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Date:
6/23/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
In early May 2003, Caterpillar announced the formation of a new spin-off company called Firefly Energy Inc., whose purpose is to complete the development and commercialization of a dramatically improved lead acid battery technology.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/3/2004 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
California Treasurer Phil Angelides has been meeting with bankers, VCs, and environmental, business and labor leaders, and now he's announced a major proposition to California's two giant pension funds, CALPERS and CALSTRS, which have $163 B and $113 B respectively.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/15/2004 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A superconducting (SC) fault current limiter (FCL) could thus detect abnormally high current transients in the grid, e.g. from lightning strikes, in a fraction of a cycle, and control the fault current so that system equipment can absorb it safely, protecting valuable downstream infrastructure.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - DG Update
Date:
3/5/2004 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Distributed Utility Integration Test (DUIT) is the first full-scale, integration test of commercial-grade, utility grid interactive Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in the U.S. DUIT addresses a key technical issue: electrical implications of operating multiple, diverse DERs at high penetration levels within a utility distribution system.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/5/2004 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Low profile startup claims to be track for a battery system that is 1/2 the cost of lead-acid (per kwh) and 1/10 the weight. Specifically, they quote a product which at 400 pounds will deliver 52 kwh.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - GTL
Date:
1/7/2004 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Distributed Utility Integration Test (DUIT) is the first full-scale, integration test of commercial-grade, utility grid interactive Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in the U.S. DUIT addresses a key technical issue: electrical implications of operating multiple, diverse DERs at high penetration levels within a utility distribution system.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Proton Energy Systems, as you know, is one of the prominent new companies on the new "energy technology" scene, having done its IPO last Fall. One thing that sets them apart from other fuel cell companies is the fact that they have a successful commercial product line, namely the HOGEN hydrogen generator.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/23/2004 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The big news was the stopping of all work on the big TVA Regenesys project. The Regenesys flow battery works by storing or releasing electrical energy by means of a reversible electrochemical reaction between two salt solutions—the electrolytes.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Federal research programs represent an opportunity for private industry to get additional resources applied to their RD&D projects and other business goals. Many companies, and a few utilities, have been successful at this for a long time.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
At the 2003 National Conference of the America Council for Energy Efficiency Economics (ACEEE), the champions of Energy Efficiency (EE) and Demand Response are on a rolll again.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO - Diesel Preheat
Date:
9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Energy Resources Management (ERM), Tampa, Florida, sells a specialized heat pump manufactured by Trane, which overcomes the issues for diesel generators: the cost for power, wear and tear from cold starts, and the unreliability factor.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Update - ISO pure
Date:
10/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
ISOPur Fluid Technologies has a unique patented technology, known as Balanced Charge Agglomeration (BCA) that filters oil and other non-conducting fluid to levels not achieved by conventional filtration.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
PPSI's Modular Energy and Services Appliance (MESA) is a revolutionary device that finally launches the home or business into the modern power age. Imagine a cabinet installed at the home or business that replaces the electric meter and service entry panel with smart technology that immediately reduces energy costs and enables further savings opportunities.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Can the same baking soda sold in grocery stores and used for cooking and cleaning around the house also provide a solution for scrubbing emissions from coal-fired power plants?
