Energy Futures Expo
April 14-16, 2004
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
| Future of Fossil Fuels | |
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Eastman Gasification Services Company Coal Gasification is environmentally beneficial, cost-competitive, highly reliable and flexible for the future. Eastman Gasification Services - your partner in the technology of choice. |
Western
Business Roundtable The Roundtable will be highlighting innovative examples of how fossil fuel technologies can be integrated with renewable technologies to the benefit of both. It will unveil a recent study detailing the potential for joint wind-coal power plants. It will also highlight a solar-natural gas facility that is demonstrating the real-world potential of hybrid technologies |
| Chevron/Texaco Worldwide
Gasification Technology, Inc. Gasification is a reliable, clean, and efficient process that converts carbon-based materials, such as coal and petroleum coke, into a clean synthesis gas. One viable and commercially proven technology that can help diversify U.S. fuel requirements while addressing concerns about air emissions is the Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle. |
University of Wyoming Institute for Energy Research and
Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources, Wyoming Geographic
Information Science Center and Colorado School of Mines The partners will display results of research on enhanced oil recovery and carbon sequestration in the Rocky Mountains and information about the Wyoming Coalbed Methane Clearinghouse Website. |
| Advancing Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Four of seven regional carbon sequestration groups in the country are in the West. They are Identifying the best opportunities, for keeping CO2 out of the atmosphere. They are co-funded by DOE to characterize regional carbon sequestration opportunities and to develop "action plans" for pilot-scale demonstrations (2004-05); actual demonstrations will take place under a second work phase (2006+). |
Center for Energy and Economic Development CEED will provide information about near zero-emission coal technologies like the FutureGen project, Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle plants and emission reducing technologies for new "state of the art" pulverized coal plants. |
| ZECA Corporation ZECA will have information about emission-free carbon energy technology. This technology uses chemical reactions and new technologies in a novel, highly integrated design that employs robust, high temperature fuel cells. |
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Energy Foundations
and Western Energy Campaign The exhibit will cover technologies to reduce emissions from coal-fired generators, with an emphasis on Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle applications. It will describe the environmental benefits of the technology. |
| University of Regina, Petroleum Technology Research
Center, International Test Center for CO2 Capture and Storage The display will highlight research demonstrating the capture of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery and storage of the CO2 in oil reservoirs. |
CDX Gas This booth will showcase CDX's patented horizontal drilling technology. The technology is being used for coalbed methane development. The technology uses a multilateral drainage network and a dual-well drilling and production system. |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Energy
Foundations and Western Energy Campaign This exhibit will illustrate and document best practices for developing fossil fuels, mostly natural gas and coalbed methane, on federal lands and special places. |
DOE
Office of Coal and Power Systems This booth will showcase clean coal technologies and initiatives including fuel cells, carbon sequestration, FutureGen, Vision 21 and zero emissions systems. |
| Transportation/Fuel Cells | |
| Blue Sun Biodiesel This outdoor exhibit will feature information on this agriculture energy company which is developing oilseed energy crops and production and distribution networks to bring high-performance biodiesel fuel to the west-central United States. |
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Army National Automotive Center Fuel cell technology |
| Renewable Energy | |
| Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) PNM will display information on their recent environmental initiatives. The centerpiece of the display will be the New Mexico Wind Energy Center. Also included will be information on PNM's produced water project, fly ash recycling, and newly adopted environmental policy and associated goals. |
Sandia National Laboratory Sandia will showcase three concentrating solar power technologies Parabolic trough solar technology has been demonstrated at large commercial scale. Power tower technology which takes the form of utility-scale, grid-connected plants. Dish-Stirling systems track the sun and concentrate solar energy into a cavity receiver. |
| Bureau of Land Management Display will focus on BLM's Renewable Energy Initiatives including mapping of renewable energy potential on public lands and actions BLM is taking to ensure environmentally sound development of these resources. |
Western
Regional Air Partnership and Western Renewable Energy Generation
Information System The purpose of the WRAP is to develop data, tools, and policies needed by states and tribes to improve visibility in parks and wilderness areas across the West. One of the tools is the use of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies. To facilitate the generation and tracking of renewable energy, the WRAP is working with WGA and the California Energy Commission to create a Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System. |
| National
Renewable Energy Lab National Renewable Energy Lab has developed a renewable energy and energy education on wheels (RnE2EW) education project to bring renewable energy information to teachers, students, and the general public. |
Department of Energy -- Wind
Powering America program The display will highlight the variety of wind turbine sizes manufacturers, and applications that demonstrate that wind energy is a viable technology today. Included will be wind resource maps, cost of energy graphs, economic development case studies, and graphics that tell the story of wind energy and the benefits it provides. |
| National Geothermal
Collaborative - RESOLVE The purpose of the Collaborative is to advance the development and use of geothermal heat and power in the U.S. The Collaborative's membership includes public and private sector interests. Information on geothermal technologies and the Collaborative will be on display. |
BP America, Inc. BP, a natural gas and oil producer and petroleum refiner, is also investing in the development of solar, hydrogen and other renewables. |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Energy Foundations
and Western Energy Campaign The focus of the materials and exhibit posters will be on how renewable energy (with a focus on wind) can contribute to community and rural economic development. Information will include case studies of wind project costs, community impacts and projections of economic development potential. |
Sandia
National Lab and Navajo Tribal
Utility Authority |
| Manitoba
-- Energy Development Initiative Manitoba's display will focus on a diverse array of renewable energy sources the province is pursuing. The booth will also include cogeneration and hydrogen dispensing technologies and improved transmission infrastructure partners. |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), managed by Midwest Research Institute and Battelle, is in its 27th year of research excellence and is a leading center for research into wind, solar, biomass and other renewable energy technologies. NREL's mission is to develop renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices, advance related science and engineering, and transfer knowledge and innovations to address the nation's energy and environmental goals. |
