What could be better than spending December 11-13, 2012, in Orlando, Florida, at POWER-GEN International?

 According to Wikipedia, Orlando  is nicknamed “The City Beautiful” and its symbol is the fountain at Lake Eola. The city is best known for the Walt Disney World Resort (located approximately 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Downtown Orlando in Lake Buena Vista), and  Universal Orlando Resort (which consists of two parks, Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure, as well as other attractions, including City Walk). Orlando is also home to the SeaWorld theme park, Gatorland, and Wet ‘n Wild Water Park. With the exception of Walt Disney World, most major attractions are located along International Drive. With so much to do in Orlando, now is the time to plan your stay. You may want to bring the family along to this PennWell event and spend some extra time afterward soaking in the Florida sun.

To find out more about POWER-GEN International and hotel information go to: http://www.power-gen.com/travel-info.html.

We are now accepting nominations for the 2012 Project of the Year. Find out more and make your nominations at http://www.power-gen.com/projects-of-the-year-nomination-form.html

POWER-GEN International is the industry leader in providing comprehensive coverage of trends, technologies and issues facing the generation sector.

More than 1,200 companies from all sectors of the industry exhibit each year and more than 20,000 attendees come

together at POWER-GEN International for a look at the industry, with emphasis on new solutions and innovations.
Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, PennWell’s Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo North America will join other colocated events NUCLEAR POWER International and the POWER-GEN International Financial Forum.

Renewable Energy World North America will feature pre-conference workshops, engaging conference sessions and an exhibition of renewable energy-focused product and
service providers.
“Co-locating the renewable energy industry’s premier event with the
world’s largest power generation show is a natural fit,” said Richard
Baker, Senior Vice President of PennWell Corporation.

“This strategic move will provide attendees with unprecedented access to the people,

information, innovation and technologies driving

the renewables market forward.”

POWER-GEN International is celebrating the success of its 2011
event, held December 13 – 15, 2011 in Las Vegas which drew
record-breaking attendance of over 20,000 from 94 countries.
To learn more about POWER-GEN International and its co-located
events, please visit www.power-gen.com

For anyone who hasn’t attended POWER-GEN International and wonders what goes on, here’s a quick wrap-up of events and highlights from the 2011 event. Get comfortable, this could take a while.

–Competitive Power College pre-conference workshops

–Technical tours of Hoover Dam, Walter M. Higgins Generating Station and Goodsprings

Energy Recovery Station, and Harry Allen Generating Station

–Golf tournament at Desert Pines Golf Course

–Power Engineering Annual Gala Reception and Dinner

–Project of the Year Awards

–Keynote address with David Walsh, Mitsubishi Power Systems America; Donald Karner,

ECOtality NA; Elmo Collins, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

–12 conference tracks that were better attended than any in the past and for which attendees

received a certificate for 10 professional development hours

–Mega sessions covered grid integration, large frame gas turbines, and panel discussion about

the impact of China and India on global power industry

–1,200 companies showcased new products/services on the industry’s largest exhibition floor

–Co-located with two other events: NUCLEAR POWER and PGI Financial Forum

When it comes time to register for PGI 2012, remember that you get all this and more for your registration fee. Will we see you in Orlando, Dec 11-13? http://www.power-gen.com/index.html

Power Generation University recently added five new courses to help you meet your continuing education needs. Learn new information in Hydro, Renewables and Coal-fired Generation to help you do your job better. Review the course material and take the test online at your convenience. Earn a certificate authorizing two professional development hours. All for only $59.

New courses available at PowerGenU

Xcel Energy Riverside Repowering Project
Learn about the increasingly popular technique of repowering existing steam turbines with combined-cycle systems and understand the effect that switching from coal to natural gas has on air pollutant emissions. For more information about this course, visit http://www.powergenu.com/courses.aspx.

Stalking the Elusive kW: Searching for Design Output from an Existing Turbine Generator
Learn how to generate the most power possible from the total available water and understand how to determine if a project has additional energy or capacity. For more information about this course, visit http://www.powergenu.com/courses.aspx.

Mercury Reduction at Portland General Electric’s Boardman Station
Learn what improvements would allow faster absorption of mercury by powdered activated carbon and understand what causes higher mercury concentration in fly ash. For more information about this course, visit http://www.powergenu.com/courses.aspx

An Analysis of Ramping Rates and Dispatch Timing: 
Matching Renewable and Traditional Energy Generation With Loads
Learn how to calculate energy from wind machines and understand how to dispatch electric generation resources to meet the increased variability from renewable generation. For more information about this course, visit http://bit.ly/x6STvZ.

PV Power Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell System Performance in Malaysia
Learn how energy can be generated on a distributed basis rather than at large, concentrated power plants and understand how solar energy can be converted into another form besides direct electricity production. For more information about this course, visit http://bit.ly/yRRSxh.

For more information about the new courses available at PowerGenU, visit
http://www.powergenu.com/courses.aspx.

