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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.

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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

There is a lot to think about and just a few short weeks before we make our descent to Las Vegas.

A few things to remember:

• Register before you go to avoid standing in long lines
• Use My Event Planner to decide what exhibitors you want to see, plot them out on the floor plan and even save it and print it out.
• Decide now which extra curricular activities you want to participate in. Golf Tours and Tech Tours are sold out now and CPC courses are filling up!
• Networking Every Night. http://www.power-gen.com/index/networking-opportunities.html
• Connect with us through Social Media before you go, so you can stay up-to-date with the latest happenings during the event and have a chance to win prizes!
• Pack your walking shoes. You will want to get your entry card stamped by all the car sponsors` booths so you can enter the Corvette drawing.
• Check out the North Hall this year. Lots to see and do.
• Check out the new  forum this year- POWER-GEN International Financial Forum. And in its 5th year, NUCLEAR POWER International.
• Make more efficient use of your time at the show by locating companies you need to visit now.

Register now: http://www.power-gen.com/index.html

Does your company generate electricity? Is your company a utility, muni, co-op, power provider, on-site power producer or IPP? Does your company generate at least 1 MW of energy?

If you answered YES to ANY of these questions you qualify for this program!

Send unlimited employees for $1,000!

Join other Power Generators already signed up for the program like AES, NV Energy, El Paso Electric, Southern California Edison, LS Power, Portland General Electric, PPL Generation, Xcel Energy, Southern Company, Tenaska and more!

Power Generators Discount Program Benefits:

 Unlimited conference registrations, including (per attendee):

– All conference sessions

– Exhibit floor reception(s)

– Delegate lunches

– Exhibit hall access

– Online conference proceedings

50% discount on pre-conference workshops/courses

Free passes to networking breakfasts (Space is limited. Individuals must register for the networking breakfast in order to receive the complimentary ticket)

Preconference scheduling assistance within online community

As a participant of the Power Generators Discount Program, your company logo

will appear in/on:

Show Guide

Event website

On-site signage

Contact Brian Wheeler today to see if you qualify for this program.

Phone: 918.832.9214

Email: brianw@pennwell.com

Rates start at $75. 6 hotels on The Strip, 7 near the convention center. Book before Nov. 9th for the lodging/rate you want. Getting to and from won’t be a problem—all 13 hotels offer shuttle service for POWER-GEN International.

To make your hotel reservation contact Preferred Convention Services, the official POWER-GEN International 2011 housing company. Discounted rates are available only through our office and cannot be guaranteed after November 9, 2011.

5 WAYS TO RESERVE HOTEL

1. Phone: 888.472.7462 or 310.235.2647

2. Fax: 310.235.2648

3. Email: reservations@preferred1.com

4. Web: www.preferred1.com/reservations

5. Mail:

Power-Gen 2011

1990 East Grand Avenue, Ste.150

El Segundo, CA 90245

What’s the most exciting experience you’ve had at a Vegas hotel?  http://www.power-gen.com/index/housing.html

The USDOC chose POWER-GEN International to host the International Buyer Program, promoting U.S. industry expos to international markets. Buyers have on-site access to USDOC Global Business Center, complete with translation assistance, conference rooms, business services, etc.

International Buyer Program

POWER-GEN International 2011 is a proud member of the U.S. Commercial Service’s International Buyer Program. International visitors can take advantage of these free services in the International Business Center:

Interpreters

Import-Export Counseling

Lounge

Matchmaking

Welcome Reception

Free Export Directory

Matchmaking Program

The U.S. Department of Commerce will help you identify and meet reputable U.S. companies and interested suppliers at POWER-GEN International 2011. Focus your limited time on meeting appropriate suppliers.

U.S. Commercial Service

If you are from a foreign country and are planning to attend POWER-GEN International 2011, the U.S. Commercial Service office of the American Embassy/Consulate in your country offers free business assistance to qualified companies. Firms that do business outside the United States, but are interested in attending the IPE/IFE to find U.S. suppliers of goods and services, are considered to be “qualified companies.”

The U.S. Commercial Service offices overseas can assist you in gaining the most of this exposition with friendly assistance in your own language; help finding U.S. suppliers before, during and after the show; help arranging hotel and travel packages; assistance with VISA application procedures where necessary; and much more. Plus, your company will receive complimentary admission to the trade show when you are part of a qualified delegation. For more information, contact the U.S. Commercial Service office in your country!

Obtaining a Visa

The time it takes to process a visa can vary significantly depending on the type of visa and circumstances in the country or region. If you require a visa to attend POWER-GEN International 2011, we suggest you obtain your visa before registering for the trade show.

Global Business Center Hours:

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Thursday, December 15, 2011

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

For more information: http://www.power-gen.com/index/international-buyer.html

Save them all by planning your POWER-GEN Intl 2011 agenda in advance. Bookmark your favorite exhibitors and events. Recommend them to colleagues and invite them to meet you there. Plan the most efficient use of your time with My Event Planner and make the whole experience more enjoyable.

How else will you keep up to date on so much?

http://community.power-gen.com/