CHP Workshop 1: Introduction to Core Technologies, Strategies, and Methods

Instructor: Dan Bullock, Director, U.S. DOE Gulf Coast Clean Energy Application Center (Download )

CHP Workshop 2: Advanced Concepts for Successful Project Development 

Instructors:

• Krishnan Umamaheswar, Staff Engineer, U.S. DOE Gulf Coast Clean Energy Application Center (Download )
  
• Peter Belmonte, Senior Partner, Environmental Resources Management, Inc. (Download )
  
• Ed Mardiat, Principal, OnSite Energy and Power, Burns & McDonnell (Download)

Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Paul Cauduro, Exectuive Director, Texas CHP Initiative

General Electric's Global CHP Strategy (Download )
David Alexander, Senior Vice President, Aero Division, General Electric

Morning Keynote Address
The Honorable Gene Green (D.-TX), U.S. House of Representatives

Texas A&M University CHP Project (Download )
Jim Riley, Director for Utilities & Energy Management, Texas A&M University

City of Houston Environmental Programs
Laura Spanjian, Sustainability Director, City of Houston

Plenary Panel Session: Emerging CHP Drivers
Session Chair: Marco Perez, Account Manager, Solar Turbines

• "Distributed Generation and Emergency Interruptible Load Service" (Download )
  Mark Patterson, Manager of Demand Integration, ERCOT
  
• "Shale Gas Status: What It Means for CHP" (Download )
  Steve Holditch, Samuel Roberts Noble Chair and Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University 
  
• "CHP as a GHG Reduction Strategy" (Download )
  Scott Curran, Research Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
  
• "Water Wars: Can CHP Provide a Solution?"  (Download )
  Amy Hardberger, Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund, and Professor of Law, Texas Tech University Law School
  

Panel Session 1:CHP Equipment - Trends and Emerging Technologies
Session Chair: Rich Herweck, CEO, RobustEnergy

• “Market Potential for Small, Pre-packaged 'Plug & Play' Modular CHP Systems" (Download )
  Uday Purani, Product Manager, Kraft Energy Systems 
  
• “Market Trends in Small-scale CHP Applications” (Download )
  Anissa Dehamna, Research Analyst, Pike Research
  
• “Microturbine Solutions for Commercial Applications” (Download )
  Beau Follis, Corporate Account Manager, Horizon Power Systems
  
• “Micro-CHP Solutions for Homes and Businesses” (Download ) 
  Christopher Nelson, President, Cyclone Power Technologies
  

Panel Session 2: Industrial Applications: Case Studies and Best Practices
Session Chair: Scott Willis, Director, Calpine Corporation

• “Using CHP to Achieve Profitable Boiler MACT Compliance” (Download )
  Eric Gottung, VP Business Development, Renewable Energy Development
  Peter Belmonte, Senior Partner, Environmental Resources Management 
  
• “CHP, ISO 50001, and Superior Energy Performance” (Download )
  Kathey Ferland, Program Manager, Texas Industries of the Future
  
• “Industrial Backpressure Steam Turbines” (Download )
  Bill Bullock, General Manager, Turbo Steam 
  
• "Combustion Turbine-Based CHP Case Studies" (Download )
  Kristi Aaby, Gas Turbine Marketing Manager, Siemens 
  
• "Industrial Applications of CHP: Case Studies and Best Practices" (Download )
  Mike Kemp, President, HCS Group, Inc. 
  

Panel Session 3: CHP, Renewable Energy, Storage, and Other Distributed Resources - Competition or Cooperation?
Session Chair: Nat Treadway, Managing Partner, Distributed Energy Financial Group

• “Using Combustion Turbines for Renewable Fueled CHP and to Back-Up Other Intermittent Power Sources” (Download )
  Chris Lyons, Manager, Power Generation, Solar Turbines 
  
• “Comparison of GHG Reductions from CHP and PV” (Download )
  Wes Livingston, Design and Application Engineer, Power Partners (EcoMax) 
  
• “Solar Cogeneration Solutions for Industrial Facilities” (Download )
  Mani Thothadri, Senior Director, Product Management and Product Marketing, Cogenra Solar 
  
