Renewable Energy, Storage, Efficiency
ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS ON: RE Projects, Energy Storage & Mgmt; Smart Grid, Microgrid, DER Energy; Wind, Solar, PV & Nuclear; Renewables & Sustainability, Green Projects
D2.6 A Rigorous Approach to Protect from Lightning Strikes
D2.6 A Rigorous Approach to Protect from Lightning Strikes
Benjamin Ellis – Dehn Inc
This session will present a complete overview of the aspects that must be considered in the design and implementation of a comprehensive and holistic Lightning Protection System (LPS), addressing external LPS principles, surge protection measures and equipotential bonding, and the requirements of the grounding system, according to the NFPA780 and IEC 62305 standards.
Example solutions of the lighting- and surge protection design and implementation for various power plants will be presented.
F4.2 A More Perfect Union: Superfund Sites and Renewable Energy Development
F4.2 A More Perfect Union: Superfund Sites and Renewable Energy Development
Kelly Rondinelli – Vinson & Elkins
“Superfund” and “renewable energy” are two terms not often considered together. One lends itself to prospects of potential responsibility, high costs, and lengthy timelines. The other is future facing, lauded as an integral part of combatting climate change, with immense investments available to continue building requisite infrastructure and developing necessary technology. Seemingly disconnected, there is, however, an opportunity for marriage between renewable energy and Superfund sites—low-cost areas with sufficient acreage to deploy solar or wind farms or develop battery storage projects. With a number of legal protections available to renewable energy developers that make Superfund sites more attractive, environmental risks can be managed. Developers can obtain bona fide prospective purchaser protection under the Superfund statute or build in a number of contractual safeguards and risk mitigations with respect to structuring purchase transactions. Now, more than ever, there are increasing incentives for renewable energy development. The signing of the Infrastructure Bill and, if passed, the reconciliation package, provides numerous funding opportunities for the expansion of renewables and clean energy. Renewable energy development is also critical in meeting global greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment. Superfund sites provide attractive opportunities to aid development of renewable energy, bolstered by legal protections to mitigate and manage environmental risks.
F4.4 Open Induction Wireless Charge Theory
F4.4 Open Induction Wireless Charge Theory
Jeremy Higgs – Net Diatom LP
Imagine if we put one coil on one end of a building and then place the other coil on the opposite end of the building and increase the magnetic field in between these two coils. In theory the area in the building between the two coils would create a charge magnetic field that could potentially charge all wireless electronics in that same way.
This is my Open Induction Wireless Charge Theory. Currently the technology is already in place on a smaller scale. When you use a wireless charge pad and a wireless charging phone you already theoretically have a distance between the coils where plastic pieces from the phone and the docking station create a slight gap where a small magnetic wave is able to jump wirelessly to charge the device over time. The theory is to increase that induction zone and increase the magnetic wave field.
F4.3 Resilient Solutions for Targeted Power, Lighting, Fire Safety and Communications
F4.3 Resilient Solutions for Targeted Power, Lighting, Fire Safety and Communications
Thomas Brooks – Exelon – BlackStarTech
The ability to deploy strategic backup power and communications for a variety of natural disasters and emergency scenarios continues to be at risk for critical infrastructure, essential facilities, municipalities, and government agencies. Resilient and hardened solutions are paramount to address severe weather, seismic, terrorist attacks or geomagnetic/solar events (Black Sky). The presentation will detail requirements and solutions to deploy a modular, rapidly deployable battery power coping system for power, lighting, fire detection, and standalone broadband communications.
F4.5 How Residential Demand Response Programs Help Alleviate Grid Strain
F4.5 How Residential Demand Response Programs Help Alleviate Grid Strain
Aaron Berndt – Antenna Group
As severe weather events and increasing demand disrupts grid reliability, smart technologies are crucial in regulating energy consumption and keeping the power on.
Residential Demand Response (DR) programs provide extra capacity to the grid as needed, while ensuring that homes are safe and comfortable for occupants. Google’s Nest Renew program allows homeowners to automatically adjust their energy consumption when more clean energy is available.
Google currently supports over 70 different demand response programs and partners with 7 utilities for its Nest Renew program — making the switch to clean energy accessible for homeowners while reducing grid strain nationwide.
