generation technologies

generation 

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Critical Technologies 

GENERATION’S NEW URGENCY By Warren Causey 

Electric generating plants are among the most complex 

large-scale engineering projects undertaken by modern society, 

especially outside of government-sponsored air/space/science/ 

military efforts. 

Because of current national and international energy concerns, 

which have been exacerbated by natural disasters, environmental 

concerns and general business conditions, a lot has been said and 

written lately about “generation technologies.” But because of 

the complexity of the generation process itself, the term is sadly 

lacking clear definition. 

To help clear up the confusion, there are generally two types 

of “generation technologies,” including: 

» Those technologies that actually generate electricity, 

which range from conventional coal-fired, gas-or-fuel-oil 

fired, fission-based nuclear and hydroelectric systems 

to some more esoteric and “renewable” systems. Those 

others include fusion-based experiments underway, windmills, 

biomass converters, solar panels, tide-and-wave 

power generators and geo-thermal systems. 

» Those technologies, which are primarily computer-based, 

that are necessary to actually control and operate the 

plants/systems once they are built, including instrumentation 

and control systems, environmental monitoring 

and control, security and safety systems and more 

conventional business systems, such as asset management, 

work management and document management. 

Considering how rapidly this technology is evolving, utilities, 

independent power producers and other entities that operate 

generating plants are moving to upgrade systems to meet 

increasing demands as energy supplies become tighter. This 

includes both the systems that actually generate electricity and 

the computer systems that manage those assets. Like the transmission 

and distribution side of utilities, generating plants also are 

facing the major problems of aging facilities and work forces. 

Because of those factors, much more emphasis is being placed 

on the asset/work force management and computerized maintenance 

monitoring than in the past. However, a recent survey 

of generation technologies by EnergyBiz and Energy Central’s 

48 EnErgyBiz magazinE November/December 2005 

Research & Analysis division indicates utilities still have a long 

way to go to catch up with modern techniques, particularly at 

older plants that may still be using 30-year-old systems. 

“The rate at which technology changes makes it almost 

impossible to keep up with all areas,” said one respondent to the 

survey who works at a large investor-owned utility. “I think it’s 

more important to focus on one or two areas that may be beneficial 

but maintain vigilance on technology in general.” 

Less than half of the respondents in the survey indicated that 

their plants are fully leveraging available technology, as indicated 

in the following chart: 

» Is your generating plant/utility fully leveraging technology 

to meet current challenges? 

 

 

“Until about two years ago, few generating plants had sophisticated 

maintenance management systems,” says Henry Bailey, 

industry principal for utilities in North America with SAP America, 

headquartered in Newtown Square, Pa. “Now they are deploying 

more. We now have our asset management software in most of 

the plants at First Energy, Reliant, BC Hydro and TransAlta.” 

However, despite some significant gains by his company, 

Bailey agrees that many generating plants still are operating with 

outdated technology. “If a plant was built from scratch today, 

compared with 25 to 30 years ago — when most plants were 

built — there would be a lot more computerized plant monitoring 

systems all over the place,” Bailey says. “That requires more calibration 

and more sophisticated workers, but fewer workers. We’ve 

had reports of new employees at plants pushing the wrong button 

and damaging equipment because the plants are not automated. 

One slip can create major problems.” 

In addition to workforce issues, generation plants face a litany 

of other problems. In our survey, we asked respondents what they 

considered the “greatest challenge” facing their plant. Here are 

some representative samples of their diverse answers:

» The cost of fuel and our interest and amortization on recent 

equipment purchases 

» Fuel availability 

» Governmental approval to proceed with needed projects 

» Aging/retiring workforce 

» We’re about to participate in the energy spot market. 

» As an IPP in a government-controlled market, reliability is 

important, however, growth is of utmost concern. 

» Catching up on maintenance in an output-driven world 

» Cost of fuels and electricity 

» Automation and asset control in the post-privatization era 

» Maintaining function and reliability of aging equipment 

» Old assets, including personnel 

» Maintaining productivity in front of rising international 

costs as local money loses its value 

» Long-term planning 

» Further reducing emissions and water usage while staying 

competitive 

» To be price competitive 

» Survival 

» Regulatory scrutiny 

» Load growth 

» Annexation. We are a rural utility and growth of city generally 

causes us to lose customers. 

