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1.1. BACKGROUND 1.0 INTRODUCTION The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development (EPA-ORD) operates the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program to facilitate the deployment of innovative technologies through performance verification and information dissemination. The goal of ETV is to further environmental protection by accelerating the acceptance and use of improved and innovative environmental technologies. Congress funds ETV in response to the belief that there are many viable environmental technologies that are not being used for the lack of credible third-party performance data. With performance data developed under this program, technology buyers, financiers, and permitters in the United States and abroad will be better equipped to make informed decisions regarding environmental technology purchase and use. The Greenhouse Gas Technology Center (GHG Center) is one of six verification organizations operating under the ETV program. The GHG Center is managed by EPA’s partner verification organization, Southern Research Institute (Southern), which conducts verification testing of promising greenhouse gas mitigation and monitoring technologies. The GHG Center’s verification process consists of developing verification protocols, conducting field tests, collecting and interpreting field and other data, obtaining independent peer-reviewed input, and reporting findings. Performance evaluations are conducted according to externally reviewed verification Test and Quality Assurance Plans (Test Plan) and established protocols for quality assurance. The GHG Center is guided by volunteer groups of stakeholders. These stakeholders guide the GHG Center on which technologies are most appropriate for testing, help disseminate results, and review Test Plans and Technology Verification Reports (Report). The GHG Center’s Executive Stakeholder Group consists of national and international experts in the areas of climate science and environmental policy, technology, and regulation. It also includes industry trade organizations, environmental technology finance groups, governmental organizations, and other interested groups. The GHG Center’s activities are also guided by industry specific stakeholders who provide guidance on the verification testing strategy related to their area of expertise and peer-review key documents prepared by the GHG Center. A technology of interest to GHG Center stakeholders is the use of microturbines as a distributed generation source. Distributed generation (DG) refers to power-generation equipment, typically ranging from 5 to 1,000 kilowatts (kW), that provide electric power at a site much closer to customers than central station generation. A distributed power unit can be connected directly to the customer or to a utility’s transmission and distribution system. Examples of technologies available for DG include gas turbine generators, internal combustion engine generators (e.g., gas, diesel), photovoltaics, wind turbines, fuel cells, and microturbines. DG technologies provide customers one or more of the following main services: stand-by generation (i.e., emergency backup power), peak shaving capability (generation during high- demand periods), baseload generation (constant generation), or cogeneration (combined heat and power (CHP) gneration). The GHG Center and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) recently agreed to collaborate and share the cost of verifying several new DG technologies operating 1-1 SRI/USEPA-GHG-VR-27 September 2003PDF Image | Environmental Technology Verification Report
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