Advanced Master in Energy Systems...

Advanced Master in Energy Systems Optimization

PROGRAM & VISITS

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EDF USA INC. / STEPHANIE JUMEL

CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE, 88 KEARNY STREET – ROOM 600, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

94108

SMART CITY, R&D, NUCLEAR, ELECTRICITY NETWORK, ENERGY TRADE

http://caffeet.org/stephanie-jumel/

http://ameriquedunord.edf.com/edf-amerique-du-nord-47475.html

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDF_%28%C3%89tats-Unis%29

10h – 11h15 focus on different activities of EDF USA in different fields (Research & Development, RE,

Nuclear)

EDF INC. is the North America subsidiary of EDF group. It is specialized in the fields of nuclear,

renewable energies and energy trade.

EDF INC. has four subsidiaries:

- Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG): responsible of 5 nuclear reactors in USA (50% EDF

/ 50% Constellation Energy).

- Unistar Nuclear Energy (UNE): specialized in new nuclear projects (100% EDF).

- enXco: specialized in renewable energy projects in USA and in Canada, especially in wind

power (100% EDF Energies Nouvelles).

- EDF Trading North America: specialized in energy trade (100% EDF).

Stephanie Jumel is Chief R&D Officer at the EDF R&D Center in the US, responsible for developing

energy services offering to US cities and industrial sites for the EDF Group.

Stéphanie started her career as a Project Manager responsible for the development of a multi-scale

software tool to study irradiation-induced embrittlement (fragilisation) in nuclear reactor materials.

She transitioned to the field of energy efficiency as a Group Manager on green accounting and

sustainable development of cities and territories for EDF’s European Institute for Energy Research in

Karlsruhe, Germany. There she managed the development of tools to support offers from EDF Group

business units to cities in France, the U.K., and China; and set up government-funded projects with

emerging countries such as India and China.

More recently, Stéphanie worked on industrial energy efficiency and developed methods and

software tools to support Energy Efficiency services proposed by EDF Group to industrial customers in

France and abroad.

Stéphanie holds a PhD in Materials Science from University of Lille, she is a published author in the

nuclear materials and energy efficiency fields, and co-authored a book on the history of Sustainable

Development.”



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ENERGIES IN USA / GUILLAUME BAZOUIN

CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE, 88 KEARNY STREET – ROOM 600, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

94108

RENEWABLE ENERGY, HOUSES

http://thesolutionsproject.org/

http://bonestructure.ca/fr/

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/guillaume-bazouin/38/a88/5a5

11h15 – 11h45 focus on G. BAZOUIN experiences

“The solutions Project accelerates the transition to 100% clean, renewable energy for all people and

purposes. To achieve this mission, we engage the public, celebrate and convene leaders, and advance

collaborative campaigns that provide consumers, voters, and large-scale decision-makers with the

choice to make strides on the road to 100%. We implement this integrated model at the state level.

To maintain our national reach, we develop inspired content, amplify stories and media, and create

opportunities to celebrate and activate leadership across the country.”

BONE Structure is a North America company based in Laval (Quebec). It is “specialized in the design,

development, and marketing of technologies for residential and commercial construction. Its in-house

experts work closely with architectural firms and a network of authorized builders across Canada and

in the United States, composed of general and specialized contractors, project managers, developers

and promoters.”

“Guillaume BAZOUIN is director of product Development at BONE structure.

“Prior to joining BONE Structure where he currently leads product development for the U.S. West,

Guillaume Bazouin worked on several multidisciplinary projects using the combination of science,

business and culture to accelerate the transition to 100% clean, renewable energy. He previously

worked as a physicist at Berkeley National Laboratory in the fields of nuclear fusion, plasma physics

and computational physics. He has a MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford, a MS

and a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Grenoble Institute of Technology in France.”

http://thesolutionsproject.org/


https://www.linkedin.com/pub/guillaume-bazouin/38/a88/5a5

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EXPLORATORIUM

PIER 15 (EMBARCADERO AT GREEN STREET), SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

MUSEUM, BIKERS, BAY WATER COOLING SYSTEM, PV

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/about/senior-management/cyrille-betant

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/chuck-mignacco/2a/5b9/6b7

14h – 15h museum visit with Cyrille BETANT

15h – 16h energetics installation visit with Chuck MIGNACCO (bay water cooling system & PV system)

“Exploratorium is the museum of science and technologies. The Exploratorium was founded by

physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer and opened in 1969 at the Palace of Fine Arts, its home

until January 2, 2013. The historic interior and exterior of Pier 15 was renovated extensively prior to

the move, and is divided into several galleries mainly separated by content, including the physics of

seeing and listening (Light and Sound), Human Behavior, Living Systems, Tinkering (including

electricity and magnetism), the Outdoor Gallery, and the Bay Observatory Gallery, which focuses on

local environment, weather, and landscape.”

“Cyrille BETANT is the director of finance at the Exploratorium. Cyrille Betant joined the

Exploratorium in 2013 as the Director of Finance to lead the museum’s finance and accounting

functions. A passionate international business and finance leader, Cyril le has a long history of helping

organizations worldwide support their mission through changing markets and evolving landscapes. He

has been an advisor and strategic partner to numerous organizations in America, Europe, and Asia,

helping them to navigate the intricacies of new market ventures, hyper-growth environments, Initial

Public Offerings (IPOs), mergers and acquisitions, as well as restructurings, divestitures, and strategic

realignments. Cyrille was also the founder of several start-ups in the high-tech and service industries,

where he enjoyed complementing his business and finance background with an entrepreneurial spirit

that has been a defining trait of his career.

“Chuck MIGNACCO is the building operations manager at Exploratorium.”


https://www.linkedin.com/pub/chuck-mignacco/2a/5b9/6b7

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AMYRIS

5885 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE, CA 94608

BIOFUELS (DIESEL AND JET FUEL) – PARTNERSHIP WITH TOTAL – RENEWABLE PRODUCTS

https://amyris.com/

9h30-11h : Amyris

Amyris is renewable products provider like cosmetics, flavor and fragrances, performance materials

(solvents, polymers…), fuels, lubricants and biopharma.

History:

Founded in 2003 in the San Francisco Bay Area by a group of scientists at the University of California,

Berkeley, Amyris uses breakthrough to address some of our planet’s most daunting problems. In

2008, it entered into an agreement with Sanofi-Aventis to license Amyris technology a royalty free

basis for the purpose of manufacturing and commercializing drugs for the treatment of malaria. In

2013, Sanofi began large-scale industrial production of this treatment utilizing Amyris designed

strains.