» Fuel cost 

» Not going bankrupt 

» Keeping the plant operating within cost control constraints 

» Cost of capital 

» Clean fuel source 

» Permitting 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As can be seen from these responses, the problems are as varied as 

the utilities and other entities that own the plants. Similar results from 

respondents to other recent surveys indicate the same diversity of problems 

from all parts of the utility industry. This strongly indicates that no 

one-size-fits-all technology is likely to solve this myriad of problems. 

While there is much being written today about “alternative energy” 

sources, according to the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. 

Department of Energy, only about 3 percent of U.S. electricity currently 

comes from these alternative sources. Ninety-seven percent still comes 

from conventional and nuclear plants. 

What this continued reliance on conventional fuels means is 

that these conventional plants are going to have to be kept online 

for many years to come, they are going to have to be upgraded, and 

expanded and new technology to extend their life spans and improve 

their outputs is going to be essential. This is what many of the new 

“asset management” technologies are all about. They include systems 

to better capture and use data already generated by the plants, but 

often unassimilated and unused. They also include improved systems 

to “help” new workers deal with the complexities of a generating plant. 

One example is a system that allows a worker who notices something 

that seems to be wrong but isn’t sure to generate an online inquiry 

from anywhere in the plant. 

In addition to SAP, mentioned above, there are literally dozens 

of other vendors developing technology to help extend the lives of 

existing conventional plants, help them work more efficiently, and 

increase output. Other companies—especially encouraged by legislative 

and regulatory fiats in many states and at the federal level—are 

working to bring such technologies to market. So far, obviously, few of 

them are making major dents in the generation market. Many of those 

vendors are listed elsewhere in this special section. 

Suddenly, generation technology, however defined, is no longer a 

back-burner issue. It has become critical to the future health and welfare 

of the United States as well as other countries. There are new systems 

out there, but a lot of them need to be installed rapidly if the ever-growing 

demand for electricity is to be met. 

 

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Coal Power’s Future 

BEYONd INTEGRATEd GASIFICATION COmBINEd CYClE By mike mudd 

Although the United States 

has more than 250 years of coal reserves, it’s 

becoming increasingly difficult to use that coal 

to generate electricity. Compliance with new air 

regulations will require an estimated $52 billion 

investment on the current coal-fueled generation 

fleet and the potential closure of smaller, 

older coal-fueled power plants over the next two 

decades. Companies also are facing increasing 

pressure to address growing concentrations of 

greenhouse gas emissions and their potential 

impact on the world climate. Carbon capture 

from the current coal-fueled generation fleet 

would be prohibitively costly and significantly 

reduce the power plant output. 

At the same time, the United States is 

becoming increasingly dependent on imported 

energy sources to meet ever-growing 

demands. Beyond the nation’s dependence on 

foreign oil reserves, it is relying more and more 

on natural gas imports as demand outgrows 

domestic reserves. 

If the United States is going to reduce its 

dependence on energy imports and continue 

taking advantage of coal, the country’s most 

abundant domestic energy source, to fuel our 

economy, it must redesign coal-fueled generation 

to allow use of coal reserves with little, 

if any, environmental impact. 

The FutureGen Prototype 

The FutureGen project is designed to shape 

the future of coal-based energy generation. 

Building on decades of collaborative research 

and development between industry and the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), FutureGen 

will bring the best technologies together to 

create the world’s first near-zero emissions 

electricity and hydrogen production facility 

using coal by 2012. 

The project will advance state-of-theart 

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle 

(IGCC) technology to generate electricity 

and produce hydrogen to power fuel cells for 

transportation and other energy needs. The 

technology also will integrate carbon capture 


and geologic sequestration to address concerns 

about climate change. 

The Team 

Seven of the largest electric utilities and coal 

producers in the United States have created 

the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to partner 

with DOE in an effort to design, construct and 

operate FutureGen, a nominal 275-megawatt 

prototype plant. The partners will contribute 

approximately $250 million of the $950 million 

project costs and provide technical expertise 

and guidance. Battelle Memorial Institute, one 

of the world’s foremost research and development 

institutions, was instrumental in establishing 

the Alliance and will lend its expertise in 

the implementation of the project. 

Current Alliance partners include American 

Electric Power, BHP Billiton, CONSOL Energy, 

Inc., Foundation Coal Corp., Kennecott Energy 

Co., Peabody Energy, and Southern Company. 

