7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast Hall AB |
7:30 am - 1:30 pm | Expo Open Hall AB |
8:30 am - 10:00 am | MICROGRIDS Room 202 Microgrid Makers: How New Systems of Intelligence are Producing More Elegant, Flexible and Connected On-Site Energy Solutions Read Panel Description
Moderator: Tom Bryan, Editor In Chief, On-Site Energy Management - Tom Fenimore, Technology Development Manager, Duke Energy
McAlpine Microgrid: A Distribution System Based Utility Owned Microgrid - Rich Hepp, Director, Microgrid Program, Schneider Electric
Optimizing the Microgrid for Demand Side Operation - Steve Schneider, Chief Solutions Architect, Leidos Engineering
Integrating Technical, Economic and Regulatory Architectures to Yield Optimized Microgrid Solutions - Travis Simpkins, Principal, Renewable Energy Analytics
Optimal Battery Dispatching to Maximize Economic Return in Grid-Connected Microgrids BIOGAS Room 208 It’s in the Way that You Use It: Cashing in on Biogas Operations by Producing Energy Products with Real Value Read Panel Description
Moderator: Joseph Curro, Principal Engineer, CDM Smith - Steven Cox, President, GkW Energy Inc.
Simplifying Biogas-Fueled Power Generation - Eric Wilgenbusch, Sales Engineer, Unison Solutions Inc.
Converting Biogas into Energy and Vehicle Fuel - Jin-Yun Wang, Manager, Fuel Processing & Catalysts, FuelCell Energy Inc.
Biogas and Biomass to Electricity at High Efficiency with Direct FuelCell |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshment Break in the Expo Hall AB |  |
10:30 am - Noon | WASTEWATER Room 208 Exploring the Increasing Role Anaerobic Digestion is Playing in Global Wastewater Treatment Assets Read Panel Description
Moderator: Tim Portz, Executive Editor, Biomass Magazine - Mel Kurtz, President, Quasar Energy Group
There is a Solution to Algal Blooms: How Agriculture and Wastewater Can Solve the Problem Together - Gus Simmons, Director of Bioenergy, Cavanaugh & Associates, P.A.
Money to Burn? How to Capitalize on BioCNG at Your Wastewater Plant - Ed Weinberg, President, ESSRE Consulting Inc.
Beneficial Use of Nutrients for Increased Valorization of Anaerobic Digesters and Digestate ENERGY STORAGE Room 202 Beyond Backup: Understanding the Multifarious Role of Energy Storage in Microgrid Applications Read Panel Description
Moderator: Peter Ledford, Regulatory Council, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association - Bill Sproull, Vice President, Business Development & Sales, Energy Storage Systems
Long Duration Energy Storage: All-Iron Flow Battery in a Vineyard Microgrid - Chris Larsen, Senior Sales Engineer, Dynapower Company LLC
Case Studies in Solar + Storage Microgrids - Ben Edgar, Business Development Manager, Microgrids/Distributed Generation, Black & Veatch
Choosing Your Battery’s Role in a Microgrid |
Noon - 1:30 pm | Lunch in the Expo |  |
1:30 pm - 2:00pm | ECONOMIC GENERATION Room 202 Strategies for Enhancing Revenues through Smart, Responsive Generation (Read Panel Description)
- Pat Frazier, Vice President, Electricity Markets, US Energy Services
Revenue Optimization through Economic Dispatch in RTOs |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | INDUSTRIAL Room 202 Leveraging On-Site Power Generation in a World with Increasing Emissions Standards (Read Panel Description)
Moderator: Tom Bryan, Editor In Chief, On-Site Energy Management - Brent Voelker, Director, Sales, Kinsley Energy Systems
Converting Low-Quality Fuels to Heat, Power and Profit with Fuel-Flexible Turbines - Alain Castro, CEO, Ener-Core Inc.
Use of Scaled-Up Power Oxidizer-Coupled Turbines for Industrial Waste Gas CHP - Chris Ruppel, Partner, Grid Energy Services
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Refreshment Break |
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | GASIFICATION Room 207 Tracing the Efforts to Drive Biomass Gasification towards Economic Feasibility and Greater Marketplace Deployment Read Panel Description
Moderator: Anna Simet, Managing Editor, Biomass Magazine - Chris Koczaja, VP Engineering & Implementation, PHG Energy
Waste Disposal through Gasification - Abolhasan Hashemisohi, Ph.D. Candidate, North Carolina A&T State University
Hybrid Lagrangian-Eulerian Simulation of Hydrodynamic of Fluidized Bed Gasifier FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES Room 208 Demonstrating the Potential for Biogas Feedstocks to Produce Renewable Hydrogen for Fuel Cell Vehicles Read Panel Description
Moderators: Pete Devlin, Market Transformation Manager, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy; Greg Moreland, FCTO Contract Support, CSRA Inc. - Pete Devlin, Market Transformation Manager, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
DOE Overview of Transportation Fuel Cell Technologies and Renewable Hydrogen from Biogas - David Edwards, Sr. International Expert & Director of Technology Partnerships, Air Liquide
Renewable Hydrogen from Biogas: The Perspective from a Major Industrial Gas Producer - Pere Margalef, Director Advanced Technology Business Development, Fuel Cell Energy
Tri-Generation of Wastewater Biogas into Renewable Hydrogen, Power and Thermal Energy Using Carbonate Fuel Cell Technology - Tony Lindsay, Director of Research & Development Advanced Energy Systems, Gas Technology Institute
Demonstrating the Potential of Landfill Biogas and Wastewater Biogas as Feedstocks for Renewable Hydrogen |
5:00 pm | Sessions Conclude |
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Wednesday Evening Event NASCAR Hall of Fame - Learn More |
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