Presentation Title: Market Opportunity for Megawatt Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems

Abstract: Over the next 25 years, global electricity demand is forecast to grow between 2 to 3% per annum (Source: International Energy Agency (IEA), World Energy Outlook) which represents approximately 8,000GW of new generating capacity. While global electricity requirements are increasing, a number of factors make it difficult to keep pace with demand, specifically:

• The inertia associated with the development of new central generation, including: the availability of specialist manufacturing capacity and production lead times, financing to cover the high capital costs, and an exhaustive planning, regulatory, and permitting process;
• Barriers to the development of new transmission and distribution infrastructure, shortages or the absence of grid capacity, access corridors, permitting opposition and planning difficulties;
• Wind and photovoltaic solutions provide only intermittent solutions, driving further complexity into the overall system. A key limitation, with respect to wind and photovoltaic solutions is the requirement for every megawatt of wind/PV energy to be backed-up with an equivalent MW of available continuous-duty generation.

Utilities are challenged to meet their future obligations to serve customers and satisfy regulators. A market dislocation exists because of:

• The difficulty in permitting new central generation;
• Concerns over emissions and CO2;
• Transmission and distribution investment has been below the rate of depreciation; and
• Government, mandated renewable programs.

As the capital cost of conventional central generation continues to rise, as well as the demand for electricity, utilities are facing the prospect of decreasing central generation capacity. They therefore require:

• Greater efficiency of current and future generating assets;
• Increased use of renewables; and
• Demand-side management strategies.

In response to these issues, utilities and end users around the globe are increasingly moving towards a more distributed generation model in which power is generated close to the point of use. A consistent utility strategy is therefore emerging to implement megawatt-scale distributed generation as part of a balanced portfolio of generating assets. Distributed generation selection will be determined by:

• Price - competitive with incumbent technologies;
• Efficiency and cost to dispatch;
• CO2 (emissions);
• Locating assets where they are needed (locational value); and
• Legislative and regulatory policy.

Biography: Mr. Fleiner is Chief Executive Officer of Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems, which includes business operations in the US, United Kingdom, and Singapore. Prior to his current assignment, he was the President of Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (US) Inc. where he was responsible for leading the wholly-owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Limited. Mr. Fleiner brings to Rolls-Royce 20 years of sales, marketing, and business development experience in and around the energy industry.

Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, his most recent assignment was as Vice President at IdaTech in Bend, Oregon, where he oversaw sales, business development, and marketing. From 1998 thru 2001, he was Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing at Enermetrix, a start-up company developing software and services for the deregulating gas and electricity markets in North America and Europe. From 1996 thru 1998, Mr. Fleiner was Petroleum Industry Segment Manager at Micron Communications, a subsidiary of Micron Technology, where he led successful efforts in global marketing and sales of retail fueling systems. He also spent nine years at General Electric with GE Power Systems, GE Lighting and GE Capital.

Mr. Fleiner earned his Bachelor's Degree of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He has been happily married for 20 years, and has two daughters who are 13 and 10 years old.

Presentation Title: U.S. Department of Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Program

Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Program conducts comprehensive efforts to overcome the technological, economic, and institutional obstacles to the widespread commercialization of fuel cells and related technologies. The program works with partners in industry, academia, non-profit institutions, and the national labs, and coordinates closely with other programs in three DOE offices-Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Science, and Fossil Energy.

The mission of the program is to enable the widespread commercialization of fuel cells in diverse sectors of the economy-with emphasis on applications that will most effectively strengthen our nation's energy security and improve our stewardship of the environment. The goal of the DOE's Fuel Cell Technolgies Program to develop and demonstrate fuel cell power system technologies for transportation, stationary, and portable applications. The cost of fuel cells must be reduced and durability and performance must be improved to be competitive with incumbent technologies. This presentation will provide an overview and show the most recent results of DOE's fuel cell research, development, and demonstration efforts.

Biography: Nancy Garland is a Technology Development Manager in the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fuel Cell Technologies. She is responsible for managing National Laboratory R&D activities in fuel cells, including membranes, catalysts, MEAs, as well as characterization and analysis. She led a High Temperature Membrane Working Group with ~ 60 participants from academia, industry, and DOE National Laboratories.

She is a Vice-Chair of the Advanced Fuel Cells Executive Committee for the International Energy Agency. She is the DOE representative to the Scientific Organizing committee of the Grove Symposium. She is the co-chair of the Technical Program Committee for the 2010 Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition.

Prior to coming to DOE, she was a Research Chemist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory where she carried out experimental studies on chemical kinetics and dynamics. Dr. Garland is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Combustion Institute.

She has a B.A. degree in Chemistry from Scripps College and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine. She carried out her post-doctoral studies in laser diagnostics for combustion at SRI International in Menlo Park, CA.

Presentation Title: Certainties and Uncertainties in Automotive Electrification

Abstract: Whereas it is clear that we are moving towards less-petroleum-based and lower-carbon-footprint transportation technologies, the technology evolution will be determined by difficult to predict factors. These include trajectories in vehicle technology and cost, fuel generation/distribution technology and cost, and market acceptance. The uncertainties in these trajectories can be quite large, making it difficult to predict which technology will dominate or if multiple technologies will be successfully commercialized. In this talk, I will provide OEM perspective and logic on the future of vehicle electrification using current information on battery and fuel cell technology.

Biography: Mark is Director of the GM R&D Electrochemical Energy Research Lab with personnel in Honeoye Falls, NY and Warren, MI. He received a BS (Chemical Engineering, 1982) from Virginia Tech, a PhD (Chemical Engineering, 1987) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and then spent two years as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. He joined Mobil Research and Development Corporation in 1989 and moved to General Motors in 1998.

