HEAT IS POWER
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
State RPS Waste Heat to Power (WHP) Map
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.
