ASERTTI News
Register Today for the
ASERTTI/NASEO State Energy Policy and Technology
Outlook Conference, February 1-4, 2010
The 2010 State Energy Policy and Technology
Outlook Conference will be held February 1-4, 2010
at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC. The event
will be hosted by ASERTTI and National Association
of State Energy Officials (NASEO).
The 2010 ASERTTI/NASEO State Energy Policy and
Technology Outlook Conference will be held at the
Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC. This year’s
Conference comes as the States and the nation are in
the midst of an historic energy efficiency and
renewable energy transformation. New policies and
investments are moving rapidly and at an
unprecedented scale with additional programs being
contemplated by Congress and the Administration in
the coming weeks.
Session Highlights
- Road to Recovery – A Look at States’ ARRA
Funded Clean Energy Jobs Creation
- Vehicle Electrification – Cars,
Infrastructure Investments, and Consumer Demand
- Net Zero Energy Commercial Buildings
Consortium Update
- NREL Update – Transferring Emerging
Technologies
- ARPA-E Update
- Scaling up Renewable Energy Investment
Speakers
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu
- Congressman Steve Israel
- Congressman Paul Tonko
- White House Office of Energy and Climate
Change Policy Director Carol Browner
- Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy Cathy Zoi
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency Kathleen Hogan
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable
Energy Jacques Beaudry-Losique
- DOE General Counsel Scott Blake Harris
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Director Dan E. Arvizu
- ARPA-e Director, Arun Majumdar
Please
click here to visit the event website for more
information including an updated agenda and online
registration.
Nearly $80 Million
Investment for Advanced Biofuels Research and
Fueling Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Energy Secretary announced
the investment of nearly $80 million under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for advanced
biofuels research and fueling infrastructure that
will help support the development of a clean
sustainable transportation sector. The selections
announced -- two biofuels consortia for up to $78
million to research algae-based and advanced
biofuels -- are part of the Department's continued
effort to spur the creation of the domestic
bio-industry while creating jobs. Secretary Chu
also announced today the selection of eight
infrastructure projects to receive up to $1.6
million to support expanded fueling infrastructure
for ethanol blends. The projects announced today
will expand ethanol blends infrastructure at
existing retail fueling locations in nine states:
Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan,
Missouri, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. The
projects plan to install E85 pumps, retrofit
existing pumps to dispense E85, and install blender
pumps that offer ethanol blends up to 85% at over 60
stations. Collectively, the projects propose
creating at least 45 E85 dispensers and 16 blender
pumps along key driving corridors and areas with
higher concentrations of flexible fuel vehicles.
Please
click here to read the full press release.
ASERTTI CHP Project Report
The Association of State Energy Research and
Technology Transfer Institutions (ASERTTI) recently
released the "Strategic Combined Heat & Power
Deployment Assistance for Wastewater Treatment
Facilities" project summary report. The project was
proposed to the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) as a means of expanding the use of combined
heat & power (CHP) applications at wastewater
treatment plants using anaerobic digestion and
flaring off the resulting biogas. ASERTTI recognized
the tremendous energy savings and environmental
potential resident at the approximately 12,000
wastewater treatment plants that currently flare off
biogas, and targeted this project as a way to
collect actual operating data, energy savings, and
environmental benefits to encourage wastewater
treatment facility officials of the many benefits
available in CHP applications. The results of this
project were disseminated to the energy community as
a means of raising visibility of distributed
generation as a successful primary and back-up
source of power. Please
click here for the full report.
EPA Webinar: Clean DG Policy
and CHP, January 21, 2010
The CHP Partnership will host a webinar, "CHP:
Opportunities at Wastewater Treatment Facilities,"
on January 21, 2010, from 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST. CHP
is a reliable, cost-effective option for municipal
wastewater treatment facilities (WWTF) that have, or
are planning to install, anaerobic digesters. Biogas
flow from these digesters can be used in a CHP
system as "free" fuel to generate reliable
electricity and power for the wastewater facility.
This webinar will address opportunities and
challenges of implementing CHP at WWTFs. The webinar
will highlight EPA's CHP Partnership's efforts in
WWTF and plans going forward to further expand this
opportunity as well as two case studies of
successful CHP systems at WWTFs.
To participate, please
click here to fill out an online registration
form. Once your registration is complete, you will
receive a confirmation email with call-in
information and a link to view the presentations
online.
ECW Webinar: Scouting for
Residential Electricity Savings, January 27, 2010
The Energy Center of Wisconsin will host a free
webinar, "Scouting for Residential Electricity
Savings" on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, from 1:00 -
2:30 PM Central Time. In this webinar, co-principal
investigators Scott Pigg and Ingo Bensch present
results from "Plugging into Savings," a field
research project funded by the Minnesota Office of
Energy Security and Minnesota Power Company. Viewers
will gain insights to help residential energy
consumers manage their plugged-in electronics and
slay their energy vampires. For more information and
to register for the webinar, please
click here.
Compressed Air
Challenge - Fundamentals of Compressed Air Systems
WE (web-edition)
The Compressed Air Challenge (CAC) is pleased to
announce the launch of Fundamentals of Compressed
Air Systems WE (web-edition) on February 22, 2010.
This web-based version of the popular Fundamentals
of Compressed Air Systems training uses an
interactive format that enables the instructor to
diagram examples, give pop quizzes and answer
students’ questions in real time. The course will
launch on February 22, 2010 with subsequent classes
on March 1, March 8 and March 15. The classes will
begin at 11 AM eastern and will last approximately 2
hours each. Please
click here for additional information and to
register online. |
