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Accelerating Combined Heat & Power Deployment

January 1st, 2013
External Reports

White House Chronicle - Houston Business Forum Episode #1

May 25th, 2012

U.S.-Jordan Electric Power Transmission Partnership Program Executive Exchange to Arizona Public Service

June 18th, 2012

With support from the U.S.

Building Consensus on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and Clean Energy Systems

In keeping with its mission to increase understanding of energy issues domestically and internationally, USEA launched the "Building Consensus on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and Clean Energy Systems" program in 2008.  While dramatic progress continues to be made in developing carbon capture, utilization and storage and clean energy technologies, neither the progress achieved to date nor the full capability of CCUS and clean energy systems is widely understood - yet it must be if CCUS and clean energy systems are to have a significant global impact.

U.S. - Jordan Electric Utility Distribution and Transmission Partnership Program

With support from USAID/Jordan, USEA has implemented the Electric Utility Distribution and Transmission Partnership Program for Jordan. In 2011, Jordan’s national transmission company NEPCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Arizona Public Service (APS) to formalize their partnership to improve strategic planning and governance, integrated resource and capacity planning and human resources. USEA organized two executive exchanges between APS and NEPCO on integrating renewable energy into Jordan’s transmission system, governance and HR/training.

 

U.S. - Bangladesh Power Generation Partnership

The United States Energy Association established the U.S. - Bangladesh Power Generation Partnership between selected global electric utility and energy companies and the Bangladesh Power Development Board to promote best practices in efficiency, operation, and maintenance. This program is intended to further build the capacity of Bangladesh’s senior level managers and plant operators by providing them the opportunity to work with and learn best utility operation and maintenance practices for power generating plants directly from their peers at selected U.S. and global electric utilities.

Kevin Massy

Job Title: 
Assistant Director, Energy Security Initiative
Organization: 
The Brookings Institution

Kevin Massy is the Assistant Director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution where is responsible for the management of research projects on domestic US and global energy policy. His work focuses on the geopolitics of energy and the economics of low-carbon development. Before joining Brookings, he worked for the UK Trade and Investment division of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at the British Embassy in Washington DC. A former journalist, most recently for The Economist magazine, he has written extensively on emerging technologies in the global energy and transportation sectors. He holds an MSFS in International Relations from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and an MA in International Journalism from City University, London, and a BA from the University of Newcastle.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

Heather Zichal

Job Title: 
President & CEO
Organization: 
American Clean Power Association

Heather Zichal has had a long career battling global climate change and brings deep experience in the public and private sector. Most recently, she served as the Executive Director of the Blue Prosperity Coalition, a global network of governments, NGOs, scientists and ocean experts working to advance sustainable, blue economy goals. She previously served as the Vice President of Corporate Engagement for The Nature Conservancy (TNC), coordinating engagement with multilateral corporations to advance innovative approaches to some of the world’s most complex sustainability challenges. In government, Zichal served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change during the Obama Administration, where she coordinated the administration's energy and climate policy, as well as the groundbreaking Climate Action Plan. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Zichal served as Legislative Director to one of the Senate’s leading environmentalists, then-Senator John Kerry.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

USEA North American Natural Gas Trade Briefing Series - "Liquid Markets: Assessing the Case for U.S. Exports of LNG"

June 7th, 2012

Driven by technological breakthroughs in unconventional gas production, major increases in U.S. natural gas reserves and production have led to supply growth significantly outpacing forecasts in recent years. As a result, natural gas producers have sought new and additional sources of demand for the newfound volumes. One proposed end-use is the exportation of U.S. natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Charles K. Ebinger

Job Title: 
Senior Fellow, Energy Security Initiative
Organization: 
Brookings

Charles K. Ebinger is a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Intiative at Brookings. He served as the initiative’s director from 2008 to October of 2014. Previously, Ebinger served as a senior advisor at the International Resources Group where he advised over 50 governments on various aspects of their energy policies, specializing in institutional and economic restructuring of their utility sectors. Ebinger has special expertise in South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, but has also worked in the Far East, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America. 

Profile Type: 
Speaker

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