Energy advantages for West Virginia Industry
IOF-WV works with West Virginia's energy intensive industries to create "energy advantages". For example, a goal might be to reduce the cost of energy to WV manufacturers by as much as 20% for the long-term and maybe twice this amount in a short-term, crisis situation.
- In the very short timeframe, there is a great need for some type of immediate relief for companies that are facing imminent closure and job loss due to rapidly escalated energy costs.
- In the short to medium term, incentives to implement energy saving technologies and strategies that result, for example, from an industrial energy assessment, could reduce energy costs by as much as 15%.
- Longer-term possibilities include alternative sources of fuel and feedstocks and major enhancements to plant efficiency and productivity systems.
Links to Participating Companies
Projects:
- DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-PURPOSE DYNAMIC IGCC MODEL FOR AN ENERGY-INTENSIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS
- LOW-COST RELIABLE ENERGY & CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS FOR ENERGY-INTENSIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS: FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A COAL FIRED CO-GENERATION FACILITY IN MARSHALL COUNTY, WV
Contacts:
- Carl Irwin
West Virginia University
National Research Center for Coal & Energy
(304) 293-2867 ext. 5403
Carl.Irwin@mail.wvu.edu