F4.6 Geothermal Development in Ring of Fire & Hot Sedimentary Basins for Energy Generation and Storage
F4.6 Geothermal Development in Ring of Fire & Hot Sedimentary Basins for Energy Generation and Storage
Robert Pilko – Blade Energy Partners
Baseload Continuous Geothermal Energy Development continues increasing – driven by expanding global energy demand and production shortage. The broad swatch of Stakeholders, from government entities and organizations (such as the California Energy Commission and German municipalities), to multi-national integrated oil & gas companies, to utilities, investors and others, are securing interests in Geothermal technology companies and assets. This Presentation overviews key publicly-announced Geothermal Stakeholder positions and interests, newly advancing technologies, and project developments ongoing and planned 2022-2025.
F5.1 Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk, and Lead The Way: Stanford’s Remarkable (and Ongoing) Decarbonization
F5.1 Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk, and Lead The Way: Stanford's Remarkable (and Ongoing) Decarbonization
Lincoln Bleveans – Stanford University
Climate change is the greatest environmental and socioeconomic challenge and opportunity of our time. As a world-renowned research and teaching institution at the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford accepted this challenge and, over the ensuing decade, is raising the bar to seize the opportunity, pioneering and implementing world-leading energy solutions from a first-of-its-kind $500 million thermal plant running on 100% renewable energy to boundary-pushing facility energy management and automation solutions. And we’ve just begun. Come hear about the progress so far, the significant challenges that remain, and the way Stanford is leading the way for campuses and cities around the world.
F5.2 Grid Scale Battery Storage System
F5.2 Grid Scale Battery Storage System
Sanjeev Bhatia – Bechtel India Pvt. Ltd.
Battery storage is one of several technology options that can enhance power system flexibility and enable high levels of renewable energy integration. Studies have demonstrated that interconnected power systems can safely and reliably integrate high levels of renewable energy from Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) with energy storage resources.
Widespread deployment of storage systems is considered essential to enable reliable energy grids powered with a high percentage of renewables and to achieve grid decarbonization. Distributed storage systems can provide multiple grid services, including reducing demand, reducing peak consumption, and improving grid stability.
The declining cost of battery storage systems and the critical importance of balancing variable renewable energy production with load defines the role of distributed battery storage in future power systems. Like many other emerging energy technologies, battery storage systems are scalable and can be deployed in kilowatt to gigawatt scales and interconnected to the grid at multiple voltage levels.
Objective of this paper is to cover various aspects related to battery storage systems adopted along with Solar PV generation.
F5.3 Integration of Landfill Closure Solution with Solar Power Generation Technology
F5.3 Integration of Landfill Closure Solution with Solar Power Generation Technology
Ming Zhu – Watershed Geo
A final cover system isolates the underlying waste (e.g., municipal solid waste, coal combustion residuals or CCR) to protect the environment and is the most critical component of closure of waste containment facilities, such as landfills and CCR impoundments. As an alternative to traditional soil covers, the engineered turf final cover system provides a safe, cost-effective, and sustainable solution that overcomes long-standing challenges associated with traditional soil covers, including availability of soil materials, erosion and sedimentation, and geotechnical instability of soil slopes. After the waste containment facility is closed, the large space can be beneficially reused for development of a solar farm to provide a clean source of green energy. The engineered turf final cover makes a preferred foundation for the solar farm, because it requires minimal post-closure maintenance (e.g., no soil erosion repairs or grass cutting). An innovative solar power generation system is custom-designed for direct installation on the engineered turf final cover, which does not require penetration through or mechanical connections to final cover. In addition, the non-racking design makes it faster and easier to install than traditional solar systems supported using a ballasted racking system. The presentation provides an overview of the engineered turf landfill closure solution and the solar power generation technology.
F5.4 An Integrated Home for A Decarbonized Future — Efficiency, Flexibility, Amenity, and Security
F5.4 An Integrated Home for A Decarbonized Future -- Efficiency, Flexibility, Amenity, and Security
Alice Rosenberg – Consortium for Energy Efficiency
Developed by the consortium of energy efficiency program administrators across the United States and Canada to accelerate the development and availability of connected and efficient solutions for lasting public benefit, the CEESM Integrated Home Initiative establishes whole house principles and minimum requirements for devices to seamlessly communicate, optimizing value for consumers. The Initiative espouses the critical obligations of utilities to provide safe, reliable, and affordable energy service while advancing a decarbonized future and emerging societal objectives. A complimentary Integrated Home Competition is administered annually to identify innovative products coming to market each year across the full portfolio of residential categories.
