Infrastructure

U.S. Military Energy Strategies

Speaker: 
Dr. Kevin T. Geiss (ARMY), Installations and Environment
Rear Admiral Philip Hart Cullom (NAVY), Fleet Readiness Div Navy Staff
Michael F. McGhee (AIR FORCE), Acting Dep Assist Sec/ AF
Jeffery G. Orner (COAST GUARD), Deputy Assist Commandant/ E&I
Carla E. Lucchino (US MARINE CORPS), Assist Dep Commandant Installations and Logistics
Event Date: 
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 5:30pm - 8:15pm
Event Location: 

L’Enfant Plaza Hotel
480 L’Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC

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NPS Energy Fair

Posted Thu, 09/10/2009 - 7:20pm
Event Date: 
Oct 22 2009

The Naval Postgraduate School is proud to announce its first Energy Fair, to be held 22 October 2009.

Location: Quad Patio adjacent to Spanagel Hall

The event, hosted by NSA Monterey Public Works and NAVFAC Southwest, will feature products, services, and information, including:

What is 'Storage' Anyway?

Posted Thu, 09/10/2009 - 1:48pm by Michelle Shevin

On Aug 1, 2009, Transmission & Distribution World published the following article, written by Rick Bush and Gene Wolf

Energy Storage Becomes A Virtual Power Plant

Smart Grid, green power and renewable energy have changed the way the electric power industry does business. Today's utilities have smart meters, intelligent substations and digital capabilities coupled with wind turbines, solar plants and biomass. The quest for improved reliability, together with cleaning up the environment using friendly alternative energy sources, has become a global concern.
What is next in the evolution the industry is experiencing? Is there something missing from the balance? Where does the industry go from here? Are all the parts in place now? Can utilities begin to relax and concentrate on the business of business? Regrettably, there is one critical technology lagging behind.

Averting a Liquid Fuel Crisis From Peak Oil

Speaker: 
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett
Dr. Robert Hirsch, SAIC
Event Date: 
Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and Dr. Robert Hirsch presented background and lead a discussion about peak oil and its ramifications for liquid fuels that are vital for transportation worldwide and the feedstock for plastics, pharmaceuticals and other essentials. The era of plentiful, low-cost conventional oil is approaching an end because production will soon reach its maximum capacity – a peak. Most experts predict peak within this decade or the next. Peak will impose a sudden limit on the supply of a commodity that is essential to the functioning of the world economy.

Conversation References
Presentation: Averting a Liquid Fuel Crisis From Peak Oil
Bullet Points: Averting a Liquid Fuel Crisis From Peak Oil
Transcript: Averting a Liquid Fuel Crisis from Peak Oil

The Hydrogen Economy

Speaker: 
Jeremy Rifkin, Author and Economist
Event Date: 
Monday, May 22, 2006 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

We are in the early stages of an historic change in the way we organize the earth's energy.  The Industrial Age, which began with the carrying of coal from Newcastle several hundred years ago, is now winding down in the oil fields of the Middle East.  Our petro-geologists tell us that global production of oil is likely to peak as early as 2010 or as late as 2037.  Peak refers to the point at which half of the known reserves of cheap crude oil are used up.  Once that point is reached, prices will begin to rise dramatically and continue to do so as society moves down the b

Conversation References
Presentation: The Hydrogen Economy
Bullet Points: The Hydrogen Economy
Transcript: The Hydrogen Economy

Advances in Systems Application of Solar Power for Critical Functions

Speaker: 
Scott Sklar, President of The Stella Group Ltd.
Dr. Robert Birkmire, University of Delaware Director of the Institute of Energy Conversion
Event Date: 
Monday, October 16, 2006 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Scott Sklar, President of The Stella Group Ltd., will present the advance photovoltaic systems being deployed for military/intelligence, commerical/industrial and building applications as well as the interface with smart electric utilit grid and battery/hybrid systems. Dr. Robert Birkmire, Director of the Institute of Energy Conversion at the University of Delaware will illustrate the material and manufacturing process advances for photvoltaics which existing manufacturing exceeds 1.5 GW per year and should hit 10 GW per year global manufacturing capacity by 2010.

Speaker Bios

Conversation References
Bullet Points: Advances in Systems Application of Solar Power for Critical Functions
Transcript: Advances in Systems Application of Solar Power for Critical Functions

Winning the Oil End Game

Speaker: 
Amory Lovins, Director of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Event Date: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Amory Lovins' 29th book Winning the Oil Endgame, Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security offers a strategy for ending US oil dependence, and is applicable worldwide. There are many analyses of the oil problem. Published in Sept 2004, this synthesis is the first roadmap of the oil solution - one led by business for profit.

Conversation References
Bullet Points: Winning the Oil End Game
Transcript: Winning the Oil Endgame

Reduce Costs, Save Energy, Building Green: LEEDing the Way

Speaker: 
Robert Fox, Partner, Cook & Fox Architects
Teresa Pohlman, Pentagon Reservation
Event Date: 
Monday, March 19, 2007 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Commercial and residential buildings use 65.2% of total U.S. electricity and over 36% of total U.S. primary energy. Buildings use 40% of the raw materials globally and 12% of the potable water in the United States. Building activity in the U.S. also contributes over 136 million tons of construction and demolition waste (2.8 lbs/person/day), and 30% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

Conversation References
Bullet Points: Reduce Costs, Save Energy, Building Green: LEEDing the Way
Transcript: Reduce Costs, Save Energy, Building Green: LEEDing the Way

No Longer Tilting at Windmills

Speaker: 
Robert Thresher, National Wind Technology Center
Robert Gramlich, American Wind Energy Association
Event Date: 
Monday, July 23, 2007 - 5:36pm

Wind technology is evolving rapidly and becoming more cost effective compared to conventional generation sources. This month's Energy Conversation reviewed the evolution of the technology over the past 25 years and evaluated the future development expected. Dr. Bob Thresher, Director of The National Wind Technology Center, and Rob Gramlich, Policy Director at The American Wind Energy Association, illustrated the future potential for development both on land and in the ocean and describe the challenges.

Conversation References
Presentation: No Longer Tilting at Windmills

The FY2009 Budget: Science and Technology, Energy and Climate

Speaker: 
Dr. John Marburger, Science Advisor to the President
Event Date: 
Monday, February 11, 2008 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm
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