Building on this success, Amyris began applying its industrial synthetic biology platform to provide

alternatives to a broad range of petroleum-sourced products. Amyris focused its development efforts

on the production of Biofene and on delivering a renewable alternative to petroleum-sourced fuels

and chemicals.

Amyris shares are traded in the NASDAQ (symbol AMRS). To support them initial commercial

production, Amyris leveraged contract-manufacturing capabilities to begin producing Biofene at

various sites around the world. With about 400 employees today and millions of dollars invested,

Amyris remains a breakthrough renewable products company built on a foundation of innovation for

the greater good.

Biofuels:

Amyris has partnered with TOTAL to develop renewable diesel and jet fuels designed to be optimal

transportation fuels. This company is currently sell ing renewable diesel in metropolitan areas in Brazil

and the jet fuel around the world.

Amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant sugars into a variety of

hydrocarbon molecules, flexible building blocks which can be used in a wide range of products.

« In everything we do, our goal is to leave our planet cleaner, stronger, and richer than we found it. »

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JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE

EMERYVILLE

A nice video to watch, if you want to: http://www.jbei.org/breakthrough-using-microbes-to-make-advanced-

biofuels/

JBEI (pronounced jay-bay) is a research partnership led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Center dedicated to

developing advanced biofuels—liquid fuels derived from the solar energy stored in plant biomass.

In the lab, JBEI researchers are engineering microbes to transform sugars into energy-rich fuels that can directly

replace petroleum-derived gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Advanced biofuels can also be dropped into today’s engines

and infrastructures with no loss of performance.

Here are 4 main topics of research:

- Feedstocks: Developing specialty biofuel crops or “feedstocks” that are more readily

converted into biofuels.

o Plant Systems Biology: Using technologies to expand the fundamental understanding of plant cell

walls.

o Cell Wall Biosynthesis: Identifying enzymes and regulatory proteins required for biosynthesis in the

cell wall for greater plant growth and biofuel yield.

o Grass genetics: Applying genetic approaches to determine the functions of genes involved in grass

cell wall biosynthesis and modification.

o Cell Wall Engineering: Redesigning plant cell wall structure to increase sugar yields without

impacting growth and development.

- Deconstruction: Discovering more energy-efficient and cost-effective means of

deconstructing lignocellulosic biomass into sugars. o Biomass Pretreatment: Refining ionic liquid pretreatment at the cellular level to develop efficient,

affordable and scalable pretreatment technologies.

o Enzyme Optimization : Engineering new enzymes that can tolerate extremes of temperature and pH

as well as the presence of ionic liquids.

o Fungal Biotechnology: Developing a genetic toolbox for more efficient protein production in fungi to

more efficiently convert biomass to biofuels.

o Microbial Communities: Studying microbial ecosystems, such as rain forest floors, in order to

identify new enzymes that can efficiently degrade biomass.

http://science.energy.gov/




- Fuel Synthesis: Engineering yeast and other microbes to ferment the sugars from cellulosic

biomass into advanced biofuels.

o Biofuel Pathways: Optimizing metabolic pathways to enable engineered microbes to synthesize

advanced biofuels.

o Synthetic biology informatics: Developing software and automation devices that facilitate,

accelerate and standardize the engineering of microbes.

o Host Engineering: Maximizing production of molecules in engineered microbes and optimizing them

to consume biomass sugars.

o Metabolic Engineering: Redesigning single-cell microbes to function as miniature chemical reactors

that transform sugars into fuels.

- Technology: Accelerating discovery by developing high throughput laboratory technologies,

computational and information systems.

o Physical Analysis: Electron microscopy techniques and advanced 3D imaging are used to analyze

results of experiments from all research divisions.

o Structural biology: X-ray crystallography is used to understand the atomic structure of proteins

involved in biofuels production.

o Proteomics: State-of-the-art mass spectrometry is used to provide protein characterization and

quantification for research across all divisions.

A review about generations of biofuels :

First generation biofuels refer to fuel derived from crops like starch, corn, animal fats and vegetable oil.

The second generation of biofuels focuses on non-food biomass. A big problem with the first generation of biofuels

is that it used food crops. This caused the price of food to go up due to the high demand of food crops and caused

many issues. Since the second generation no longer includes food crops, people no longer have to worry about

losing their food to biofuels.

Algal fuel is the third generation of biofuels. According to U.S. Department of Energy, algal oil can yield up to 30

times more energy per acre than land crops like soybeans. Algae can be used to produce vegetable oil, bioethanol,

biomethanol, biobutanol , biodiesel.

Vocabulary :

Feedstock: matière première

Cell wall: paroi cellulaire

Fungal: fongique (relatif aux champignons)

Fungi: champignon

Throughput: debit de production

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ALL POWER LABS

THE COMPANY All Power Labs is a small company leader in the small-scale gasifation for dozen of developing world countries using biomass.

They focus on rural electrification for developing countries. Because electrification is the basis of any development, and the first

step to reduce poverty, the company fights against lack of electricity in states where electricity generation is non-existent or

unreliable. For these populations cut off the world, production has to be decentralized. For most households, the only way is to

use diesel power plant but electricity generated through diesel is very expensive, at USD 0.50 or even more. The ALL Power Labs

presents an engine which is able to generate electricity with local fuels. For example, in Liberia where the rubber production is

very important, these trees which need to be replaced often can be a huge biomass resource. In Philippines, coconut shells are

used to supply power. In Indonesia, they use palm sugar for the resource.

The firm was created 10 years ago and nowadays 34 full time employees are counted. The team is made of university

researchers, developers and engineers who meet together during workshops organized in their labs in Berkley. Both technical

abilities and physical knows are combined to generate great engines. They are also very involve in research and education and

are pleased to share their knowledge to teacher and students to form the next generation of gasifier experts and operators.

GASIFICATION The aim is to develop a small power station which is able to produce both heat and electricity.

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POWER PALLET

Machines are delivered with manuals and tutorials to assemble them.

Many different resources have been tested to be use as combustible. For each of them, processes which need

to be done enumerated such as crushing, sifting, drying… For example, the best fuels are walnut shells, coconut

shells, hardwood chips (oak, beech); softwood chips (douglas fir, pine). However, if corn cobs or palm kern

shells are used, more maintenance is provided. Morever, some substances have not been tested yet.