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - NiMH Battery
Date:
9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Electro Energy, Inc. (EEI) has developed a new type of rechargeable nickel-metal hydride (BP Ni-MH) battery using a bipolar configuration. A combination of unique materials, a design, and a production process make possible a lower cost technology which out-performs present commercial nickel-metal hydride and lithium polymer batteries in both power and energy.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - Precision H2
Date:
6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Plasma Process: Precision H2, a Canadian company, is developing a non-thermal plasma process which disassembles methane (CH4) into hydrogen and carbon black.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note – T&D R&D
Date:
3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Recent developments in transmission and distribution research from Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and the California Energy Commission.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/12/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Review of fascinating new developments in the world of solar photovoltaic technologies that shift away from conventional crystalline silicon.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/8/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Aqueous Phase Carbohydrate Reforming (ACR) represents a fundamentally new route for renewable fuel gas generation from biomass. The ACR process is simple, versatile and scalable over several orders of magnitude.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/19/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The $641 million invested in clean technology ventures during the first two quarters of 2003 is 22% higher than the $524 million invested over the same period last year, according to the most recent issue of the Cleantech Venture Monitor released this week.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/13/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The “Virtual Utility” (VU) concept provides intelligent coordination and aggregation of distributed resources through web-based connectivity. The ABB VU technology is centered on an internet-accessible control center by which clients or aggregates of clients can intelligently monitor and control distributed resource assets.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Additional megawatt-hours (MWH) can be obtained at low cost during peak demand periods from gas turbines and combined cycle power plants by injecting externally compressed, humidified, and heated air into a combustion turbine (CT) up-stream of combustors.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/19/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The surge of interest in cleantech was noteworthy this year. Many new faces were at the Cleantech Venture Forum. Some of them very prominent VC firms whose usual sectors of IT and telecom have lost their lustre.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/30/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The DOE Secretary will have a new Hydrogen Policy Group (heads of EE, FE, Nuclear, etc.) and the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Committee. Lower down, Steve Chalk will work with the Hydrogen Matrix Group and an Interagency Task Force.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/17/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
News from Dept of Energy in grid research: supergrids, regiongrids, and citygrids.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
11/5/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Dimming electronic ballasts (DEB) – are substantially more energy efficient than the magnetic or core ballasts and the electronic ballasts due to their ability to match the correct amount of light required for the job.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Researchers have been working on a process that uses sunlight to produce hydrogen by splitting water directly. Work at NREL and the University of Hawaii has focused on developing multijunction cells which use more of the solar spectrum.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
SAIC, in cooperation with the National Association of State Energy Officials and DOE, recently introduced its "Distributed Generation Analysis Tool Version 1.0," making DG's benefits more easily transparent to semi-technical people.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has an aggressive program to support its members to do fuel cell demonstrations, with training, handbooks, databases, and a users group.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Are energy industry companies just naive bit players with their attempts to do "gateways" and smart homes? Or are utilities in a unique position to pull it off while media and IT giants do battle with each other?
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Review of DOE Distributed Power Programs & IEEE Interconnection Working Group
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) is a non profit that educates and helps state regulators with electric utility regulation.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Interest in fuel cell technology continues to grow rapidly. At this year's Fuel Cell Seminar, attendence grew by 50% since 2000.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
11/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Alchemix has adapted widely used metal smelting reactors to both produce hydrogen and reduce iron oxide back into iron. The specific technology is the top-submerged lance furnace which is operating in installations worldwide.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Musings from the 2001 IEEE Transmission and Distribution Expo.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - CEATI
Date:
9/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Canadian Electricity Associations Technologies (CEATI) becoming recognized as very cost effective addition to a company's R&D leverage and reach.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) recently announced they're developing a unique combustion method that results in lower power plant pollutant emissions, without efficiency penalties, by combining staged-combustion with nitrogen-enriched air.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - E-lecTrade
Date:
8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
E-lecTrade has developed a sophisticated solution for buyers and sellers of power to manage and procure complex structured power contracts that cost-effectively and with a proper risk profile meet their needs for the supply and demand of electricity.
Author:
Date:
7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A novel approach to solar PV has been quietly hatching in Tucson for a number of years.
Author:
Edward Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
2002 review of US Dept of Energy programs in hydrogen and fuel cells.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Review of Electric Energy Storage Applications and Technologies Conference 2002.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A massive amount of energy is wasted in water distribution systems, and HydroLinq, a new company, has come along to make recovery of that energy a reality. It looks like a big opportunity.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
So much is going on in hydrogen these days, but one still wonders whether truly novel developments will ultimately be the key to making H2 an economic and practical part of the energy system.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Officially established by IEEE Standards and integrated into SCC21, the P1547 project was launched 4/99, and the Working Group (WG) has been on a fast track ever since to get a standard written and accepted by stakeholders in a wide-open consensus process.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - NEETRAC
Date:
1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
National Electric Energy Testing, Research and Applications Center (NEETRAC) does testing, research, and applications on power delivery technology, including (the integration of) storage and distributed generation.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
What is the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? It is the smallest of the DOE national labs, with just over 1000 staff, and an annual budget of $187 million (FY00). It is also the only lab with a specifically defined mission to advance renewable energy technology.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - PowerWAN PLC
Date:
4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A new Power Line Carrier (PLC) / Power Line Telecommunications (PLT) network technology is under development by a startup company called PowerWAN, which plans a complete solution to the last mile problem.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Cleantech Venture Network, EEEI 1547 Interconnection Standard, Army Venture Capital, Sag Line Mitigator, and much more!
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Power Chips are silent, nonpolluting, solid-state devices that are scalable as arrays to meet any size power load. They can generate electricity from heat produced by any primary energy source......
