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  • USA : Jim Crouse of Capstone Turbine Corporation Elected As Chairman of WADE
    April 02, 2010, North America
    WADE is pleased to announce the election of Jim Crouse, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Capstone Turbine Corporation, as its new Chairman of the Board.  
    Jim joined Capstone Turbine Corporation on February 5, 2007 and leads Capstone’s sales and marketing efforts globally. Since joining Capstone he has helped Capstone bring several new clean energy and renewable products to market.

    Prior to joining Capstone, Jim spent more than 20 years developing renewable and decentralized energy projects. He has extensive design build experience with installations of gas and diesel engines and has worked with clients and manufacturers globally.
     
  • China : WADE In China 2010: Qingdao and Dalian China Workshops Held
    April 01, 2010, Asia
    WADE In China 2010: Qingdao and Dalian China Workshops Held
    Group picture,From left to right: Mr. Ju Ning, WADE China General Manager
    Mr. David Sweet, WADE Executive Director, Mr. Wu Jingjian, Vice Mayor of Qingdao, Mr. Chen Shuguang, VP of CECIC, Dr. Wu Xiaohua, Vice Director of Strategic Management, CECIC, Mr. Sridhar Samudrala, WADE Asia Director
    Two workshops were recently organized in Qingdao and Dalian China on Combined Heat and Power and Decentralized Energy in China”. The workshops were conducted through collaboration between WADE and China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation (CECIC). The workshops were supported by the seven nation Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate and funded through a grant from U.S. Department of State.

    Key speakers included Zhang Jun (Vice Director, Business Cooperation Department, CECIC); Chen  Shuguang (Vice President of CECIC; Ju  Ning , China  General  Manager ,  WADE  Foundation); Prof. Wang  Zhenming (Chinese  Society  of  Electrical  Engineering, CHP  Committee); Xing Bohua  (General  Manager, CECIC Biomass  (Suqian)  Power  Generation  Co. Ltd.); Bob  Chen (Area  Sales  Manager, Solar  Turbines); Fred Xiong (Area  Sales  Manager, Solar  Turbines); Simon  Xu (China  Country  Manager, Capstone  Turbine  Corp.); Song  Li (General  Manager, Shenyang  Anrong  Environment  Energy  Co. Ltd.); Wei  Minle (General Manager, CECIC   Weifang  Huawei  Thermal  Power  Co. Ltd.); Gao Jin (General  Electric); Wang  Xiaoping (GE  Energy  Marketing  Programs  Manager); Zhou Xiaozhong (Sales Director, Thermax China); and Ashish  Vaishnav (General   Manager, Thermax China).

    The topics presented were quite diverse and covered CHP / DE alongside case studies. Some of the topics presented were –

    • Introduction of the practice of CECIC in energy conservation and environmental protection fields
    • The  status ,  barrier ,  and  recommendations  for  CHP/DE   in   China (prepared   for   US  Department  of   State)
    • New  Developments  in   Decentralized  Energy
    • Case  Study – Biomass  CHP  Project
    • CHP  Equipment Selection - Gas  Turbines  vs. Reciprocating  Engines
    • Overview  of  the  Current  Microturbine  Technology
    • The Technology and Case Study of 4.2 MW Non-electric Biomass Air Conditioning System at Shenyang Dongyu Mansion,
    • Exploring  the  green , low  carbon  path  of  CHP/DE
    • GE  Aero  Energy , Products  and  Solutions  for  DE/CHP
    • Trigen  Solution  in  Design: Innovation  in  Applications

    Mr. Sridhar Samudrala, Director Asia presented the Best Practices Handbook on CHP and DG for China.  Included in the handbook were specific examples from California and the Cement industry on the maximum utilization of energy and heat for CHP and utilization of high efficiency absorption chillers in trigeneration.
     
  • Canada : WADE Canada Launches New Train to Employment Program
    April 01, 2010, North America
    WADE Canada is pleased to announce the launch of its Train to Employment program to support and enable the advancement of the Canadian DE industry. The program has four new components:

    RETScreen® Annual Training Program: Workshop sessions will be held across Canada to train DE stakeholders on the RETScreen® version 4 software developed by Natural Resources Canada.

    WADE Canada is holding workshops across Canada, to find a workshop near you, please visit the Resources section of our website: www.wadecanada.ca
        
    Job Placement and DE Internship Programs: WADE Canada would like to receive your job postings, internship, or entry-level job postings. WADE Canada connects clean energy professionals to employers that are developing their internal capabilities in terms of smart grid, decentralized energy implementation and policy development.
    We also provide personalized executive search services for senior level positions and work directly with employers to find the best people to support the growth and management of their business.