However, because of the global interest in 

using coal to meet energy demands with an 

enhanced environmental profile, the Alliance 

is open to other U.S. and international 

companies. For example, China Huaneng 

Group, a large, coal-fueled power generator in 

the People’s Republic of China, has expressed 

interest in joining the Alliance. 

“Tricked-Out” IGCC 

The principal components of FutureGen 

– coal gasification, electricity generation, 

hydrogen production, near-zero emissions 

and carbon capture – are all technically 

feasible, but have not been integrated or 

proven economic in an integrated system. The 

goal of FutureGen is to take these technologies 

to the next level – to demonstrate them 

in an integrated power plant and determine 

their real costs and operational capabilities. 

Coal-gasification is a proven technology 

that has been used for decades by the 

chemical industry and, in more limited applications, 

for power production. Gasification 

converts the coal’s carbon to a synthesis gas 

composed primarily of hydrogen and carbon 

monoxide. The synthesis gas can react with 

steam to produce additional hydrogen and a 

concentrated stream of carbon dioxide. 

FutureGen will use next-generation 

gasification technology that involves more 

advanced designs for the gasifier, fuel-feed 

systems, gas clean-up systems and oxygen 

production systems. It will also have a mechanism 

to test other more advanced technologies 

in a slip-stream. 

The hydrogen produced at FutureGen will be 

used as a clean fuel for electricity generation 

in turbines, fuel cells or hybrid combinations 

of these technologies. The carbon dioxide will 

be separated from the hydrogen, captured and 

permanently sequestered in deep unminable 

coal seams, deep saline aquifers or other 

geologic formations. Carbon sequestration 

activities will be monitored over time to assess 

their effectiveness and potential applicability 

in various settings around the globe. 

Critical Overhaul 

With its $950 million price tag and 

aggressive target operation date of 2012, 

the 275-megawatt FutureGen plant won’t 

be inexpensive or easy, but it is essential to 

ensure that the United States continues to 

support the country’s energy appetite with 

abundant domestic coal resources. That’s 

why both industry and government are willing 

to provide the funds and expertise to make 

FutureGen a reality. 

FutureGen provides the opportunity for 

the best minds in industry and government 

to take the fleet of coal-based power plant 

technology that is used today to the next 

level — even more efficient, affordable and 

near-zero emission coal-fueled plants to 

serve generations to come. 

Mike Mudd is acting chief executive 

officer, FutureGen Alliance, and program 

manager, technology development, 

American Electric Power.

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Even before media coverage of the 

aftermath of Katrina and the urgent need for 

emergency power, potable water and environmental 

clean up, the consuming public had 

developed a passing knowledge of portable 

generators, field reverse osmosis units, and 

clean air filters for domestic use. 

And as Katrina clearly showed, the military 

with the aid of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

are performing yeoman service in delivering 

emergency services, including emergency 

electrical power. The first responders from 

the many utility companies are also rendering 

invaluable services in restoring downed power 

lines, repairing damaged sub-stations and 

main power plants. 

In more tranquil times, however, the business 

case for distributed generation (such 

as emergency systems) remains a perennial 

question for debate and discussion relative 

to cost-effectiveness, business value, ROI 

The NextEnergy Microgrid Power Pavilion in downtown Detroit 

is a collection of natural gas and hydrogen powered engines, 

fuel cells and photovoltaic arrays that could provide 500,000 

kilowatts of power to nearby buildings 

The Promise of Advanced 

Mobile Microgrids 

By Ralph J. Ferraro and C.G. michael Quah 

and overall energy efficiency, as is evidenced 

by countless articles in magazines discussing 

distributed generation. 

However, one agency, the National Automotive 

Center (NAC), which is part of TARDEC, (the 

Tank-Automotive Research, Development, and 

Engineering Center) in Warren, Mich., has always 

kept a weather eye on the intersection of new or 

existing technologies which may emerge from 

disparate industries which could result in new 

innovations of dual-use, in civilian and military 

applications. 

One such concept is that of the Advanced 

Mobile MicroGrid Power System (AM2GPS): 

a system-integration approach to harness 

the power from a diversity of gensets: 

synchronous or asynchronous AC sources, 

DC sources, such as solar or hybrid-electric 

vehicles, which could export power, military 

Tactically Quiet Generators, fuel cells, wind 

power and waste-to-energy systems. Such 


sources can be used to deliver high-quality, reliable, AC power in a 

microgrid, which has some measure of “stiffness” to handle a range 

of load variability and “spikiness.” 

