In just eight years the Advanced Energy Conference has solidified its position as the premier energy conference in New York State, and one America’s most comprehensive and influential events focused on the future of energy. Advanced Energy 2014 brought the conference to Albany, the state capital, where its central location atrracted participation from throughout New York State, New England and Canada. Located only steps away from the New York Capitol building, it drew direct interest and attendance from both the executive and legislative branches of government. Advanced Energy 2014 had the latest technologies and opportunities on display, and was the ideal venue for meeting and networking with business leaders, researchers and academics, innovators, and policy makers from across the country and around the world.
For more information, refer to:
Advanced Energy 2014 Website
Advanced Energy 2014 Official Program
For information on last year’s 2013 Advanced Energy Conference, please click: Advanced Energy 2013
Please see below for links to presentations from the various work sessions held under the Smart Grid Technology track during the two-day conference.
Session 1
Offshore Wind
- Catherine Bowes, Senior Manager, Climate and Energy Program – Offshore Wind Power: New York’s Next Clean Energy Frontier
- Dr. Richard Tabors, President, Tabors Caramanis Rudkevich – The Value of Offshore Wind’s Market Impacts: A Case Study
- Clint Plummer, Vice President of Development, Deepwater Wind – The Case for Offshore Wind
Manufacturing Energy Efficiency
- Michael Newell, President/CEO, Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. – Waste Heat to Power: Increasing Industrial Energy Efficiency
- Richard E. deFay, Project Manager, Sustainable Energy, Copper Development Association – Efficiency Comparison – Copper Rotor Motor vs. Permanent Magnet Motor
- Dr. Holly Shulman, Founder, Ceralink – Microwave Assist Technology for Energy Efficient Manufacturing
- Phil Austen, Director of Program Strategy, New York, National Grid – Connect 21 and Manufacturing Energy Efficiency
Microgrids
- Carol Garcia, Strategic Initatives Director, NYPA – New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program & Microgrids
- John Saintcross, Program Manager of Energy & Environmental Markets, NYSERDA – Microgrid Assessment
- Dr. Robert Currie, CTO and Co-Founder, Smarter Grid Solutions – International DER and Microgrid Project Examples
- Jim Reilly, Principal, Reilly Associates – Advanced Microgrids Power Delivery and Resilience
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
- Stacey Hughes, Manager, Community and Customer National Grid – Electric Transportation… Leading the Charge!
- Matt Solomon, Transportation Program Manager, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, The Multi-State ZEV MOU: Overview and Status Update
- Louis Tremblay, CEO & Co-Founder, AddEnergie – Workplace Charging, a Profitable and Affordable Service
- Dae-Hwan Kim, International Electric Vehicle – Global EV Platform in Jeju
Session 2
Intermittency Mitigation & Solar Forecasting
- Dr. Richard Perez, Research Professor, University at Albany – Atmospheric Sciences Research Center – Mitigating Short-term PV Output Intermittency
- Dr. Morgan Putnam, Clean Power Research – Intergrating PV into Utility Planning and Operations
- Dr. Jeff Freedman, Research Associate, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center – The Synergism of Wind and Solar Power
- Dr. Hendrik F. Hamann, Research Manager, Physical Sciences Department, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center – A Machine-Learning Renewable Energy Forecast Platform
Regional Energy Policy
- Katherine Rougeux, Project Manager, New York Power Authority – Five Cities Energy Master Plans
- Ralph D. Masiello, Innovation Director, DNV GL – Developing the Details of a State Energy Strategy
- Dr. Vatsal Bhatt, Senior Energy Policy Advisor, Brookhaven National Laboratory – Energy-Water Issues: New York City Pilot Study
- Christopher Cavanagh, Principal Project Manager, National Grid – Technology and Policy Objectives for Retrofit Net-Zero Emissions Buildings in New York
Advanced Buildings I
- Dr. Giovanni Petrecca, University of Pavla – Energy Management To Improve Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Buildings: The Best Approach To Reduce Energy Cost and Consumption
- Dr. Jon Lontin, Stony Brook University – Evaporative Cooling for Data Centers
- Michael Perrotta, CFO/COO, MicroGen Systems – Internet of Things (IoT)
- Dr. Peter Hofbauer, Chairman & CTO, EcoMotors – ThermoLift: The Natural Gas Heat Pump and Air Conditioner
Utility 2.0
- James T. Gallagher, Executive Director, New York State Smart Grid Consortium – Moving Towards Utility 2.0
- Stuart Nachmias, Vice President, Energy Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Con Edison – Utility of the Future
- Rory Christian, Director of Smart Power Initiatives, Environmental Defense Fund – Utility 2.0 – Social, Environmental and Consumer Considerations
Advanced Vehicle Technologies
- Sotirios Mamalis, Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University – Advanced Combustion for Natural Gas Engines
- Timothy Wells, Program Manager, BAE Systems – HybriDrive Propulsion Systems
- Keith Sneddon, Chief Engineer, Exelis – A Hybrid Pneumatic Driveline for Heavy Duty Vehicles
- Joe Ambrosio, General Manager, Unique Technical Services LLC – Unique Technical Services
Biomass Heating: Designing Successful Projects
- Khaled Yousef, Principal Energy Engineer & Founding Member, Pyramid Energy Engineering Services, LLC – Verifying the Performance of Advanced Biomass Heating Systems