BERNARD KIM (ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FOR

ENERGY)

BERKELEY

Bernard Kim is a graduate student researcher specialized in Material Science and Mechanical Engineering.

ADVANCED MANUFACTURIN G FOR ENERGY (AME)

Advanced Manufacturing for Energy (AME) is a multidisciplinary group. Closely working with the Berkeley Energy and

Climate Institute (BECI) and i4energy, AME takes a holistic approach to the entire energy chain, developing novel

solutions for energy generation, harvesting, monitoring, sensing and storage and combining these into complete

systems. AME caters to a broad spectrum of applications from small scale sensing motes for condition based

monitoring to large, grid and pipeline scale challenges.

Examples of topics of research:

- Natural gas pipeline sensors

- Building electric energy sensing

- Printed thermoelectric generators

- Cooling high-power leds with piezoelectric fans

- Sensor instrumentation to improve safety in U.S. underground coal mines

http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/energy

http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/energy

http://i4energy.org/

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N O A H D E I C H ( C E N T E R F O R C A R B O N R E M O V A L / H A A S S C H O O L O F B U S I N E S S )

PRESENTATIONS

NOAH DEICH (CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL / HAAS SCHOOL OF

BUSINESS) The Walter A. Haas School of Business, mostly called Haas, is one of 14 schools and colleges at

the University of California. The school is famous for its small class size, academic rigor and

application selectivity and is the second oldest business school in the United States. The school

is planning to expand its facilities with a new commons building shared with the Berkeley

School of Law. It consistently ranks as one of the top ten business schools in worldwide rankings.

Noah is a cleantech professional with a passion for mitigating climate change.

Noah has over five years of clean energy consulting experience, including:

environmental market and carbon offset modeling, financial valuation of

renewable and conventional power plants, energy efficiency and demand

response program design and implementation, and corporate social responsibility

strategy assessments. In addition, Noah has gained startup experience working

with Accenture's smart grid partner companies, as well as through his pro-bono

consulting with a startup solar PV power developer in Africa. Currently, Noah is

pursuing his MBA at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, where he is focusing

on building entrepreneurial and venture capital experience to help scale promising

cleantech startups. Noah also recently started a blog on carbon removal (CDR) and carbon negative solutions

at: carbonremoval.wordpress.com




DIEGO PONDE DE LEON BARIDO ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP (ERG)

SUTARDJA DAI HALL (ROOM SDH 250), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AND A JUST SOCIETY

http://erg.berkeley.edu/

http://erg.berkeley.edu/people/ponce-de-leon-barido-diego/

Program: UC Berkeley speaker #3

ERG:

The Energy and Resources Group is an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at UC Berkeley. ERG is

a collaborative community of graduate students, core faculty, over 100 affiliated faculty and

researchers across the campus, and nearly 500 alumni across the globe. We award MA, MS, and PhD

degrees to students working across disciplines and departments to create potentially transformative

knowledge for the planet and its people. ERG is a world-renowned program with a 40-year history of

outstanding research, education and outreach to government, industry, and civil society at the state,

national and international levels.

With its four-decade history of transformative teaching and research, the Energy and Resources

Group (ERG) has reframed ecological and social problems in terms that borrow from, and yet can be

understood across, many traditionally separate disciplinary cultures. The ERG model combines a rigor-

ous core curriculum, a shared learning environment, and the freedom to access the entire Berkeley

faculty. The core curriculum provides students with relevant analytical tools from ecology, economics,

engineering and the social sciences. ERG research is strongly evidence-based and hypothesis-driven;

its interdisciplinary culture equally encourages student‐ and faculty‐led research. The value of such

a culture is hard to quantify: it has evolved through the commitment to systemic thinking, and the

vision of a just and sustainable planet, over generations of ERGies.

Diego Ponde De Leon Barido:

“Currently living in Berkeley, and completing my MS/PhD at the Energy and Resources Group (ERG).

My research is in low-carbon (low-impact) energy systems and economic development, modeling high

renewable energy future scenarios, and deploying sMArt Grid (high-tech/low-cost) pilots in the rising

south. I’ve worked in Chiapas (Mexico) developing regional microcredit schemes and river survey

studies, designed and built ‘low-tech/high- impact’ water distribution systems for small communities

in Uganda and Honduras, have used GIS models and InVest (Integrated Valuation of Environmental

services and Tradeoffs) to study the hydrology of the Linthipe Basin (Malawi), and investigated

linkages between hydrological variability, energy use, and agriculture in Punjab and Telangana (India).

http://erg.berkeley.edu/




My current work is in Nicaragua developing and building scenarios for the SWITCH model – optimizing

the penetration of renewable energy into the country’s electric power system, and deploying the

country’s first micro-scale demand response program (DR) through the use of ‘flexible energy

toolkits’. Both these projects are developed with UC Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate E nergy

Lab (Dan Kammen) and the Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions group (Eric Brewer).

If you’ve got a cool idea to work on, let me know, and we’ll find a way to make it happen.”

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NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

AMES RESEARCH CENTER, MOFFETT FIELD, CA KEY WORDS: ENTRY, DESCENT AND LANDING TECHNOLOGIES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NEXT-

GENERATION AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS, AIRBORNE SCIENCES, SMALL SATELLITE PROGRAMS

https://earthscience.arc.nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/sustainability-base/

https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/aircraft/SIERRA

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/

2,500 employees

Economic impact: $1.5 billion annually for the U.S.; $1.1B for California; and $992M for

San Francisco Bay Area creating over 8,484 jobs in the U.S. with 5,946 in California and

5,344 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Ames' Key Goals

Maintain expertise in information technology, aerospace and aeronautics research and

engineering.

Conduct research in space, Earth, lunar and biological sciences.

Develop lead status for NASA in small spacecraft missions.

Expand public and private partnerships.

Contribute innovative, high performance and reliable exploration technologies.

Earth Sciences:

Six focus areas comprise NASA’s Earth science research program: climate change and

variability, carbon cycle and ecosystems, Earth surface and interior, atmospheric

composition, weather, and water and energy cycle. At Ames, Earth scientists and

technical personnel design, develop and perform remote sensing and in situ

experimental measurements, conduct computer simulations of atmospheric and

ecosystem processes to understand exchanges between the biosphere and the

atmosphere using data from airborne and satellite platforms, and conceive and develop

advanced instrumentation to satisfy NASA Earth science measurement requirements.

