Recent UFTO Notes

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31 Jan 2005 UFTO Note - Waste Heat to Power
12 Jan 2005 UFTO Note - Modeling the Grid -- Breakthrough

15 Oct 2004   UFTO Note - Superconducting Fault Current Limiter
07 Oct 2004    UFTO Update - Ultrapurification of Oil
13 Sep 2004    UFTO Note - True Plug&Play for Energy Advances
26 Aug 2004    UFTO Update - Sag Line Mitigator is Ready
01 Jun 2004   UFTO Note - Openshark Coordinates Digging Streets
05 May 2004    UFTO Note - EEStor Ultracapacitor and Ultrabattery
05 Mar 2004    UFTO Note - DG Update
03 Feb 2004    UFTO Note - Calif Treasurer Proposes Green Wave to Invest $1.5B in Cleantech
23 Jan 2004 UFTO Note - Plug Pulled on Regenesys
06 Jan 2004 UFTO Note - Gas-to-Liquid: Its Time Has Come

05 Nov 2003 UFTO Note -- Cost-Effective Dimmable Fluorescent Ballast
19 Oct 2003 UFTO Note - Short Subjects
17 Sep 2003 UFTO Note - DOE Office of Electric Transmission & Distribution (OETD)
01 Sep 2003 UFTO Note - Humid Air Injection Boosts CT Output
16 Jul 2003 UFTO Note - Update on Alchemix HydroMax
06 Jul 2003 UFTO Note - Bicarb Cleans Up Stack Gas Emissions
26 Jun 2003 UFTO Note - Non-Thermal Plasma H2, no CO2
23 Jun 2003 UFTO Note - Firefly Re-invents the Lead Acid Battery
11 Jun 2003 UFTO Note - Energy Efficiency as a Resource
30 May 2003 UFTO Note-DOE H2&FC Reviews'03
19 May 2003 UFTO Note - Cleantech Venture Forum II
12 May 2003 UFTO Note - New New Solar PV
02 Apr 2003 UFTO Note - Photolytic Hydrogen from Sunlight
21 Mar 2003 UFTO Note - T&D R&D Gaining Attention
18 Mar 2003 UFTO Note - Preheat Standby Diesels with Heat Pump
28 Feb 2003 UFTO Note - Bipolar NiMHydride Battery
13 Feb 2003 UFTO Note - Virtual Utility Technology License Available
04 Feb 2003 UFTO Note - Leveraging the Feds
08 Jan 2003 UFTO Note - Sugar to Hydrogen by Aqueous Catalysis

08 Dec 2002 UFTO Note - 2002 Fuel Cell Seminar
05 Dec 2002 UFTO Note - H2 from Multiple Fuels & Polymeric Membrane Separation
15 Nov 2002 UFTO Note - H2 Production Adapts Smelting Technology
03 Nov 2002 UFTO Note - Optic Fiber Inside Transm Cable Measures Temperature
29 Oct 2002 UFTO Note - Solid State Power Breakthrough
14 Oct 2002 UFTO Note - Thermoelectrics Revisited
01 Oct 2002 UFTO Note - Short Subjects
06 Sep 2002 UFTO Note - Ice Mitigation
19 Aug 2002 UFTO Note - Staged Combustion with Nitrogen-Enriched Air (SCNEA)
05 Aug 2002 UFTO Note - Utility Telecom Has a Future-PurOptix
01 Aug 2002 UFTO Note- E-lecTrade Enables Trading of Structured Products
12 Jul 2002 UFTO Note - EESAT'02 Electricity Storage Conference
08 Jul 2002 UFTO Note - Digital Hubbub-IEEE Spectrum
10 Jun 2002 UFTO Note-DOE H2&FC Reviews
24 May 2002 UFTO Note - NREL VISIT
20 May 2002 UFTO Forward- NRECA DG tools
17 May 2002 UFTO Note - Small scale Gas to Liquids (GTL)
25 Apr 2002 UFTO Note - PowerWAN PLC to Solve Last-Mile
22 Mar 2002 UFTO Note - New Small Turbines, 600 Watts to 2 MW
16 Feb 2002 UFTO Note - IEEE 1547 Interconnection Working Group
15 Feb 2002 UFTO Note - DOE Distributed Power Review
26 Jan 2002 UFTO Note - Fluid Mechanical Energy Recovery
23 Jan 2002 UFTO Note - 2001 IEEE T&D Expo
17 Jan 2002 UFTO Note - NEETRAC R&D Focused on Power Delivery

