Transcript CW Directors Series - UIC Energy Resources Center

SUSTAINABILITY AND
COMMUNITIES
EPA SUPPORT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
BIOGAS USE AT COMMUNITY WASTEWATER
TREATMENT UTILITIES
LOUANN UNGER, WATER DIVISION
ERIN NEWMAN, AIR DIVISION
ILLINOIS DCEO CLEAN WATER ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUMMIT
DECEMBER 8, 2014
ACTIONS TO REDUCE CARBON POLLUTION
• Building a 21st century transportation sector
• Cutting energy waste in homes, businesses, and factories
• Reducing methane and HFCs
• Preparing the U.S. for the impacts of climate change
• Leading international efforts to address global climate change
• Reducing carbon pollution from power plants
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THE PRESIDENT’S CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN DEALS WITH ALL OF THESE
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THE 2014 BIOGAS OPPORTUNITIES ROADMAP
VOLUNTARY ACTIONS
• Promote biogas utilization through existing programs
• Foster investment in biogas systems
• Strengthen markets for biogas systems and system
products
• Improve coordination and collaboration
http://www.usda.gov/oce/reports/energy/Biogas_Opportunities_Roadmap_8-1-14.pdf
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BIOGAS OPPORTUNITIES ROADMAP
Organic material
Is delivered to
the digester system
This may include animal manure,
food scraps, agricultural residues
or wastewater solids.
“…biogas systems can and
should be an integral part
of America’s energy
strategy moving forward.”
Biogas Opportunities Roadmap
Coming in August 2015:
Progress Report on policy/
technology opportunities.
BIOGAS OPPORTUNITIES
ROOM FOR GROWTH
Operational and Potential Systems in the United States
Livestock
Landfill Gas
POTWs
Manure
Total
Currently
Operated
Biogas
Systems
Total Potential
Number of
Biogas
Systems
239
636
1,241
2,116
8,241
1,086
3,681
13,008
http://www.usda.gov/oce/reports/energy/Biogas_Opportunities_Roadmap_8-1-14.pdf
THIS POTW FLARES
100% OF THEIR BIOGAS
100% OF THE TIME
ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABILITY
Economic Sustainability
Revenue streams
Process efficiency
Reduced operating cost
Economic
Social
Environmental
Environmental Sustainability
Climate
Water quality
Resource conservation
Air quality
Land use
Social Sustainability
Social acceptability
Energy security
Workforce training
POTW BIOGAS & ENERGY:
SOME OF WHAT EPA HAS BEEN DOING
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program Amendments
Continuation of the Green Project Reserve
Update to Co-EAT, a National Co-Digestion Tool
Update to Waste-to-Biogas Mapping Tool
Support to Local/Public Partnerships
Free Energy Management Resources
Region 5 Methane Initiative
C3 Newsletter
2014 CLEAN WATER SRF AMENDMENTS
THE WATER RESOURCE REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (WRRDA)
• CWSRF applicants must consider energy aspects of projects
• CWSRF loan recipients must have a fiscal sustainability plan (FSP)
• Expands the reach of funding to energy-related projects
http://lw.acec.org/userfiles/file/WRRDA%20--%20SRF%20guidance%20from%20EPA.pdf
SRF GREEN PROJECT RESERVE (GPR)
10% of State SRF funds are for:
• Energy Efficiency
• Water Efficiency
• Green infrastructure
• Environmentally Innovative Projects
CO-DIGESTION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TOOL (Co-EAT)
• Excel based tool
• Use it to assess the initial economic feasibility
of food waste co-digestion at wastewater
treatment plants
• Work is underway to update Co-EAT
• More streamlined
• More user-friendly
• Compatible with certain other EPA tools.
http://www.epa.gov/Region9/organics/coeat/index.html
WASTE-TO BIOGAS MAPPING TOOL
http://epamap21.epa.gov/biogas/index.html
PARTNERSHIPS
EPA Partnerships
• Green Power Partnership
• CHP Partnership Program
Other Federal Resources
• DOE-funded Industrial Assessment Centers
SUMMARY: HOW EPA CAN HELP
• Decision Tools
• EnergyStar’s Portfolio Manager
• EPA Energy Use Assessment Tool
• Co-EAT
• Waste-to-biogas Mapping (under construction)
• Guidance on rules
• Fact Sheet on SRF financial incentives for CHP projects
http://www.epa.gov/chp/documents/CHPCleanWaterStateRevolvingFundFact Sheet-102014.pdf
COMING IN 2015…
A New EPA Biogas Page with
• FAQs
• Info graphics
• Links focused on the wastewater sector
Please send your ideas about types of information you would like to
see the new Biogas Page.
On average, Americans double
their energy use every 20 years.
ENERGY STAR News Nov. 2014
“If we stop dreaming about the future,
then tomorrow is much more likely to be
the same as today.”
Neil DeGrass Tyson
THANK YOU
LouAnn Unger
Sustainable Water Infrastructure
[email protected]
Erin Newman
Local Climate Program