NAS:

The NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division is enabling advances in high-end

computing technologies and in modeling and simulations methods to tackle some of the

toughest science and engineering challenges facing NASA today. Pleiades, a petaflop-

https://earthscience.arc.nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/sustainability-base/

https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/aircraft/SIERRA

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/

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scale supercomputer, is used by scientists throughout the U.S. to support NASA

missions, and is ranked among the most powerful systems in the world.

Sustainability Base:

Sustainability Base is the proposal from Ames research center for the “Renovation by

Replacement” competition that NASA held in 2007. They won the contest!

It isn’t a spacecraft; it was created with the vision that anything about the design would

support both human and planetary well-being. Sustainability Base leaves virtually no

footprint.

UAVs:

The Airborne Science Program within the Earth Science Division is responsible for

providing aircraft systems that further science and advance the use of satellite data . The

Sensor Integrated Environmental Remote Research Aircraft (SIERRA) is a medium-class,

unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that can perform remote sensing and atmospheric

sampling missions in isolated and often inaccessible regions, such as over mountain

ranges, the open ocean, or the Arctic/Antarctic.

Small Satellites:

Ames develops small satellite missions that enable in low Earth orbit: EDSN, Phonesat,

TechEdSat, SporeSat, EcAMSat, NLAS, SPHERES, BioSentinel

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VISITE GOOGLE INC (ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE, FINANCEMENTS)

1300 CRITTENDEN LANE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA

Windfarm, Solar plants, High investments

High energy consmer (2 678 898 MWh in 2011), Google developped a green economy around its informatics projects in order to balance its CO2 emissions : renewable energy + buying carbon offsets (certified credits).

Key figures :

3 billions of web research per day

5 million companies use the cloud (-> need for huge servers)

200 million google maps users

Google data centers use half the energy of other conventional data centers

Google experiments renewables:

1.7 MW solar panels on the Mountain View site (3 million kWh /yr) (amortized in

6 years)

Experimentation of a co-generation plant 970 kW fueled by the landfill gas from

our local landfill (décharge).

Geothermal Heat Pump

Solar water heater

Fuel cell using biogas (interesting isn’t it ?!)

Green electricity contracts:

Google establishes long-term contracts (20 years) with renewable utilities and thus

guarantees long term revenues for the producer.

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114 MW + 100.8 MW of wind electricity with NextEra in Iowa and Oklahoma

48 MW provided by Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA est un distributeur

d’électricité) of wind power in Oklahoma.

Energy efficiency for data centers

Temperature of data center rooms : 26.7 °C = 80 °F

Seawater cooling in Finland (The seawater system uses complex filtration systems made out

of titanium plates, which don’t corrode as fast as other materials from the salty water. But the system

needs to be able to be cleaned (as it does corrode every once in a while) without it going offline, which

is something hard to implement.)

Recycled waste water (At the Georgia data center, Google built an evaporative cooling system,

which uses chilled sprayed water to cool servers. Google says in a blog post that this evaporative

cooling process commonly uses “hundreds of thousands of gallons of water a day.” To address that

large water need, Google said it realized it didn’t need to use water that was clean enough to drink for

the evaporative cooling process, and decided to go looking for how to tap into recycled, waste water.

Whatever water hasn’t evaporated through the data center cooling process, Google sends to another

cleaning plant that it built close by to the data center; once that water is fully cleaned, it’s pumped

back in the local Chattahoochee River.)

Thermal energy storage (Thermal energy storage systems commonly use chilled liquid or ice to

act as a thermal battery, enabling a data center operator to run air conditioning at night (when rates

are cheaper) and during the day pump the chilled liquid around the facility for cooling.)

All the American data centers are certified ISO 14001 and OFSAS 18001.

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VISITE STANFORD SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT (SEM)

506 OAK ROAD, STANFORD, CA KEY WORDS Cogeneration, combined heat and power plant (CHP), combined cycle power plant

The Department of Sustainability and Energy Management (SEM) leads the initiative to advance sustainability

in campus operations and oversees campus utilities and transportation services. This work includes developing

strategic long-term goals for energy use, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, water use, waste reduction,

green building and transportation, as well as developing and administering a communications and community

relations program to support the initiative and an evaluation and reporting program to monitor its

effectiveness. SEM also provides long-range planning for campus utilities and transportation needs and carries

out those plans through capital improvements to campus infrastructure; procurement of gas, electricity, water

and sewerage services from external entities; and operation of campus utility and transportation systems on a

day-to-day basis.

CENTRAL ENERGY FACILITY (CEF) - CARDINAL COGEN Stanford’s Central Energy Facility produces electrical and thermal energy for the main Stanford campus. Steam

is generated for heating buildings, and chilled water is generated for cooling buildings. Electrical and thermal

utilities are delivered through distribution systems operated by the Stanford Utilities Services Department.

Stanford's Central Energy Facility is a combined heat and power plant comprised of four facilities:

1. BOILER PLAN T

The first facility constructed at this location was the Boiler Plant - the third steam plant in Stanford's over 100

year long history of centralized steam production for heating buildings. Key statistics:

Four 125 psig, 80,000 lb/hr boilers

Operates on Natural Gas or #2 fuel oil

Stanford stores on site enough fuel oil for three days operation. The Boiler Plant is now primarily a back up for

the cogeneration facility, although it is also used to generate supplemental steam during peak demand. The

boilers were renovated in 1996 for low NOx operation. Modifications include low NOx burners, flue gas re-

circulation, new instrumentation and electronic controls.

2. CHI LLED WAT ER PLAN T

Stanford's Chilled Water Plant was constructed in 1972 and has undergone several major renovations, the most

recent in 2006. The plant has a total nameplate capacity of 11,600 tons and consists of:

Three 1,000 ton steam absorption chillers

One 4,000 ton steam turbine driven centrifugal chiller

Four 1,000 to 1,400 ton electrical centrifugal chillers

The steam-powered chillers capture for productive use the excess steam generated by the cogeneration plant

during the summer when campus steam loads are low and electrical rates are high. The electric chillers provide

off peak and winter capacity when there is not enough steam to operate the steam powered chillers.

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3. COGEN ERATION PLANT

The Cogeneration Plant was commissioned in 1987 and is owned and operated by Cardinal COGEN, a subsidiary

of General Electric. The Plant is a combined-cycle power plant consisting of:

Natural gas powered turbine driving a 42 MW generator

Waste Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG)

Steam powered turbine driving a 14 MW generator

Stanford uses about 60% of the electrical power (the balance is sold to PG&E) and 80% of the low-grade waste

heat generated by the plant. This qualifies the plant as a Qualifying Facility under the Public Utility Regulatory

Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).