    Other Training and Education Programs: WADE Canada has a working list of colleges and institutions offering training and education programs related to clean energy.

    For more information please visit www.wadecanada.ca and go to the “Train to Employment” listed under “Resources”.

    For further information, or to submit your employment, internship and training program postings, please contact Patricia at pfaucher@wadecanada.ca

     
  • Canada : Calgary Senior Level Executives Attend WADE Canada’s Executive Circle Speaker Event
    April 01, 2010, North America
    Calgary Senior Level Executives Attend WADE Canada’s Executive Circle Speaker Event
    From left: Ken Hogg, WADE Canada RETScreen Trainer, Geraldine Byrne, Vice President of WADE Canada, Tim Edwards of Shell and Bill Overend, President, Overview Business Consulting
    WADE Canada hosted a champagne reception and dinner on February 24, bringing together clean energy leaders to discuss the government-industry partnership in research, innovation and thus positioning Alberta as a leader in the low carbon energy economy.

    Over 30 of Calgary’s senior level executives from ENMAX, Shell, Lakeland College, the DeVry Institute of Technology, Calgary Technologies Inc., the City of Calgary and many other leaders from the clean energy industry, attended the event.

    Dr. Eddy Isaacs, shared his vision of Alberta Innovates- Energy and Environment Solutions and invited feedback from dinner guests. There was a general consensus that a strong low carbon economy in Alberta will rely on clean and decentralized energy business success and commitment from all sectors of the economy including energy and building infrastructure, the various Alberta ministries, technology developers and utilities.  

     
  • Germany : WADE Contributes to the Final Advisory Committee Meeting of MASSIG
    April 01, 2010, Europe
    Market Access for Smaller Size Intelligent Electricity Generation popularly known as MASSIG conducted its final Advisory Committee meeting recently on April 25, 2010.  

    WADE is a key member of the MASSIG’s project team.

    The AdCo meeting saw the screening of three key presentations on the work being done by MASSIG. A very detailed presentation was given by T. Siewierski on the Gain-loss evaluation tool developed in Work Package 5. The principal structure and application of the tool were also discussed vis-à-vis selected showcases. It was suggested in the meeting that the tool could be made available for download (long term perspective) through the MASSIG homepage coupled with a brief manual on its usage.

    A. Andersen followed up with the next presentation on “How-to: Experience and lessons learned from the MASSIG showcases”. He presented comprehensively the results from work package 6. The discussion lead to a suggestion that additional showcases (success stories only) could be included in the how-to publication. Some suggested showcases were -

    • Denmark wind turbines going for negative tertiary control
    • Denmark 1 MW CHP going for the spot market and tertiary control power
    • Germany badenova showcase (6 MW CHP going for spot market and tertiary control power)
    • Poland GOS showcase (wastewater treatment plant, CHP with 2,7 MW and biogas store)
    • UK (smaller RES going for spot market and STOR)

     
  • Canada : The Child Development Centre, Alberta’s First LEED® Platinum Building A Perspective on Energy Efficiency
    April 01, 2010, North America
    The Child Development Centre, Alberta’s First LEED® Platinum Building A Perspective on Energy Efficiency
    The Child Development Centre, Alberta’s First LEED® Platinum Building

    The University of Calgary, took great initiative in its Sustainability Policy in 2005, when it started construction on its Child Development Centre (CDC).  It was the University’s primary goal that the design of the building would attain LEED® Platinum certification, which it did in 2007, becoming Alberta’s first LEED® Platinum building, Canada’s second, and the world’s first in a cold climate. The university partnered with Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning, R.C. Peterson Ltd. and construction managers and Ellis-Don Construction, to realize its vision.

    The CDC achieved the highest LEED® standards for energy efficiency and other LEED® areas. The 11,612 m2 building had the largest photovoltaic array in Western Canada at the time of construction, which can produce 40,000 kWh of electricity annually. Located above the building’s windows, the solar panels have the double function of serving as shades, which lessen the peak cooling load during summer months. WADE Canada member Sedmek Inc. was the contractor in charge of the solar PV installation.

    “Because the Child Development Centre was designed to use about one third the energy of a conventional building of its size, the 325 m2 photovoltaic array offsets about 10 percent of the CDC’s annual building system energy costs," said Dr. Jim Love, Chair in Sustainable Building Technologies at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design.  Dr. Love was the energy engineer for this project.

    Even the ventilation system was designed to be energy efficient through the low velocity under-floor air supply system.

    Considerable detail was considered in the CDC’s building and design including energy efficient construction materials such as the concrete mixed with 50 percent fly-ash from Alberta’s coal fired generation plants, contributing to an overall 75 percent post-industrial recycled content for building materials. To reduce urban heat island effect, the CDC has a ”cool roof” with high emissivity and reflectance properties to redirect solar radiation into the atmosphere.

