Competitve Power College Courses
Pre-Conference Workshops
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
8-Hour course registration fees include workshop materials,
certificate of completion, lunch and coffee breaks
Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America is pleased to be an authorized continuing education provider by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. Many states recognize courses the FBPE authorizes, so check with your state governing board to see if the courses you take are eligible for professional development hours. Attendance at a full day course awards 8 PDH, ¾ day awards 6 PDH and a half day course awards 4 PDH. Certificates of attendance are provided to all attendees at the conclusion of the day. Those attendees wishing to obtain PDHs are required to achieve a passing grade on an examination at the conclusion of the course. Please include your Florida Board of Professional Engineers license number when registering for CPC Workshops. FBPE CEP #0003349
CANCELED CPC 101 – CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Room: 203C
Registration Fee: $675.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion, coffee breaks and lunch
Instructor
John M. Hynes, MSEE, MBA, Partner, Excidian, LLC
Course Target Audience
All positions in corporate management / administration, engineering, operations, distribution, transmission, generation whose functions / tasks require financial knowledge to either understand or contribute to decision making.
Also, professionals in finance, investing or entrepreneurial start-ups in renewable energy & fuels will benefit from this course. Facilitator, John Hynes, has experience in valuing renewable resource projects, assets and companies and includes demonstrations of this content in his presentation.
Participants attending Excidian’s course Capital Investment Analysis for Renewable Energy Projects should have a four-year college degree or at least 5 years experience in a plant management or supervisory capacity. They should have some business and financial acumen gleaned from academic courses or on-the-job experience.
Course Overview
This one-day course has two modules. They are:
I. Financial Statements - Participants learn basic concepts of accounting and how the three major financial statements are constructed. Balance Sheet, Income and Cash Flow statements are studied using short, interactive exercises to demonstrate how routine business transactions impact each statement and to show how the statements relate to one another.
II. Capital Investment Decision Analysis - Participants review Present Value; Net Present Value; Internal Rate of Return; and Weighted Average After-Tax Cost of Capital. A customized spreadsheet model is used to perform project valuation exercises for renewable energy projects. Participants make decisions about inputs that ultimately drive the decision of whether to allocate capital to the projects.
Course Highlights
• Customized. The Capital Investment module is customized for professionals making capital allocation decisions on renewable energy projects.
• Hands-on learning. Much of the one-day course is spent working in large and small groups. Bring your notebook computer to work on the project valuation exercises.
• Interactive. Participants are encouraged to ask questions often and whenever they come to mind.
• Relevance to current events. Course facilitator, John M. Hynes, MSEE, MBA relates teaching points to current industry news.
• The primary purpose of this course is to provide participants with the financial knowledge to analyze renewable energy projects and to make business decisions that are in the best interests of their company.
• Participants exit this course understanding the importance of applying financial analysis to accurately analyze the value of renewable energy projects.
Workshop Instructor’s Biography
John M. Hynes, MSEE, MBA, Partner, Excidian LLC
John began his career in the electric utility / power generation industry in 1983. At Excidian since 1998, John develops and facilitates customized business finance courses and energy industry knowledge courses. John’s knowledge of the industry issues, finance, accounting and Wall Street has established him as a well-respected facilitator.
CPC 102 – RENEWABLE ENERGY VENTURE DEVELOPMENT
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Room: 203A
Registration Fee: $675.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion, coffee breaks and lunch
Instructors
Dr. Sumesh Arora, Director of Strategic Biomass Solutions, Mississippi Technology Alliance; Tony Jeff, President/CEO, Mississippi Technology Alliance
Course Target Audience
This course is open to all entrepreneurs, project developers, economic developers (local, regional and those representing utility companies) and independent consultants who are trying to deploy renewable energy projects or develop innovative technologies. Investors, new to this sector, who attend will also benefit from this information and will learn how to screen renewable energy projects.
Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive set of tools and methodologies to screen, develop, or coach innovation-based renewable energy ventures. The course walks the participants through the rigorous process of developing a technology based venture followed by a comprehensive overview of the energy market drivers and emerging technology options and the concept of “dominant design.” . The course is based around a set of on-line tools designed to assist entrepreneurs in understanding the requirements of an investor-ready deal. It teaches the attendees to assess the risk in five key areas: product, market, management, finance, and execution.
