Intermountain Clean Energy Application Center News

SEE Action Industrial Energy Efficiency and CHP Webinar Series, First Quarter 2012

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:49:59 GMT

SEE Action Industrial Energy Efficiency and CHP Webinar Series, First Quarter 2012
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Tour and Workshop: "Arizona Recycled Energy in Action," Jan 26th

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:34:14 GMT

Tour and Workshop: "Arizona Recycled Energy in Action," Jan 26th
Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Presentations from NM Recycled Energy in Action

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:41:26 GMT

Presentations from NM Recycled Energy in Action
Monday, October 31, 2011

Western Governors Association Recommends State CHP Policies

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:09:21 GMT

Western Governors Association Recommends State CHP Policies
Monday, August 01, 2011

The Western Governors Association has released a new report, Industrial Energy Efficiency: Improving Competitiveness, Reducing Emissions – State Policy Recommendations. The report contains an entire chapter, co-authored by the U.S. DOE Intermountain Clean Energy Application Center, on policy recommendations to support CHP. We appreciate that WGA is calling attention to CHP’s significant role in industrial energy efficiency and the role states can play in overcoming obstacles to it.

Presentations from UT Recycled Energy in Action

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:08:19 GMT

Presentations from UT Recycled Energy in Action
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Recycled Energy Adds Jobs and Strengthens Manufacturing in New Mexico

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:51:26 GMT

Recycled Energy Adds Jobs and Strengthens Manufacturing in New Mexico
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Utah's 10-Yr Energy Plan Includes Waste Heat Recovery

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:18:12 GMT

Utah's 10-Yr Energy Plan Includes Waste Heat Recovery
Monday, May 02, 2011

Nine months of collaboration between Utah's energy-related public officials, industry leaders, advocacy groups and citizens culminated in a new 10-year energy plan, released in March by the Governor's Office.

The plan identifies a number of industrial energy efficiency improvement strategies, including "Increas[ing] efforts to pursue energy-efficiency opportunities that involve recovering wasted energy to generate power. These opportunities could be evaluated for capturing energy otherwise unused in industrial processes."

The U.S. DOE Intermountain Clean Energy Application Center is pleased to see recycled energy included in the plan, given its large (and largely untapped) potential for clean, emission-free power, jobs-creation, and cost reductions for the Utah industrial sector.

The plan includes other worthwhile industrial energy efficiency efforts including increased technical assistance, leveraging workforce training programs, beefing up utility energy efficiency programs aimed at the industrial sector, creating a no/low-interest loan program for industrial efficiency improvements, and various tax incentives.

White House Energy Plan Recognizes CHP (and us)

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:16:52 GMT

White House Energy Plan Recognizes CHP (and us)
Monday, May 02, 2011

The White House's Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future includes combined heat and power and waste heat recovery in its vision to attain cleaner and more secure energy resources (pgs 30 and 36). The report advocates doubling the nation's domestic clean energy sources, including CHP and WHR, over the next 25 years as part of an overall strategy to achieve independence from foreign oil. It also cites CHP and WHR as vehicles toward reducing electricity rates for consumers, and acknowledges the U.S. DOE's Industrial Technologies Program and the U.S. DOE Clean Energy Application Centers (p. 28) for their work in encouraging recycled energy

More REAP Grants for CHP and Waste Heat

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:14:21 GMT

More REAP Grants for CHP and Waste Heat
Monday, May 02, 2011

The USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP, Section 9007) has opened up a new round of grants to support renewable energy and energy efficiency in rural areas and/or for rural small businesses (including electric cooperatives). Recycled energy qualifies for the grants in several ways:

- Renewable-fueled CHP (for instance, fueled by animal waste using an anaerobic digester) qualifies as renewable energy
- Natural gas-fueled CHP qualifies as energy efficiency
- Waste heat recovery qualifies as energy efficiency

These competitively-awarded grants can cover up to 25% of total eligible project costs, and are limited to $500,000 for renewable energy systems and $250,000 for energy efficiency improvements.

We strongly encourage all potential CHP projects in rural areas to apply for this funding. We are able to help review the technical information for grant applicants prior to submittal. Contact Us.

Don't Miss Out: $700-800 per kW Incentives for CHP in Arizona

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:07:42 GMT

Don't Miss Out: $700-800 per kW Incentives for CHP in Arizona
Monday, May 02, 2011

Arizona currently has some of the best incentives for recycled energy projects in the country, thanks to a combination of a $400-500/kW energy efficiency incentive from Southwest Gas and an additional $300/kW in stimulus funding from the Recovery Act. The Recovery Act funds will expire in 2012 (or possibly sooner), so we encourage all interested parties to take advantage of these funds while you can.

Contact Southwest Gas Key Account Management at 602-395-4058 for more information. And, contact us for a free technical/economic feasibility analysis of CHP at your facility.