F2.2 Disruptive Industrial Stand-Alone Power Technologies for Utilities and Environment
F2.2 Disruptive Industrial Stand-Alone Power Technologies for Utilities and Environment
Aerel Rankin – SunWise Power and Battery
Next-generation distributed energy technologies (solar, batteries, fuel cells), accessibility of wireless communication networks, the ever-increasing need for data to drive decisions, government emission policies, and the sheer speed at which these changes are happening are pushing utilities, policymakers, and businesses into project arenas that require cutting-edge knowledge, new partners, and novel approaches. This presentation will cover key market technology milestones and our insights as an integrator designing and delivering these solutions to leading utility, government, and business clients across North America and beyond for almost 40 years. Fuel cell commercialization, lithium batteries, remote monitoring, plummeting solar costs, and widely available wireless data are some of the things that are synergizing to rapidly change how we collect, transmit, and analyze key data parameters across the energy, water, and environmental landscapes – from emission tracking at point of generation, to safety monitoring across the transmission line, to smart energy meters at point of consumption. Leaving this presentation, you’ll understand many of the key considerations, benefits, pitfalls, and questions to ask when considering stand-alone power as part of your next industrial project solution.
F5.6 Solar Generation Grid Volatility – Impact of Blending Solar into the Modern Power Grid
F5.6 Solar Generation Grid Volatility – Impact of Blending Solar into the Modern Power Grid
Kent Flanery – Middough Inc
Volatility in generation output is a main challenge to be increased solar power capacity. This study looks outcomes as increasing amounts of random renewable generation and steps needed to manage some negative operational and economic impacts of higher volatility.
The author shares data from output studies carried out on portions of the USA grid, and studies of how the output volatility from larger installations of solar PV can be somewhat mitigated by the close proximity to other generation sources and storage to further mitigate the effects of volatility on the grid.
F6.1 Prevention of Utility caused Wildfires
F6.1 Prevention of Utility caused Wildfires
| Nicolas Row – Power Systems Consulting
New technology we call The PSC Wildfire Alarm that is considered by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) as “groundbreaking” in the prevention of utility-caused wildfires. Units have already been deployed on Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) power lines which include territories in the Sierra Nevada Mountains—a terrain similar to the Colorado Rocky Mountains. This technology is using a combination of Lidar and AI cameras to provide the most comprehensive and affordable way to detect potentially dangerous changes to the environment for power utility infrastructure. |
F6.2 Sustainability Assessment of Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems
F6.2 Sustainability Assessment of Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems
Jin Jo – Illinois State University
This presentation is proposed to discuss the need for a transformative multi-dimensional assessment framework to evaluate the sustainability of utility scale solar photovoltaic systems by determining the relative weighting factors of items to be evaluated and establishing the scoring rubrics. The authors have identified the relevant indicators in the four sustainability dimensions that can be applied to evaluate utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects through extensive literature reviews and stakeholder surveys.
F5.5 Greening Project Management Necessity and Practice for Sustainable Project
F5.5 Greening Project Management Necessity and Practice for Sustainable Project
Shreepal Dangol – Grace Business Solution
We have new challenges everyday everywhere. We are being noticed with new circumstances every moment. We cannot eliminate which will happen in days to come. At least we can learn the lesson from past incidents and be prepared for minimizing the effects of such things in future again. Green project will help to keep safe world, we believe. The vision of the green project should be always growing positively whether it is in the sector of construction, innovation, natural or artificial objects. Networking within Developing Agencies, Scientific Group of People, Financial Developers, Governments and Social Organizations through cooperation and coordination is the key of success for Green Project. 5F formula may work properly for Green Project i.e. Feasibility, Force, Finance, Fixing, Forward and Finish. Managing Greening Project is the planning, monitoring and controlling to deliver and support the project process. Environmental, Economical and Social aspects of the life-cycle should be considered while securing resources, processes, deliverables and effects. Benefit for the world, nation and habitants should be mutual.