The waste heat in the form of low-pressure steam is distributed to campus and hospital buildings for comfort

and domestic water heating, and to Stanford's Chilled Water Plant for steam powered chillers. Should the gas

turbine not be operable, steam from Stanford's Boiler Plant can be used to produce about 5 MW of emergency

power from the steam turbine.

4. ICE PLANT

Stanford's Ice Plant was constructed in 1999 and provides additional summer cooling capacity without having

to operate electric chillers during periods of high electrical rates. Using ice storage or a combination of ice

storage and chillers, the Ice Plant can produce 20,000 tons of cooling using its:

Five 2,500 ton electric rotary screw chillers

120,000 ton hours of ice storage coils located in a 4 million gallon tank under the Jordan Quad parking lot

Except under extreme cooling load conditions, the Ice Plant chillers operate only at night when electrical rates

are low, “building” ice in the tank. The ice is “burned” the following day when electrical rates are high in lieu of

operating electrical chillers.

Why Ice Matters?

Our Ice Plant reduces peak electrical demand by 8 MW and saves Stanford about $500,000 annually!

Additionally, ice storage allows us to reduce the chilled water supply temperature from 44° F to 40° F during

peak demand, effectively increasing distribution capacity by 25% with existing piping.

POWER PLAN T TER MI N OLO GY

What’s a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant?

A facility that produces both electrical power and thermal energy for local heating loads. Academic campuses

are often great locations for this technology. CHP efficiencies can exceed 70%, making them the most efficient

method available today for converting carbon based fuels into usable energy.

What’s a combined cycle power plant?

A plant that produces electrical power from the primary combustion source (in our case a gas turbine), and

then uses the waste heat to produce power in a secondary process (in our case a heat recovery steam

generator and steam turbine driving an second electrical generator). When thermal heat is extracted from the

process for heating loads, the plant is also a combined heat and power plant.

What’s a PURPA Qualifying Facility?

An electrical generation facility that meets minimum combined heat and power efficiencies as established by

the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. This designation entitles the facility to sell excess power to the

local utility at the utility’s avoided cost of power generation.

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COGEN ERATION V S REGEN ER ATIO N — HOW W ILL I T WORK ?

Energy supply system that uses fossil fuel to produce electricity and then recovers waste heat from the

combustion process for heating or other productive uses is known as Combined Heat and Power (CHP), or

cogeneration. Conversely, an energy system in which heat and power are produced separately, usually by on-

site heat production equipment and off-site power plants respectively, is known as Separate Heat and Power

(SHP).

Whether CHP or SHP is more energy and exergy efficient, economic, or environmentally preferable for a given

site depends on many factors. Such factors include climate, relative heat and power loads, the energy efficiency

of equipment used in each process (including off-site power production in the SHP option), and capital

equipment cost. At Stanford these factors result in CHP and SHP being generally equal in expected overall

efficiency over the long term, if natural gas is used to fuel equipment in both cases for direct comparison.

However, when heat recovery or alternative forms of renewable heat production (for example, ground source

heat pumping or solar hot water production) are also applied, the SHP option becomes clearly superior

economically and environmentally. Unfortunately, such a heat recovery process as the one described here is

not compatible with CHP since there would be no need for heat from a cogeneration plant if it were supplied

by other means. Given the significant amount of heat recovery that is possible at Stanford an energy supply

system featuring SHP with heat recovery offers significantly lower cost and environmental impact than CHP

over the long term.

In an ongoing pursuit of sustainability, the Regeneration scheme will move Stanford into a new energy era with

a significantly lower reliance on fossil fuel, lower energy costs, reduced GHG emissions, and less water use. Just

as Stanford’s move to Cogeneration 25 years ago represented a major shift in campus energy supply

technology for the better, so too does Regeneration represent a significant shift of the campus energy supply

to a more efficient and sustainable technology for the future.

This comparison might also be thought of as Combined Heat and Power versus Combined Heat and Cooling; or

as Cogeneration versus Regeneration. The schematic diagrams that follow explain how the Regeneration

option would work compared to Cogeneration.

C O G E N E R A T I O N C O M B I N ED HE A T &

PO W E R (C HP)

RE G E N E R A T I O N (SHP W I T H HE A T R E C O V E R Y ) (C O M B I N E D HE A T & C O O L I N G)

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SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT /

SMARTSACRAMENTO (PROJET PILOTE SMART GRID) tour of Microgrid and EV fast charger/energy storage system

Lieu : 6301 S Street, Mail Stop A190, Sacramento, CA 95817

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District generates, transmits and distributes electricity to a 900-square-mile territory that includes California’s capital city, Sacramento County and a small portion of Placer County. As a municipal utility, SMUD is governed by a seven-member of Board Directors selected by the voters to staggered four-year terms. The SMUD Board of Directors determines policy and appoints the chief executive officer/general manager, who is responsible for SMUD’s day-to-day operations.

As the nation’s sixth-largest community-owned electric service provider, SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity for more than 65 years to Sacramento County (and small adjoining portions of Placer and Yolo Counties). SMUD is a recognized industry leader and award winner for its innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies, and for its sustainable solutions for a healthier environment. SMUD is the first large California utility to receive more than 20 percent of its energy from renewable resources.

SOME FACT S AN D FIGURE S

Population in our service area: 1.4 million

Size of our service area: 900 square miles

Total accounts served (residential + business): 624,770

Number of SMUD employees: 2,007

Miles of power lines we own: 10,473

Power from non-carbon-emitting resources: 50%

WHERE W E GET YO UR P OW ER

We get power from varied sources including hydropower, natural-gas-fired generators, renewable energy such as solar and wind power, and power we purchase on the wholesale market. Our goal is a balanced and sustainable mix of sources. Our biggest single source is the Cosumnes Power Plant, and we are always adding to our "green" energy sources.

