EPRI and its members made headlines in a number of media outlets in December, including:

Dec. 2 – Revis James was interviewed by Cathy Cash of Platts about provisions in climate change legislation calling 4 GW of power plants equipped with CCS an indication the technology has been commercially deployed.

Dec. 3 – David Thimsen of the CoalFleet team was in interviewed by Kevin Bullis, Energy Editor of Technology Review, about syngas chemical looping and how it compares to other types of power plants for CCS.

Dec. 3 – EPRI issued a press release on its solar thermal hybrid Industry Technology Demonstrations, including details and quotes from the project host companies. The resulting articles appeared in the New York Times, Smart Grid News, Bizjournals, Energy Online, Electric Light & Power, Power Engineering, ET Magazine, Penn Energy, The Energy Daily, and the Associated Press.

Dec. 11 – Art Altman of the Generation Planning team was quoted extensively in Energy Risk magazine’s cover story for its December issue on energy experts’ views on the most critical industry risks and trends.

Dec. 18 – Stu Dalton was interviewed by Sharryn Harvey, online editor for Power Engineering, on the need for and status of global CCS R&D.

Dec. 21 – EPRI’s solar thermal hybrid demo projects press release is published in the Financial Post.

Dec. 26 – EPRI’s solar thermal hybrid demo projects are cited in an article in “Build Your Own Generator,” an on-line renewable energy publication.

Dec. 29 – EPRI’s Prism and MERGE analyses of renewable energy penetration was cited in an article in The Motley Fool, a syndicated column on investing.