Welcome
Stan RosinskiProgram Manager, Renewable Generation
Biomass Torrefaction WorkshopApril 13-14, 2011
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Our History…
• Founded in 1973
• Independent, nonprofit center for public interest energy and environmental research
• Collaborative resource for the electricity sector
• Major offices in Palo Alto, CA; Charlotte, NC; Knoxville, TN– Laboratories in Knoxville,
Charlotte and Lenox, MAChauncey StarrEPRI Founder
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Our Members…
• 450+ participants in more than 40 countries
• EPRI members generate more than 90% of the electricity in the United States
• International funding of more than 18% of EPRI’s research, development and demonstrations
• Programs funded by more than 1,000 energy organizations
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Investor-Owned63%
International19%
Municipal7%
Cooperative4%
Independent PowerProducer
2%
Federal/State5%
December 31, 2010
EPRI Members BreakdownBy 2010 Annual Research Portfolio Funding
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Our Mission…
To conduct research onkey issues facing the
electricity sector…on behalf of its members, energy
stakeholders, and society.
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Help Move Technologies to the Commercialization Stage…
Our Role…
Technology Accelerator!
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Portfolio Spans the Entire Electricity Sector
Air Quality
Environmental Aspects of Renewables
Global Climate Change
Land and Groundwater
Occupational Health and Safety
T&D Environmental Issues
Water and Ecosystems
Environment
Transmission Lines and Substations
Grid Operations and Planning
Distribution
Energy Utilization
Cross Cutting Technologies
Power Delivery & Utilization
Advanced Nuclear Technology
Chemistry, Low-Level Waste and Radiation Management
Equipment Reliability
Fuel Reliability
Instrumentation and Control
Long-Term Operations
Material Degradation/Aging
Nondestructive Evaluation and Material Characterization
Risk and Safety Management
Used Fuel and High-Level Waste Management
Nuclear Power
Advanced Coal Plants, Carbon Capture and Storage
Combustion Turbines
Environmental Controls
Generation Planning
Major Component Reliability
Operations and Maintenance
Renewables
Generation
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Electric Industry Strategic Issues
Long-TermOperations
SmartGrid
EnergyEfficiency
Near ZeroEmissions
Water ResourceManagement
Renewable Resourcesand Integration
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Renewable Generation
• Renewable Energy Strategic Planning (Strategic)– 84A Renewable Energy Economics and Technology Status –
cost and performance information, engineering and economic evaluation (required purchase for all members)
• Technology-specific R&D (Tactical)– 84B Biomass – Fuel supply management, power generation, fuel
upgrading, test burns– 84C Solar – Solar thermal integration, evaluation of PV and CSP
technologies at Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC),reliability, O&M
– 84D Wind – Technology assessments, O&M, reliability, NDE– 84E Geothermal – Technology assessments, O&M, hybrid
applications, new technologies
Renewable energy technology development, deployment, and O&M
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Strategic Objectives for Biomass
• Sustainability– Resource availability– Fuel-type– Energy supply chain
• Power generation– Repowering– Co-firing– Gasification– Others
• Minimize impact on operationand environment
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Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity