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USEA to launch historic regional natural gas pipeline planning project in Southeast Europe

May 16th, 2017

Zagreb, Croatia— The U.S. Energy Association, through a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported project, has structured a landmark agreement among 7 transmission system operators (TSOs) in 7 countries in Southeast Europe to work together on planning, expanding and potentially interconnecting natural gas pipeline infrastructure.

The countries will sign a Memorandum of Understanding on May 16 in Zagreb under which they agree to develop network planning models, share pipeline network data, equipment information and other technical details.

Tanzanian Representatives Travel to Brazil on an Executive Exchange to Examine Reverse Power Auctions

May 15th, 2017
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Delegates from The Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd, Energy And Water Utilities Regulatory Authority, and the State Mining Corporation participate in an executive exchange to Brazil to meet with stakeholders to discuss reverse power auctions.

George Skoptsov

Job Title: 
President and CEO
Organization: 
H Quest Vanguard, Inc.

George Skoptsov is the President and CEO of H Quest Vanguard, Inc: Pittsburgh-based clean energy start-up commercializing Wave Liquefaction™: a novel technology enabling efficient conversion of coal without greenhouse gas emissions or fresh water consumption.  This groundbreaking technology promising to unlock the true value of coal, targeting clean and cost-effective production of transportation fuels, chemicals, and carbon materials, including synthetic graphite and carbon fiber.

Prior to starting H Quest Vanguard in 2014, Mr Skoptsov was engaged in executing and leading development of breakthrough technologies at the National Robotics Engineering Center for a variety of government and industrial clients.  Among the many projects are a natural gas pipeline inspection robot, recognized with a R&D100 award, and a non-GPS positioning and localization technology, developed to support autonomous mining operations. 

Mr Skoptsov earned a BS in Computer Science and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a principal inventor on three granted patents and has multiple pending applications.

 

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Speaker

Coal's Bright Future: Unlocking New Markets with Novel Technologies

May 23rd, 2017

The United States is endowed with extraordinary riches: our nation holds more than a quarter of the world's coal reserves. Regrettably, this wealth is severely undervalued. Although coal has catalyzed industrial development in the 19th and early 20th century as a ready source of energy, chemicals, and materials, over the past decades its crucial role has been forgotten, and the coal became essentially synonymous with production of low-cost electricity. The path to realization of coal's true value lies in the development of new technologies.

USEA 2016 Project of the Year Award - Acceptance Speech by Samir Snagic, Executive Manager, Komunalno Brcko

May 9th, 2017

Komunalno Brcko, the distribution utility for the Brcko district in Bosnia & Herzegovina; Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories of Pullman, Washington and the United States Agency for International Development partnered to install automated distribution management equipment for two small villages in Brcko. The pilot was designed as a proof of concept for the entire region of Southeast Europe. The project resulted in a 51% reduction in the number of outages and a 58% reduction in the duration of outages during the first year.

USEA Now - May 2017

May 1st, 2017
USEA Now

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