- John Siegenthaler, Principal, Appropriate Designs – Hydronic Details that Enhance High Efficiency Wood-Fired Boiler Systems
- William Marzano, MCW Engineering – Biomass Heating – High Efficiency and Low Emissions Application
Session 3
Remunerating Solar Energy at Face Value
- Dr. Richard Perez, Research Professor, University at Albany – Atmospheric Sciences Research Center – PV Generation: The Value Proposition
- Matt Schuerger, Independent Consultant, Energy System Consulting – Minnesota Value of Solar
- Lyle Rawlings, President, MSEIA – Comparing PV Remuneration Options for a High-Penetration Renewable Energy Future
- Thomas Thompson, Key Accounts Manager, JA Solar USA, Inc. – PV Generation: The Value Proposition
- Peter Savio, Program Manager, NYSERDA – NY-SUN PV Program
Polymers for Energy
- Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Stony Brook University – Enhancing the Efficiency of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells via Templated Self-Assembly
- Dr. Chang-Yong Nam, Associate Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory – Charge Transport in Organic Polymer Solar Cells
- Dr. John Welch, Professor, University at Albany – Light Harvesting by Genetically Engineered Polypeptides
- Dr. Israel Cabasso, Director, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry – Polymers for Energy
Advanced Buildings II
- Ed Bogucz, Executive Director, Syracuse CoE, New York State’s Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems – Clean Air for China, Exported from New York: A Case Study in Accelerating Innovations for Advanced Buildings
- Christopher Abbuehl, Business Development Manager, Constellation Energy – Energy Upgrades for the Federal Bureau of Prisons: Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY
- Louis Schick, Partner & Chief Technology Officer, NewWorld Capital Group – Evaporative Cooling for All Climates
- Hugh Henderson, Founding Principal, CDH Energy Corporation – Residential Hot Water Use Patterns and Energy Efficiency
Smart Grid & Utilities
- Wesley J. Yeomans, Vice President of Operations, New York Independent System Operator – Watching the Grid: Control Room Situational Awareness at the NYISO
- Tom Magee, General Manager, Smart Grid Implementation Group, Con Edison – Smart Grid Development
- Bill Jones, Program Director, Smart Energy Solutions Program, National Grid – Smart Energy Solutions Program – Worcester, Massachusetts Pilot
- Michael Voltz, Director of Energy Efficiency and Renewables, PSEG Long Island – Utility 2.0 Metering Strategy Presented to: Advanced Energy Conference
Implementing New Transportation Strategies
- Adam Ruder, Project Manager, NYSERDA – New Strategies for Transportation Energy Efficiency
- Steven Monks, Founder Member & COO, HEVO Power – HEVO Power: Onward
- Paul Lipson, President, Barretto Bay Strategies – Green Loading Zones: The Emergence of Zero-Emission Urban Delivery and the NYC Opportunity
- Dr. Cara Wang, Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – The Lessons from the Off-Hours Delivery Project in New York City
Low Carbon Energy: Production & Implications
- Dr. Devinder Mahajan, Brookhaven National Laboratory – Fueling the Future through Low-Carbon Energy Management (L-CEM) Initiative
- Julia Hasty, Low Carbon Energy Lab, Stony Brook University – All Power Labs: Open Source Energy
- Dr. Vatsal Bhatt, Senior Energy Policy Advisor, Brookhaven National Laboratory – Energy-Water Issues: New York City Pilot Study
- Matthew Tomich, Vice President, Energy Vision – Toward a Low-Carbon Transportation Future: Renewable Natural Gas
- Clair Hessmer, Antares Consulting – Implementation of the NYPA Anaerobic Digestion Ombudsman Program
Session 4
Hydrogen Production & Utilization
- Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Stony Brook University – Gold Nanoparticle Enhancement for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC)
- Dr. Hazem Tawfik, Farmingdale State College – Production of Ultra-pure H2 Derived From Biomass Waste to Power 10kW PEM Fuel Cells and Produce CHP
- Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, Chair, Physics Department, Yeshiva University – Operando Studies of Reaction-Induced Restructuring of Catalysts
Advanced Lighting
- Dr. Satyen Mukherjee, Chief Scientist and Senior Director, Philips Research North America – Advances In Outdoor Lighting Systems
- Greg Campbell, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lumenpulse – A New Era… For Retrofitting Lighting Controls
- Dr. Tessa Pocock, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – The New Green Is Plants
- Dr. Robert F. Karlicek, Jr., Director, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Smart Lighting: Lighting Systems That Think™
Grid Integration of Renewables
- Dr. Robert Broadwater, Chief Technology Officer, Electrical Distribution Design – High Penetration PV Control Comparisons
- Bob Lafaro, Research Engineer, Brookhaven National Laboratory – Grid Integration Challenges for Renewables in the Northeast
- Tom Key, Senior Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute – The Intergrated Grid: Realizing the Full Value of Central and Distributed Energy Resources
- Philippe Bouchard, Vice President, Eos Energy Storage – Eos Energy Storage
Commercial Vehicle Deployment
- Alycia Gilde, Northeast Representative, CALSTART – Advancing Alternative Fuel Vehicles through Innovative Incentive Programs
- Gino Porter, East Division Fleet Manager, PepsiCo – Frito Lay NA Fleet
- Jeff Gicewicz, Vice President of Corporate Holdings, Try It Distributing Company Inc. – CNG Filling Station & Delivery Vehicle Project
- Jim Petrecky, Business Development and Systems Engineering, Plug Power – Leveraging Material Handling Fuel Cells into Truck Refrigeration