SMARTSACRAMENTO

October 2009, The Department o f Energy awarded SMUD a $127. 5 mi l l ion Smart Gr id Investment Grant to implement a $308 mil l ion project . Add it iona l gran ts were received for smart gr id research and dev elopment projects, br ing ing the smart gr id project tot a l to a lmost $360 mi l l ion. This ser ies of grants k icked of f an aggressive and comprehensive smart gr id pro ject for the Sacramento Munic ipa l Ut i l i ty D istr ic t (SMUD), t i t led SmartSacramento. The proj ect eventual ly included over 50 subprojects d iv ided over eight project areas: 1. Advanced Metering In frastructure (Smart Meters) 2. Dist r ibut ion Automat ion 3. SmartPr ic ing Opt ions (Consumer Behavior Study) 4. Demand Response

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5. Customer Appl icat ions 6. Technology In frastructure 7. Cyber Securi ty 8. Research and Development

SCOP E O F WO RK

Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD’s) SmartSacramento Project involved system-wide deployment

of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) integrated with new and existing information technology systems,

as well as deployment of distribution automation (DA) equipment on selected SMUD distribution circuits and

substations. The project also involved customer programs and pilots that provide electricity usage and cost

information to customers, enabling them to better control their energy usage and participate in demand

response. Project scope included a field test of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging stations to assess their

technical performance, charging patterns, and impact on electric distribution system operations.

OBJECTIV ES

The objectives of the project were to implement an AMI solution for all residential and commercial customers

that would improve customer service; enable the introduction of new energy efficiency, demand response, and

pricing programs; and provide tools for SMUD and its customers to reduce their environmental impact. In

addition, the advanced technologies are expected to reduce operational costs. This project established a

foundation on which to build future smart grid functionality.

FUT UR E PLANS

SMUD plans to continue developing its smart grid and will invest resources to implement projects that enhance

customer service, improve grid reliability and provide a reasonable return on investment. SMUD will continue

to provide customers with reliable electricity at affordable rates through the implementation of additional

smart grid projects that improve grid performance and provide better customer service.

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CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD (CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY)

1001 I ST., SACRAMENTO, CA 95814

CAP & TRADE, POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY

www.arb.ca.gov

HOW CAP AND TRADE WORKS A cap: The only sure way to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) from multiple sources

A cap sets a maximum allowable level of pollution and penalizes companies that exceed their

emission allowance. No other system can guarantee to lower emissions.

The cap is a limit on the amount of pollution that can be released, measured in billions of tons

of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) per year. It is set based on science.

It covers all major sources of pollution. The cap should limit emissions economy-wide,

covering electric power generation, natural gas, transportation, and large manufacturers.

Emitters can release only limited pollution. Permits or "allowances" are distributed or

auctioned to polluting entities: one allowance per ton of carbon dioxide, or CO2 equivalent

heat-trapping gases. The total amount of allowances will be equal to the cap. A company or

utility may only emit as much carbon as it has allowances for.

Industry can plan ahead. Each year, the cap is ratcheted down on a gradual and predictable

schedule. Companies can plan well in advance to be allowed fewer and fewer permits – less

global warming pollution – each year.

Trading: Leads to investment and innovation

Trading lets companies buy and sell allowances, leading to more cost-effective pollution cuts, and

incentive to invest in cleaner technology. Unlike with some pollutants, all CO2 goes into the upper

atmosphere and has a global — not local — effect. So it doesn't matter whether the factory making

the emission cuts is in Boston, Baton Rouge, or Berlin, it reduces global emissions.

Companies can turn pollution cuts into revenue. If a company is able to cut its pollution easily

and cheaply, it can end up with extra allowances. It can then sell its extra allowances to other

companies. This provides a powerful incentive for creativity, energy conservation and

investment -- companies can turn pollution cuts into dollars.

The option to buy allowances gives companies flexibility. On the other hand, some companies

might have trouble reducing their emissions, or want to make longer-term investments instead

of quick changes. Trading allowances gives these companies another option for how to meet

each year's cap.

The same amount of pollution cuts are achieved. While companies may exchange allowances

with each other, the total number of allowances remains the same and the hard limit on

pollution is still met every year.




AIR RESOURCES BOARD (ARB) EMISSIONS TRADING PROGRAM

Background

The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, also known as “AB 32” (Assembly Bill 32) addresses

Climate Change with a variety of programs, including cleaner cars, renewable energy, energy

efficiency, and Cap-and-Trade. ARB is tasked with the job of monitoring and reducing GHG emissions

by 25 percent by 2020, and achieving 80 percent more in reductions by 2050.

The Cap

The Cap-and-Trade Program places an economy-wide “cap” on California’s major emitters responsible

for 85 percent of California’s greenhouse gas emissions (with historical greenhouse gas emissions

over 25,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year), and establishes a price signal needed to drive

long-term investment in cleaner fuels and more efficient use of energy.

Each year the cap is lowered by approximately 3 percent, ensuring that California is reducing

greenhouse gases. The California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) can be bought through quarterly auctions

managed by the ARB. Each auction has a minimum allowable bid, or "floor price," which started at

$10 in 2012 and increases every year by 5% plus the rate of inflation. The proceeds from these

auctions are reinvested in California for projects that further reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Scope

Program covers about 450 entities

Starts in 2013 for electricity generators and large industrial facilities emitting 25,000 MTCO2e

or more annually

Starts in 2015 for distributors of transportation, natural gas and other fuels

In 2014, California’s program linked with the Canadian province of Québec

Designed to link with similar trading programs in other states and regions

Free Allocation of Allowances

Large industrial facilities

Focus on free allocation early in the program, transitions to more auction later in program

Allocation of allowances for most industrial sectors is set at about 90 percent of average

emissions, based on benchmarks that reward efficient facilities

For most industrial sectors, distribution of allowances is updated annually according to the

production at each facility

Electrical distribution and natural gas utilities

Free distribution of allowances, with the requirement that the value of allowances must be

used to benefit ratepayers and achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions

For electrical distribution utilities, free allocation is set at about 90 percent of average

emissions




For natural gas utilities, free allocation is based on natural gas supplied in 2011 to non-covered

entities

Offsets

Allowed for up to 8 percent of a facility’s compliance obligation

Limited to emissions/reduction projects in U.S.

Restricted to projects in five areas: forestry, urban forestry, dairy digesters, destruction of

ozone-depleting substances, and mine methane capture

Offsets must be independently verified

Currently analyzing rice cultivation protocol

Emissions Reporting and Verification through the Mandatory Reporting Regulation

Covered entities must report emissions and additional data annually (as required since 2008)

Independent third-party verification

If the compliance deadline is missed or there is a shortfall, four allowances must be provided

for every ton of emissions that was not covered in time

The program includes mechanisms to prevent market manipulation

Key indicators of early success

California placed a cap on carbon, while the state’s economy, the 8th largest in the world,

continued to rebound.

