigerator Replacement, Removal and
Recycling Program
ASERTTI member, the Long Island Power Authority
(LIPA), announced plans for a new Refrigerator
Replacement, Removal, and Recycling program (LIPA’s
4Rs Program) aimed at promoting the elimination of
old, inefficient, energy guzzling refrigerators for
residential customers. LIPA’s 4Rs program, which
will begin later this year as LIPA procures a vendor
to dispose of the old refrigerators, is part of
LIPA’s Efficiency Long Island (ELI) initiative.
Efficiency Long Island is a 10-year, $924 million
energy efficiency program launched this year, which
offers a wide array of incentives, rebates and
initiatives to LIPA’s residential and commercial
customers to assist them in reducing their energy
usage and thereby lowering their bills. To learn
more about LIPA’s energy efficiency programs, please
click here.
NYSERDA Granted Renewable
Portfolio Standard (RPS) and Natural Gas Energy
Efficiency Funding
The New York Public Service Commission (PSC)
approved approximately $95 million in funding for
the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program to
develop large-scale renewable energy projects,
including wind, biomass, and run-of-river
hydroelectric projects. ASERTTI member, NYSERDA,
administers the RPS program on behalf of the
Commission. The PSC also approved $24.4 million in
funding for an electric and natural gas energy
efficiency program to improve the energy efficiency
of large-scale industrial customers. National Grid
will administer an electric energy efficiency
program and NYSERDA will administer a natural gas
program. NYSERDA’s program will focus on key
manufacturing sectors in New York such as: chemicals
and pharmaceuticals, printing and publishing,
automotive, food processing, and forest products.
Data centers are also included since their energy
use profile is similar to manufacturing. Please
click here for the NYSERDA press release.
First U.S. Hydrokinetic
Project Begins Commercial Operations
The first federally licensed in-stream
hydrokinetic power project in the United States
began operating commercially on August 20, 2009 on
the Mississippi River in Hastings, Minnesota.
Hydrokinetic projects produce power from moving
water without the use of a dam, and they include
wave energy systems and in-stream turbines, which
can capture the energy from tidal flows or the flow
of a river. The Hastings project, an in-stream
turbine from Hydro Green Energy, captures the flow
from the output channel of an existing hydropower
dam. Please
click here to read the excerpt from EERE Network
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