Combined Heat and Power Partnership

2005

6th Annual World CHP/Decentralized Energy Conference and Workshop
October 25-27, 2005, New York City, New York

Registration is now open for the 6th Annual World CHP/Decentralized Energy Conference and Workshop in New York City! This is an exciting opportunity to interact with other DG professionals and grow your organization's market in both domestic and world-wide combined heat and power and distributed energy.

An added feature this year - participate in the 6th Annual CHP Roadmap Workshop and see how far we in the U.S. have come in meeting the CHP Challenge — doubling CHP capacity by 2010, and create the CHP Action Agenda for 2006. EPA's CHP Partnership is holding a special Awards ceremony for ENERGY STAR CHP Award and CHP Certificate of Recognition winners at this Roadmap Workshop. This is a great opportunity to recognize Partners for their environmental leadership and commitment to excellent and efficient CHP design and deployment.

As a CHP and DG professional, you should not miss this combined conference and workshop - in the "city that never sleeps!" Small Power in the Big Apple.

Visit the conference/workshop Web site at: http://www.internationalchp-de.net/

6th Annual International Symposium on DER, hosted by CADER and CAL SEIA
September 7-9, 2005, California

The 6^th Annual International Symposium on DER, Sept 7-9, in Santa Clara, California. CADER and CAL SEIA hosted this year's conference to ensure an excellent assemblage of today's leaders in Distributed Energy Resources (DER), which encompassed the DG, CHP and Solar communities. The resulting partnership has produced the first of kind Conference "DER: All Power is LOCAL!"

This Conference was the premier event for identifying and discussing existing and emerging distributed and solar energy resource markets and the value they provide to the nation's energy strategy. Customers, industry and government joined together to discuss the implementation of environmentally compatible, affordable, reliable and efficient distributed energy resources into our communities. It featured keynote addresses by prominent utility, industry, energy customers and government leaders in distributed and solar energy as well as informative and provocative panels addressing the key policy, commercialization and technology issues and opportunities facing the widespread deployment of DER and solar energy at the federal, state, regional and local levels.

Utilities, consumers, regulators and society all have a stake in improvements in DER and Solar connectivity and market access. The wrap-up session brought stakeholders together to discuss action to advance further deployment and potential pitfalls in what was a spirited debate.

Energy 2005
August 14-17, 2005, Long Beach, California

The eighth annual training workshop for federal, state, local and private sector energy managers, energy service companies, utilities, procurement officials, engineers, and other energy professionals was held August 14-17 at the Long Beach Convention Center for Energy 2005.

Energy 2005 brought 1,500 energy professionals to the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California to learn, network, and discuss the hot topics of the day. The exposition provided an opportunity to visit the more than 100 technical exhibitors that were present to provide information on their services and products.

Energy 2005 featured the latest in New Technologies, Renewables, Alternative Financing, Policy and planning, and much more!

Regular registration was $565.

For more information, visit http://www.energy2005.ee.doe.gov/index.cfm

Workshop: CHP and Bioenergy for Landfills and Wastewater Treatment Plants
August 11, 2005, Salt Lake City

The Intermountain Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Center hosted a workshop on generating renewable energy and heat from wastewater treatment plants and landfills.

Generating renewable energy and heat from methane (produced as a by-product at landfills and many wastewater treatment plants) leads to efficiency gains, other environmental benefits, potentially lower energy bills, greater energy reliability, greater self-reliance, and a profitable use of an otherwise-wasted resource.

This educational, how-to workshop was designed to give landfill and wastewater treatment plant owners and operators the information and tools they need to effectively evaluate if CHP is right for their facilities at this time. Other attendees included municipal, county, and state officials; project developers; equipment suppliers; municipal utilities; investor-owned utilities, rural electric co-ops; and environmental, renewable energy, and energy efficiency groups.

The workshop presented a step-by-step guide to designing and operating a project successfully. It also discussed equipment options, fuel clean-up and conditioning, regulatory issues, and financial incentives. The workshop included special considerations for small-to-medium plants/landfills and special considerations for landfills in areas with low precipitation.

Event Details

Date & Time:
Thursday August 11, 2005, 9am-5pm

Place:
Questar Gas, 1140 West 200 South, Salt Lake City

Cost:
Free for landfill, wastewater treatment plant, or municipal employees (up to the first 25); $100 for all others

Sponsors:
Intermountain CHP Center, Intermountain CHP Initiative, Chevron Energy Solutions, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CHP Partnership, Questar Gas

Agenda, Registration, and Other Info:
http://www.intermountainchp.org/events/landfills/default.htm

Contact:
Christine Hurley Brinker (cbrinker@swenergy.org), 303-984-5630, www.intermountainCHP.org

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6th Annual USCHPA Policy Summit
May 3-5, 2005

This event provided attendees with the ability to: hear updates on key issues and initiatives, meet with Capitol Hill decision makers, meet the new U.S. DOE leadership, and network with other CHP Professionals.

This event was held at The Madison Hotel, 1177 15th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-862-1600 or 1-800-424-8577.

For updated conference and registration information, visit the USCHPA Web site at www.uschpa.org.

Northeast CHP Initiative Annual Conference
April 6, 2005, Albany, NY

The Northeast Combined Heat and Power Initiative held its Annual Conference, Realizing the Benefits of a Regional CHP Market, in Albany, NY on April 6, 2005. Chairman William Flynn of the New York State Department of Public Service was the keynote speaker. Key agenda items included:

• Driving down CHP systems costs in the Northeast and across the U.S.
• Financial support mechanisms for CHP in the Northeast
• Update on electric and gas tariffs in the Northeast

Intended audience included project developers; end-users; equipment vendors; energy and environmental advocates; government officials responsible for energy, environmental, and economic policies; utilities; and CHP proponents.

Where:
Empire State Plaza - Convention Center
Meeting Rooms 2 & 3, Albany, NY

When:
Wednesday, April 6, 2005, registration began at 8 AM, meeting adjourned at 4:30 PM

Cost:
$50 per attendee, fee waived for government employees (local, state, and federal government employees). $60 after March 29th.

Register:
http://www.northeastchp.org/nechpi/calendar/events/nechpi2005reg.htm

Directions/Parking:
http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/plaza

For more information on the Northeast Combined Heat and Power Initiative, visit: http://www.northeastchp.org/nechpi/index.htm

2nd Annual Advanced Stationary Reciprocating Engines Conference
March 15-16, 2005, Diamond Bar, California

The 2^nd Annual Advanced Stationary Reciprocating Engines Conference, Moving Forward in Low-Emissions and High-Efficiency Technologies, was held at the Southcoast Air Quality Management District Headquarters in Diamond Bar, California. The purpose of the conference was to share information on technological advancements in stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines meeting the performance targets of low emissions, high efficiency, low cost, and long durability/reliability.

Presentations included information on: R&D programs and projects; technology status; limitations/barriers to reach performance goals; and applications of advanced stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines.

For more information and to register, visit http://www.energetics.com/recips05.html.

Waste Heat to Power Generation Workshop
March 2, 2005, Irvine, California

The Northwest and Pacific CHP Regional Application Centers held a workshop on Waste Heat to Power Generation at the University of California Irvine campus on March 2, 2005. The workshop was designed to meet the needs of potential waste heat to power project developers, industrial facility managers interested in waste heat recovery, utilities, regulators, and consultants to the industry.

For additional information on the workshop, please contact Dr. R. Gordon Bloomquist (bloomquistr@energy.wsu.edu) or Vince McDonell (mcdonell@apep.uci.edu). Information is also available at http://www.chpcenternw.org.

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