Used with hundreds of entrepreneurial clients, the tools have proven to be able to simplify and prioritize the steps toward success for these ventures. The tools have also been used for venture evaluation and serve as a due-diligence checklist for investors, economic developers and consultants who have sought this training to screen potentially viable projects or coach startups.
While individual investors and economic developers find the format and criteria of these web-based tools useful as an effective due-diligence method, energy entrepreneurs and project developers using the tools can be assured of common language and expectations regarding valuation as well as technical and market validation. Additionally the attendees are exposed to the “butterfly model” of inter-organizational collaboration which is required to deploy successful renewable energy and emerging technology projects. REVD is funded in part by the USDOE.
Course Highlights
Learn about the venture development process via presentations, hands on exercises, and interactive videos,as you walk through the
• Concept phase
• Development phase
• Commercialization phase
Learn to identify risk in five key areas using the “VentureCapitalTools”:
• Product/technical risk
• Market risk
• Finance risk
• Management risk
• Execution risk
Learn about the need for private-public collaboration and how to apply the “Butterfly Model”
Workshop Instructors’ Biographies
Dr. Sumesh Arora, Director of Strategic Biomass Solutions, Mississippi Technology Alliance
Sumesh has 21 years of experience in the chemical and renewable energy industries and has helped attract $500 million in advanced biofuels investment to Mississippi. He has a PhD in International Development and BS/MS in engineering. Sumesh has advised over 50 renewable energy start-ups and holds a patent for a waste-to-energy system.
Tony Jeff, President/CEO, Mississippi Technology Alliance
Tony Jeff has an MBA and masters in engineering. He has coached 300+ entrepreneurial ventures and consulted with companies that successfully raised over $100 million in private equity. While working at Florida Power & Light, GM, and Delphi, Tony led a variety of finance and sales teams for a multi-billion dollar product line.
COMPETITIVE POWER COLLEGE (CPC)
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, February 14
4-Hour course registration fees include workshop materials,
certificate of completion and coffee break
Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America is pleased to be an authorized continuing education provider by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. Many states recognize courses the FBPE authorizes, so check with your state governing board to see if the courses you take are eligible for professional development hours. Attendance at a full day course awards 8 PDH, ¾ day awards 6 PDH and a half day course awards 4 PDH. Certificates of attendance are provided to all attendees at the conclusion of the day. Those attendees wishing to obtain PDHs are required to achieve a passing grade on an examination at the conclusion of the course. Please include your Florida Board of Professional Engineers license number when registering for CPC Workshops. FBPE CEP #0003349
CPC 201 – GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN CALIFORNIA
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Room: 203C
Registration Fee: $375.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion and coffee break
Instructors
Karl Gawell, Executive Director, Geothermal Energy Association; Louis Capuano, Jr., Founder & Chairman of the Board, ThermaSource; Maria Richards, Geothermal Lab Coordinator, Southern Methodist University; John McKinsey, Partner, Stoel Rives
Course Target Audience
This 101-style course is appropriate for individuals or company representatives looking at developing conventional geothermal energy. From an academic approach on the basics of a geothermal reservoir, we update you on geothermal development since the first plant in the U.S. started producing energy in California over 50 years ago. From a drilling and engineering standpoint, we coach you on the technologies you will need to be familiar with. You will also learn about the business models and issues of the geothermal industry and understand how you can function in this industry
Course Overview
California was the first state to successfully produce geothermal energy and has been developing it for over 50 years. This course provides key aspects of geothermal development in California, and a look into the technology that is used at California geothermal plants and is being used at conventional geothermal development sites around the world.
Course Highlights
• geothermal technology
• aspects of developing a geothermal reservoir
• conventional technologies from a drilling and engineering standpoint
• the business and economics of geothermal power development and operations
Workshop Instructors’ Biographies
Karl Gawell, Executive Director, Geothermal Energy Association
Karl Gawell has been with the GEA since 1997 and previously worked for the American Wind Energy Association. His background includes senior positions in several national environmental organizations, positions in the U.S. Congress, and advisory roles to national organizations. He has a BSFS from Georgetown University and has published numerous papers and articles on energy and environmental policy, testified before Committees of the U.S. House and Senate, and appeared on various national television and radio shows.