    Waste materials were sorted on site and sent to a variety of receiving facilities, such as metal recyclers, to achieve 83 percent diversion of waste from landfill.

    The CDC’s elongated east-west footprint allows more effective shading of south-facing glass (buildings typically have a daytime excess of heat from internal gain from lights, people and equipment during the daytime) and increases the amount of low glare illumination via north-facing windows.

    As a result of these energy efficient materials and DE installations it was estimated the CDC’s energy costs would be reduced by 64 percent, compared to a building of the same size, thus also saving 800 tons of CO2 annually.

    In addition to the CDC, the University of Calgary is targeting LEED® Gold and LEED® Silver for 5 new buildings currently under construction.

    The university is expecting to complete its co-generation plant in 2011. This will reduce heating and cooling CO2 emissions by 123,000 tons CO2.  Combined with the energy efficiency of recently added buildings and retrofit measures, this will reduce the University’s 2012 GHG emissions to 30 percent below 1990 levels.

    For more information, please visit: http://www.ucalgary.ca or contact:
    Patricia Faucher
    Director of Communications
    pfaucher@wadecanada.ca    
    514.844.8448


     
  • Thailand : Decentralized Energy Modeling for Thailand
    April 01, 2010, Asia
    The Energy Conservation Center of Thailand (ECCT), WADE, and Full Advantage Co., Ltd (FA), Thailand organized a workshop on March 5, 2010 funded by the European Commission (EC) to further the Thailand-EC Cooperation.  The European Commission promotes more efficient energy generations and profitable energy practices which mitigates the environmental impacts of energy production, and increases decentralized energy access within Thailand.  
     
    Over 35 executives from the Thailand Government, Provincial Electricity Authority, EGAT, and private sector companies participated in providing valuable input. The focus of the workshop was to gather information required to running the WADE Model which simulates the economic scenarios comparing central generation vs. decentralized energy.  Mr. Samudrala, Director Asia for WADE and Mr. Pure Supasit Amaralikit, Senior Program Manager for Full Advantage, discussed the WADE Model and the various parameters which affect the outcome.  Through the workshop and discussions, critical information and knowledge was gathered that could be helpful in the future to input into the WADE DE Model which was demonstrated during the seminar.  The Thailand executives had the opportunity to changes the various parameters which showed the economic benefits of DE.

    For more information contact Sridhar Samudrala at ssamudrala@localpower.org or Pure Supasit Amaralikit at ssa.fulladvantage@gmail.com.
     
  • Canada : SWAY Energy Inc.
    April 01, 2010, North America
    SWAY Energy Inc.

    Alberta’s SWAY Energy Inc. is a progressive power generation company that is changing the way we think about utilities. SWAY’s business model is designed to provide commercial, institutional and industrial clients with viable energy options tailored to their specific operations.

    The SWAY Energy team defined its vision and mission through a strategic planning process that focused on the question "How do you challenge the status quo, meet the growing demand for more environmentally responsible power and provide power stability and security for business consumers in a deregulated electricity marketplace?".

    The SWAY team customizes solutions for its clients using its proprietary economic and technical model.  Among its suite of technology solutions is cogeneration and trigeneration systems that defer transmission and distribution capital investment costs.

    SWAY Energy has gone beyond providing technical expertise. They also design, own, install and maintain their cogeneration plants. Their clients benefit from up to 20 percent reduction in utilities costs, reduced maintenance costs, avoided additional capital costs, and reduced on-site GHG emissions.

    “In-situ generation is a key component of Canada’s blend of energy solutions and SWAY is positioned to be a leader. We focus on what we do best – provide our customers with all the benefits of on-site/decentralized generation – allowing them to remain focused on what they do best. Our solutions come with the assurance that clients have access to a secure supply of efficient energy. It’s a win, win, win business model.”

    said Dr. Corbett- Lourenço, President of SWAY Energy Inc.
     
    For more information please visit http://swayenergy.com


     
  • Nigeria : WADE Joins Up with Key Energy Stakeholders in Nigeria
    March 04, 2010, Africa
    The workshop saw participation from government officials and agencies, the private sector, International agencies and NGOs, civil society, academia, media and the general public. WADE, Christian Aid, International Centre for Environment and Energy Development [ICEED] and the Energy Commission of Nigeria [ECN] were prominent participants.

    As a prelude to the workshop, documented research of the Christian Aid / ICEED / WADE report, Clean Development Pathways in Nigeria was shared. The report clearly showed that renewable decentralized energy systems in Nigeria would be cheaper, cleaner and faster to develop than fixing existing or installing new
    conventional centralized energy systems.