There is a growing need to ensure the compatibility between the 

electric service supply system and the end-user equipment. In today’s 

distribution systems tiny electric supply disturbances can generate 

large problems. 

Electric service transient phenomena, often lasting less than a few 

milliseconds, are nothing new and they rarely affected older equipment. 

However, present-day delicate computer chips with microscopic 

wiring are less tolerant to electricity supply power quality problems. 

The problems can result in burned-out equipment and scrambled data, 

and could render military electronics-based control and communications 

systems inoperative. 

Last year, the NAC, along with a representative from the Air Force, 

teamed up with NextEnergy, a Detroit-based non-profit organization 

focused on alternative energy such as distributed generation and 

alternative fuels. The goal is to develop an Advanced Mobile Microgrid 

Power Grid concept with the following system characteristics: 

» The system shall interface with a wide range of both AC and 

DC distributed power generation technologies. 

» The microgrid must be ready for deployment to any location in 

the world within 48 hours. 


The prototype shall be modular in 

construction, with an aggregate rating up to 

1,500 kilowatts and shall be installed at Selfridge 

Air National Guard Base (SANGB). It will 

be rigorously tested to demonstrate that it 

meets the intended application requirements 

for both stand alone and grid-parallel operating 

modes. 

Power output must be of high quality for 

the operation of sensitive digital equipment. 

The military value of such a system is that 

should traditional gensets fail in the battlefield, 

all other sources of power could be 

harnessed to supply emergency power. 

As our vehicles, through further improvement 

of electric-hybrids, become increasing 

electrified, they en masse could be gathered Dr. C.G. Michael Quah 

to provide high quality emergency power on 

the battlefield or in civilian emergencies. Such hybrid vehicles could 

contribute to emergency power in a variety of emergencies. 

The system will be completed by the summer of 2007. 

Ralph J. Ferraro, NextEnergy consultant, is project manager 

for the Advanced Mobile MicroGrid Power System development 

program. Dr. C.G. Michael Quah joined NextEnergy in 2004 as vice 

president and chief technology officer.

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architectural , engineering & 

construction firms 

ABB 940 Main Campus Drive, Suite 500 

Raleigh, NC 27606 

(919) 856-3923 

www.abb.us 

ABS Consulting 

16800 Greenspoint Park Drive, Suite 300 South 

Houston, TX 77060 

(281) 673-2800 

www.absconsulting.com 

Airflow Sciences Corp. 

12190 Hubbard Street 

Livonia, MI 48150 

(734) 525-0300 

www.airflowsciences.com 

Babcock Power, Inc. 

55 Ferncroft Road, Suite 210 

Danvers, MA 01923 

(978) 646-3300 

www.babcockpower.com 

Bechtel Power 

5275 Westview Drive 

Frederick, MD 21703 

(301) 228-6000 

www.bechtel.com 

Black & Veatch 

11401 Lamar Avenue 

Overland Park, KS 66212 

(913) 458-2000 

www.bv.com 

Burns & McDonnell 

9400 Ward Parkway 

Kansas City, MO 64114 

(816) 333-9400 

www.burnsmcd.com 

Burns and Roe 

800 Kinderkamack Road 

Oradell, NJ 07649 

(201) 265-2000 

www.roe.com 

Doble Engineering Company 

85 Walnut Street 

Watertown, MA 02472 

(617) 926-4900 

www.doble.com 

Electrotechnology Applications Center (ETAC) 

Northampton Community College 

3835 Green Pond Road 

Bethlehem, PA 18020 

(610) 861-5081 

www.etctr.com 

Lockwood Greene, a CH2M HILL Company 

PO Box 491 

Spartanburg, SC 29304 

(864) 578-2000 

www.lg.com 

POWER Engineers, Inc. 

PO Box 1066 

Hailey, ID 83333 

(208) 788-3456 

Fax (208) 788-2082 

www.powereng.com 

Contact 

Mike Long, Project Manager, Director of 

Generation Business Development 

(208) 788-3456 

Jack Groves, Vice President Marketing 

(505) 898-8964 

John Cavanaugh, Executive VP, Manager 

PM Group 

(208) 378-0022 

POWER Engineers is a leading power system 

consulting engineer, with exceptional expertise 

and a distinguished project record in the U.S. and 

abroad. POWER’s specialty areas include T&D 

design, small- to medium-sized CT plants (simple 

and combined cycle), the world’s finest geothermal 

plants, wind projects, biomass plants, and solid fuel 

projects. POWER is employee-owned, and it shows. 

