Emerging Energy Technology Denali Commission. Denali Daniels and Jason Meyer September 27, 2011

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1 Emerging Energy Technology Denali Commission Denali Daniels and Jason Meyer September 27, 2011

2 Denali Commission Energy Program Federal Agency 1998 Bulk Fuel & Rural Power Systems Energy Policy Act 2005 Federal State Partnerships Renewable Energy Fund Emerging Energy Technology Fund

3 Background Emerging Tech Funding Draft legislation Emerging technologies gap Pilot projects High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Eagle In-river Hydrokinetic

4 Round 0 Solicitation Process $4m dedicated to 2 phased solicitation Eligibility followed criteria in legislation Commercially viable in Alaska within 5 years Foreseeable replication statewide Reduce energy cost/consumption for Alaskans Technical Advisory Committee Over 50 submissions 15 Invited to submit full proposals Review committee recommended 8 projects

5 Lessons Learned Scope revisions Data collection and reporting roles and responsibilities Targeted technologies Conjunction with Renewable Energy Fund

6 Denali Commission Future Role Governor appointed seat on Advisory Committee FY10 $2.4m FY11 $2.4m = $4.8m total State $4.8m + Commission $4.8m = $9.6m Identify gaps

7 Seawater Heat Pump Demonstration Project Recipient: Partners: Alaska SeaLife Center Your Clean Energy, City of Seward, Alaska Energy Authority, Trane Install and monitoring a heat pump system that will lift latent heat from raw seawater at temperatures ranging from 35ºF to 55ºF, and transfer this heat energy into building heat at a temperature of 120ºF.

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9 Psychrophiles for Generating Heating Gas Recipient: Partners: Cordova Electric Cooperative Cordova Schools, UAF-INE, Solar Cities Research and application project, deploy the use of psychrophiles (cold loving microbes) to improve efficiency in biogas digestors for generating cooking and heating gas for Alaskan households.

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11 Feasibility of Solar Hot Water Systems Recipient: Partners: Kotzebue Electric Association Kotzebue Community Energy Task Force, ABS Alaska, Susitna Energy, NANA Assessing the feasibility of solar thermal hot water heating systems integrated into elder housing in the NANA region.

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13 Commercial Scale Wood Pellet Fired Boiler Recipient: Sealaska Corporation Converting the Sealaska corporate headquarters building from a diesel fired boiler to a wood pellet fired boiler, demonstrating commercial scale application of the technology and assessing the market potential of biomass in South East Alaska.

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15 Organic Rankine Cycle Heat Recovery System Recipient: Partners: Tanana Chiefs Council UAF, Alaska Energy Authority, ELectratherm Demonstrating the potential improved fuel efficiency of the diesel power plant in a village in the TCC region through the use of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system for heat recovery from engine jacket water and exhaust.

16 Nenana RiveGen TM Hydrokinetic Turbine Recipient: Partners: Ocean Renewable Power Company UAF AHERC, NREL ORPC proposes to build, install and test the RivGen TM Power System, a hydrokinetic energy unit, at the Nenana hydrokinetic test bed and analyze resource and technology results.

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18 Wales Diesel-Off High Penetration Wind System Recipient: Partners: Kotzebue Electric Association AVEC, Western Community Energy Kotzebue Electric Association will demonstrate dieseloff configuration for a remote wind-diesel high penetration hybrid power system through the retrofit of existing equipment and controls.

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20 High Penetration Hybrid Power Systems Recipient: Partners: UAF WiDAC Marsh Creek, Sustainable Automation The Wind Diesel Application Center will analyze state of the art power electronics to assess options for winddiesel hybrid power systems to operate in a diesel-off mode.

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22 Flow Battery Energy Storage Systems Recipient: Partners: Kotzebue Electric Association NRECA, UAF, Premium Power Kotzebue Electric Association s goal for this project is to analyze and demonstrate flow battery systems and their potential for energy storage in rural wind systems.

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24 High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Recipient: Partners: Polarconsult Alaska Princeton Power, Manitoba HVDC Research Center Polarconsult Alaska, in partnership with Princeton Power Systems, is developing High Voltage Direct Current transmission and converter technology, with a goal to assess and demonstrate the technical and financial feasibility of low-cost small-scale HVDC interties for rural Alaska.

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26 AP&T Yukon Hydrokinetic Project Recipient: Partners: Alaska Power and Telephone New Energy Corp, ABS Alaska Alaska Power Company s goal for this project is the development and assessment of a hydrokinetic project in the Yukon River, near Eagle, Alaska.

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30 Questions? Denali Daniels Senior Energy Program Manager Denali Commission Jason Meyer EET Program Manager Alaska Center for Energy and Power