06 Dec 2001 UFTO Note - JTEC New SolidState Heat to Electricity
05 Dec 2001 UFTO Note - Nickel Hydrogen Battery Ready for Commercialization
28 Nov 2001 UFTO Note - Eneco Announces Direct Heat-to-Electricity Device
29 Oct 2001 UFTO Note - CO,CO2 Removal from reformate H2
10 Oct 2001 UFTO Note - Power Quality 2001
28 Sep 2001 UFTO Note - Investment Bankers Talk Energy Technology
22 Aug 2001 UFTO Note - EPRI Distributed Resources Venture Forum
02 Aug 2001 UFTO Note-Small Modular Biopower System
09 Jul 2001 UFTO Note- Hologram PV Windows
14 May 2001 UFTO Note - On-Line Transformer and Battery Monitoring
11 May 2001 UFTO Note - Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PMBR)
22 Mar 2001 UFTO Note - RAMGEN Update
05 Mar 2001 UFTO Note - Fluid Dialysis Makes Oils Cleaner Than New
05 Mar 2001 UFTO Note - Zero Emission Engine
25 Feb 2001 UFTO Note - New Stirling Engine with Higher Temperature, Efficiency
16 Feb 2001 UFTO Note - On Site Hydrogen for Generator Cooling
02 Feb 2001 UFTO Note - AET - Solar Hot Water
31 Jan 2001 UFTO Note - Fuel Cell info; DOE DP Program
23 Jan 2001 UFTO Note - Fuel Cell Seminar, CADER/DPCA
11 Dec 2000 UFTO Note - Smart Setback for Room Thermostats
20 Nov 2000 UFTO Note - World Commission on Dams
29 Oct 2000 UFTO Note - Travel Reports
01 Sep 2000 UFTO Note - Las Vegas Energex2000
14 Aug 2000 UFTO Note - TeamFuel-Intelligent Fuel Management
12 Jul 2000 UFTO Note - CO2 Sequestration - DOE Resources
10 Jul 2000 UFTO Note - Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass
22 Jun 2000 UFTO Note - NxtPhase Optical I, V Transducers for High Voltage

13 Jun 2000 UFTO Note - Zero Emission Coal (Los Alamos)
13 Jun 2000 UFTO Note - ELISIMS: Detailed Simulation of Power Industry (Los Alamos)
31 May 2000 UFTO Note - DOE Distributed Power Website
21 May 2000 UFTO Note - DOE Hydrogen Program
07 May 2000 UFTO Note - Amorphous Metal Motors

25 Apr 2000 UFTO Note - Energy Storage Assoc Meeting Notes
30 Mar 2000 UFTO Note - Fuel Cells Discussed on Investors Net Radio Show
27 Mar 2000 UFTO Note - Powercosm: George Gilder Brings a New Paradigm to Power
27 Mar 2000 UFTO Note - Sag Line Mitigator -UPDATE
22 Mar 2000 UFTO Note - Biomass Cofiring
13 Mar 2000 UFTO Note - DOE Final POST Report on Outages
03 Mar 2000 UFTO Note - Startup Company to Develop Wireless Sensors
29 Feb 2000 UFTO Note - QuickStab Stability Limit Predictor Enhanced
21 Feb 2000 UFTO Note - BPA Conf on DG, Renewables
14 Feb 2000 UFTO Note - IEEE DistGen Stds update
04 Feb 2000 UFTO Note - A Proposition for a New "Regulatory Contract"
24 Jan 2000 UFTO Note - Xenergy Distrib Power Study
21 Jan 2000 UFTO News Watch - Not your Father's utility industry
06 Jan 2000 UFTO Note - DOE Power Outage Study

22 Dec 1999 UFTO Note - New EIA report on Industry Mergers
16 Dec 1999 UFTO Note - Wind Turbine Co Making Progress
15 Nov 1999 UFTO Note - CEC Energy Innovations '99 Conference

CEC PIER 1999-2000 Spending Plan
CEC PIER Issues, Mission & Objectives

12 Nov 1999 UFTO Note - Calif. Interconnection Workshop Dec 6
10 Nov 1999 UFTO Fwd - Dist. Pwr R&D Solicitation
23 Oct 1999 UFTO Fwd - DOE Adv Turbine Systems Conference
13 Oct 1999 UFTO Note - DOE Vision 21 Energy Plants of the Future Solicitation
12 Oct 1999 UFTO Note - DOE Distrib Power Review & IEEE Interconnection Working Group

24 Sep 1999 UFTO Note - CADER/DPCA Symposium on Distributed Resources
24 Sep 1999 UFTO Note - Regensys Large Scale Utility Energy Storage
20 Sep 1999 UFTO Note - CERTS Draft White Papers - Grid of the Future
09 Sep 1999 UFTO Note - NIST Workshop-Technical Implications of Deregulation
09 Sep 1999 UFTO Note - Gridcom Powerline Sensors

