February 25th, 2013

On February 25, 2013, delegates from the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) member utilities will present an overview of the energy sectors in their respective countries, with a focus on the development of regional energy markets.  The delegation includes senior SAPP staff and senior managers from the electric utilities of the following countries:

January 30th, 2013

American Law and Jurisprudence on Fracing, a paper written by Haynes and Boone, LLP, discusses legal and regulatory issues that have arisen from questions surrounding hydraulic fracturing.

January 22nd, 2013

Exporting the American Renaissance: Global Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States describes an objective, economic-based analysis of the potential impact of LNG exports from the United States on domestic and global markets. While much attention has focused on the impact of U.S. LNG exports on the U.S.

January 29th, 2013

Dr. Krish R. Krishnamurthy, Head of Clean Energy Technology- North America & CCS and Chris Geraghty, Director, Business Development- Clean Energy North America will present an overview of Linde's activities in carbon capture, utilization and storage on January 29, 2013 at the U.S. Energy Association.  The presentation will focus on Linde's CCUS technology, PCC technology & DOE demonstration project, as well as the commercial challenges with CCUS projects & Linde focus areas.

January 23rd, 2013

Summit Power Group, LLC (“Summit”) and Petrofac Ltd (“Petrofac”) have confirmed that the United Kingdom’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) has officially notified them on Friday November 2nd that DECC has selected the joint Summit-Petrofac project known as Captain: The Clean Energy Project (“Captain CEP”) to move forward to the next stage of DECC’s carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) competition for power plants that will capture and geologically sequester their carbon dioxide emissions. DECC made a public announcement to the same effect in London on 30th October.

December 12th, 2012

On Wednesday December 5, 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy released a study conducted by NERA Economic Consulting on the potential macroeconomic impacts of LNG exports from the United States.  This study is a part of DOE's effort to inform policy decisions on LNG exports and will be included in the 15 pending export applications currently under consideration by DOE.  Please join us for a panel discussion of natural gas market experts on the contents, conclusions and implications of this important study.

 

December 5th, 2012

As part of the "Global Workshop on Clean Energy Development", funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Energy Association will hold a public briefing on the status of clean energy development in the participating countries.  The briefing will include presentations about each country's energy sector and clean energy development plans.  Topics will include:

  • Snapshot of the country’s energy sector
  • Renewable energy programs
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Incentives and policies

 

November 7th, 2012

George J. Koperna, Jr., Vice President, Vello Kuuskraa, President, David Riestenberg, Project Manager with Advanced Resources International, Inc.; Richard Rhudy, Technical Executive, Robert Trautz, Senior Project  Manager with Electric Power Research Institute; Dr. Jerry Hill, Senior Technical Advisor with Southern States Energy Board; and Dr. Richard Esposito, Principal Research Geologist with Southern Company

September 26th, 2012

Quest is one of the largest carbon capture and storage projects in North America, and the first CCS project on oil sands.  Bill Spence, Manager of Strategic Issues for Shell Upstream International, described the Quest project and also: 

October 2nd, 2012

GE and its customer Houweling’s Tomatoes, a leading North American greenhouse grower, recently unveiled the first combined heat and power (CHP) greenhouse project in America that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) for use in plant fertilization. Using two of GE’s 4.36-megawatt (MW), ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher J624 two-staged turbocharged natural gas engines and a GE-designed CO2 fertilization system, the plant provides heat, power and CO2 to Houweling’s 125-acre tomato greenhouse in Camarillo, California.

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