May.

May 1 – EPRI’s work with FirstEnergy on several renewable and other environmental projects was mentioned in a Toledo Blade story about the prospects for federal climate change legislation.

May 5 – A ClimateWire article about EPA’s solicitation of comments on proposed rules regarding fly ash disposal cites an EPRI analysis that the selling of the material by utilities generates $5 billion to $10 annually to coal-burning utilities.

May 14 – EPRI’s R&D on carbon capture and storage (CCS) was cited in a Greenbiz/World Resources Institute series of articles coordinated with the annual CCS conference in Pittsburgh.

May 15 – Electric Light & Power referenced EPRI’s objective and independent validation of the 90 percent CO₂ capture rate achieved at We Energies’ Pleasant Prairie coal-fired plant.

May 16 – EPRI’s Stu Dalton was quoted about the need for CCS R&D in a Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald article based on an interview at the CCS Conference in Pittsburgh.

May 16, 2010 – An article in Geothermal Digest noted EPRI’s support for several “cutting-edge” geothermal technologies.

May 17, 2010 – EPRI’s power generation research in the Generation Planning program was cited in an article in Environmental Noise about siting of wind turbines.

May 17 – EPRI’s validation of the results from the pilot-scale tests of the Alstom chilled ammonia capture process was cited in an article in Climatewire.

May 20 – Stan Rosinski, manager of renewables generation, and Chuck McGowin, senior project manager for wind R&D, were interviewed by Bill Opalka, editor of RenewablesBiz Daily and editor-in-chief of Energy Central, for an article following up on the wind O&M story in the spring issue of the EPRI Journal. The story was the lead in the next day’s issue of the publication.

May 25 – EPRI senior VP Hank Courtright was quoted and EPRI Prism and MERGE analysis referenced several times in an Arkansas Democrat Gazette article about the challenges associated with producing adequate supplies of electricity while maintaining its affordability.

May 26 – The Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC) issued a press release announcing EPRI’s membership. The release was picked up by EnergyBiz, MarketWatch, and Earthtimes, among many other media outlets.

May 26 – EPRI’s wind power R&D was cited in a Renewable Power News article on the history of wind power development in California.

May 26 – R&D Magazine ran an article about experiments to engineer a porous compound into a sponge- like substance that soaks up carbon dioxide. The story cited EPRI’s role in analyzing new materials for an industrial-scale carbon-capture process.

May 27 – Art Altman was quoted in an Energy Risk article suggesting that federal financial overhaul legislation could impose significant collateral problems that will affect their operational capabilities if over-the-counter derivatives products are forced onto an exchange.

For more information about EPRI’s Generation Sector communications, please contact Jeff Brehm (jbrehm@epri.com, 704-595-2521).