California’s carbon market weathered legal challenges and demonstrated a smooth launch and

viability in its first year.

Five successful quarterly auctions with full sale of current year allowances, and an actively

trading secondary market, are strong indications of a well-designed program.

Californians today breathe the cleanest air since measurements have been recorded. The

number of first stage alerts in the Los Angeles area has been cut from over 200 per year in the

1970s to less than 10 per year today. Other regions of the state also have improved air quality

despite massive increases in population, the number of motor vehicles and the distances they

are driven.

California’s program is serving as a model for the rest of the world. China, Australia, and three

states and provinces along the Pacific Coast of the North America signed memorandums of

understanding with California to guide collaboration in addressing climate change, and as of

January 1, 2014 Quebec and California formally linked their cap-and-trade programs.

Those responsible for designing California's cap and trade system have been paying attention to the

challenges faced by their path-breaking EU counter-parts and have made many pre-emptive

adjustments to California's system that will make implementation smoother for all participants. For

example, California distributes carbon allowances based upon historical emissions data, rather than

the industry estimates that were used at the outset of the EU's program.




LEXICON Allowance = allocation

Cap and Trade = Marché de droits d’émission/de quotas

Offset = écart

Quarterly auction = vente aux enchères trimestrielle

SOURCES http://www.edf.org/climate/how-cap-and-trade-works

http://www.edf.org/climate/california-cap-and-trade-updates

http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/planning.htm

http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/guidance/cap_trade_overview.pdf

http://www.arb.ca.gov/knowzone/history.htm

http://www.edf.org/climate/how-cap-and-trade-works

http://www.edf.org/climate/california-cap-and-trade-updates

http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/planning.htm

http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/guidance/cap_trade_overview.pdf

http://www.arb.ca.gov/knowzone/history.htm

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UC DAVIS WEST VILLAGE

1605 TILIA STREET, SUITE 100, DAVIS CA 95616

SMART BUILDING, ZERO-ENERGY, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES

http://westvillage.ucdavis.edu/

http://www.hondasmarthome.com/

2:30 – 3:15 Tour of West Village and the Honda Smart Home Visitors Center

3:15 – 3:45 Overview of EEC and affiliated centers

3:45 – 4:30 Western Cooling Efficiency Center Overview / Lab tour

Honda Smart Home Visitors Center has been named ‘Best Demonstration Home of the Year 2014’ by

Green Builder Media. The home is built with passive solar design, with double stud wall, triple-glazed

windows, a truss roof with a vented roof deck, insulated slabs and a good airtightness. A geothermal heat

pump provides heating, cooling and hot water while recovering heat wastes. This pump uses the gray

water, warmed from the ground. The lightning system with LED only is the result of collaboration with UC

Davis researchers in order to maximize comfort, health and efficiency. Natural lightning conditions have

been recreated with innovations that change the color just the way daylight does. The home energy

management is a key point of this demonstration house, which owns 9.5 kW of PV panels on the roof and

a 10 kWh battery in the garage. With this demonstration, car and house work together to save CO2.

West Village is the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States, using green

building technologies to promote a sustainable way of life. It is a campus neighborhood near the

core campus of UC Davis, to help students, faculty and staff to live locally and participate more fully in

the life of the campus and community. To create a zero net energy community, many research

centers specialized in water, energy and cooling efficiencies, lighting technology and biogas energy

systems work together. Power generation is ensured by on-site renewable energies (4 MW solar PV –

Sunpower) and is combined with strong energy intensive measures, especially for buildings. This

project demands 11 million kWh, which is some two times better than the efficiency guidelines gi ven

by the California Building Standards Code for 2008.

Infrastructure construction began in August 2009, two years after the approval of plans. Since fall

2011, West Village owns 315 apartments offering affordable accommodation to nearly 800 students,

faculty and staff. These apartments are built with energy-conserving components using ‘Cutting Edge

Technologies’, like solar-reflective roofing, radiant barrier roof sheathing, high-efficiency light

fixtures, added insulation, high-efficiency air conditioning systems and appliances. Architecture is

designed to take advantage of the solar exposures, to maximize the capture of the sun’s energy while

respecting the environment and the landscape.

http://westvillage.ucdavis.edu/

http://www.hondasmarthome.com/

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CALIFORNIA PATH - ITS (CALIFORNIA PARTNERS FOR ADVANCED

TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY)

1357 SOUTH 46TH STREET, RICHMOND, CA 94804

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, MOBILITY RESEARCH, AUTOMATED AND CONNECTED VEHICLES, HIGHWAYS SAFETY

http://www.path.berkeley.edu

9:00 – 11:00 Visit of California PATH

The California PATH is a research and development program of the University of California, Berkeley. It was founded in 1986, as the first research program in North America focused on the subject now known as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). In collaboration with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), administered by the university’s Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS), PATH is a multi-disciplinary program with staff, faculty, and students from universities worldwide and cooperative projects with private industry, state and local agencies, and nonprofit institutions.

This program is directed by Dr. Roberto Horowitz and Thomas West.

THEIR MISSION:

They aim at developing solutions that address the challenges of California’s surface transportation systems through advanced ideas and technologies and with a focus on greater deployment of those solutions throughout California.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Transportation Safety:

Methodologies for identifying high collision concentration locations and cooperative vehicle -infrastructure safety solutions are developed. Newer technologies, especially in the area of connected and automated vehicles, have opened up new avenues for researchers to explore and develop safety improvements that have the potential to become mainstream and widely deployed.

Traffic Operations:

These projects focus on advancing state-of-the-art research in traffic management and traveler information systems by integrating new data sources into traditional traffic management systems or developing new technologies to improve traffic flow.

http://www.path.berkeley.edu/people/staff-directory/roberto-horowitz

http://www.path.berkeley.edu/people/staff-directory/tom-west

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Sustainability:

PATH Program is developing more efficient transit systems and vehicle operations. The main priority of researchers is to reduce congestion, the number of single occupant vehicles on the road and therefore the cost of congestion (time and fuel) impacting our environment through reduced air quality and increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

Integrated Corridor Management (ICM):

This is an approach to improving transportation by taking all elements in a corridor, including highways, arterial roads, and transit systems into account. ICM’s collaborative approach better utilizes scarce resources and aligns city, county, and transportation goals for the betterment of the region.

Automated and Connected Vehicles

One approach toward improving vehicle safety incorporates sensors and computers that assume control over a vehicle, either in part or in whole. Connected vehicles can communicate with other vehicles and/or transportation infrastructure (such as traffic signals).