• “Battery Storage and Intermittent Resources” (Download )
  Bill Brod, Director, Market Development, AES Corp. (representing Texas Energy Storage Alliance) 
  
• "Thermal Energy Storage, CHP, and Providing Value to the Grid" (Download )
  Guy Frankenfield, Manager, Thermal Energy and Storage Biofuels, NatGun
  

Panel Session 4: Commercial/Institutional Applications: Case Studies and Best Practices
Session Chair: Scott Clark, Practice Manager, Onsite Energy & Power, Burns & McDonnell

• “TECO’s CHP – Lessons Learned the First Year” (Download )
  Steve Swinson, CEO, Thermal Energy Corporation 
  
• “University of Oklahoma and Texas A&M University CHP Systems” (Download )
  Kevin Fox, Principal, Energy & Power Solutions, Jacobs Engineering 
  
• “University Medical Center of Princeton CHP” (Download )
  Malcolm Harkness, Director, Business Development, NRG Thermal LLC 
  
• "A Review of First Year Operation of The Methodist Hospital's CHP System" (Download )
  Bruce Flaniken, Manager of Engineering, The Methodist Hospital Houston 
  
  

Panel Session 5: Can Industrial Waste Heat Recovery Survive Cheap Gas?
Session Chair: Ray Deyoe, Managing Director, Integral Power

• “ORC Waste Heat Recovery” (Download )
  Tom Tillman, BD Manager, Waste Heat, TAS Energy 
  
• “Natural Gas Prices: Good for CHP?” (Download )
  Glenn Mauney, Carolinas Energy Policy Manager, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
  
• “ElectraTherm Green Machine Case Studies” (Download )
  Robin Dahlheim, Vice President of Sales, Gulf Coast Green Energy 
  
• “Clean Power Generation from Industrial Waste Heat Recovery: Successful Case Studies” (Download )
  Jason Gold, CEO, KGRA Energy 
  

Panel Session 6: The Importance of State-Level CHP Policies
Session Chair: Anna Chittum, Sr. Policy Analyst, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

• “Capturing State Incentives to Develop CHP” (Download )
  Melissa Mullarkey, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Renewable Energy Development, Inc.
  
• “Texas CHP Policy Progress” (Download )
  Paul Cauduro, Executive Director, Texas CHP Initiative 
  
• “Successful State Policy Actions” (Download )
  Jack Griffin, Vice President and General Manager Boston, SourceOne Energy Solutions 
  

Panel Discussion 1: Federal Policy -- A Help or Hindrance for CHP and WHR?
Session Chair: Katie Cullen, Founding Partner, SC Partners; USCHPA Government Relations

• Travis Dauwalter, Business Development Leader, GE Gas Engines, GE Power & Water
• Jessica Frohman Lubetsky, Senior Associate, Clean Energy Program, Pew Charitable Trusts
• Anna Chittum, Sr. Policy Analyst, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

Panel Discussion 2: Accessing Louisiana's CHP Potential
Session Chair: Bill Robertson, Executive Assistant to Commissioner Foster Campbell, Louisiana Public Service Commission

• Lambert C. Boissiere III, Commissioner, District 3, Louisiana Public Service Commission
• Andrew Owens, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Entergy Services, Inc.
• Robert Tonti, Senior Vice President and Director of Business Development, Rain CII Carbon LLC
• Katherine King, Partner, Kean Miller, LLP (Download )
• Jo Brueck, Director of Engineering, Process Technology & Engineering Americas, Evonik Degussa Corporation (Download )
  

Panel Discussion 3: The Future of CHP -- Industrial Leadership and Beyond
Session Chair: Dan Bullock, Director, U.S. DOE Gulf Coast Clean Energy Application Center (Download)

• Travis Dauwalter, Business Development Leader, GE Gas Engines, GE Power & Water
• John Stauffacher, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Power Association
• Melissa Mullarkey, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Renewable Energy Development, Inc.
• David Snyder, Senior Staff Analyst, CenterPoint Energy

• "CHP Lessons Learned from Denmark, Chile, and the Middle East" (Download )
  Juan Ontiveros, Director of Utilities and Energy Management, University of Texas at Austin