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Is heat to electricity conversion becoming reality? Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have worked hard to develop materials and devices that convert heat into electric power.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
11/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A novel overhead transmission conductor system that uses optical fibers as an integral part of the phase conductor has been developed by ComEd and Southwire (Patent Pending) and placed in service on the ComEd system.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO - Summer Reading
Date:
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Reviews: GM's Billion-Dollar Bet (Wired), The Next Society (The Economist), The End of Cheap Oil (Scientific American), Excess Heat: Why Cold Fusion Research Prevailed, and Is the Information Revolution Dead? (Business 2.0).
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
PurOptix, Inc. has developed a unique and proprietary network system they call AON (Advanced Optical Network), that allows utilities, telephone and cable companies to offer a variety of services and content on an all fiber-optic based network.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Investment potential? The H2fuel membrane is not a conventional permeation platform. Rather, it will use a polymeric membrane that operates at close to atmospheric pressure, and incorporates a unique chemical transport mechanism for attaching and detaching the carbon dioxide molecule.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Serveron Corp. launched itself in February as the industry's first provider of full time monitoring services for T&D equipment.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
What do low valuations in the public market (several energy tech stocks trading near cash) mean for the difficulties that private companies are having raising money? For public companies, the market is giving very little - sometimes even negative - value to the "story" (i.e., IP, potential future profits).
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
EPRIsolutions' Second Annual Business Forum was designed to bring together leading Distributed Resource (DR) technology companies, the energy utility industry, and energy industry investors for the exchange of information related to business and investment opportunities.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
MAG Systems has developed and patented a unique technology known as Electronic Fluid Dialysis TM (EFD). This process is capable of purifying non-conducting fluids to a much higher level of purity than conventional methods of filtration and purification.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - JT
Date:
12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Johnson Thermo-Electric Conversion (JTEC) system is a solid state, thermodynamic, heat to electricity conversion device that operates on the Ericsson cycle, which is equivalent to the Carnot cycle.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/5/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Nickel hydrogen batteries have been used in space for decades, and are known for extreme reliability. Ergenics Inc. has basic patents for a "segmented Ni H battery" concept that should make it practical for terrestial uses.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) is a helium-cooled, graphite-moderated high temperature reactor (HTR). They are re-emerging as a technology for nuclear power.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
57% of electricity consumption goes to motors, most of which are controlled on/off, which is very inefficient. Savings would be substantial if variable speed drives were used in refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioners.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
What is the Ramgen enginer? It is based on the ramjet, the earliest form of jet engine and one still used on missiles. A ram jet gets its thrust from burning fuel in air compressed by its forward motion, then expelling the exhaust to create a forward force.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Updates from Portland, OR Fuel Cell Seminar and CADER in San Diego, CA.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
As the new-economy/dotcom bubble was hitting it's last high in March 2000, Energy Technology was 3 months into a bubble of its own. Plug Power's IPO the previous Fall did nothing until the fateful day in early January 2000...
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
In the Jan 23 UFTO Note about the Fuel Cell Seminar, several sources of information on Fuel cells were provided. Here is some additional clarification of how four separate publications are related....
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
ENECO, a small company in Salt Lake City that we've known for over 5 years, has kept a very low profile until this week, when it burst into the news with an announcement, jointly with MIT, of a solid state device that converts heat directly to electricity at higher efficiency than thermoelectric devices.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Converter Technology Inc has developed a diesel emissions control technology; they make a good case that they are "the one" who is really ready to really do this, far ahead of the dozens of other companies talking this talk....
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
American Energy Technologies (AET) of Jacksonville, FL has been a leader in solar hot water heating systems since 1987. They now have two new products that represent a major advance in the state of the art in residential solar hot water.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Stirling engine is a piston engine that can operate with a variety of external heat sources (i.e., "external combustion", when a fuel is burned to supply the heat). A contained gas, typically helium, is cyclically heated to high temperatures and pressures to provide force on a piston, which then drives an electric generator.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The information presented in these interviews is pretty basic, starting with a primer on the big changes underway in the utility industry
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Smart Systems International appears to be succeeding where others have failed, in implementing occupancy-based thermostat setback.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/21/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
At the BPA Conference in Portland (Feb 2), one of the distinct highlights was a presentation by Pamela Lesh, which outlined a remarkable new approach for regulating distribution utilities that goes well beyond "performance based rates".