Louis Capuano, Jr., Founder & Chairman of the Board, ThermaSource
Louis Capuano, Jr., is Founder & Chairman of the Board at geothermal engineering and drilling consultancy ThermaSource and serves on the Boards of the Geothermal Energy Association and Geothermal Resources Council. With over 32 years of geothermal experience, he was a drilling manager for Thermogenics and opened a regional office of Signal Oil and Gas Co. He earned a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
Maria Richards, Geothermal Lab Coordinator, Southern Methodist University
Maria Richards is the Geothermal Laboratory Coordinator at Southern Methodist University where she oversees contracts and grants, and she serves on the Board of the Geothermal Resources Council. Her research has included resource assessment for the MIT Report on the Future of Geothermal Energy, the Geothermal Map of North America, and many projects in Nevada. She has an M.S. in Physical Geography from University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
John McKinsey, Partner, Stoel Rives
John McKinsey chairs the robust Geothermal Energy practice at Stoel Rives, LLP and serves on the Board of the Geothermal Energy Association. McKinsey’s experience focuses on geothermal energy development and the transactions and permits and approvals necessary to deliver geothermal electricity to the grid. He closely monitors western U.S. energy policy and regulation and advises clients on the issues and strategies of energy resource development and management.
CPC 202 – AN INTRODUCTION TO MARINE RENEWABLES: HARNESSING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Room: 203A
Registration Fee: $375.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion and coffee break
Instructors
Dr. Tim Mundon, Senior Engineer, Kleinschmidt Associates; Tim Oakes, Senior Regulatory Consultant, Kleinschmidt Associates
Course Target Audience
This course is aimed at those who are interested in learning more about marine renewables (wave, tidal, in-stream, ocean and offshore wind), and who are trying to understand the challenges to be faced when trying to develop these resources. Participants are requested to have a basic understanding of physics and engineering.
Course Overview
The course will provide an overview of MHK technologies, including a history of what has been done to date and a review of where technology is now and where it is likely to be in the near future. This will include an introduction to the specific marine aspects of offshore wind.
Starting with an introduction and explanation of the basic concepts, the course will introduce the idea of ‘economically recoverable resource’ before discussing the different variations within marine hydrokinetics, using existing devices from each of the areas to explain the concepts involved. The scope will then extend to defining the elements that need to be involved in a project and how these do or don’t scale. Finally there will be some discussion on the major concerns and problems that need to be addressed in order to develop successful projects.
Participants are expected to leave the course with an understanding of:
• The differences between the MHK technologies.
• The global resource and where the US fits into the picture.
• The different methods of extracting energy from each of the resources.
• Where the primary difficulties lie in both device and project development.
The course is aimed at professionals from all backgrounds who require an understanding of marine renewables. While there will be some discussion of physical principles, these will be kept as easy to understand concepts and principles.
Course Highlights
• Introduction to the primary fields of Marine Hydrokinetics
• Understanding the economically recoverable resource
• Energy capture basics: Wave, Tidal, In-Stream, Ocean Current & Offshore Wind.
• Project components: Siting and competing marine use, Transmission & Installation
• History of marine energy and a review of existing devices with a view to the future
• Environmental issues
• Understanding the regulatory regime and what’s involved in permitting a project
Workshop Instructors’ Biographies
Dr. Tim Mundon, Senior Engineer, Kleinschmidt Associates
Dr Mundon is a Senior Engineer and Project Manager with Kleinschmidt. He has more than 10 years experience working on a variety of marine hydrokinetic development studies in Europe and the US. He has worked on both device and site specific development for projects across the world.
Tim Oakes, Senior Regulatory Consultant, Kleinschmidt Associates
Tim Oakes is a senior regulatory consultant with more than 20 years experience in conventional hydroelectric projects as well as ocean and tidal energy. He is involved in licensing and permitting efforts for tidal and offshore wind generating sites in the U.S.
CANCELED CPC 203 – PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANTS
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Room: 202C
Registration Fee: $375.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion and coffee break
Instructor
Ravi Jethra, Industry Manager – Energy/Renewables, Endress+Hauser
Course Target Audience
Personnel involved with construction, maintenance and operations of Renewable Energy/Fuel facilities.
Education level : High School Diploma, Associate or Bachelors degree in engineering or with some practical background and experience
Plant Technicians, Maintenance Engineers and I&E engineers and Controls Engineer, Safety Engineers, Environmental Health & Safety Staff
Course Overview
The course would cover operations of process automation in renewable energy facilities. Specifically the course would cover process measurements related to following parameters: Level, Pressure, Flow and Temperature. The technologies linked to each of these parameters would be covered along with relevant applications.