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Energy Efficiency |
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| Border Energy Project BorderEnergy is a web site community of consumers and service providers helping each other find and utilize proven energy-efficient solutions along the U.S.-Mexico border. The web site helps users: assess opportunities to reduce energy cost; get the technical; evaluate financing options; learn about tips and tools offered by the energy-efficiency community; and network with others involved in similar projects at their facilities. |
BC Hydro – Power Smart BC Hydro is delivering Power Smart programs to their customers to help consumers save energy. They are committed to introducing tangible, easy-to-implement Power Smart solutions to motivate British Columbians to get the best long-term value from their electricity use and to create a future where efficient usage is a way of life. |
| Colorado Governor's Office of
Energy Management and Conservation OEMC will highlight a couple of their energy efficiency efforts including The Energy Hog, a national PR campaign to encourage energy conservation, and the Showcase Rebuild Colorado program to make energy improvements to state and government buildings at no cost to the taxpayer. |
Hewlett Foundation/Energy Foundations/Western Energy
Campaign This exhibit will feature energy efficiency and demand-side management as tools for cost savings and increased competitiveness. Included will be a computer station for attendees to use a web-based tool to analyze energy efficiency options. |
| Public Information and Decision-making Tools | |
| ESRI With annual sales of more than $469 million, ESRI remains the world leader in the geographic information system (GIS) software industry. Our business involves the development and support of GIS software for all types of organizations--from the one-person office to multinational corporations to innovative Internet GIS solutions. www.esri.com. |
NASA DEVELOP NM NASA's student remote sensing and satellite imagery internship project is developing workforce skills needed by the public and private sector. Student teams will display work they have done for Public Service Company of New Mexico and DOE on renewable energy. Included will be the use of remote sensing and satellite imagery for making locational decisions for siting renewable energy projects. |
| Canadian Centre for Energy Information The Centre for Energy represents a new approach to making balanced, factual energy information available at no cost and ultimately, contributing to an educated public who will be making the decisions about Canada's energy future. |
Sandia National Laboratory Sandia will highlight their work creating analytical tools to evaluate energy infrastructure as highly integrated, constantly changing systems. This analysis focuses on optimization of resources, environmental impacts, energy security, and economic impacts. |
| The
New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department EMNRD is a Cabinet-level agency in the Executive Branch of NM State Government, has several energy-related divisions (Energy Conservation and Management--renewable resources/energy efficiency; Mining and Minerals--coal/uranium mine regulation; Oil Conservation--oil/gas/geothermal regulation). Information on New Mexico's energy resources, as well as relevant laws, regulations and incentives, will be available at the Department's booth. |
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| Advanced Technologies | |
| MesoFuel, Inc. MesoFuel is a development stage company focused on on-site hydrogen generation. The company will display its compact product that generates smaller quantities of hydrogen more efficiently, less expensively, and without most of the pollutants associated with hydrogen production from fossil fuels. |
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory These two national laboratories will feature their research in water/energy efficiency, safety, sustainability and security. The booth will include posters covering current R&D projects and a UV Waterworks device. |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory LANL energy security initiative is designed to advance research on non-traditional energy technologies. Poster exhibits will highlight LANL's efforts on carbon sequestration, fuel cells, nuclear energy, superconductors, and climate change. Items on display will include superconducting tape, hydrogen power generation and others. |
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory INEEL's Hydrogen for the Future display focuses on Next Generation Nuclear Power reactor concepts and the possible electricity and transportation uses for the technology |
| Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory These two national laboratories will demonstrate the potential of solid state lighting to reduce electric loads in the future. It will also highlight the research the two labs are conducting to accelerate the introduction of light-emitting diode and organic light-emitting diode technology. |
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Composite Technology Corporation CTC is an Irvine, CA-based company providing high performance advanced composite core conductor cables for electric transmission and distribution lines. The proprietary new ACCC cable transmits two times more power than comparably sized conventional cables in use today. ACCC can solve line sag problems, create energy savings through less line losses, has significantly lower electromagnetic fields, and can easily be retrofitted on existing towers to upgrade energy throughput. |
3M The display will feature 3M's unique composite material for electricity cable. The material helps solve thermal bottlenecks and long span crossing problems between towers. The technology allows for power flows at 1-3 times conventional steel core cables. |
| Seams Steering Group – Western Subregional
Planning Group The booth will provide information on future transmission needs in the western interconnection, looking at various energy resource scenarios. Highlighted will be initial results/findings and plans for future work. |
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| Other | |
| Star Group Consulting Star Group uses a unique approach to public involvement in helping solve energy problems, including those issues affecting culturally and environmentally sensitive areas. The booth will feature recent work on a project in northern New Mexico. |
Navigant Consulting Navigant was the consultant for the Klamath Cogeneration Project. The display will describe the project's unique features including: innovative CO2 mitigation portfolio; environmentally conscious plant design; and creative development and financing approach. The project won the Governor's Sustainable Oregon Award and Power Magazine's Power Plant of the Year award. |
| SWCA Environmental Consultants The consulting firm bases its work on sound science, collaborative processes and creative solutions to help companies address environmental challenges arising from energy projects. The booth will display the company's work on transmission line siting, public information, and settlement agreements. |
Nuclear Energy Institute This booth will highlight the benefits of nuclear technologies from the standpoint of electricity generation, medical diagnostics, food preservation and space exploration. |