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
NxtPhase Corp., Vancouver BC, has developed a family of optical sensors to measure current, voltage, and power in high voltage power systems.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
To convert residue fuels such as forest or agricultural feedstock, municipal solid wastes or tires into useful clean gas or liquid fuels, the main option today is gasification
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Dept of Energy is very active in CO2 sequestration, and is exploring a wide range of approaches.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Los Alamos is proposing to use their supercomputing capabilities to address policy analysis of utility restructuring by modeling the entire power system at an unprecedented level of detail -- and breadt
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Bill Richardson initiated this effort last summer, on the heels of the various outages around the country. The team was assembled during September and went through its paces, coordinated by Paul Carrier in DOE headquarters.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This is the website of the DOE's Distributed Power Program which is responsible for distributed resources' system integration research and development.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Here is a very new and different approach to electric motors and generators. The following summary from the company's business plan. I am working closely with them to help them develop contacts with potential strategic partners and investors.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
We've been following this for a long time. This is a new press release by the developer.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Forwarding this announcement about the DOE Hydrogen Program website...it's a quite comprehensive resource site on hydrogen
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Xenergy, Inc., the consulting firm, is offering UFTO subscribers a special discount price for their Distributed Generation study, which was done as a companion to their ongoing Retail Energy Management (REM) multiclient program.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Even if you're not connected in any way with large scale hydro around the world, this major report issued last week is significant.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
If ever there was a time to make lemonade (i.e. when the world gives you lemons), this conference was it.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This unique device would replace or work with standard insulated hangers on power transmission towers, to counteract the effect of temperature on the sagging of overhead transmission lines.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Here's some "big picture" stuff. George Gilder, who's staked himself a huge role as prophet of the internet, is now tackling energy as well, with the help of two longtime energy industry figures.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The site includes a P1547Background file, a P1547MeetingPattern file explaining meeting logistics, and folders for past and ongoing notices, agendas and minutes.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson today received the department's Power Outage Study Team final report on electricity outages and system disturbances during the summer of 1999. The report contains the team's findings and recommendations of appropriate federal actions to help enhance electric reliability, and avoid the types of problems that occurred last summer.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The June 1998 UFTO Report on Oak Ridge National Lab has this brief entry in the section on Instrumentation & Controls.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The information presented in these interviews is pretty basic, starting with a primer on the big changes underway in the utility industry.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This won't be a regular UFTO feature, but I was awestruck by a couple of headlines today, and thought I'd pass along a comment.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
At the risk of "excess exuberance" ...this looks like something that could change everything -- a zero emission, fuel flexible-- *steam engine*.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
8/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Beginning in 1999, Community Power Corp (CPC) joined with NREL and Shell Renewables to develop a new generation of small modular biopower systems (SMB), designed to replace conventional diesel generators and to free communities from dependence on diesel fuel, with its high cost and environmental damage.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A profitable existing company, acting directly on behalf of buyers of liquid petroleum fuels, has a system to monitor (wireless/internet) the level of fuel in the customer's tank, optimize fuel purchasing, and arrange delivery, taking a fixed fee per gallon delivered.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Los Alamos is working to eliminate the environmental concerns associated with the use of fossil fuel, which will continue to be an important energy source well into this century. One technology the Laboratory is developing to achieve this goal is a zero emission process for converting coal and water into hydrogen, which is then converted into electricity.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Terry Peterson of EPRI sends out several notes a week to an email list, where he comments on current events in renewable energy.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Just received this note a few minutes ago from Jairam Gopal, the head of CADER.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The meeting was very well attended, exceeding expectations, with roughly 400 registered. It included keynotes by notables (Larry Papay of Bechtel, Dan Reicher, Ass't Secty, EE/DOE, and David Rohy, Calif Energy Commissioner).
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This note just received from Abbie Layne, DOE program manager for the
advanced turbine program.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
WILL POWER PLANTS HAVE PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2003 NOx REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS?