In our responsiveness, our ingenuity and good heart, 

and our dedication to our clients’ interests. 

Sargent & Lundy LLC 

55 East Monroe Street 

Chicago, IL 60603 

(312) 269-2000 

www.sargentlundy.com 

Stanley Consultants 

225 Iowa Avenue 

Muscatine, IA 52761 

(563) 264-6600 

www.stanleyconsultants.com 

Washington Group International, Inc. 

510 Carnegie Center, PO Box 5287 

Princeton, NJ 08543 

(609) 720-2000 

www.wgint.com 

asset management 

Advantica 

PO Box 86, 1170 Harrisburg Pike 

Carlisle, PA 17013 

(717) 243-1900 

www.advantica.biz 

Aerotek Energy Services 

7301 Parkway Drive 

Hanover, MD 21076 

(800) 237-6835 

www.aerotek.com 

AMETEK Power Instruments 

255 North Union Street 

Rochester, NY 14605 

(585) 263-7700 

www.ametekpower.com 

Artemis 

4041 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 401 

Newport Beach, CA 92660 

(800) 477-6648 

www.aisc.com 

Asset Acceptance LLC 

28405 Van Dylee Avenue 

Warren, MI 48093 

(586) 446-7826 

www.assetacceptance.com 

Automation Technology, Inc. 

2001 Gateway Place, Suite 100 

San Jose, CA 95110 

(408) 350-7020 

www.atinet.com 

Avistar, Inc. 

2401 Aztec Road 

Albuquerque, NM 87107 

(888) 834-4891 

www.avistarinc.com 

 

 

 

 

 


Boreas Group LLC 

730 South Elizabeth Street 

Denver, CO 80209 

(303) 744-2108 

www.boreasgroup.us 

Camcode Barcode Labels 

18531 South Miles Road 

Cleveland, OH 44128 

(800) 627-3917 

www.camcod.com 

CopperLeaf Technologies 

440-1140 West Pender Street 

Vancouver, BC V6E 4G1 Canada 

(604) 639-9700 

www.copperleafgroup.com 

D.L. Ricci Corp. 

5001 Moundview Drive 

Red Wing, MN 55066 

(651) 388-8661 

www.dlricci.com 

Data Systems & Solutions, LLC 

12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 310 

Reston, VA 20190 

(703) 375-2800 

www.ds-s.com 

Day & Zimmermann NPS 

1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 101 

Lancaster, PA 17601 

(717) 481-5600 

Fax (717) 481-5615 

www.dznps.com 

Contact 

Brian C. Hartz, V.P., Business Development 

(717) 481-5600 x211 

Mark G. Friedmann, Director, Business 

Development 

(717) 481-5600 x215 

Brad Mizell, Director, Business Development 

(717) 481-5600 x243 

Day & Zimmermann NPS (DZNPS) is one of 

the nation’s leading union labor contractors dedicated 

exclusively to safely performing full-service 

maintenance and modifications at nuclear and 

fossil-fired power plants. Multi-site, system-wide 

partnerships focused on reducing the Total Cost 

of Ownership (TCO) are a DZNPS specialty. In 

2004, DZNPS was ranked as the #1 Operations 

& Maintenance contractor in the U.S. Power 

industry by Engineering News Record (ENR). 

Dynamic Energy Systems 

740 Springdale Drive, Suite 208 

Exton, PA 19341 

(780) 460-7771 

www.des-ems.com 


EPRI Solutions, Inc. 

942 Corridor Park Boulevard 

Knoxville, TN 37932 

(865) 218-8000 

Fax (865) 218-8001 

www.eprisolutions.com 

Contact 

George Waidelich, Director, Asset 

Management & Maintenance Optimization 

(925) 284-5407 x123 

EPRI Solutions provides a broad spectrum 

of business and engineering consulting services 

to help utilities address strategic and operational 

challenges. With insights gained from decades 

of experience, our in-house team of professionals 

delivers immediate benefits and lasting value by 

improving reliability and maintenance programs, 

facilitating environmental compliance, and optimizing 

plant operations. Whether your priority is to 

increase plant availability, improve maintenance 

and work processes, or address complex technical 

and regulatory issues, we have the solutions. 