The workshop covers some of the basics of measurement, and lead into some of the technical advances that impart improved reliability and lower operational costs. These advances are based on some of the latest and innovative technologies that are being implemented in process measurement.
What are the advantages and disadvantage of these instruments and which one performs better results under specific conditions? The workshop examines the pros and cons of the various measurement principles used with a detailed discussion on newer technologies that offer certain benefits not possible with older technologies. The workshop will also discuss actual field installations (with application graphics and relevant test data) and provide detailed information on do's and don’ts on installation and commissioning of instruments in renewable energy applications.
The fundamentals of measurement technologies combined with real-world examples of these methods and their advantages/ disadvantages will make the workshop interesting and useful for attendees. The course material would be applicable to Solar, bio-mass, bio-fuels, hydro-electric, landfill (bio-gas) and incineration (waste) type renewable energy facilities
Course Highlights
• Process Measurements including Pressure, Level, Flow and Temperature
• Basics of Process Measurement
• Real-world applications in renewable energy facilities
• Technology Comparisons
• Info related to ease of start-up and commissioning
Workshop Instructor’s Biography
Ravi Jethra, Industry Manager – Energy/Renewables, Endress+Hauser
Ravi Jethra currently works Endress + Hauser as Industry Manager – Power. He holds a degree in Instrumentation Engg from Bombay University and an MBA from Arizona State University. Ravi has over two decades of experience in process automation linked to Energy systems worldwide. He is based in Maryland and likes to read, hike and cook during his spare time.
CPC 204 – FAST-TRACKING ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND PLANNING GUIDE
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Room: 202A
Registration Fee: $375.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion and coffee break
Instructors
John King, CIH, Principal, EMPSi (Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Inc.); David Batts, Principal, EMPSi (Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Inc.)
Course Target Audience
BS/BA, responsible for developing renewable energy resources; includes those who work for renewable energy companies, utilities, government agencies and consultants
Course Overview
A one-day seminar on keys to fast tracking permitting of renewable energy and transmission line projects, featuring speakers from EMPSi. This seminar provides proven tools and techniques to achieve environmental compliance on schedule. Case studies will highlight the applicability of these approaches. Lectures cover not just the key environmental compliance laws/regulations applicable to renewable energy projects but also the critical points that usually lead to delays. This will allow students to anticipate and prepare for these critical junctures in advance. This class has been previously taught at REW 2010 and 2009 but has been expanded to cover transmission projects and projects on non-federal lands. In addition the class now covers the new directives issued by federal agencies that move critical decision-making forward in the process.
Course Highlights
1. Delays cost money — how to avoid them
2. It’s all about people — getting to know the decision makers — get the inside scoop
3. Business as usual? How the federal government is facilitating leasing and permitting
4. Regional differences between federal agencies and different offices
5. ePlanning - what you need to know about the government’s new electronic planning process
6. Understand the trends and regulatory environment
7. Know the environmental laws and fundamentals of compliance
8. Do your homework — identify resources, survey and plan ahead
9. Five reasons not to prepare an EIS
10. Value engineering — use NEPA to your advantage to build a better project
11. NEPA and state laws — when to start to optimize your schedule
12. Just when you thought you were done...all about Washington, DC
Workshop Instructors’ Biographies
John King, CIH, Principal, EMPSi (Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Inc.
Mr. King is an expert in environmental permitting and compliance for renewable energy projects. He was chair of the 2011 National Energy Symposium for NAEP; recently completed the environmental compliance for the second largest PV solar facility in the world (second in the US), and has developed and taught environmental classes for twenty years.
David Batts, Principal, EMPSi (Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Batts is a nationally recognized authority for permitting wind, solar, geothermal and transmission for renewable energy projects. He is a speaker at the 2011 Geothermal Congress as well as the 2011 National Energy Symposium. He has permitted large renewable energy and transmission projects and has previously taught a pre-conference workshop for REW NA.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
#201 – GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 201 AND GEOTHERMAL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Room: 15
Registration Fee: $375.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion and coffee break
Instructors
Karl Gawell, Executive Director, Geothermal Energy Association
Bill Rickard, President, Geothermal Resource Group
Kevin Wallace Senior Project Manager and Renewables Market Manager, POWER Engineers
Susanne Vaughan, PE, Sr. Strategy Engineer, Austin Energy
Loy Sneary, President/CEO, Gulf Coast Green Energy
Course Target Audience
Target audience includes those interested in walking away with a high-level education of the current geothermal industry in the U.S., projects in development, and unique technologies being offered. Also, representatives from the oil and gas industry interested in entering the geothermal industry should attend this workshop.
