| 2011 | Highlights |
| December | |
| October | Focus Group topic for December EE Meeting is "Coal vs. Gas Evaluation for MACT Compliance". Company Profiles: Nol-Tec Systems |
| September | CIBO's Annual Meeting will be held October 12-14 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. |
| June | |
| April/May | June EE meeting: Focus Group Topic is "PM and Hg Measurement & Monitoring." Key topics of Committees to be addressed include: Boiler MACT Slate of Rules (Compliance Overview, Issues, Reconsideration), DOE Development of Tools to Guide EPA Energy Efficiency Requirements, Energy Assessment Protocol Development for Boiler MACT, GHG Regulatory Developments, Litigation Update, NAAQS, NSR, RCRA Ash, and 316b Water Supply Intake Proposed Rule. |
| March | CIBO has a free committee meeting registration or a $100.00 American Express gift card for the best 100 word or less paragraph addressing "Why Steam?". The Energy Committee will vote on the best paragraph at the next committee meeting. Submissions should be sent to Candy Marriott at cmarriott@cibo.org. Company Profiles: Barr Engineering Tri-Mer Company |
| January/February | March 2011 Focus Group Topic: "Supply, Availablity and Use of Natural Gas" Key topics of Committees to be addressed include: Boiler MACT, CAIR, GHG Regulatory Issues, Litigation, NAAQS, NSR and RCRA Ash Updates. |
| 2010 | Highlights |
| December | Links: AEO 2011 Early Release Overview Executive Summary AEO 2011 Early Release Overview |
| October/November | Company Profiles: ICL Industrial Products Imerys |
| September | Company Profiles: Mostardi Platt Environmental |
| August | Company Profiles: Sega Inc. |
| June/July | Company Profiles: Albemarle | Sorbent Technologies |
| May | May Special Edition of the CIBO BoilerBlast News © Company Profiles: River Trading Company |
| February | Fluidized Bed Combustion Conference is May 24-26, 2010 in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| January | Stoker Owners' Survey went out in December: Stoker owners, there is still time to participate by emailing cmarriott@cibo.org for the link to the quick and easy nine question on-line survey. Focus Group topic for March 9-10 meeting: Practical Solutions for GHG Regulation Compliance in Tomorrow's Powerhouse. Company Profiles: ADA Environmental Solutions |
| 2009 | Highlights |
| December | Mark your Calendars for 2010 Conferences: Fluid Bed Combustion, May 24-26, 2010 and Industrial Emissions Control Technology, August 2-5, 2010. |
| October-November | New CIBO Membership Classification for Small Industrial Businesses A new membership classification (Small Entity Active Member) for small industrial businesses based on the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Small Business Classification System was approved at CIBO's Annual Meeting. This new member category provides small industrial owners full CIBO benefits in a time of mounting regulations (e.g. Area Source MACT, Boiler MACT, Green House Gas) impacting ALL industrial boilers burning ALL fuels. Company Profiles: Burns & McDonnell |
| September | Technical: The September Focus Group Alternative Fuels discussion forum was excellent. Carl Bozzuto, ALSTOM Power, Inc., and Ray Ganga, McBurney Corporation, talked about solid fuel, Monique Streff, Evergent Technologies, talked about liquid fuel from Biomass. Rachel Goldstein, US EPA provided an update on the Land Fill Gas Methane Program. And, Larry Moot, Kela Energy, gave a brief presentation on an engineered fuel derived from coal fines, recycled building materials and renewable biomass. The December Focus Group meeting will be on the subject of Emission Control Systems. We are looking forward to another very good session. Company Profiles: GRAYMONT |
| August | Technical: CIBO will be generating a survey for those people who have a stoker to collect basic information and provide a networking list to help educate new operators on problem solutions and combustion optimization. Different stoker manufacturers have different design philosophies that are not necessarily compatible, so talking with someone who has a similar stoker could be invaluable. Focus Group Topic for the September 15-16th meeting is "Alternative Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Bio/Renewable Energy Fuels for Existing Boilers." |
| July | Industrial Emissions Control Technology Conference: August 3-6, 2009 Company Profiles: Stanley Consultants, Inc. |
| June | Environment: The June Committee Meetings included two information presentations on Energy Efficiency in boiler operations and are posted in Members Only Company Profiles: Global Corporate Consultancy: An Oranjewoud N.V. Business Group |
| April/May | Environment: The June Committee Meetings will include: Focus Group on "Improving Energy by Integrating Energy Supply with Energy Demand," 2009 Energy Bill and CIBO Policy, Boiler MACT Update, CO2 Legislation/Regulations, Short vs. Tall Stacks, NAAQS, CAIR, and RCRA Ash Updates. |
| March | Energy: Climate change continues to drive all energy policy decision-making today - no coal, RPS & energy efficiency, and no new energy supplies. Our updated RPS policy statement is posted in our Members Only section under Policy & Position papers. We are working with other organizations to generate a basis for developing policy on EE & CHP. Technical: U.S. DOE has released a Notice of Intent for an upcoming solicitation for cost-shared combined heat and power (CHP), waste heat recovery, district energy, and industrial energy efficiency projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This funding opportunity will be released in March 2009. Be prepared to apply by completing the pre-registration process described in this article. Environment: On March 18th CIBO and other trade organizations met with EPA, OMB, NACAA and Earth Justice to discuss the 2nd part of the Boiler MACT data collection program to be able to collect representative & sufficient information for generating a rule that can be achieved in reality. |
| February | Energy: The Stimulus Package was signed into law Feb. 17th. From an initial reading, most of the spending is on energy efficiency in buildings, renewable energy production & affiliated infrastructure (renewable transmission and electric grid). Summary of article by Dan Baublis of CH2M Hill given at the January 2009 ABMA Meeting: "The International Situation and Its Effect On Boiler Projects From a Suppliers Perspective" Technical: The EPA will be selecting specific boilers burning certain fuels to conduct stack tests for emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). This testing will have to be conducted on a short time schedule - probably less than two weeks - and the testing methods are complex and require a level of sophistication and expertise beyond typical compliance or boiler performance tests. A list of contacts who may be able to help is included on page two of the newsletter. Environment: CIBO is planning on holding focus group meetings in conjunction with its quarterly meetings to discuss the impact of environmental activities on energy and operations areas of businesses. A short survey was sent to members for prioritizing these topics, and the first focus group will likely be held at the June meeting. Company Profiles: AECOM Environment - The new face of ENSR Solios Environment |
| January | Energy: Henry Hub NG price setting per EIA: $4.50/MMBtu and oil less than $40/barrel. This is due to lower demand, but when demand rises these prices will also. The Economic Stimulus Package would be an ideal way to fund energy projects but many are looking at high cost and long range wind, solar & other technologies not currently viable. There is a push to adopt anti-coal GHG mitigation policies. We may need a quick response on RPS proposals as the energy legislation evolves: contact CIBO staff to get involved. Technical: CIBO will be releasing a survey shortly regarding a new way of looking at technical issues. If you would like to review the Energy Efficiency Handbook, contact CIBO. Environment: We have a chart in the newsletter on status of legislation on Draft Test Plan, Solid Waste ANPRM, PS-17 CPMS and HMWI MACT. |