Mr. Gene Plavnik
President, Heat Technologies Inc
Member of the Industrial Council
Council Member Biography
Gene Plavnik is the President of Heat Technologies. Mr. Plavnik has over 25 years of experience in managing projects relevant to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), boilers, water heaters, commercial and residential appliances, heat pumps, standby generators, lawn mowers, engine driven pumps, small engines (less than 25 hp); industrial and commercial heating, drying, and thermal processes including its components, such as electric motors, switches, and sensors. He also has experience in paper, natural gas and electric utilities, converting and packaging machinery, label equipment manufacturing, food and beverage equipment manufacturing, heat exchangers, consumer products, industrial metal heating-treatment, testing, and other production industries. Mr. Plavnik holds an MS in Heat and Mass Transfer Engineering. He also holds three US Patents relevant to the field of heat and mass transfer, heating and drying, and boilers. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 1994 - Unspecified
- President, Heat Technologies Inc
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Gene Plavnik(?)
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While Most Politicians Speak One Thing and Do Another, The Alternative Energy Is Still in Need
March 2, 2009
Capital power plant dims clean energy hopes | news.yahoo.com
Alternative Energy is expensive today and needs serious attention. New standards to be enforced by the federal government could create the alternative energy industry, require alternative energy to be present at new and renovated commercial and residential dwellings, where it is economically viable. New dwellings, warehouses need to be equipped with some form of alterntative energy to begin with.
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Oil and Gas Exploration - It Is Not So Bad, After All
December 10, 2008
ABB Wins Offshore Contracts Worth $150M | www.oilandgasonline.com
1. There is global economic slowdown. 2. During the growth period a very strong equipment upgrade push/momentum was created. 3. This momentum eventually will be reduced, but it may take a while.
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Prepare to Drive Electric Soon(er)
September 19, 2008
GM Centennial: How the Chevy Volt might affect the electric grid | www.autobloggreen.com
1. High Gasoline Price 2. Low MPG standard of Internal Combustion Engine based cars 3. Electric Utilities Support of Battery Powered Devices 4. Assurance from the electric utilities that they are ready to install charging stations in every house 5. Rising demand for electric energy in general - all of these factors point at electrically powered cars showing on the roads sooner than we expect.
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Ethanol Complaints Are Only Temporary
July 31, 2008
In Gas-Powered World, Ethanol Stirs Complaints | www.nytimes.com
Today's condition of the production of ethanol looks as it is not cost effective. Ethanol itself has some problems in the process of combustion in the internal combustion engine (ICE). But this is today. When the ethanol producers start providing market with desireable volumes of the fuel, the situation will be improved. Needless to say the USA and the rest of the world urgently need new sources of energy.
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More and More Visible Changes are on the Horizon
April 18, 2008
Spectrolab wins 350MW CPV order from Australia’s Solar Systems | www.semiconductor-today.com
Emerging economies demanding more and more natural resources such as oil, metal on one hand, and global climate change on the other hand demand diverisfied approach to the generation of energy, more advanced utilization of its natural sources. Several countries not only changed its standards of design and construction in regard to the utilization of alternative sources of energy, but proceed with utilization of solar energy on national scale by constructing solar power plants.
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GLG Study Groups with Gene Plavnik(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Steel Experts | 496 |
| Coal Gasification and Clean Coal Technology Experts | 155 |
| Council Members Knowledgeable on Paper Newsprint | 114 |
| Metallurgical Coal Experts | 113 |
| Stainless Steel Experts | 99 |
GLG Live Meetings with Gene Plavnik(?)
Gene Plavnik has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.