Course Overview
With double-digit growth in 2010, the geothermal energy industry is growing fast despite a fledgling economy. In the U.S., commercial geothermal development has traditionally been in the West, but technology advancements are opening up project potential in new areas. As part of the preconference workshops at Renewable Energy World North America 2011, GEA along with the Geothermal Resource Group, POWER Engineers, Texas A&M University, and Gulf Coast Green Energy will hold a half-day workshop providing a basic overview of the geothermal industry and emerging technologies. The workshop will open with a 101 background including the elements of geothermal energy, market trends, and a status of the geothermal industry in the U.S. provided by the GEA. Our section on drilling is adapted from the Geothermal Resource Group’s 3-day geothermal drilling course, which has been delivered to geothermal operating companies around the world and focuses on how geothermal drilling differs from oil and gas drilling. POWER Engineers will cover above-ground components of flash and binary cycles, including the steam gathering, two phase flow, separation systems, turbines, cooling systems, extraction, and electrical development. Texas A&M’s GPRI Department of Petroleum Engineering will discuss the oil and gas well brine management, including potential for re-use and related reservoir issues. The course will conclude with instruction from Gulf Coast Green Energy on lowtemperature technologies, including a case study of a geothermal coproduction project taking place in the southeastern U.S.
Course Highlights:
Karl Gawell, GEA:
• Geothermal 101 overview - market trends, development growth, policy
Bill Rickard, Geothermal Resource Group
• Drilling tutorial - resource geology, downhole conditions, reservoir characteristics and geothermal fluid dynamics
• Major differences from oil and gas drilling
• Information can be used by field personal and engineers to minimize geothermal drilling costs and maximize the productive lifetime of each production well
Kevin Wallace, POWER Engineers
• Flash and binary cycles tutorial - above-ground components - steam gathering, two phase flow, separation systems,
• Inside the plant - turbine, cooling systems, extraction, electrical
David Burnett, Texas A&M University
• Management of brine from oil and gas wells - potential for re-use, reinjection, reservoir issues
• Operations and equipment
Loy Sneary, Gulf Coast Green Energy
• Low-temperature tutorial – overview of equipment in low-temperature projects
• Project case study - oil and gas coproduction
#203 – RENEWABLE ENERGY VENTURE DEVELOPMENT
Time: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Room: 16
Registration Fee: $675.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion, lunch and coffee breaks
Instructors
Sumesh Arora, Ph.D., Director of Strategic Biomass Solutions, Mississippi Technology Alliance
Tony Jeff, President/CEO, Mississippi Technology Alliance
Course Target Audience
This course is open to all entrepreneurs and project developers who are trying to put renewable energy projects together or economic developers, local, regional and those representing utility companies who are working with renewable energy companies to deploy such projects. Economic developers will learn what to look for in good renewable energy projects and potential investors will also benefit from this information.
Course Overview
This course will provide a comprehensive set of tools and methodologies to screen, develop, or coach innovation-based renewable energy ventures. The course walks the participants through an overview of the energy market drivers followed by the rigorous process of developing a technology based venture. The course is based around a set of tools designed to assist entrepreneurs in understanding the requirements of an investor-ready deal. The tools include analysis of the technical, market, & financial validation of a deal from the pure idea stage to a mature venture. The course allows an entrepreneur to assess their risk in five areas: execution, product, market, management and finance. Used with hundreds of entrepreneurial clients, the tools have proven to be able to simplify and prioritize the steps toward success for these ventures. The tools have also been used as an evaluation tool and due-diligence checklist for investors, and economic developers have sought this training to screen potentially viable projects or coach startups. While individual investors and economic developers find the format and criteria of these web-based tools useful as an effective due-diligence method, energy entrepreneurs and project developers using the tools can be assured of common language and expectations regarding valuation as well as technical and market validation. Additionally the attendees are exposed to the “butterfly model” of inter-organizational collaboration which is required to deploy successful renewable energy and emerging technology projects.
Course Highlights:
Learn about the venture development process as you walk through the
• Concept phase
• Development phase
• Commercialization phase
Learn to identify risk in five key areas
• Product/technical risk
• Market risk
• Finance risk
• Management risk
• Execution risk
Learn about the need for private-public collaboration
