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BOYD ACHIEVES “CERTIFIED
PRACTITIONER IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS” STATUS
 Larry
Boyd, Director of Industrial Technology
Programs for Energy Industries of Ohio
recently received his credentials as a
Certified Practitioner in Energy
Management Systems from the Institute
for Energy Management Professionals (IEnMP).
Certified Practitioners provide
assistance to facilities in assessing
energy efficiency opportunities, in
conforming to the requirements of the
ISO 50001 energy management system and
in implementing the additional
requirements under the US DOE’s
“Superior Energy Performance” program.
The IEnMP administers the
certification of individuals for
Certified Practitioner in Energy
Management Systems, SEP Lead Auditor,
and SEP Performance Verifier. Candidates
are subject to a rigorous qualification
exam and, once certified, periodic
professional enrichment requirements.
IEnMP is certified by the American
National Standards Institute to provide
these services.
EIO RECEIVES GRANT TO
DEMONSTRATE HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTRIC
GENERATION ALLOYS
The
Ohio Coal Development Office (OCDO) has
awarded a $330,000 grant to the Energy
Industries of Ohio (EIO). The grant is
to demonstrate components for power
plants made from new high temperature
alloys. This project is needed to
address the efficiency of power plants
using high sulfur Ohio coal and to
expand the State’s “Baseload Supply
Chain” catalog. The materials and
manufacturing processes to be undertaken
in the grant are potential market
opportunities for mainstay Ohio
industries. In particular, the program
will position Ohio’s metal-casting,
forging and extrusion industries to
capitalize on the need to upgrade and
replace older power plants. The grant
will cover learning new processing
techniques to address the special
characteristics of the new materials
such as their reaction to air when
melting. The grant also expands earlier
EIO activities to identify, screen and
place firms onto the State of Ohio’s
“Advanced Baseload Energy Suppliers
Catalog”.
EIO SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE
IN NEW CONSORTIUM FOR INNOVATIVE
MANUFACTURING
EIO is
pleased to announce our participation in
a broad scale partnership entitled the
National Additive Manufacturing
Innovation Institute (NAMII) that was
selected for funding and announced by
the WhiteHouse on August 16, 2012.The
consortium’s proposal, led by the
National Center for Defense
Manufacturing and Machining, is to
establish a new public-private institute
for manufacturing innovation.It was
selected from among numerous proposals.
The Team will receive an initial $30
million award and will be located in
Youngstown, OH.NAMII will serve as the
pilot, proof-of concept for a larger
federal initiative entitled the
National Network for Manufacturing
Innovation (NNMI).It is considered
particularly valuable in the defense and
energy sectors for its ability to
minimize tooling and reduce waste.This
initiative builds upon many investments
in the region, including Energy
Industries of Ohio’s supplier
development activities using new
advanced alloys and manufacturing
processes such as Powdered Metal
(PM).EIO has committed more than
$300,000 in cost share to the NAMII and
brings the critical perspective of
industry and the energy marketplace to
the consortium that includes
universities and research
laboratories.EIO worked alongside others
from the TechBelt Initiative, a network
of technology and innovation
stakeholders, who perceive the value of
collaboration to accelerate economic
growth within the Northeast Ohio,
Western Pennsylvania and Northern West
Virginia.
OHIO OFFICE OF ENERGY
RECEIVES THIRD YEAR FUNDING FOR THE OHIO
CENTER FOR INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The Ohio Office of Energy,
part of the Ohio Development Services
Agency, recently received notification
that the US Department of Energy has
provided $250,000 in additional funding
for the third year of the grant for the
Ohio Center for Industrial Energy
Efficiency (OCIEE). OCIEE, managed
by Energy Industries of Ohio, provides
energy efficiency assessments; Best
Practices training in compressed air,
process heating, steam systems, and
pumping systems; 4-Phase Program
facilitation; and energy management
systems assistance to manufacturers
based in Ohio. More information on this
program can be found on the OCIEE
website (www.ohiociee.org)
for additional information on this
program.
Ohio Center for Industrial Energy
Efficiency
The Ohio
Energy Resources Division (OERD) working
in conjunction with Energy Industries of
Ohio (EIO) are continuing their
successful working relationship by
establishing the Ohio Center for
Industrial Energy Efficiency through a
42 month grant from the US Department of
Energy, Industrial Technology Program.
This Center will integrate state and
federal programs into a seamless program
for industrial participants and develop
the infrastructure needed to deliver DOE
SEN products and services in a cost
effective manner to Ohio companies.
Principal Investigators for this effort
are Mr. Anthony Sutor, Industrial Energy
Efficiency Lead at the Ohio Energy
Resources Division and Mr. Lawrence C.
Boyd Jr., Director of Industrial
Technology Programs at Energy Industries
of Ohio. Major participants include the
Ohio's investor-owned electric
utilities, Ohio's natural gas suppliers,
the University of Dayton, Case Western
Reserve University, DOE Energy Experts,
Qualified Specialists, and certified
Best Practices instructors in Ohio.
Additional details on OCIEE can be found
under the Industrial Energy Efficiency
tab at the top of the page.
Robert
Purgert, President of Energy Industries
of Ohio is awarded a Project Medal by
Dr. Jerzy Sobczak, President, Foundry
Research Institute during the
Institute's 65th Anniversary ceremony in
Krakow Poland celebrated in October 2011
Advanced UltraSuperCritical Steam
Boiler/Turbine Program
A new 5
year effort to focus on identified
candidate alloys to meet 760°C and 5,000
psi operating conditions in steam
turbine applications was initiated. This
project augments the $50Million U.S.
Department of Energy/Ohio Coal
Development Office program already
underway investigating boiler materials
and will conduct more detailed
evaluations of the weldability,
mechanical properties and reparability
of selected candidate alloys for rotors,
casings and valves and perform scale up
studies to establish a design basis for
commercial scale components. Efforts
associated with high nickel alloys will
be targeted for developing the specific
means of casting and fabricating using
electric arc/AOD; vacuum and/or pressure
casting and/or powder metallurgy
processes. A supplemental program funded
by the Ohio Coal Development Office will
undertake supporting tasks such as
testing and trials to define specific
metal casting techniques needed for
producing commercial scale components at
Ohio foundries.
Senator Rob
Portman and Bob Purgert, President of
Energy Industries of Ohio, meet in
Washington. The Senator was informed of
EIO’s efforts for developing an Ohio
advanced baseload energy supply chain.
The Senator is a strong proponent of
manufacturing and industrial energy
efficiency recognizing that lower energy
costs translate into jobs for Ohioans.
Dr. Jerzy
Sobczak, Director of Poland's Foundry
Research Institute and EIO partner
receives merit award for international
activities from Lech Walesa Polish
President (1990-1995), nobel prize
recipient and renowned Polish patriot
and founder of Solidarity Movement.
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