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NewsThis section contains information on the news items highlighted on this Web site since 2007. Information on the older news items can be found in the Archives section.
Waste
to Energy Workshop: Advances and Opportunities in Ohio’s Livestock
and Food Processing Industries The Midwest CHP Application Center (MAC) co-organized and co-implemented the workshop with the Ohio Department of Development (Ohio Energy Office), the Ohio Department of Agriculture, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (Ohio Biomass Energy Program), and the Ohio Agriculture Research & Development Center at the request of the Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Energy Office. The workshop was held at the Arden Shisler Conference Center in Wooster, Ohio. The Conference Center is part of the Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center, Ohio State University. This was the tenth such waste-to-energy workshop conducted by the MAC over the past several years, and the second in Ohio. Previous workshops have been conducted in Iowa (2), Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Ohio (1), and Michigan (1). The Ohio workshop attracted the largest audience, with over 240 attendees, including representatives from the Ohio livestock industry, food processing industry, academia, utility industry, engineering, architecture and manufacturing industries, and state government. Among the many highlights of the workshop was the active participation of the Governor’s Energy Advisor, Mr. Mark Shanahan. Many of the attendees were members of the livestock and/or food processing industries in Ohio. The workshop focused on providing enough information to these potential users of the technologies and concepts as to encourage them to evaluate the concepts at their facilities. The workshop also provided them with information on how they could proceed with the evaluation. The large and enthusiastic turnout for the workshop was the result of the backing of the many workshop co-sponsors including
The attendees were welcomed by Dr. Steve Slack, Director of the Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center and Mr. John Cuttica, Director of the Midwest CHP Application Center. The lunch time key note speaker was Mr. Mark Shanahan, the appointed Energy Advisor to Governor Ted Strickland. Workshop brochure,
presentations
and speakers' bios
are available.
Forever
Energy: Biomass for Sustainable Energy Solutions The workshop was sponsored by Limestone Bluffs Resource Conservation and Development, The City of Dubuque, The Driftless Area Initiative, The Iowa Energy Center, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Dubuque Main Street, Washington Neighborhood Association, Down to Earth Solutions, Dubuque Metro Area Solid Agency and Sustainable Land Development Inc. The one-day workshop was held at the Grand River Center in Dubuque, Iowa on the topic of regional sustainability for the City of Dubuque and the surrounding area utilizing biomass fuels as a renewable source of energy. Mayor Roy Buol provided the welcoming speech to the 80+ gathered in attendance. The workshop was organized into the following sessions:
Cliff Haefke of the Midwest CHP Application Center provided two presentations: The Use of Wood Biomass for Distributed
Energy Generation in Iowa Other documents and reports mentioned in Mr. Haefke’s presentations:
Energy
Savings Opportunities for Indiana WWTFs: Energy
Efficiency and CHP The Midwest CHP Application Center (MAC) organized and implemented two one-day workshops in Indiana: on May 19th in Indianapolis and on May 21st in Elkhart. Both workshops were sponsored by the Indiana Office of Energy & Defense Development, along with the following co-sponsors:
These were the first workshops the MAC organized in Indiana this year targeting the wastewater treatment facility managers in the State of Indiana on the concepts of energy efficiency and biogas utilization from anaerobic digesters. The two workshops attracted more than one hundred interested attendees that engaged in many interactive discussions. Workshop attendees included wastewater treatment facility managers, engineering and environmental firms, government employees, private and public utilities, and others.
The workshop was organized into four program sections:
The workshop agenda, copies of presentations, and speakers' contact information are available. Energy
Savings Opportunities for Indiana WWTFs: Energy Efficiency and CHP The Midwest CHP Application Center (MAC) organized and implemented two one-day workshops in Indiana: on May 19th in Indianapolis and on May 21st in Elkhart. Both workshops were sponsored by the Indiana Office of Energy & Defense Development, along with the following co-sponsors:
These were the first workshops the MAC organized in Indiana this year targeting the wastewater treatment facility managers in the State of Indiana on the concepts of energy efficiency and biogas utilization from anaerobic digesters. The two workshops attracted more than one hundred interested attendees that engaged in many interactive discussions. Workshop attendees included wastewater treatment facility managers, engineering and environmental firms, government employees, private and public utilities, and others.