Flowserve 

1350 North Mountain Springs Parkway 

Springville, UT 84663 

(801) 489-8611 

www.flowserve.com 

har*GIS Field Information Systems 

6551 South Revere Parkway, Suite 210 

Centennial, CO 80111 

(303) 220-0253 

www.truckmap.com 

Indus International, Inc. 

3301 Windy Ridge Parkway 

Atlanta, GA 30399 

(800) 868-0497 

www.indus.com 

Itron 

2818 North Sullivan Road 

Spokane, WA 99216 

(800) 635-5461 

Fax (509) 891-3932 

www.itron.com 

Contact 

Randi Neilson, VP Marketing 

(509) 891-3247 

Tim Wolf, Marketing Communications Manager 

(509) 891-3256 

 

 

 

Peter Sanborn, Senior Marketing 

Communications Specialist 

(509) 891-3315 

Itron is a leading technology provider and critical 

source of knowledge to the global energy and 

water industries. Nearly 3,000 utilities worldwide 

rely on Itron’s award-winning technology to provide 

the knowledge they require to optimize the delivery 

and use of energy and water. Itron creates value for 

its clients by providing industry-leading solutions for 

electricity metering; meter data collection; energy 

information management; demand response; load 

forecasting, analysis and consulting services; 

distribution system design and optimization; Webbased 

workforce automation; and enterprise and 

residential energy management. 

KEMA 

67 South Bedford Street, Suite 201 East 

Burlington, MA 01803 

(781) 273-5700 

Fax (781) 229-4867 

www.kema.com 

Contact 

Jennifer Krabbenhoeft, Director, Strategic 

Marketing 

(303) 708-9355 

Kristen Brewitt, Corporate Communications 

(781) 273-5700 

KEMA offers technical and management 

consulting, testing, inspections, certification, and 

testing, inspections, certification, and training 

services to more than 500 electric and utility 

industry clients in 70 countries. KEMA applies 

global experience and regional insight in offering a 

full complement of services supporting generation 

through the consumer side of the meter. Headquartered 

in Arnhem, the Netherlands with subsidiaries 

and offices worldwide, KEMA employs more than 

1,500 full-time professionals and leading experts in 

many facets of the energy utility industry. 

LinearVision, LLC 

198 Van Buren Street, Suite 120 

Herndon, VA 20170 

(250) 388-0500 

www.linearvision.com 

NewEnergy Associates, A Siemens Company 

400 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 1500 

Atlanta, GA 30339 

(770) 779-2800 

www.newenergyassoc.com 

Obvient Strategies, Inc. 

2550 Northwinds Parkway, Suite 250 

Alpharetta, GA 30004 

(678) 336-1472 

www.obvient.com

SAP America, Inc. 

3999 West Chester Pike 

Newtown Square, PA 19073 

(610) 661-1000 

www.sap.com 

Strategic Asset Management 

25 New Britain Avenue 

Unionville, CT 06085 

(860) 675-0439 

www.samicorp.com 

UMS Group, Inc. 

80 Waterview Boulevard 

Parsippany, NJ 07054 

(973) 335-3555 

www.umsgroup.com 

consulting 

Energy Seminars, Inc. 

PO Box 7979 

The Woodlands, TX 77387 

(281) 362-7979 

Fax (281) 296-9922 

www.energyseminars.com 

Contact 

Brad Heller 

(281) 362-7979 

Energy Seminars, Inc. provides public and 

in-house seminars on a range of topics including 

several of the most best-attended seminars in the 

energy industry. Among our offerings: Natural Gas 

101, Electricity 101, Natural Gas Hedging & Basis 

Trading, FASB 133: Accounting for Derivatives, 

ISDA Master Agreements, Energy Trading Law, 

NAESB Gas Contracts, Natural Gas Processing 

Contracts, Power Trading (EEI) Master Agreements, 

and several new seminars on leadership, 

ethics, and team building. 

General Physics Corp. 