F1.2 Hydrogen or Grid? Optimizing Policy Allocating Markets and CAPEX for Global GHG-neutral 2050
Bill Leighty – The Leighty Foundation
How shall we prevent over-dependence upon, and over-investment in, the electricity system, The Grid, vis-a-vis Hydrogen systems ? Renewables transmission from off- or on-Grid sources costs less via gaseous hydrogen (GH2) underground pipelines than via Grid. Annual-scale firming storage of GH2 costs < $ 1.00 / kWh CAPEX. As we discover more potential roles and value for “clean”, GHG-emission-free hydrogen, we realize we’ll need a continental-scale pipeline system, of repurposed extant pipelines and new-builds for hundreds of annual TWh of hydrogen for transport and CHP fuel and for industrial feedstocks. We cannot profitably achieve C- and GHG-neutrality via Grid, alone. Thus, we should now start a multi-decade, multi-disciplinary techo-economic analysis to optimize our urgent R&D&D and CAPEX progress.
F1.7 Innovation Infrastructure- Biomicry and Resilience in Innovation
F1.7 Innovation Infrastructure- Biomicry and Resilience in Innovation
Alison Wise – Wise Strategies
Best practice for identifying clean, profitable energy investments for mitigating cryptocurrency hashing power usage.
Role of private sector in innovation infrastructure build-out; i.e. clean energy/distributed finance/rapid transportation retrofits
Synergy and biomimicry- IIoT and Mycelium models for clean economic growth
How public-private partnerships can accelerate IIoT and innovation infrastructure build-out, and cutting edge technology to achieve climate goals
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Normally when the steam based plants were designed , they have efficiency of 41-42%. However, after few years of operation, the annual efficiencies of some 20-30 year old plants falls in the range of 30-37% depending upon how good the operation and maintenance is done by the asset owners. The drop in efficiency and increase in maintenance cost causes enormous financial burden to the extent that the plants are forced to retire even prematurely. We present here a case study of 2×300 MWe wherein when the assets are managed effectively, the power plant can continue to operate and generate revenue for the asset owners.
F3.1 Zero to One and the Electric Grid
F4.2 Zero to One and the Electric Grid
Mark Hauenstein – UC Won
In Peter Thiel’s book, “Zero to One”, a question is posed: “What important truth do very few people agree with you on?” The book goes on to describe how these lost truths become secrets and explains why no one is looking to explain or investigate. Given the fact that one third of all carbon emissions in the US are the result of burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and most utilities today are rewarded on incremental improvements to a broken infrastructure, perhaps there are many secrets to explore. What truths would emerge if new data and an awareness of the impacts were applied to improve the energy delivery market? Using the framework outlined in Peter’s book, this presentation will discuss some of the secrets within the utility grid and the challenges faced to incorporate new clean generation technologies.
F3.2 Microgrids for Hurricane Prone Areas
F3.2 Microgrids for Hurricane Prone Areas
Sercan Teleke – Eaton
This presentation will focus on a microgrid case study for one of the manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico. The presentation will start with a comparison of several techno-economic modeling tools that are suitable for modeling microgrids and discuss pros and cons of each tool. After that, a case study performed for one of the manufacturing plants will be presented. The presentation will conclude with the potential benefits of a microgrid specific to this plant, the results of the techno-economic analysis, and the next steps on the deployment of the microgrid for this plant.
F3.3 The Effect of Renewables on Fossil Fuel-Fired Generation
F3.3 The Effect of Renewables on Fossil Fuel-Fired Generation
Scott Osbourn – Trinity Consultants
The power sector is subject to continuously changing energy market forces, such as customer preferences, new technologies, public policy, regulation, and the cost of renewables. Critical to the business strategy are flexibility, the ability to pivot and adjust as markets and circumstances change, while continuing to fulfill the utility’s obligation to serve. Many companies will continue to fulfill their obligation to serve by providing a reliable and resilient grid for all customers. This presentation will focus on the effect of increased renewable energy generation at the expense of firm fossil fuel-fired generation and its impact on the need for a reliable and resilient grid. Specifically, the design of the transmission system has traditionally been based on the inherent characteristics of synchronous generators (i.e., firm fossil fuel-fired generation) to effectively deliver power from central station generators to distribution load centers while optimizing efficiency and maintaining a high level of reliability. The proliferation of solar- and wind-generated renewable energy has resulted in a displacement of synchronous generation, reducing the inertia of the overall system and lessening grid stability. This presentation will discuss how the power sector is addressing these concerns and how the operation of fossil fuel-fired generation will need to evolve to ensure stability of the system.
