Appendix B—
Committee Meetings and Activities
1— Committee Meeting, March 4-5, 1999, Washington, D.C.
Presentations:
Overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Power Technologies (OPT)
Daniel Reicher, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
DOE-OPT Program Descriptions
Daniel Adamson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Power Technologies
Solar Photovoltaics Program
Jim Rannels, Director, Office of Photovoltaics and Wind
Wind Energy Program
Peter Goldman, Deputy Director, Office of Photovoltaics and Wind
Biopower Program
Gary Burch, Director, Office of Concentrating Solar Power, Biomass Power and Hydrogen Technologies
Concentrating Solar Power and International Programs
Gary Burch, Director, Office of Concentrating Solar Power, Biomass Power and Hydrogen Technologies
Geothermal Program
Allan Jelacic, Director, Office of Geothermal Technologies
Renewable Technologies—The EPRI Roadmap
Stephen Gehl, EPRI, Director, Strategic Technology and Alliances
The PCAST View on Renewables
Robert Williams, Princeton University
National Laboratories' View of Renewables' Potential
Stanley Bull, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2— Committee Meeting, May 10-11, 1999, Washington, D.C.
Presentations:
Status of Technology
Ralph Overend, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Utility Perspective
Edward Neuhauser, Niagara Mohawk
Environmental Perspective
Jan Beyea, Consulting in the Public Interest
DOE Response to the Presentations and Discussions
Raymond Costello, Biomass Power Team Leader
Summary of Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel report
John O'Sullivan, Electric Power Research Institute
Fuel Cells
John O'Sullivan, Electric Power Research Institute
Applied Research
Richard Rocheleau, University of Hawaii
Hydrogen Program R&D
Catherine Gregoire-Padro, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DOE Response to the Presentations and Discussions
Sig Gronich, Hydrogen Research Program
3— Committee Meeting, June 9-11, 1999, Golden, Colorado
Presentations:
PVMat Program
Ed Witt, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
PV Module Manufacture
M. Misra, ITN Energy Systems
National Center for Photovoltaics
L.L. Kazmerski, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Industrial and Government Experiences in Photovoltaics
A. Catalano, Independent Contractor
DOE Center of Excellence (Thin-Film Photovoltaics)
R.W. Birkmire, Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware
DOE Response to Photovoltaics Presentations and Discussions
James Rannels, Director, Office of Photovoltaics and Wind
Solar Thermal Technologies
Craig Tyner, Sandia National Laboratory, and Tom Williams, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Solar Dishes
Herbert Hayden, Arizona Public Service Company
Solar-Trough Technologies
David Kearney, Kearney Associates
DOE Response to Concentrating Solar Power Presentations and Discussions
Gary Burch, Director, Office of Concentrating Solar Power, Biomass Power
4— Committee Meeting, July 22-24, 1999, Washington, D.C.
Presentations:
Geothermal Energy Research: Its Past, Present, and Future
J. Edward Mock, Independent Consultant
Geothermal Systems and Opportunities in the U.S. and the World
Michael Wright, Energy and Geoscience Institute
The U.S. DOE Geothermal Strategic Plan
Allan Jelacic, Director, Office of Geothermal Technologies
Industry Perspectives on Short-and Long-Term R&D Needs and Opportunities
Louis Capuano, ThermoSource, Inc.
Twenty-five Years of R&D on Hot Dry Rock (EGS) Systems:
Lessons Learned
James Albright, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Draft Strategic Plan and Discussion of OPT Reorganization
Daniel Adamson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Power Technologies
The U.S. DOE OPT R&D Program and Needs
Peggy Brookshier, DOE Idaho Falls Office, and John Flynn, DOE Headquarters
Industry Perspective on R&D: Current Programs, Needs, and Opportunities
George Hecker, Alden Research Laboratory, and Dick Fisher, Voith Hydro Company
FERC's Perspective on Hydropower Needs Relative to Relicensing
Alan Mitchnick, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
R&D Partnership: Government and Industry
Jamie Chapman, OEM Development Corporation
Wind Energy Technology Overview
Bob Thresher, National Wind Technology Center, and Sue Hock, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
General Industry Perspective
Randy Swisher, American Wind Energy Association
Future Systems: Transmission and Distribution
Stephen Gehl and Bernard Ziemianek, Electric Power Research Institute
Transmission and Distribution and Storage: R&D at DOE
Phillip Overholt and Imre Gyuk, Office of Power Technologies
5— Committee Meeting, September 16-17, 1999, Washington, D.C.
Presentations:
Panel on Distributed Power Generation
Joe Iannucci, Distributed Utility Associates, and Stephen Gehl, Electric
Power Research Institute
Panel on Utility Restructuring
Diane Pirkey, Office of Power Technologies; Karl Rabago, Rocky Mountain Institute; and Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future
Panel on International Issues
Sam Baldwin, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Judith Siegel, Winrock Foundation; Malcolm Cosgrove-Davies, World Bank; Robert Dixon, International Programs, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Rodger Taylor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
