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What happens under various scenarios of future carbon regulation and the cost of generating electricity from natural gas? Will natural gas play a larger role in Wisconsin's future under carbon regulation or will renewables and conservation play a bigger role?
This Institute Lunch will present the carbon footprints of various power plants and some of the insights provided by carbon regulation modeling performed for the Global Warming Task Force. We will also look at a host of related issues such as Syngas, carbon sequestration, biogas, pipeline issues and more.
Guest Speakers Include:
- WPPI
- Peabody Coal
- Clean Wisconsin
- UW Madison Geology Dept
- SAIC
- Vrieze Farms
- Clean Air Task Force
- WECC
- Xcel
- MG&E
- Gas Technology Institute
- Alliant Energy
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Site: Pyle Center 702 Langdon Street
Date: Tuesday, July 22
Time: 9:30 - 4:00
Registration Fees:
$65 WPUI Members
$95 Non-Members
$20 Government/Retired
Scholarships for Students, contact Sam Braithwait at 890-1815
Includes lunch, two breaks and any printed materials
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Pyle Center Auditorium, Madison, Wisconsin
9:30 - 10:15 Introduction
Demand for Natural Gas in Wisconsin: Changes due to Carbon Regulation
Peter Taglia (Clean Wisconsin) and Andy Kellen (WPPI), members of the Technical Advisory Group to the Governor's Global Warming Task Force
Under various scenarios of future carbon regulation the cost of generating electricity from natural gas can be less than conventional coal. Will natural gas play a larger role in Wisconsin's future under carbon regulation or will renewables and conservation play a bigger role? Andy and Peter will discuss the carbon footprints of various power plants and some of the insights provided by carbon regulation modeling performed for the Global Warming Task Force.
10:15 - 12:15 Conventional Natural Gas
Natural Gas Exploration and Supply: Another Peak or an Undulating Plateau?
Alan Carroll (UW- Madison) Professor of Geology
Will there be any natural gas available for Wisconsin, the country or the world? How natural gas supplies are different from oil and what is the outlook for U.S. and global production?
Natural Gas in Wisconsin: Market, Transportation Status and Outlook
Bill Zorr (Alliant Energy)
Where does Wisconsin fit into the national natural gas infrastructure and how is the pipeline system expected to change over time? How do local natural gas prices, storage capacity and opportunities compare with the national and global supply chains? What Can Efficiency Deliver From the Industrial Perspective?
John Nicol (SAIC) What can the industrial sector deliver in the form of less demand for gas currently in use in their operations? 12:15 - 12:45 Lunch 12:45 - 2:00 Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) Future Outlook for SNG from Midwestern Coal
Fred Palmer (Peabody Coal)
US natural gas end-users are betting on natural gas to meet future fuel needs under carbon management regulations, but will natural gas be available? Although some IGCC projects with sequestration will be built to meet low carbon generation demand, utilities will need SNG to meet future baseload electricity requirements. Peabody has invested in SNG as a way to meet tomorrow's low-carbon energy requirements with the United State's largest energy asset. Carbon Capture and Storage from SNG
John Thompson (Clean Air Task Force)
The Clean Air Task Force has been working with energy developers, technology providers, state agencies and pipeline companies on coal gasification projects with CCS. A number of IGCC projects, including FuturGen, have stalled in the past year and some of these projects have switched from producing electricity to SNG. John will give an overview of SNG and the status of CCS development in Illinois and surrounding states. 2:00 - 3:00 Biogas in the Pipeline Dairy Anaerobic Digesters Producing Pipeline Quality Natural Gas
John Vrieze (Vrieze Farms) John Vrieze is the owner of a large dairy in Eau Claire that produces methane in an anaerobic digester that is converted to natural gas and injected into a pipeline near Baldwin, WI. John is the past president of the WI Dairy Business Association and serves on the Governor's Global Warming Task Force. John will provide an overview of how his dairy produces natural gas for sale and lowers his farm's carbon footprint. Biomass Gasification: Emerging Technologies for Converting Biomass to Natural Gas
Vann Bush (Gas Technology Institute)
Various gasification technologies can be used to produce liquids, chemicals or pipeline natural gas. The emergence of pipeline natural gas from biological sources has the potential to expand the reach of renewable energy to existing natural gas users from the plentiful biomass resources in Wisconsin.
Incorporating biogas projects into a gas utility
Merlin Rabb, (Wisconsin Public Service )
Expanding the supply of biogas into a gas utility in Wisconsin requires a careful balance to ensure pipeline quality standards, capacity and gas storage requirements are fulfilled cost effectively. Once biogas enters the pipeline it can be used to meet existing and proposed renewable energy mandates or marketed to voluntary programs similar to renewable electricity. . 3:00 - 4:00 Panel Discussion:
Alan Carroll, Professor of Geology, UW Madison
Scott Neitzel, VP, MGE
Peter Taglia, Staff Scientist, Clean Wisconsin
George Edgar, WECC
Jim Turnure, Xcel Energy
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