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Clean Fuels for California and the West
CHP for Hospitals, Universities, Landfills, Wastewater Treatment Facilities, and Food and Beverage Sites

January 18, 2006

Thanks to all who attended the workshop last week! It was highly informative and we hope the information sharing and networking will be useful. Please visit the Agenda link below to view presentations from the workshop.

What is Combined Heat and Power (CHP)?

Combined heat and power (CHP) technologies produce electricity, hot water, chilled water, and/or steam from a single fuel at a facility located near the consumer. These efficient systems recycle heat that normally would be wasted in an electricity generator, and save the fuel that would otherwise be used to produce heat or steam in a separate unit.

Agenda

Click on the agenda to view presentations from the workshop. Download Acrobat Reader.

7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 -9:00 am Welcoming Remarks and Introduction to the Workshop
  • Kevin Best, RealEnergy LLC
  • Merrill Smith, U.S. Department of Energy
9:00 - 9:20 am CHP - The Concept - What's New in California and the West!
  • Tim Lipman, Pacific Combined Heat and Power Regional Application Center (PDF 4.6 MB)
9:20- 9:40 am The Market for CHP in California - Why Re-Consider Combined Heat and Power Now?
  • Bruce Hedman, Energy & Environmental Analysis (PDF 859 KB)
9:40 - 10:10 am The Business Case for CHP
Procurement Approaches, Financing, and 3rd Party Ownership
  • Charlie Smither, RealEnergy
10:10 - 10:45 am Investment Incentives
Procurement Approaches, Financing, and 3rd Party Ownership
  • Susan Freedman, San Diego Regional Energy Office (PDF 149 KB)
  • Nicole Granquist, Downey Brand
10:45 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm Track 1 - CHP for Wastewater Treatment Plants and Landfills
  • Moderator: Ted Bronson, PEA Consultants
 Track 2 - CHP for Hospitals and Universities
  • Moderator: John Cuttica, University of Illinois, Chicago, Midwest RAC
 Track 3 - CHP for Biogas Applications -Dairy and Food Processing Sites
  • Moderator: Ruth MacDougall, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (PDF 607 KB)
Overview Panel
CHP Technologies, Benefits, and Opportunities for WWTPs and Landfills
  • Bill Kitto, CH2MHill
  • Sarwan Wason, Carollo Engineers
  • Kevin Bell, Chevron Energy Solutions
 Industry Overview Panel
CHP Technologies, Benefits, and Opportunities for Hospitals and Universities
  • Jeff Duncan, Carter & Burgess
  • Ed Mardiat, Burns & McDonnell
  • Chris Lyons, Solar Turbines
 Industry Overview Panel
CHP Technologies, Benefits, and Opportunities for Biogas Applications - Dairy and Food Processing Sites
  • Allen Dusault, Sustainable Conservation (PDF 927 KB)
  • John Kouba, Applied Technologies, Inc. (PDF 7.9 MB)
12:00 - 1:00 pm Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Winston Hickox, Portfolio Manager for Environmental Initiatives, California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS); Former Secretary for the California Environmental Protection Agency
1:15 - 3:00 pm TRACK 1 - CHP for Wastewater Treatment Plants and Landfills (cont.)
TRACK 2 - CHP for Hospitals and Universities (cont.)
TRACK 3 - CHP for Biogas - Dairy and Food Processing Sites (cont.)
1:15 - 2:00 pm Case Studies - Designing a Project, Rules of Thumb, and Questions to Ask!
SMUD Cogeneration Plant - Biogas to Ice (PDF 2.2 MB)
  • Mike Donahue and Jim Carlisle, Sacramento Wastewater Treatment Plant
Grease Digester at Watsonville WWTP 		Case Studies - Designing a Project, Rules of Thumb, and Questions to Ask!
Dell Hospital Project, Austin, TX San Diego Veteran's Administration Hospital
  • Michael Moriarty, Sempra Energy Solutions (PDF 1.1 MB)
 Case Studies - Designing a Project, Rules of Thumb, and Questions to Ask!
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Digester Joseph Gallo Farms Dairy Digester
2:00 - 2:15 pm Q & A Q & A Q & A
2:15 - 2:55 pm Case Studies - Designing a Project, Rules of Thumb, and Questions to Ask!
City of Millbrae, CA Wastewater Treatment Plant Sunnyvale Wastewater/Landfill Combined Cogeneration Facility 		Case Studies - Designing a Project, Rules of Thumb, and Questions to Ask!
University of California, Irvine Pacific Union College 		Case Studies - Designing a Project, Rules of Thumb, and Questions to Ask!
Dairy Digester
  • Mark Moser, RCM Digesters, Berkeley (PDF 782 KB)
Food Waste Digester
2:55 - 3:15 pm Q & A Q & A Q & A
3:30 - 4:15 pm Roundtable: Streamlining Project Development
Participants: Kevin Best, Moderator; Ed Mardiat, Burns & McDonnell; Thom Shelton, Pacific Union College; Susan Freedman, San Diego Regional Energy Office; Michelle Malone-Keith, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System; Tim Lipman, Pacific CHP Regional Application Center
4:15 - 5:15 pm Wine Tasting and Networking for CHP

For more information

Tim Lipman, CHP Pacific Regional Application Center
Vince McDonnell, CHP Pacific Regional Application Center
Jan Brinch, Energetics Incorporated
Robin Luke, RealEnergy, LLC
Kevin Best, RealEnergy, LLC