F3.5 Energy Storage Technology Review and Update
F3.5 Energy Storage Technology Review and Update
Jason Barmann – Burns & McDonnell
With the growth of renewable resources, the energy storage market has seen unprecedented growth. While user electronics and electric vehicles has vaulted lithium-ion technology to the forefront of the industry, other technologies, such as flow batteries, are gaining attention in large-scale, long-duration applications. This presentation will cover pros and cons of Lithium-ion batteries and long duration flow battery technologies that are commercial or near-commercial in the development process. We will cover benefits of the different technologies, design and implementation considerations, and different applications that these technologies fit well with now and moving forward. Some of these technologies include Vanadium, Zn-Br, Iron, and metal-ligand chemistries.
F1.1 Closed Loop Organic Waste Management To Make Our Cities More Sustainable
F1.1 Closed Loop Organic Waste Management To Make Our Cities More Sustainable
Sandra Sassow – SEaB Energy
Globally, all nations are moving towards a more sustainable use of resources. The key challenge is to move beyond the perception of ‘waste as a problem’ to ‘waste as a resource’. Small scale AD technology can be applied in cities, next to, or even inside building eliminating the need to transport organics offsite. Food waste is eliminated in the process of anaerobic digestion, where a large amount of biogas is generated, used to produce green energy right at the place of installation. The by‐products are valuable fertilizer, water & heat which when integrated with urban farming, create a closed loop urban solution and have a major impact on GHG emissions. Micro gas grids can support this type of deployment. the final hurdle is regulatory as most building regulations do not cover the production of gas onsite.
QUESTIONS
1. What cities are implementing in building technologies?
2. Can this type of solution be retrofitted to older buildings or just incorporated in new build?
3. Can these systems be used for waste water as well as food waste?
Dr. Bapanaiah Penugonda – Yunah Caroline Chun
Associate Professor / Group Practice Director – DDS Candidate
F1.4 Overcoming the Pandemic and its Impact of Medical Waste on the Environment
F1.4 Overcoming the Pandemic and its Impact of Medical Waste on the Environment
Dr. Bapanaiah Penugonda – NYU Dentistry
Our goal is to spread awareness regarding the importance in reducing the amount of waste and work toward a greener environment. While preventing a shortage in PPE for our healthcare professionals and avoiding the possibility of reinfection, we must spread constant awareness about protecting our planet. Dental providers and dental schools contribute to a large amount of waste and after acknowledging the problems in early 2020, we decided to continue to share this knowledge. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we presented at national conferences and school meetings with both students and faculty to demonstrate how crucial it is to limit waste of masks, gowns, booties, and gloves to help our environment. Now, in this new normal, we acknowledge how crucial it is to protect our healthcare professionals against COVID-19, while also finding the proper balance in distributing and tossing out our used waste properly. The question we are asking while reviewing published articles and using our own clinical photos is, how can we reduce the amount of waste? With this responsibility, comes our role to work together to dampen our profession’s negative impact surrounding waste.
Co-Authors: Yunah Caroline Chun
F2.1 Economical Underground Pumped Storage Development using TBMs
F2.1 Economical Underground Pumped Storage Development using TBMs
Douglas Spaulding – Nelson Energy
Over 95% of the currently available energy storage in the US is provided by conventional pumped storage utilizing existing topographic features to provide the head required for an economical project. Large parts of the United States do not have the topography to support the development of conventional pumped storage. Nelson Energy with Golder Associates has developed a conceptual design to utilize tunnel boring machines to excavate an underground reservoir to develop a closed loop project with an estimated cost less that half the cost of batteries for a storage duration of 12 hours. Nelson Energy received a DOE prize in 2018 for innovative pumped storage development. The presentation will describe this concept and its applicability throughout the US. Major Advantages of Underground Hydroelectric Pumped Storage:
-Energy Storage Cost-12 hours- $220/kWh versus $469 /kWh for batteries – Essentially Environmentally Benign – Can be sited near existing transmission at many locations -Uses well developed generation technology – Can be developed in many parts of the US–Competent Bedrock is present in 38 States – Preliminary design, equipment & estimated costs can be cloned to different sites – Pumped storage can provide a full range of ancillary benefits including system inertia.
F2.3 State Siting Regulation of Energy Storage Resources
F2.3 State Siting Regulation of Energy Storage Resources
Andy Flavin – Troutman Pepper
Many states are setting aggressive mandates to transition away from fossil fuel-based electric generation. Wind and solar are popular candidates to replace traditional coal- and gas-fired turbines, but on their own are generally intermittent and non-dispatchable resources. Deployment of utility-scale energy storage resources will be a critical component of any plan to facilitate this transition.