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
8/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Below you will find details regarding a Distributed Power for the 21st Century program review and planning meeting.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solicitation.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
8/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Either one of this company's two technologies are revolutionary. While they both sound too good to be true, it's just possible that they're for real
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
DP covers a wide gamut of topics, from village power and rural electrification to industrial power parks, partially self-powered office towers (incl. PV), combined heat and power (CHP) and all varieties of renewable energy.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Attached are the six DRAFT white papers prepared for the CERTS program by the various participants (labs and others), which have been made available to UFTO for review and comment.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory anticipates issuing Letters of Interest (LOI) to solicit research and development efforts from members of the Distributed Power Community and related industries.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Attached are the six DRAFT white papers prepared for the CERTS program by the various participants (labs and others), which have been made available to UFTO for review and comment.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Here's a major opportunity to get DOE funding for good ideas. The website has additional materials, including a download link for the solicitation itself.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
LBL and NREL recently released this study on green power marketing that finds that the green marketplace is still in an early stage of development with no clear indication of its ultimate size.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A remarkable new type of low cost and easily installed intelligent powerline sensors are nearing commercial readiness.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 21 (IEEE SCC21) oversees the development of standards in the area of fuel cells, photovoltaics, distributed generation, and energy storage.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This article by our friend Mark Mills appeared in World Climate Report, and again (modified) in the June 1 issue of Public Utility Fortnightly
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/7/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A new lightweight, inexpensive, accurate carbon monoxide (CO) sensor and monitoring system has been developed by scientists LBNL and Quantum Group Incorporated (QGI, San Diego), under a cooperative R&D agreement (CRADA).
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
LBNL has begun a new and novel area of inquiry, exploring how energy relates to insurance-loss risks. The program is opening a number of fascinating new areas, and opening lines of communication between the insurance industry and the different players in energy and environment.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
An early Christmas present! This week's issue of the " Electric Utility Restructuring Weekly Update" arrived via email today, instead of Friday.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Public Internet Energy Research (PIER) Program's 1998 Annual Report is now available on their Web site
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The report was issued by Staff Wednesday July 21 in accordance with the 45 day SAPA (State Administration Procedures Act).
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
With deregulation, privatization and open access transmission, energy transactions across large electrical distances become commonplace, and can cause major wheeling power flows which, in turn may bring the networks near their limits of stability and loadability.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Ramgen engine is based on the ramjet, the earliest form of jet engine and one still used on missiles. A ram jet gets its thrust from burning fuel in air compressed by its forward motion, then expelling the exhaust to create a forward force.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
National Power (U.K.), has announced a new electricity storage technology - called Regenesys - in which a flowing electrolyte is charged and then and stored in tanks for later use.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Sagging Line Mitigator would replace or work with standard insulated hangers on power transmission towers, to counteract the effect of temperature on the sagging of overhead transmission lines.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Renewables are being taken up faster in Europe than in the US, with commitments at all levels of government and industry, so it's important for us to follow developments there closely
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
ULTRA-NETª is a satellite communications system which provides reliable dedicated links between a company's control centers and remote data acquisition, monitoring and control points.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
We first reported about WTC's work in an UFTO Note 12 Dec 1996. The story is the same, except for the tremendous progress they've made in less than 3 years -- pretty much according to their original plan!
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The idea for zinc/air batteries, or fuel cells, has been around for a long time, and in the last couple of years Electric Fuel, an Israeli company, has been getting a lot of press.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Media Fusion is a mysterious small company in Dallas TX that is making amazing claims for their "PAN", or Powerline Area Network. Here are some words from their website.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is about to embark on what may become the most far-reaching restructuring process to date.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This paper was just published in Utilities Policy, on a timely subject which is of interest to many of you.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
There is a common perception in the utility industry that power quality should be dealt with at the service entrance. As a general rule, however, managers of commercial and industrial facilities know that the real problems are inside the plant.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This unique and interesting company has recently come to our attention: Bomin is a privately-held Swiss-American company that develops, makes and sells Intelligent Energy Systems for buildings.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
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Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Special Offer to UFTO Member companies: The note below, along with the free copy of the the newsletter, was mailed recently to the primary point of contact at each UFTO company
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
UFTO first noted this unique water purification technology in January 1995 and again in March 1997, when a license was issued to a commercial firm. The company, Far West, has made tremendous progress.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) has been tasked by DOE to undertake a major new $2.5 million program in electric power system reliability research and technology development.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
At the recent PICA meeting in Santa Clara, there was a good session on ecommerce and utilities. Here's the summary from the program. The actual list of presentations follows.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The article cited below is from the January issue of Computer Applic in Power, and for non-subscribers interested in T&D issues, it happens to be available in its entirety on the IEEE website.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This editorial is from the March issue of Power Engineering magazine, and does a nice job introducing an important recent book, while pointing out some major implications for the energy utility industry.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Thermal Energy International, near Ontario Canada, has made even greater progress in the year since the last UFTO about them. The company has received international market patent protection for its revolutionary 90% reduction "Low NOx'' FLU-ACE Air Pollution Control and Heat Recovery technology.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
It's been 5 years since the first UFTO visit to NIST, and we've had continuing contacts ever since. Our colleagues there have recently announced an upcoming workshop that may be of interest.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Frost & Sullivan, in collaboration with Power Quality Magazine, has produced this major new report "North American Markets for Power Quality: The Top 50 Equipment Suppliers and Service Providers."