There is a wide range of vehicle automation concepts, ranging from adaptive cruise control systems that only control a vehicles speed and following distance to fully automated systems that take on the entire dynamic driving task.

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LIGHTSAIL ENERGY

BERKELEY

KEY WORDS: ENERGY STORAGE, COMPRESSED AIR, GRID

http://www.lightsail.com/company/#investors

http://fortune.com/2014/12/31/danielle-fong-lightsail-energy/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Fong

http://daniellefong.com/

ABSTRACT LightSail’s aim is to compress air to create heat and then use that to power, well, just about anything that

needs it. This energy would be cheaper and cleaner than fossil fuels and would allow renewables sources, like

wind and solar, to be stored for later use. To harness the energy, LightSail injects a mist of water spray into the

air, which absorbs the heat energy, and allows it to be stored in a shipping container system or underground

caverns. The stored energy could then be pumped back into the grid when demand is high at a lower cost to

users.

Scientist Danielle Fong, 27, has been running her company LightSail Energy for six years and has yet to bring a

product to market. Fong dropped out of junior high school at the age of 12 to attend Dalhousie University. She

graduated from Dalhousie in 2005 at age 17 with first class honors in computer science and physics, after which

she entered (at 17!) the Plasma Physics Department at Princeton University as a Ph.D. student, but later

dropped out.

In 2009, LightSail received $15 million in funding from Khosla Ventures. LightSail has since raised at least another $25 million, including from Bill Gates and Peter Thiel.

60% OF THE ELECTRIC GRID CAPACITY IS UNDERUSED Inefficient diesel and gas peaker plants supply electricity during the times of greatest demand. The grid

resources (wires, transformers, etc.) required to transport this peak power are left underutilized during non-

peak times. Low-cost storage can increase grid utilization without adding more wires.

POWER WITH STORAGE AT THE POINT OF DEMAND By storing energy near end-users, peak demand can be shifted to off-peak times in order to reduce the cost of

grid upgrades.

http://fortune.com/2014/12/31/danielle-fong-lightsail-energy/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Fong

http://www.lightsail.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhousie_University

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University




LOWEST COST DISPATCHABLE POWER Our first generation product will

enable renewable resources to

provide cheaper electricity than

that produced by diesel

generators, the fossil fuel-based

competitor to beat on islands and

isolated grids.

Our second generation product will

be the first energy storage system

to outcompete gas peaker plants. It

will drive massive adoption of

green energy worldwide.

ENERGY STORAGE IN COMPRESSED AIR We aim to produce the world’s cleanest and most economical energy storage systems. Compressing air creates

heat energy. Until now, this was wasted, drastically reducing efficiency.

Our innovation: an elegant method of capturing this heat energy and regenerating useful energy from it. We

inject a fine, dense mist of water spray which rapidly absorbs the heat energy of compression and provides it

during expansion.

SYSTEM IS FULLY REVERSIBLE 1. The mechanical energy used for compression generates heat that is captured by the water spray

2. Compressed air is stored in a tank

3. The heat captured by the water is stored for later use

4. During expansion, the stored heat is sprayed into the air and converted back into mechanical energy

To store energy, an electric motor drives an air compressor. To deliver energy, we reverse the process–the air

compressor becomes an expander, and the electric motor becomes a generator.

Heat from compression is stored or routed to nearby buildings, providing heating. During expansion, heat is

extracted from storage, or buildings providing air conditioning. This dramatically increases building energy

efficiency.




STORAGE Air can be stored in simple, low cost air storage tanks, packed

in a convenient shipping container form factor using industry

standard pipes and matching ASME and ISO safety standards.

For truly massive installations, air can be stored in

underground caverns which is the standard for large scale

natural gas storage.

The compressor/expander – which provides power, and the air

tanks – which provide storage, are distinct modules that can

be scaled independently. This allows our storage system to be

tailored to customer applications.

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SFPUC BUILDING

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KEY WORDS

internet link

Program

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC):

It provides retail drinking water and wastewater services to the city, wholesale water to three Bay Area countries, and

green hydroelectric and solar power to the municipal departments.

There are three essential 24/7 service utilities: water, wastewater, and power. These functions are supported by the

business services, infrastructure and external affairs bureaus.

The headquarter is at 525 golden gate avenue in San Franscisco’s

They have about 2,300 employees working in seven countries

The general manager

The SFPUC commission consists of five members, nominated by the mayor and approved by the board of supervisors.

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FREESTONE INTERNATIONAL

CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE

GNL, EXPORT TERMINAL

http://www.freestoneinternational.com

10:45 – 12:00 Tony Le Verger from Freestone International

Freestone International LLC is a small, diverse company in the Bay Area that moves quickly and

purposefully to incubate ideas around education, the environment, and energy & resource

development. It was founded in 2013 by engineering executive Jim Illich to pioneer unique resource

development projects around the world and to incubate new ideas that support their mission.

Tony is currently developing a world class $7B dollar LNG export project in Quebec (Canada). This

project will be the first LNG export terminal relying 100% on hydro-electricity to limit as much as

possible GHG emissions.

LNG Québec is studying the possibility of building a natural gas export terminal at the Port of Saguenay (Québec). LNG Québec team members have an extensive experience in developing and constructing large infrastructure projects valued at several billion dollars, but would like to first evaluate its feasibility and initiate a meaningful dialogue with the people of Saguenay. LNG (liquefied natural gas) is natural gas in a liquid form. It is produced by cooling natural gas in a liquefaction plant, which operates like a giant refrigerator, before being shipped by sea. Strong demand for LNG comes from countries in Europe, South America and Asia that are trying to replace more polluting energy sources (e.g. coal, oil, gasoline) with natural gas. Many countries, such as Japan and Germany, are phasing out nuclear power plants in favor of natural gas as a safer and more environmentally acceptable energy option. Saguenay is a prime location for this project. The presence of a skilled workforce , a clean renewable power source, a year-round, deep-water port and a colder climate provide clear advantages to help make the facility commercially and technically viable. Énergie Saguenay will be built accordingly to strict Canadian and Québec environmental regulations and strong international safety standards. It will be a world-class project, valued at $7 billion (CAD) that will bring significant economic benefits, primarily to the local economy. Freestone International is also involved in a second project, Kintla, which delivers innovation to businesses, academic institutions and individuals through a disciplined process that elevates personal, leadership and management practices to a new level.

http://www.freestoneinternational.com/

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