The workshops highlighted energy efficiency, anaerobic digesters, combustion and gasification technologies as viable approaches to meeting the individual wastewater treatment plant’s energy and management planning requirements, and showed how these technologies can be combined with CHP systems to generate onsite electricity and recycle the heat for use in the plant digester, pre-heating the digested sludge, facility heating/cooling and domestic hot water. CHP systems can reach 75% to 85% fuel use efficiencies, reduce energy consumption, provide economic savings, reduce carbon emissions, and when integrated with anaerobic digesters can assist in odor reduction, pathogen mitigation, and the reduced volume of sludge. The workshop was organized into four program sections:
The workshop agenda, copies of presentations, and speakers' contact information are available. Bio-Energy
Production Through Anaerobic Digester Technology The MAC worked closely with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and the Michigan State Energy Office in organizing and implementing the above workshop. Over 130 representatives from the livestock, food processing, digester, state government, engineering, utility, and finance industries participated. The workshop agenda, copies of the presentations, and speaker bios are now available by clicking on the desired link. Methane
Recovery from Farm & Food Processing Waste The MAC developed and implemented the above workshop, under the direction of the Indiana Office of Energy & Defense Development (state energy office) and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. Approximately 100 representatives from the livestock and food processing industries, the electric utility industry, state government, academia, and manufacturers attended the one-day workshop. More information on the workshop, its agenda, copies of the presentations and speakers are now available. U.S.
EPA Launches New Web Site for CHP Partnership The U.S. EPA is pleased to announce the launching of its new Web site for The Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership. New project development resources are now available and portions of the Web site have been streamlined to improve the access to existing tools and information. Some of the changes include the following:
The CHP Partnership will be announcing several new tools and resources over the next few months to CHP Partnership members. For more information on joining the CHP Partnership, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/chp/partnership/how-to-join.html. Waste-to-Energy
Workshop for the Ohio Livestock & Food Processing Industries The MAC developed and implemented the workshop at the request of the Ohio State Energy Office. The workshop was held at the Arden Shisler Conference Center in Wooster, Ohio. The Conference Center is part of the Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center, Ohio State University. This was the seventh such waste-to-energy workshop conducted by the MAC over the past several years, and the first in Ohio. Prior workshops were held in Iowa (2), Illinois (2), and Indiana (2). The Ohio workshop attracted the largest audience, with over 180 attendees, including representatives from the Ohio livestock industry, food processing industry, academia, utility industry, engineering and manufacturing industry, and state government. Among the many highlights of the workshop was the active participation of Ohio State Senator Ron Amstutz and the newly appointed Governor’s Energy Advisor, Mr. Mark Shanahan. Over half of the attendees were members of the livestock and/or food processing industries in Ohio. The workshop focused on providing enough information to these potential users of the technologies and concepts as to encourage them to evaluate the concepts at their facilities. The workshop also provided them with information on how they could proceed with the evaluation. The large and enthusiastic turnout for the workshop was the result of the backing of the many workshop co-sponsors including
The attendees were welcomed by Ms. Sara Ward, Director of Ohio’s State Energy Office and Dr. Steve Slack, the Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration at Ohio State University and the Director of the Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center. The lunch time key note speaker was Mr. Mark Shanahan, the newly appointed Energy Advisor to Governor Ted Strickland. The audience was also provided an update
on an ongoing study being conducted by Professor Fred Hitzhusen of Ohio
State University, entitled “Assessing Ohio’s Biomass Resources
for Energy Potential Using GIS”. The Phase 1 report is available
on line at: The workshop agenda, copies of presentations, and speakers' contact information are available.
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