Biography: Francis J. Murray, Jr. was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on January 26, 2009.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Murray served as Senior Advisor at the international environmental consulting firm Ecology and Environment, Inc., where he provided strategic policy and market development guidance on environmental and energy issues to a number of private sector and not-for-profit clients. Mr. Murray also represented the Pace Energy and Climate Center and the Natural Resources Defense Council in the New York Public Service Commission proceeding to establish an energy efficiency portfolio standard program.

From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Murray was policy advisor to the United States Secretary of Energy, assisting in the development of the Clinton Administration's national energy policy. Mr. Murray served from 1992 to 1994 as the New York State Commissioner of Energy and Chairman of the NYSERDA Board of Directors, then a statutory function of the State Energy Commissioner. At that time, he also served as Chairman of the State Energy Planning Board, a multi-agency statutory board charged with the responsibility of developing a comprehensive, integrated energy plan for the State that integrated State energy, environmental and economic development policies.

In 1985, Mr. Murray was appointed Deputy Secretary to the Governor for Energy and the Environment, a position he held until 1992. He served from 1983 to 1985 as Assistant Secretary for Energy and the Environment in the administration of New York State Governor Mario M. Cuomo. He represented New York in numerous national and regional energy and environmental activities, including the Coalition of Northeastern Governors, the National Governors' Association, and the Council of Great Lakes Governors. Mr. Murray began his work on New York State energy issues as legislative counsel and then as an energy and environmental policy advisor to Governor Hugh Carey from 1977 to 1982. He began his career in public service as a legislative assistant to Congressman James V. Stanton (D-Ohio).

Mr. Murray serves on the board of numerous not-for-profit organizations, including the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the National Association of State Energy Officials, the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership, the New York State Smart Grid Consortium (Vice Chair), and the New York Battery and Energy Storage (NY-BEST) Consortium.

Mr. Murray received his Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.

Presentation Title: Direct Fuel Cell Product Evolution and Commercialization

Abstract: There are three exciting phases of new technology realization. The first phase is Research and Development that turns an innovative concept intoan actual laboratory demonstration with POTENTIAL benefits for mankind. The second is progressing from the laboratory concept into commercial products. The third phase is creating a market and profitably selling the products to grow into a success financially. This is how we get the products to the public (actually achieving to benefits for mankind) and create employment. My discussion gives some incites into FCE's journey through the second and third phases.

• Company Background
• DFC Stack Module Evolution
• Current Products and Performance
• Next Generation Products
• Cost Reduction

Biography: Tony Rauseo Joined FuelCell Energy in August 2005 to lead the Engineering Product Development Team. The team has accomplished 20% year-over-year product cost reductions, significantly improved product operational reliability and shortened product development cycle-time.

Prior to joining Fuel Cell Energy, Tony was with CiDRA Corporation for 5 years, where he led the ramp-up of high volume telecom product manufacturing. Prior to joining CiDRA, Tony was with Pratt and Whitney for 17 years where he held various leadership positions in engineering development, production and customer support of aircraft turbines.

Tony holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University and a MS of Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Presentation Title: Energy Frontiers for HeteroFoaMs: Design, Synthesis, Analysis and Applications of Nano-Structured Heterogeneous Functional Materials

Abstract: Heterogeneous Functional Materials (HeteroFoaMs) are a unique class of materials in which the nano-structure (composition, arrangement, morphology, and connectivity) literally controls the functional performance at the global level. Multi-physics modeling, and even property determination at the nano-level is a fundamental challenge in the conception and design of such heterogeneous materials. A DoE Energy Frontiers Research Center has been formed by seven universities and two national labs to address this challenge. The present lecture will outline their approach and report some early findings of that Center. Special attention will be given to the problem of defining properties and behavior for heterogeneous nano-phased materials on a scale that controls functional performance of solid oxide fuel cell electrodes. Demonstration of concepts will be attempted with the help of analysis and experimental data for voided heterogeneous materials under the excitation of alternating current fields. Initial observations and future directions will be presented.

Biography: Ken Reifsnider is the Director and founder of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Group at the University of South Carolina. That group began operations in the Summer of 2007, and now has six tenure track and two research faculty, over 30 students, and state of the art facilities in a new research building. Dr. Reifsnider holds degrees in mathematics (McDaniel, 1962), mechanics and metallurgy (Johns Hopkins; BES 1963, MS 1965, PhD 1968). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (materials and mechanical engineering) and Director of the DoE Energy Frontiers Center for Physics Based Design and Synthesis of Nano-Structured Heterogeneous Functional Materials.

Presentation Title: Are We There Yet? A Utilities Backseat Perspective on Fuel Cells and Their Promises

Abstract: The Long Island Power Authority was an early utility supporter of residential sized fuel cell technology. A decade has now passed since its initial forays into this technology. In this discussion, LIPA will discuss what it has learned and where its currents thoughts reside with respect to opportunities and issues from a utility perspective.

Biography: Dan Zaweski is currently the Assistant Vice President of Energy Efficiency and Distributed Generation for the Long Island Power Authority. In this role Mr. Zaweski maintains primary responsibility for LIPA's Efficiency Long Island initiative - a ten year, $924 Million Initiative consisting of a mix of energy efficiency programs. Mr. Zaweski also maintains responsibility for LIPA's customer sited Renewable generation programs.

Mr. Zaweski holds a BA and MBA with concentrations in Management. Prior to joining LIPA in September 1999, Mr. Zaweski spent the previous decade with the Empire State Electric Energy Research Corporation - the former R&D arm of the New York State electric utilities, leaving there as the Director of Administration.

In addition to his duties at LIPA, Mr. Zaweski, is a member of the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc., is a member of the Board of the Consortium for Energy Efficiency, serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation in Raybrook, NY and is a former member of the U.S. Department of Energy's State Energy Advisory Board.