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RESOURCE LIBRARY

NOTE: Materials in this library that were published before April 2015 use the 2012 EPA estimate that there is 10 GW of WHP potential in the US. In 2015, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory reported that the WHP potential in the US is actually 15 GW.

How State Programs Can Drive Deployment of Waste Heat to Power in the United States

By Julia Kemper, Janice Tran, Dan Fipke, and Christine Altilio of Kanin Energy, and HiP Executive Director Patricia Sharkey

Author’s Note: This White Paper was researched and written by the Heat is Power Association’s State Programs Working Group in the Spring of 2021 with the generous support of HiP Member Kanin Energy.

Heat is Power is the only trade association specifically dedicated to the Waste Heat to Power (WHP) industry.  We are a resource for our member companies, policy makers, regulators, other trade associations, and all those who are interested in WHP.

We welcome your interest in WHP!  Please contact us with questions, suggestions, or other resources you may have discovered on WHP.

NOTE: Materials in this library that were published before April 2015 use the 2012 EPA estimate that there is 10 GW of WHP potential in the US. In 2015, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory reported that the WHP potential in the US is actually 15 GW.

WHP Basics

An overview of WHP and its value as a carbon-free source of clean electricity

HiP White Paper on WERP

White Paper on Waste Energy Recovery Property (WERP) and federal tax applications.

HIP LEADS 90 ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF WHP ELIGIBILITY OF SEC. 45Y/48E CLEAN ELECTRICITY CREDITS

HiP comments on proposed Sec. 45Y/48E guidance and leads letter to Treasury urging the Department to make all WHP projects eligible for the clean electricity credits, without conditions.

HiP Comments on Sec. 48 ITC Guidance

HiP comments on waste energy recovery property (WERP) under proposed IRS guidance for the Sec. 48 energy ITC.

Why the ITC for WHP is Crucial

WHP Business Leaders on Why the ITC for WHP is Crucial

Waste Heat to Power: The Video

NOTE: WHP potential has been updated by DOE to 15 GW, replacing EPA’s 10 GW estimate referenced in the video

ARCHIVE OF FEDERAL BILLS ADDRESSING WHP

Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act

S.2283 – Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act (Sen. Carper (D-DE) Intro’d 7/25/19)

Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act of 2019

H.R. 5155 – Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act of 2019 (Rep. Schneider (D-IL) Intro’d) 11/19/19)

Technologies for Energy Jobs and Securities Act of 2017

1409 Technologies for Energy Jobs and Securities Act of 2017 ( Sen. Carper (D-DE) Intro’d 6/22/17)

An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code

S.913 – An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment tax credit for waste heat to power technology (Sen. Hatch (R-UT) Intro’d 4/14/15))

Power Efficiency and Resiliency (POWER) Act

S 1516 – Power Efficiency and Resiliency (POWER) Act (Sen. Collins (R-ME) and Rep. Reed (R-NY) Intro’d 6/4/15)

Power Efficiency and Resiliency (POWER) Act

HR 2657 Power Efficiency and Resiliency (POWER) Act (Sen. Collins (R-ME) and Rep. Reed (R-NY) Intro’d 6/4/15)

Heat Efficiency through Applied Technology (HEAT)

S 1202 – Heat Efficiency through Applied Technology (HEAT) Act

Clean Distributed Energy Grid Integration Act

S 1201 – Clean Distributed Energy Grid Integration Act

Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (MLPPA)

S 1656 – Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (MLPPA) bill text

Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (MLPPA)

S 1656 – Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (MLPPA) bill text (additional info)

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR WHP

WHP is a Renewable or Clean Energy Resource in 20 States

DOE TAPS PAGES

ONSITE ENERGY TAPS HOMEPAGE

The TAPs provide industrial facilities and large energy users with services in support of onsite energy project deployment, from the earliest stages of screening for multi-technology solutions – including WHP – to the end stages of post-installation operation.

DOE Waste Heat to Power Fact Sheet

INDUSTRY REPORTS

ORNL WHP Market Assessment (2015)

ARPA-E Lower Grade Waste Heat Workshop (2016)

Waste Heat Recovery for the Cement Sector: Market and Supplier Analysis (2014)

EPA Waste Heat to Power Systems Paper (2012)

Waste Heat Recovery Opportunities in Selected US Industries (Frost and Sullivan, 2010)

Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs: Recycling Industrial Waste Energy (Duke, 2009)

Waste Energy Recovery Opportunities for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines (2008)

DOE Waste Heat Recovery: Technology and Opportunities in U.S. Industry (BCS, 2008)

PROJECT PROFILES

Albany Wastewater Treatment Plant 925 kW WHP project

Electratherm 25KW Gas Compressor Station

ElectraTherm’s Green Machine Utilizes Various Heat Sources

Primary Energy Projects Driven By Manufacturing

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