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Presentation Prepared for PIER Renewables Technical Review Committee - October 24, 2002

Renewable Energy

"Existing Practices and Prospective Development of Wastes to Energy in California", Presentation given by Zhinqin Zhang, Ph.D., California Energy Commission, at the "Organic Residuals Symposium: Recycling of Non-Hazardous Organic Residuals to Products and Energy," July 12-14, 2006, Sacramento, California, (PDF file, 25 pages, 2.0 megabytes).

"Renewables Transmission Planning," Presentation by George Simons, PIER Renewables Manager at the IEPR Workshop on September 14, 2004.

"Biogas Renewable Energy Projects Under the Public Interest Energy Research Program," Presentation by Zhiqin Zhang, PIER Staff member at Fourth Annual Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling Conference November 8 - 10, 2004, Des Moines, Iowa.


Renewable Energy in California A Twenty Year Perspective, Presentation to Canadian Select Committee on Alternative Fuels February 11, 2002, By George Simons

Renewable Energy Research to Meet California’s Needs, Presentation to LLNL, May 2, 2002, By George Simons

Distributed Generation From Biogas in California, Interconnecting Distributed Generation Conference, March 21, 2001, By George Simons and Dr. Jessica Zhang

PIER Renewables Overview, By George Simons

Developing Sustainable Renewable Energy in California, UC Berkeley, October 9, 2001, By George Simons 

The Role of Renewable Distributed Generation in California's Electricity System, IEEE Power Engineering Society 2001 Summer Meeting, Vancouver, BC Canada, July 17, 2001, By George Simons, Prab Sethi, and ...


Biomass Energy

"Lingo-Cellulosic Biomass to Ethanol - Where Do Technologies Stand Today?", presentation by Zhiqin Zhang and Elaine Sison-Lebrilla, Energy Commission Public Intereste Energy Research Program, for the BioCycleWest Coast Conference 2007, April 16-18, 2007, San Diego, California.. Publication # CEC-999-2007-020. (PDF file, 30 pages, 1.2 MB).

"Existing Practices and Prospective Development of Wastes to Energy in California", Presentation given by Zhinqin Zhang, Ph.D., California Energy Commission, at the "Organic Residuals Symposium: Recycling of Non-Hazardous Organic Residuals to Products and Energy," July 12-14, 2006, Sacramento, California, (PDF file, 25 pages, 2.0 megabytes).

California's Dairy Power Production Program, BioCycle's West Coast Conference 2002 March 5, 2002, By George Simons & Dr. Jessica Zhang


The California Initiative in Biomass, Presentation by Valentino Tiangco to Indian Delegation, October 15, 2000.


Geothermal Energy

On November 30th and December 2nd, Elaine Sison-Lebrilla gave a presentation at the Public Utility Green Power Workshops in Roseville and Riverside. The presentation provided information on Renewable Transmission Planning based on the strategic value analysis effort that PIER Renewables staff has conducted with Davis Power Consultants and the California Department of Forestry for the past 2 years. (Contact: Elaine Sison-Lebrilla, 916-653-0363)


Photovoltaics

The Value of Building Integrated Photovoltaics, Photovoltaic Experience Conference UPEx-01, October 4, 2001, By Joseph McCabe



The Role of Photovoltaic Distributed Generation in California’s Electricity System, Photovoltaic Experience Conference, October 2, 2001, By George Simons

Seeing A Path to the Future: Renewable Energy Research at PIER, Presentation to the PIER Renewables Technical Review Committee, October 24, 2002 PIER Renewables Team


Wind Energy

Impacts and Benefits of Small-Scale Wind Turbines, August 30, 2001, By George Simons & Dora Yen

EPRI-Energy Commission Wind Energy Forecasting Project Results, Presentation to California ISO, July 9, 2002, Folsom, California, BY Chuck McGowin, Dora Yen and George Simons

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