25 Northpointe Parkway, Suite 100 

Amherst, NY 14228 

(716) 799-1080 

www.gpworldwide.com 

ICF Consulting 

9300 Lee Highway 

Fairfax, VA 22031 

(703) 934-3637 

www.icfconsulting.com 

Interliance, LLC 

4 Hutton Center Drive, Suite 1050 

Santa Ana, CA 92707 

(714) 540-8889 

Fax (714) 540-6113 

www.interliance.com 

Contact 

Jocelyn Kamph, VP of Sales 

(714) 540-8889 

Katherin Smith, Corporate Communications 

Manager 

(714) 540-8889 

Gloria Kamph, CEO 

(714) 540-8889 

Interliance is a business strategy and financial 

advisory firm specializing in corporate development, 

merger and acquisitions, improving operating margins 

and process economics, increasing operating 

efficiencies, optimizing performance, and comprehensively 

meeting complex regulatory requirements. 

Services include: operational optimization, 

process improvement, preventive and predictive 

maintenance systems, manpower and skill loading 

strategies, multi-skill workforce development, workforce 

qualification and training systems, regulatory 

compliance strategies and information systems. 

Navigant Consulting, Inc. 

175 West Jackson, Suite 500 


(312) 583-5700 

Fax (312) 583-5701 

www.navigantconsulting.com 

Contact 

Dean Maschoff, Managing Director 

(312) 583-5719 

Dale Probasco, Director 

(612) 868-5955 

Mark Kubow, Managing Director 

(312) 583-5718 

Navigant Consulting (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized 

independent consulting firm that assists 

clients in addressing the critical challenges of 

regulation, risk, litigation, and business model 

change. NCI’s Energy practice group is well 

known for its in-depth industry knowledge of the 

energy and financial markets, technical expertise, 

and business management skills. Clients include 

investor-owned utilities, financial entities, government 

organizations, non-regulated power suppliers, 

pipeline companies, large energy customers, 

law firms and other energy industry players. 

PA Consulting Group 

1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 

Denver, CO 80202 

(303) 309-1184 

www.paconsulting.com/energy 

distributed generation 

Aggreko 

15600 JFK Boulevard, Suite 200 


(800) 244-7356 

www.aggreko.com 

Babcock & Wilcox 

20 South Van Buren Avenue 

Barberton, OH 44203 

(330) 753-4511 

www.babcockwilcox.com 

Capstone Turbine Corp. 

21211 Nordhoff Street 

Chatsworth, CA 91311 

(818) 407-3770 

www.microturbine.com 

Caterpillar, Inc. 

100 Northeast Adams Street 

Peoria, IL 61629 

(800) 321-7332 

www.caterpillar.com 

Northern Power Systems 

182 Mad River Park 

Waitsfield, VT 05673 

(802) 496-2955 

www.northernpower.com 

Solar Turbines, Inc. 

PO Box 85376 

San Diego, CA 92186 

(619) 544-5352 

www.solarturbines.com 

Wärtsilä North America 

16330 Air Center Boulevard 


(281) 233-6200 

Fax (281) 233-6233 

www.wartsila.com/usa 

Contact 

Sabrina Garg, Marketing Coordinator 

(281) 233-6209 

Wärtsilä is a leading provider of power plants, 

operation and lifetime care services in decentralized 

power generation. We provide power for 

baseload, intermediate, peaking, standby and 

combined heat and power applications as well 

as solutions for oil pumping. Our product range 

comprises gas- and oil-fuelled power plants with 

outputs from 1 to 300 MW and biomass-fuelled 

plants with outputs from 1 to 17 MW. 

generation, t&d equiPment manufacturers 

Basler Electric 

Route 143, Box 269 

Highland, IL 62249 

(618) 654-2341 

www.basler.com 

 

 

 

 

 


Fairbanks Morse Engine 

701 White Avenue 

Beloit, WI 53511 

(608) 364-4411 

www.fairbanksmorse.com 

Vestas 

111 Southwest Columbia, Suite 480 

Portland, OR 97201 

(503) 327-2000 

www.vestas.com 

instrumentation & control 

CEC Vibration Products, Inc. 

746 Arrow Grand Circle 

Covina, CA 91722 

(626) 938-0200 

www.cecvp.com 

Chemtrac Systems, Inc. 

6991 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard 

Building 600 

Norcross, GA 30092 

(770) 449-6233 

www.chemtrac.com 

Conco Systems, Inc. 

530 Jones Street 

Verona, PA 15147 

(412) 828-1166 

www.concosystems.com 

Cormetech, Inc. 