23 Aug 1999 UFTO Note - Alchemix - Two Emissions Control Breakthroughs
16 Aug 1999 UFTO Fwd - DOE Distributed Power Program Review and Planning Meeting
06 Aug 1999 UFTO Note - Science Mag. Energy Issue
30 Jul 1999 UFTO Fwd - Green Power News -- Green Branding
23 Jul 1999 UFTO Note - NY DG Interconnect Proposal
13 Jul 1999 UFTO Note - PowerLine Communic Breaththru Claimed
09 Jul 1999 UFTO Note - IEEE Stds for DR Interconnection
07 Jul 1999 UFTO Note - LBNL CO Occupational Dosimeter
07 Jul 1999 UFTO Note - LBNL Building Technology
07 Jul 1999 UFTO Note - LBNL Insurance Program
01 Jul 1999 UFTO Note - UK Renewables Review

29 Jun 1999 UFTO Note - T Line Sag Mitigator Gets Funding; Partner Wanted
14 Jun 1999 UFTO Note - Is DG like the PC?
11 Jun 1999 UFTO Note - Wave Power Nearing Commercial Reality
11 Jun 1999 UFTO Note - POLUX -Non-destructive Wood Pole Inspection
01 Jun 1999 UFTO Note - E Commerce & Utilities
28 May 1999 UFTO Note - Green Power Marketing in Retail Competition
06 May 1999 UFTO Note - Emerging Transmission Market Segments (IEEE Article)
30 Apr 1999 UFTO Note - Capacitive Deionization of Water - A Lot Closer
30 Apr 1999 UFTO Note - Public Interest R&D
30 Apr 1999 UFTO Note - Bomin Intelligent Energy Systems
22 Apr 1999 UFTO Note - N. Amer Power Quality Equipment Markets
19 Apr 1999 UFTO Note - Innovators Dilemma-Disruptive Technologies
14 Apr 1999 UFTO Note - New Reports on PIER, DG, Carbon
22 Mar 1999 UFTO Note - QuickStab Calculates Max. Trans. Loading and Stability Margin
18 Mar 1999 UFTO Note - Zinc Air Fuel Cell
16 Mar 1999 UFTO Note - "Breakthrough Technologies" Newsletter
08 Mar 1999 UFTO Note - Sagging Line Mitigator
03 Mar 1999 UFTO Note - Ramgen Engine
01 Mar 1999 UFTO Note - CERTS-New DOE Prog in Elec. Reliability
25 Feb 1999 UFTO Note - New NOX Knockout, Plus Heat Recovery and Emissions Control
24 Feb 1999 UFTO Note - Active Harmonic Filters
22 Jan 1999 UFTO Fwd: Utility Restructuring Weekly Update
21 Jan 1999 UFTO Note - Ultra-Net Satellite SCADA Communications Network
19 Jan 1999 UFTO Note - Fuel Cell Information Sources
11 Jan 1999 UFTO Note - CPUC OIR--Deregulate Elec. Distribution???

15 Dec 1998 UFTO Note - Microturbine Test Programs
14 Dec 1998 UFTO Note - Hybrid Power Plant (SOFC and MTG)
12 Dec 1998 UFTO Note - Inverters - State-of-the-Art
06 Dec 1998 UFTO Note - European utility industry
29 Nov 1998 UFTO Note - Adv Technol Program
23 Nov 1998 UFTO Note - CURC Annual Conf. 11/98

CEC PIER 1998 Project Funding(Transition, 1st 2nd General Solicitation)

12 Nov 1998 UFTO Note - New Carbon Management Report
08 Nov 1998 UFTO Note - Distrib Power Meeting; Interconnection Stds
29 Oct 1998 UFTO Note - Cold Fusion Quietly Continues
25 Oct 1998 UFTO Note - Substation Power Quality System
08 Oct 1998 UFTO Note - Reliability TF Final Report
06 Oct 1998 UFTO Note - Distrib Cogen Envir Projects Development
05 Oct 1998 UFTO Note - Environ. Capital Forum, Chicago Oct 22

17 Sep 1998 UFTO Note - Ions Increase Fuel Effic.
10 Sep 1998 UFTO Note - Final Meeting SEAB Elec. Reliab TF
04 Sep 1998 UFTO Note - Rel. TF Paper-Federalism in Transmission
04 Sep 1998 UFTO Note - DOE Reliability TF paper on T&D
01 Sep 1998 UFTO Note - VSAT satellite datalink

29 Jul 1998 UFTO Note - GASMAP
29 Jul 1998 UFTO Note - Argonne Visit notes

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27 Jul 1998 UFTO Note - CURC Annual Technology Conf.
09 Jul 1998 UFTO Note- New Approach to Data Mining
01 Jul 1998 UFTO Note - Fed. Restructuring Proposal
24 Jun 1998 UFTO Note - Sm Commercial Energy Mgt
24 Jun 1998 UFTO Note - Building Products from Fly Ash and CO2
18 Jun 1998 UFTO Note - Next Meeting SEAB Elec Reliability TF
07 Jun 1998 UFTO Note - Resonant Shock -- Ash to Block
03 Jun 1998 UFTO Report - ORNL 98
02 Jun 1998 UFTO Note - Heat Transfer Research, Inc.(HTRI)