Sessions

Take 5 for a drink and a quick chat at our cantina receptions located throughout the exhibit hall.

Networking Bar Locations:

Company	Booth Name
Black & Veatch	4811
Flanders Electric	6045
PTMW	3745
Qualus Power Services	3827

Emera Technologies has developed its community microgrid, BlockEnergy Smart Platform, as an energy delivery system specifically designed for residential developments and utility ownership.  Neighborhoods can be part of an energy future where cleaner, more resilient electricity is produced and used locally in a smarter way than before. BlockEnergy has taken the advancements in renewable energy, power electronics, and communications and reconfigured the electric grid with computing power and automation so that utilities can be more nimble and adopt cleaner distributed energy resources (DERs), like solar and batteries while addressing the challenges of modularity and scalability: how do you make microgrids simple, and replicable so that complicated and customized solutions are replaced with something deployable and usable, anywhere. The session’s aim is to explain why global energy services company, Emera, found its way into product development of a microgrid, a more in-depth understanding of their new to market product BlockEnergy, and why utilities should choose to adopt residential applications of their microgrid in new communities versus using traditional methods.

Dominion Energy Innovation Center's DEIC Accelerate program introduced 15 startups to dozens of business units across Dominion Energy in its first two years. In this session, Adam Sledd of DEIC and Michael Beiro of Linebird will discuss how the program creates value for both the utility and the startups.  They will cover how a startup can maximize its opportunity to quickly build customer relationships, and how the utility benefits from creating a formal framework to engage startup companies.

Sponsored by Appian: ESG has quickly become a top priority for organizations across all sectors and impacts nearly all areas of operations. Organizations are challenged with the complexities of capturing information across business units, monitoring progress towards carbon emissions, sustainability and diversity and inclusion goals, and reporting on performance to stakeholders. As ESG regulations continue to shape and solidify globally, it can also be difficult to keep up with the evolving requirements. In this session, learn how a large energy company has developed an ESG solution on Appian that simplifies complexities and allows for real-time performance visibility, auditing, workflow assignments, and reporting.

Session will provide current economic and operational challenges for the growing stationary energy storage industry, starting with the early project development work around utility interconnect and project siting then transitioning into engineering and major equipment procurement and contracting for construction, commissioning and asset management.  Current inflationary and global supply constraints will be discussed and potential pathways for returning to pre-COVID cost reduction projections and moving down the $/kWh cost curve for standalone energy storage projects.  Projections for technology improvements, reliability and lifecycle gains and energy density improvements for future assets will be addressed.  

Dominion Energy Innovation Center's DEIC Accelerate program introduced 15 startups to dozens of business units across Dominion Energy in its first two years. In this session, Adam Sledd of DEIC and Michael Beiro of Linebird will discuss how the program creates value for both the utility and the startups.  They will cover how a startup can maximize its opportunity to quickly build customer relationships, and how the utility benefits from creating a formal framework to engage startup companies.

Initiate is the hub at DISTRIBUTECH to hear about new technology, innovation, and up and coming talent in the energy sector. There will be 25 amazing startup companies pitching for a chance to win an award from Duke Energy and Clarion Energy Events. Stop by booth #3755 on the POWERGEN side to hear pitches and content centered around energy innovation.

Company	Booth Number
UBC Millwrights	5117
WEG Electric Motors	5025
S T Cotter Turbine Services Inc.	4139
Industronic Inc	4333
Tuff Tube Transition	4765

Join your colleagues for a drink on the exhibit floor! Thanks to our sponsors there will be bars available throughout the exhibit hall located at each sponsor's booth.