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Clean Energy Technologies

Clean Energy Technologies. Dick Munson Recycled Energy Development Congressional Distributed Energy Caucus 27 March 2007. Key Points. Distributed generation can be big or small Industrials are leaders on clean energy technologies

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Clean Energy Technologies

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  1. Clean Energy Technologies Dick Munson Recycled Energy Development Congressional Distributed Energy Caucus 27 March 2007

  2. Key Points • Distributed generation can be big or small • Industrials are leaders on clean energy technologies • Think outside the box – enormous potential for cogeneration (CHP) and recycled energy • Focus on efficiency – which leads to reduced costs and reduced pollution • Take advantage of Farm Bill and energy-independence legislation

  3. Why Consider Alternatives? • Average plant built with 1950s technology • Only 33% efficiency; burn three “lumps” of fuel to obtain one “lump” of electricity • Electric generators are largest polluters • Unreliable supplies cost $150 billion • U.S. consumer loses power 214 min/yr; 70 min/yr in UK; 6 min/yr in Japan

  4. Electricity Prices to Rise • New coal plant costs $2,500/kw, up from $800/kw in late 1990s • Clean Air Interstate Regulations (CAIR) and Clean Air Mercury Regulations will add $550-850/kw for existing plants • Pending costs: transmission expansion, greenhouse-gas reductions (carbon credits of $20/ton would add 2 cents/kwh), fuel-cost volatility (3-5 times above 1990 levels; long-term contracts now below spot market) • Prices could double in 5-10 years.

  5. Pollution 67% Total Waste Line Losses 9% Fuel 100% Power Plant T&D and Transformers Conventional Central Generation 33% delivered electricity

  6. Pollution 10% Waste Heat, no T&D loss Electricity Fuel 100% CHP Plants 90% Steam Chilled Water (At or near thermal users) Combined Heat and Power (CHP)

  7. 10% Waste Heat 25% Electricity Waste Energy 100% 65% Steam Steam Generator Back-pressure Turbine Generator Recycled Energy (At user sites) No Added Pollution

  8. Mittal Steel – Coke Oven Waste93 megawatts and 1MM pounds of steam/hour

  9. Southport, N.C.CHP/burns coal and tires/steam to ADM and 120 megawatts

  10. Boskovitch Farms, Oxnard, CAsteam/refrigeration/48 MW for food processor

  11. Industrial Clean Energy Technologies • Waste energy streams in 19 industries could generate 19% of U.S. electricity 9,900 MW Recycled Energy in Service 96,000 MW Identified Opportunities Source: USEPA/LBNL 2005 Study

  12. Clean Energy Technologies:Think Outside the Box • Back-pressure power recovery • Natural gas pressure recovery turbines • Black liquor gasification • Anaerobic digestion • Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBNL-57451)

  13. Policy Options • Performance credits to ensure biofuel production is efficient (Farm Bill) • Energy-Savings Insurance • Energy Efficiency Resource Standard • Tax Credit • Interconnection Standards • Net Metering • Appropriations for DOE and EPA efforts

  14. Thank You Dick Munson Recycled Energy Development www.recycled-energy.com dmunson@recycled-energy.com

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