The second wave of biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol, algae and others bypass the food vs. fuel controversy and are on the cusp of commercialization. This webinar will review the latest developments in the advanced biofuel space with leading companies more...
Join Intelligent Utility managing editor Kate Rowland, along with a panel from PHI including Rob Stewart, manager of technology evaluation and implementation, and Todd McGregor, AMI director, for an interactive discussion about this company's work to build a more intelligent more...
Join industry leaders and Marty Rosenberg, Editor-in-Chief of EnergyBiz magazine, for an interactive discussion about the critical relationship between transmission and distribution (T&D) investment and smart grid success. As the energy enterprise gets smarter toward the consumer end with smart more...
This webcast should be attended by those individuals that are responsible for identifying, planning and evaluating Smart Grid solutions, including those that empower and engage consumers and are easily assimilated with existing or new technology and business processes. more...
ACI's Smart Grid Revolution February 18-19, 2010 A two day strategic event bringing together utility professionals, government & state officials & consultants involved in deployment of the smart grid. To learn strategies which will improve energy efficiency programs & operations, more...
In 2009, a global economic meltdown collided with an energy crisis to turn the world on its ear. In the United States we've witnessed an unprecedented spending on energy resource development and infrastructure. As a result, a new energy architecture more...
CERAWeek, IHS CERA's 29th Executive Conference, is recognized as a leading forum offering insight into the energy future. Each year senior policymakers, energy and power executives, and financial and technology leaders from over 55 countries engage with CERA experts in more...
The conference will provide a comprehensive analysis of the thin film industry and its key challenges in an interactive manner. Leading companies will share their experiences through panel debates and high-level presentations. A great opportunity to network with the whole more...
Gas and Electric Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of the natural gas and electric industries. Position yourself for career success by gaining a solid understanding of how each business works, including key physical, market and regulatory aspects, as well more...
Gas Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of the natural gas industry. Position yourself for career advancement by gaining a solid understanding of how the gas business works including key physical, market, and regulatory aspects and how market participants navigate more...
Electric Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of the electric industry. Position yourself for career advancement by gaining a solid understanding of how the electric business works including key physical, market, and regulatory aspects and how market participants navigate this more...
Gas Market Dynamics offers participants an in-depth understanding of North American natural gas markets and how they function. Enhance your career by furthering your knowledge of market structure, supply and demand, services offered in gas markets, and how various participants more...
Mark Sardella earned his bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984, and designed spaceflight instruments before joining the energy industry in 1993. Since that time he has designed and installed numerous on-site power systems for stand-alone and grid-interactive applications, including the largest NEC compliant photovoltaic power system in New Mexico.
Sardella co-founded the Southwest Energy Institute, a Santa Fe-based nonprofit organization working to foster the transition to sustainable energy, in the fall of 1998. As a director of SEI, Sardella researched and promoted renewable energy policies, advising governmental and private organizations including the New Mexico Legislature, Public Regulation Commission, and State Energy Office, as well as the Santa Fe Board of County Commissioners, City Council, the New Mexico Solar Energy Industries Association, and others. He also worked with the IEEE to develop the uniform standard for interconnection of distributed generation to the electrical grid, now approved as IEEE Standard 1547.
Sardella is the former Technical Director for Rebuild New Mexico, a joint program of the New Mexico Energy Office and the U.S. Department of Energy. In just three years at Rebuild, he assessed the energy performance of five million square feet of commercial building area, and identified $3.2 million dollars in energy savings to New Mexico businesses.
Sardella is presently Chairman of the Board of Local Energy, a Santa Fe-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities regain energy self-reliance by developing their local, renewable energy resources. He publishes his work at www.localenergynews.org and www.marksardella.com.
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4.13.09
Smart Grids: How Smart?
Topic: Business & Corporate Article Viewed 4511 Times;
56 comments President Obama's stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, appropriates nearly $24 billion to modernize our country's electric power grid, including an $11 billion outlay to make it "smart". Those appropriations are stirring the hopes of renewable energy advocates, who foresee expanded opportunities for solar and wind technologies as well as a big, new role for plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
7.1.03
The Hydrogen Hallucination - The 'Freedom Fuel' Leaves Us in Chains
Topic: Distributed & Cogeneration Article Viewed 10525 Times;
50 comments It's being called the 'freedom fuel', capable of releasing us at last from the grip of the oil barons. The 'hydrogen economy' is even the buzz of the bestseller list. But don't break out the party balloons yet, because hydrogen hasn't even the slightest chance of solving our energy problems. A bold assertion, perhaps, but the proof is contained in the simplest of facts: Hydrogen is not a source of energy.