    The workshop focused on increasing awareness amongst key stakeholders of the practical potential, benefits and the viability of decentralized energy in Nigeria. Key outcomes were -
    1. Presentation of results of the WADE Economic Model Research for Nigeria
    2. Sharing of experiences on Decentralized Energy Development from other countries
    3. Presentation of Case Studies of Decentralized Energy Developments in Nigeria and Africa
    4. Discussion on steps to achieve Decentralized Energy Legislation for Nigeria
    David Sweet, Executive Director, WADE & Prof ‘Layi Fagbenle presented “More for Less: How Decentralized Energy (DE) can deliver cleaner, cheaper and more efficient energy in Nigeria. The presentation was well supported with statistics and compelling reasoning for Nigeria adopting decentralized energy instead of the highly centralized model that was currently followed.

    Some key points that emerged from the presentation are -

    1. Decentralized energy in Nigeria will lead to cheaper power, lower fuel use, reduced energy losses and lower levels of emissions compared to CG, because DE is installed at, or near, the point of use and avoids extensive transmission network investment.
    2. The most effective way to reduce costs and emissions in Nigeria’s power sector is by demand side management.
    3. Commitment and willingness to work together on the part of various stakeholders is the key to successfully deploying a decentralized energy system in Nigeria.
    4. Nigeria needs to take necessary steps to create a competitive framework for decentralized energy in Nigeria.
    The workshop also included a presentation from Precious Onuvae on Nigerian and African Case Studies on a Low Carbon Economy. The central theme is to showcase the potential of renewable energy to achieve a low carbon economy, while ensuring poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Quick wins were included in the presentation along side negative implications [environmental disasters such as desert encroachment and flooding], if a low carbon economy is not accepted.

    The WADE economic model and other options for clean power for Nigeria were discussed during the workshop. The benefits of renewable and sustainable decentralized energy as opposed to centralized energy were highlighted. The need for working towards a comprehensive clean energy bill and legislative framework for Nigeria was emphasized. The workshop was chaired in 2 sessions by Professor Abubakar Sambo, Director General, Energy Commission of Nigeria and Ewah Eleri, Director, International Centre for Energy, Environment & Development.

    Clean Development Pathways in Nigeria report can be downloaded from the below link: www.localpower.org/WADE_Nigeria_Report_Final.pdf
     
  • Germany : WADE Contributes to Second Massig Meeting in Germany
    March 04, 2010, Europe
    The 2nd Advisory Committee [AdCo] Meeting of MASSIG held on 12th November, 2009 in Frankfurt saw enthusiastic discussions on information exchange and deployment of practical decentralized energy solutions between target groups. Participants included Jonas Katz (Dong Energy, Denmark), Marko Gospodjinacki (ZDMHE Slovenia), David Sweet (WADE, U.K.), akPeter Ritter (EMD Germany), Peter Moray (EUTC, Belgium), Martin Barnsteiner (badenovaWärmePlus, Germany), Anders N. Andersen (EMD, Denmark), Thomas Erge, Christian Sauer (FhG ISE, Germany), Tomasz Siewierski (TU Lodz, Poland), Joseph Mutale (University Manchester, U.K.).

    David Sweet, Executive Director of WADE took part in the meeting to identify opportunities for possible cooperation in information dissemination and collaboration through WADE modeling for calculating CO2 emissions. WADE is a key member of MASSIG’s AdCo.

    The meeting saw key presentations from various individuals. Thomas Erge presented “Most promising marketing options for decentralized electricity generators” focusing primarily on Denmark, Germany, Poland and UK. This was followed by a presentation from J. Mutale and T. Siewierski on “Clustering decentralized electricity generators – chances and restrictions" which dealt with clustering of RES/DG. A lively discussion took place on clustering with respect to countries such as Denmark, Germany, Poland, UK and USA.

    P. Moray spoke about the present and future role of ICT solutions in smart grids through his presentation “ICT Solutions and developments in smart grids”. The ICT4SMARTDG activities that bundle players from telecommunication services, grid operators, DG equipment manufacturers, associations, construction companies and software companies were discussed.

    The meeting also saw presentations on "Showcases and success stories". These included the badenova showcase by M. Barnsteiner and the GOS biogas CHP plant situated in Lodz, Poland by A. Andersen. C. Sauer also presented an innovative German approach for intelligent operation management of smaller CHP plants, the Lichtblick concept called SchwarmStrom.
     
    The next AdCo meeting is expected to take place on March 24th, 2010, during the MASSIG final project event as part of the European Union Sustainable Energy Week EUSEW2010, in Brussels, Belgium. Public results published so far are available at www.iee-massig.eu

     

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