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The POLUX system of wood pole inspection is a new non-destructive evaluation (NDE) technology that is being increasingly used worldwide for wood pole inspection and management.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This unique device would replace or work with standard insulated hangers on power transmission towers, to counteract the effect of temperature on the sagging of overhead transmission lines.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
A reminder that this weekly service is available from DOE. Anyone can request to be added to the email distribution list. Notice the availability on DOE's website.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Over the years, there have been many attempts to harness the power of the ocean waves (and this is excluding tidal and ocean thermal schemes).
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected an initial group of research projects to pursue a goal that could ultimately determine the long-range future of global fossil fuel use -- the inexpensive capture and permanent disposal of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
As part of its response to this legislation, the Department of Energy issued a procurement through its State Energy Program office for up to $1.2 million in cost-shared projects, with the Department's share being 25% of the cost, awarded in the form of a grant.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The work began in June 96 following Clinton's speech to the U.N. Each of the 11 labs that worked on the study took the lead on a specific technology area, such as efficiency in buildings, efficiency in transportation, fossil power generation, nuclear, renewables, cross-cutting areas, basic research, and carbon sequestration.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Tune in to this 90-minute video conference and learn how sustainable energy technologies can save energy and dollars at Federal facilities.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Sandia has an extensive program to study electric cables, primarily in the context of nuclear power plant safety. Cables are everywhere in power plants, transmitting power and information, and can be the origin of common mode failures, e.g. when many cables fail simultaneously during an accident.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
CADER is an alliance of public and private organizations formed in 1996 to identify and develop specific solutions to the deployment of Distributed Resources. Initially set up with the help of the California Energy Commission, it is a self-managed organization.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
2/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Brookhaven National Lab and WR Grace issued a major joint press release last December (attached below) announcing the development of a new commercially available treatment process that changes the chemical makeup of chrysotile asbestos.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The following is a portion of a recent press release describing a new project development initiative that has attracted a lot of high level attention and is quickly expanding nationally and internationally.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
If you're interested in fuel cells you should be on this email list!
Author:
Date:
5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Two papers were approved by the DOE Task Force on Electric System.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This might be titled, "Son of Ebara", for those of you familiar with the history. It appears that dramatically better performance may be possible.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
This one time, the ESA is offering to send a free copy of the full proceedings to prospective members, together with their membership solicitation package.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The East Coast Environmental Capital Forum will introduce investors to selected companies commercializing a range of industrial process, energy, and other environmental technologies, products and services. T
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
I've been staying in close contact with this company for a long time, and reported about them to UFTO the first time in Dec 95 and again in Oct 96, describing their Hy-Stor battery technology.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
On Friday, FERC announced it will hold a conference on policies regarding ISOs.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Sandia's Energy Storage Program has published a new report on power conversion systems, which gives a comprehensive overview of the various design approaches.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Simple in concept, FLU-ACE has accomplished something that many others have tried unsuccessfully to do for a long time, and they have plants that have been operating for over 10 years.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
HTRI is a for-profit membership R&D consortium focusing on heat transfer in process industries.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
fSONA Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., has a unique laser communications technology developed by the British Telecom (BT) Laboratories in the UK.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Name:
UFTO Note - GASMAP
Date:
7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
GASMAP, a comprehensive geographic information system (GIS), contains information never before gathered in one place and organizes it for use by professionals in the industry.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Ionic Fuel Technology is a small public U.S. company (NASDAQ-IFTI) with a device that substantially increases the efficiency of any hydrocarbon fueled burner.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
MC Power is quietly looking for strategic business partners to participate directly with them in the commercialization of molten carbonate fuel cells.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
The electric power industry is in the midst of a complex transition to competition, which will induce many far-reaching changes in the structure of the industry and the institutions which regulate it.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Nortel and United Utilities have formed a joint venture to pursue the Digital PowerLine Technology worldwide. Part of the Nortel group in Atlanta will form the nucleus for the joint venture's North American effort.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
Date:
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Summary:
Last Oct 8, Nortel and Norweb in the UK made a big announcement about a breakthrough in putting data over the powerline at up to 1 megabit/sec.
Author:
Ed Beardsworth
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