First Place Winners – Joel D. Heusinger, Woods & Aitken LLP Risk Limitation through Contracts, Insurance/Bonding, and Evaluation of Claims ( Track – Industry Trends – Competitive Power Generation)

First Place Winner – Anthony Licata and Terence Ake, Babcock Power Environmental Inc. -Circulating Dry Scrubbers Comply with the EPA Maximum Achievable Conrol Technology Limits (Track – Environmental Issues)

First Place Winner – Bernd von der Heide, Mehldau & Steinfath Umweltte – chnik GmbH – Advanced SNCR Technology for Power Plants. (Track – Fossil Technologies)

First Place Winner – Michael Ladwig, Sasha Savi, Karin Lindvall and Tilemachos Papadopoulos, Alstom – The Next Generation KA24/GT24 from Alstom, The Pioneer in Operational Flexibility (Track- Gas Turbine Technologies)

First Place Winner – Paul Steffes, P.E., Steffes Corporation – Grid-Interactive Electric Thermal Storage (GETS) Space and Water Heating (Track – Renewable Energy)

First Place Winner – Robert Leamy, Hydrocarbon Integrated Management – Avoiding Fukushima Syndrome ( Track – On -Site Power)

First Place Winner – John Rath, Jilin Zhang, Qingsheng Lin and Joseph Bianca, Riley Power Inc.Coal Pipe Coal Flow Distribution Control for Coal Pulverizer Systems (Track – Plant Performance)

Second Place Winner – Don Koza, Colleen Layman and Mark Boulden, Bechtel Power Corporation – Considerations for Cycling Duty of Coal-Fired Power Plants (Track – Industry Trends – Competitive Power Generation)

Second Place Winner – Douglas C. Timpe and James H. Singleton, Black & Veatch – Update on Section 316(b) Phase II Compliance Options at a Reference Plant (Track – Envrionmental Issues)

Second Place Winner - Un-Hak Nah, Seong Heon Yang, Hoon Shin and Joseph Kostoss, Doosan heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. – Operational Reliability Improvement in a Korean Ultra Super Critical Power Plant Steam Turbine ( Track – Fossil Technologies)

Second Place Winner – Gary J. Reed, LOCK-N-STITCH Inc. – Repairing Cracked and Damaged Castings…Permanently ( Track Gas Turbine Technologies)

Second Place Winner – Bob Worobel and Mark Hammond, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County; Jim Riley, Palm Beach Resouerce Recovery Corporation; Mike DePero and George Nikitenko, Babcock & Wilcos Power Generation Group, Inc.; Kelly Lyons and Paul Stockburger, KBR – Successful Modernization of the Solid Waste Authority’s (SWA) Palm Beach Waste to Energy Facility (PBREF 1) (Track – Renewable Energy)

Second Place Winner – Rafael Herzberg, Interact Ltda. – 1MW Peaking Power: Protection Against Interruptions and Hedging Against High Power Prices (Track -On-Site Power)

Second Place Winner – Bijan Hosseininejad, Tim Fuller and Eric Fuller, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.; Alan Murkerson and Joe Krajna, Lakeland Electric, McIntosh Station; Harun Bilirgen, Lehigh University, Energy Research Center – Coal Flow Optimization with B&W PGG’s EvenFlow™ System (Track – Plant Performance)

Third Place Winner -Timothy M. Hillman, Black & Veatch – Scenario Planning: A Pathway to the Future ( Track -Industry Trends – Competitive Power Generation)

Third Place Winner - Anatoly Sobolevskiy, Ph.D., Siemens Energy, Inc. – Development of Novel Polyfunctional Emissions Reduction Catalytic System for Combined Cycle Power Plants (Track – Envrionmental Issues)

Third Place Winner – Ahsan Siddiqui and Prasad Koneru, KBR Inc.; Randall E. Rush, Southern Company – Overview of Scale and Engineering of the Kemper County IGCC Project Using Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIG™) (Track – Fossil Technologies)

Third Place Winner – Carlos Koeneke, Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc.; Junichiro Masada, Toshishige Ai and Susumu Wakazono, Gas Turbine Development Takasago Machinery Works; Takashi Kishine, Gas Turbine Application Engineering Power System Headquarters – Validation of New 1,600°C Turbine Inlet Temperature Large Frame Gas Turbine for High Combined Cycle Efficiency (Track – Gas Turbine Technologies)

Third Place Winner – Indra Kusuma, P.Eng, and Reid Boutot, CET, ABB Inc.- Optimized Pumped Storage Power Plant Controls using Real Time Models & Economic Dispatch Solver (Track – Renewable Energy)

Third Place Winner – Sandra Simmons and Rich Olivier, TurboCare, Inc.; Andy Change, ACA Services, Inc.; Norm Uchida, Hawaii Electric Light Company – Upgrade of an Existing Steam Turbine (Track – Plant Performance)

All interested exhibiting U.S. Suppliers are invited to the International Procurement Seminars. Visiting International Buyers will present insight into their specific procurement opportunities to U.S. energy firms in Room N222, located on the 2nd level above the Main Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Seminars will take place Tuesday – Thursday, Dec. 13 – Dec. 15. Country presentations schedules will be available in the IBC, Room N219.

Participants of international delegations receive: complimentary exhibit floor admission; 50% registration fees for conference sessions; (upon request) informal briefing at show; Drinks with 19,000 of Your Closest Friends; free admission to Tryst Nightclub Networking Party; and USDOC Global Business Center access.

For more information on the International Buyer Program at POWER-GEN International, see page 28 of your show guide.

This year, The Runnin’ Rebels have a new head coach—Dave Rice—and he’s determined to take his team to March Madness for the third year runnin’. The Mountain West looks tough, so every game will count, and anyone in the stands at Thomas & Mack will get a great show.

Want to enhance your POWER-GEN International experience? Watch for trivia questions via Twitter and LinkedIn. If you’re the one with the right answers, you could be the one to win tickets to the UNLV vs. UTEP game, Wednesday, Dec. 14.

Your hoops dream, coming true. https://twitter.com/#!/POWER_GEN_Intl