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Innovation in Power Generation Presentations
From the largest utility to the smallest rural or municipal utility, power professionals work to efficiently produce and deliver energy, sharing the common goals of improving efficiency, reducing cost, and delivering better customer service while sustaining and expanding aging power transmission and distribution networks. This category recognizes innovative projects ranging from traditional fossil-fuel power plants to nuclear power stations and renewable energy sources such as hydroelectricity, solar, and wind power.
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Hydro Power Plant São Domingos
Presenter: Henrique de Farias Britto, IT Manager
Wednesday, October 20, 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Engevix Engenharia S.A.
Água Clara, Brazil
Engevix Engenharia designed the $150 million, 48-megawatt Hydropower Plant São Domingos in Brazil with project team members spread across multiple offices. It was critical that information be available to the geographically separated partners, including an important turbine supplier in China. This collaborative approach enabled Engevix to negotiate a 45 percent better deal than was available from local suppliers. |
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Department of Energy—Biomass Cogeneration Facility
Presenter: Mitch Hayes, Director of Sales
Wednesday, October 20, 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
ESI Inc. of Tennessee
Aiken, South Carolina, United States
The U.S. Department of Energy contracted with Ameresco Federal Solutions to finance, design, construct, operate, maintain, and fuel a new biomass cogeneration facility in Aiken, S.C. This $150 million plant replaces a deteriorating coal-fired facility, saving $35 million per year in energy and eliminating 100,000 tons of greenhouse gases. The plant will produce 20 megawatts of electric power. |
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