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Webinars
Events
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EPA's Clean DG Policy and CHP Webinar Series
A Webinar series covering a variety of topics related to DG and CHP
- Hear from state representatives and other clean DG and CHP champions who have implemented winning approaches, sound solutions, and successful strategies for advancing clean DG and CHP.
- Hear about CHP markets and opportunities, and best practices for implementing CHP.
- Learn about EPA tools, services, and initiatives to help support clean DG and CHP.
- Engage in dialogue and Q&A with DG and CHP champions around these important topics.
Webinars are held every other month on the last Thursday of the month, from 3:00-4:30 p.m. EST.
Upcoming
- November 19, 2009
CHP: A Strategy to Meet Sustainable Community Planning Goals
Register Online
Past
- September 17, 2009
CHP Opportunities, Challenges and Applications at Data Centers- CHP at Data Centers: Opportunities, Challenges and Applications (PDF) (10 pp, 179K)
Neeharika Naik-Dhungel, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - CHP for Data Centers: BP Helios Project (PDF) (19 pp, 666K)
Tom Pierson, TAS - Combined Heat and Power Use in Data Centers
(PDF) (30 pp, 1.3M)
Doug Demaret, Capstone Turbine Corporation - ENERGY STAR for Data Centers (PDF) (16 pp, 369K)
Alexandra Sullivan, U.S. EPA
- CHP at Data Centers: Opportunities, Challenges and Applications (PDF) (10 pp, 179K)
- June 25, 2009
Biomass CHP Applications - Part 2 of 2- North Country Health Systems and Their Biomass CHP System (PDF) (22 pp, 528K)
Wayne Bonhag, Bonhag Associates - A New Standard for Distributed Biomass CHP (PDF) (20 pp, 3.6MB)
Mike Scott, Nexterra - Biomass CHP: An Overview (PDF) (30 pp, 964K)
Bruce Hedman, ICF International
- North Country Health Systems and Their Biomass CHP System (PDF) (22 pp, 528K)
- April 30, 2009
Biomass CHP Applications - Part 1 of 2- Biomass CHP Applications - Part 1 of 2 (PDF) (4 pp, 101K)
Charlie Goff, ERG (Contractor to U.S. EPA CHP Partnership) - State Bioenergy Primer (PDF) (2 pp, 24K)
Danielle Sass Byrnett, U.S. EPA - CHP and Biomass: Market Drivers and Outlook (PDF) (19 pp, 354K)
Paul Lemar, Jr., Resource Dynamics Corporation - EPA CHP Partnership - Biomass CHP Applications (PDF) (23 pp, 259K)
Bill Carlson, Carlson Small Power Consultants - Biomass CHP in Massachusetts RPS and APS (PDF) (18 pp, 111K)
Howard Bernstein, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
- Biomass CHP Applications - Part 1 of 2 (PDF) (4 pp, 101K)
- February 26, 2009
Funding Incentives and Environmental Revenue Streams for CHP- CHP Partnership Funding Incentive and Environmental Revenue Stream Resources (PDF) (10 pp, 124K)
Charlie Goff, ERG (Contractor to U.S. EPA CHP Partnership) - Funding Opportunities for CHP - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF) (10 pp, 98K)
Jessica Bridges, United States Clean Heat & Power Association - NYSERDA CHP Programs: Lessons Learned, Challenges and Future Plans (PDF) (25 pp, 584K)
Edward Kear, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
- CHP Partnership Funding Incentive and Environmental Revenue Stream Resources (PDF) (10 pp, 124K)
- January 29, 2009
Output-Based Environmental Regulations
- Output-Based Regulation: Best Practices (PDF) (24 pp, 155K)
Joel Bluestein, ICF International - Output-Based New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) (PDF) (8 pp, 70K)
Christian Fellner, U.S. EPA - Output-Based Allocation Methodology under CT's NOx Budget Programs & CHP Set-Aside under CT's RGGI Rule (PDF) (13 pp, 126K)