5000 International Drive 

Durham, NC 27712 

(919) 595-8700 

www.cormetech.com 

Emerson Process Management, 

Power & Water Solutions 

200 Beta Drive 

Pittsburgh, PA 15238 

(412) 963-4000 

Fax (412) 963-3644 

www.emersonprocess-powerwater.com 

Contact 

Bill England, Sales Director 

(798) 263-6100 

Susan Comiskey, Communications Director 

(412) 963-4485 

Joyce Dasch, Manager, Power Marketing 

(412) 963-3670 

The Power & Water Solutions division of Emerson 

Process Management leads the company’s 

endeavors in the power generation sector. With 

more than four decades of experience in delivering 

process instrumentation & control solutions to the 

power generation industry, Emerson Process Management 

is the U.S. market leader with Emerson 


control systems operating in plants representing 

over 250,000 MW of generating capacity. 

Fluke PO Box 9090 

Everett, WA 98206 

(425) 347-6100 

www.fluke.com 

Forney Corp. 

3405 Wiley Post Road 

Carrollton, TX 75006 

(800) 356-7740 

Fax (972) 458-6195 

www.forneycorp.com 

Contact 

Debi Childs, Marketing Coordinator 

(972) 458-6500 

Forney has maintained its position as a leader 

in power plant and large industrial systems for more 

than 75 years by designing, manufacturing, installing 

and servicing the most innovative lines of combustion 

and environmental equipment. Forney now 

offers environmental analyzers and instruments to 

enhance our traditional line of Continuous Emissions 

Monitoring Systems (CEMS). Forney’s full 

line of combustion products continues to include 

igniters, flame detectors, Burner Management 

Systems (BMS), burners and duct burners. 

Invensys Process Systems 

33 Commercial Street 

Foxboro, MA 02035 

(866) 746-6477 

www.invensys.com/ps 

Power quality 

S&C Electric Company 

6601 North Ridge Boulevard 


(773) 338-1000 

Fax (773) 338-2562 

www.sandc.com 

Contact 

Stephen Maruszewski, Vice-President - Sales 

(773) 338-1000 

S&C Electric Company is a global provider 

of equipment and services for electric power 

systems. S&C started with a single product — the 

Liquid Power Fuse, invented by its founders in 

1909. From that beginning, S&C’s product line 

has expanded significantly, but always in electric 

power switching and protection. S&C also offers 

a wide range of engineering, laboratory, and testing 

services for electric utilities and commercial, 

industrial, and institutional power users. 

renewable energy 

Powel-MiniMax 

930 Blue Gentain Road, Suite 1300 

St. Paul, MN 55121 

(888) 990-7591 

Fax (651) 251-3006 

www.powelminimax.com 

Contact 

Jeff Baumer, VP, Sales & Marketing 

(888) 990-7591 

Tim Perkins, Director of Business Development 

(250) 385-0206 

Frederik Ten Sythoff, Director of Marketing 

(651) 251-2972 

Powel-MiniMax provides solution support and 

risk management software to hydropower providers 

around the world. Its HYDROPS software optimizes 

efficiency for hydropower operations. Powel- 

MiniMax also provides software support solutions 

to help utilities boost profitability and enhance 

customer service levels. Its modular Utility Decision 

Support Platform (UDSP) is the first solution to 

provide instant, universal access to the information 

utilities need to optimize business results. 

Superna Energy, LLC 

10 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1770 


(312) 474-1013 

www.supernaenergyllc.com 

software 

Datria 7211 South Peoria Street, Suite 260 

Englewood, CO 80112 

(303) 728-1300 

www.datria.com 

 

 

 

ESRI 380 New York Street 

Redlands, CA 92373 

(909) 793-2853 

Fax (909) 307-3039 

www.esri.com 

Contact 

Roxanne Cox-Drake, Electric & Gas 

Utility Manager 

(909) 793-2853 x1-2689 

With annual sales of more than $560 million, 

ESRI remains the world leader in the geographic 

information system (GIS) software industry. Our 

business involves the development and support of 

GIS software for all types of organizations--from 

the one-person office to multinational corporations 

to innovative Internet GIS solutions. As the leader 

in GIS technology, ESRI offers innovative solutions 

that will help you create, visualize, analyze, and 

present information better and more clearly.

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