Energy storage developers should carefully assess whether their project requires approval from state siting regulators. States typically require utilities and other energy infrastructure developers to obtain siting approval before beginning construction. Many state siting laws were originally implemented decades ago to address siting of “traditional” utility infrastructure like power plants, electric transmission lines, and intrastate gas pipelines. Few have been sufficiently updated to reflect recent developments in energy infrastructure and public policy priorities. This begs an important question: are energy storage systems (like batteries) subject to state siting requirements as generation or transmission assets?
F2.4 Financing Renewable Energy and Storage Projects
F2.4 Financing Renewable Energy and Storage Projects
Noah Pollak – Norton Rose Fulbright
The development and construction of renewable energy and storage projects requires significant financial investment. Successful developers use non-recourse project financing as a source of low-cost capital and tax equity financing that monetizes tax credits. Maximizing the value of these funding sources for distributed generation and utility-scale projects requires careful planning and deliberate implementation. Noah Pollak, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, will provide an overview of project finance and tax equity structures, and take a deeper dive into key considerations for project developers to focus on to make their projects the most attractive to financiers and investors.
F1.3 LCFS Optimization and Reaching Fleet Carbon Neutrality
F1.3 LCFS Optimization and Reaching Fleet Carbon Neutrality
Austin Wentworth – STX
Using our 16 years of expertise in the global renewable energy markets, we will aim to both educate the audience on how to achieve zero emissions in their fleet operation as well as inform them on cost efficient structures in order to meet their sustainability goals. We will touch upon the use of renewable energy for EV fleets, renewable gas for CNG fleets, biofuels and offsets from a local – up to a global scale.
F1.6 So You’ve Set Sustainability Goals – Now What?
F1.6 So You’ve Set Sustainability Goals – Now What?
Gene Gebolys – World Energy
Slowing climate change has emerged as the world’s greatest challenge, and a serious business problem.
Reducing the carbon footprint of the fuels the world relies on is no longer a choice, it’s an obligation. Many businesses don’t know where to start when it comes to balancing their businesses’ needs with the impact it has on the environment. However, immediate solutions exist today to help you get a jump start on your move toward sustainable operations. This session will provide a manageable strategy for incorporating your low-carbon goals into your operations without sacrificing your ability to reliably deliver to your customers.
Attendees will learn:
• The renewable energy options currently available today and how these alternative fuels can be incorporated into today’s infrastructure
• What action you need to take today to meaningfully advance toward your net zero or sustainability goals
• How to estimate the monetary and community benefits of reduced emissions of CO2.
• The future of the renewable fuels industry and other green solutions you can adopt today to start down the path of a more sustainable future.
QUESTIONS
1. What are some of the top trends emerging in renewable energy?
2. What are the existing regulations, incentives, etc. associated with renewables?
3. What is the future outlook for alternative fuels?
F3.6 Sensible Sustainability TM
F3.6 Sensible Sustainability TM
Nick Zanrosso – Calpine Energy Solutions LLC
At Calpine Energy Solutions, we view renewable energy purchases as an important slice of the energy management portfolio. We employ a sustainable business process with our clients to enable datadriven decisions evaluated through a spectrum of five criteria: governance, cost, risk, carbon and reporting. We refer to the result of utilizing this prism as Sensible SustainabilityTM because the decisions informed by it should be logical in relation to all five criteria.
Calpine Energy Solutions has developed powerful analytical tools and data visualization platforms to support Sensible SustainabilityTM , but the process starts with asking good questions because the answers help define the yang, or governance, that should be applied. We colorfully call our questions the “How Do You Knows”: how do you know when to buy, how do you know how much to buy, how do you know how long to buy, and how do you know how well you performed? The introduction of renewable energy to consumer portfolios in simple terms, adds two additional questions to that list. How do you know where to buy and how do you know what to buy?
F1.5 LCFS Verification & Validation
F1.5 LCFS Verification & Validation
Jillian Blanchard – Weaver
On January 4, 2019, the amended Low Carbon Fuel Standard (“LCFS”) regulation, published by California Air Resource Board (“CARB”), came into effect. This regulation outlined a new validation and verification requirement for fuel pathway holders and fuel reporting entities. Weaver is an accredited validation and verification body by CARB.
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