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Tuesday, July 17
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Hidalgo A Ballroom (Ground Level, Main Hotel)
“Powering the Future: New and Emerging Power Plants”
Following opening remarks by the conference chairs, the
technical program opens with two exciting presentations.
“Power the Future: The Oak Creek Expansion Project,"
Janet O’Brien, Chief Engineer, Elm Road Generating Station Project,
WE Energies
Ms. O’Brien is the Project Manager and Chief Engineer for
the $2.2 billion, WE Energies new Elm Road Generating
Station. Her presentation will discuss the technical and
environmental challenges associated with constructing
the two new 615MW supercritial pulverized coal units and
associated infrastructure. Ms. O’Brien is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Engineering, 1980 and
holds an MBA from Marquette University. She has worked at
Wisconsin Electric since 1981 in various positions including
Supervisor Plant Engineering – Oak Creek Power Plant,
Estimator Project Costs and Schedules, and Project
Manager – Oak Creek Renovation Projects. She has been
the Project Manager and Chief Engineer for the new Elm
Road Generating Station since 2002.
“Technology Pathways to Coal-Based Near–Zero Emissions
Power Plants,”
Thomas A. Sarkus, FutureGen Project Director, U.S. DOE’s
National Energy Laboratory (NETL)
Thomas A. Sarkus has served for two years as the
FutureGen Project Director at the U.S. Department of
Energy’s (U.S. DOE’s) National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL). FutureGen is a $1 billion Presidential
R&D initiative to validate the near–zero emissions concept
for coal–fueled power & hydrogen plants. Prior to working
on FutureGen, Mr. Sarkus spent eight years managing
projects and eleven years supervising project management
activities under the $3.3 billion Clean Coal Technology (CCT)
demonstration program, the $78 million Power Plant
Improvement Initiative (PPII), and the $3.7 billion Clean
Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). The Clean Coal projects
managed by Mr. Sarkus’ Division garnered national and
international recognition, including Power magazine’s
annual Powerplant Award (six times), the National Society
of Professional Engineers’ Outstanding Achievement award,
and the R&D 100 Award.
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