Chris Nelson, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
- Output-Based Regulation: Best Practices (PDF) (24 pp, 155K)
- December 18, 2008
CHP for Hospitals / Health Care Facilities- CHP for Hospitals / Health Care Facilities (PDF) (4 pp, 133K)
Charlie Goff, ERG (Contractor to U.S. EPA CHP Partnership) - Overview of Issues Pertaining to Combined Heat and Power Systems in Hospitals (PDF) (25 pp, 378K)
Tom Bourgeois, Northeast Combined Heat and Power Application Center - Hospital Energy (PDF) (14 pp, 285K)
Mark Mininberg, Hospital Energy - Combined Heat & Power in Hospitals Webinar (PDF) (13 pp, 106K)
Steven Jalowiec, Waterbury Hospital
- CHP for Hospitals / Health Care Facilities (PDF) (4 pp, 133K)
- November 20, 2008
CHP Opportunities and Incentives in the Utility Sector- Utility Incentives for Combined Heat and Power (PDF) (5 pp, 110K)
Katrina Pielli, U.S. EPA - Exploring the Viability of Cogeneration (PDF) (8 pp, 299K)
John O'Connor and Brian Wilcox, Nebraska Public Power District - Municipal Utility CHP Case Study (PDF) (18 pp, 561K)
Rod Schwass and Ed Mardiat, Burns & McDonnell - CHP Southwest Gas Incentive Program (PDF) (20 pp, 135K)
Brian O'Donnell, PE, Southwest Gas
- Utility Incentives for Combined Heat and Power (PDF) (5 pp, 110K)
- October 30, 2008
The Role of CHP in State Renewable or Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards- Washington State's RPS/EPS and CHP (PDF) (6 pp, 25K)
Chuck Collins, Allied Electric - Olympia, WA - Texas Combined Heat & Power Initiative (PDF) (5 pp, 155K)
Rich Herweck, Executive Director, Texas CHP Initiative - CHP and Class III Portfolio Standards in Connecticut (PDF) (15 pp, 106K)
Cindy Jacobs, Principal Finance Specialist, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
- Washington State's RPS/EPS and CHP (PDF) (6 pp, 25K)
- September 25, 2008
CHP Greenhouse Gas Tools: Demonstration of the Partnership's CHP Emissions Calculator- The CHP Emissions Calculator (PDF) (13 pp., 508K)
Bruce Hedman, Charlie Goff, Susan Wickwire, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership
- The CHP Emissions Calculator (PDF) (13 pp., 508K)
- August 28, 2008
Utility Revenue Decoupling: What it is and isn't, how it can affect a utility's perspective on CHP- Decoupling: Potential Value for CHP and Challenges to Getting it Right (PDF) (9 pp, 103K)
Chris Young, Northeast CHP Initiative (NECHPI) - Customer-Sited Resources and Utility Profits: Aligning Incentives with Public Policy Goals (PDF) (25 pp, 322K)
Frederick Weston, The Regulatory Assistance Project
- Decoupling: Potential Value for CHP and Challenges to Getting it Right (PDF) (9 pp, 103K)
- July 31, 2008
Leveraging CHP Project Development Tools and Resources from EPA's CHP Partnership (PDF) (21 pp, 577K)
Felicia Ruiz, Katrina Pielli, Bruce Hedman, and Bob Sidner, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - June 26, 2008
Interconnection Standards: Best Practices for Effective Rules and Standards- Overview of State Distributed Generation Interconnection Rules (PDF) (24 pp, 62K)
Wayne Shirley, Director, Regulatory Assistance Project - Small Systems/Standardized Interconnections: California Experience (PDF) (22 pp, 368K)
Bob Panora, President, Tecogen, Inc. - Interconnection Procedures Under Development in Illinois (PDF) (9 pp, 45K)
Jason Keyes, Attorney, Interstate Renewable Energy Council - More information on interconnection standards
- Overview of State Distributed Generation Interconnection Rules (PDF) (24 pp, 62K)
For more information, contact Julia Abell (julia.abell@erg.com) or (703) 373-0106.