Mr. Michael Bahleda
Principal, Bahleda Managment & Consulting, LLC.
Member of the Natural Resources Council
Council Member Biography
Mike Bahleda is a Principal at Bahleda Management & Consulting, a firm providing management and technology coordination for sustainable power generation. Mr. Bahleda is handling projects including EPRI's Assessment of Waterpower Potential and Development Needs and Lux Research's Cleantech Report: Market Analysis and Business Intelligence for Energy and Environmental Technologies. He spent five years with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as Technical Leader of the Hydro, Renewable, and Economics Program managing renewable energy research for offshore and kinetic water power, wind, solar, and biomass. Prior to joining EPRI, Mr. Bahleda spent 21 years with American Electric Power (AEP). As the Principal Engineer for the Hydro Operations Group, he managed a multimillion dollar program for 17 hydroelectric facilities in five states and his duties included operations and maintenance, capital improvement, licensing, government relations, and long term planning. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2004 - Unspecified
- Principal, Bahleda Managment & Consulting, LLC.
- 1999 - 2004
- Manager, Renewables, Hydro and Economics, ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
- 1978 - 1999
- Principal Engineer, Hydro Operations, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Michael Bahleda(?)
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Solar Thermal technologies – Promise and Challenges
December 8, 2008
USA-Solar thermal projects gather steam and opposition | www.latimes.com
Solar Thermal technology offers the promise for carbon free generation, but not without dealing with issues common to large central generation sources and some unique to the technology: 1. the need to demonstrate the technology 2. transmission access 3. water supply 4. low capacity factors 5. the need for complimentary storage technologies
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Northwest debate on Cap and Trade reflects national issue
May 15, 2008
Power Companies Vie for Advantage Under Climate Plan | seattle.bizjournals.com
The basis for awarding carbon credits will determine if we take steps to clean existing emissions or move to new technologies in response to global climate issues. If credits are based on production, change will be incremental as will the associated cost impacts. Awarding credits based on system load will encourage development of non-fossil generation sources and accelerate carbon reduction.
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Stimulating New Hydro in the U.S
January 21, 2008
Tidal energy facility partners announced | www.novanewsnow.com
Canadian efforts in Nova Scotia are demonstrating how government and industry can work together to encourage emerging hydroelectric technologies. In the U. S., hydropower is being overlooked in the efforts to add reliable, domestic renewable energy to the U.S. generation portfolio. For a fraction of the research funding and incentives provided to the wind industry, hydropower could add nearly double the name plate capacity of all the current wind capacity in the U.S. 1. The 12,000+ MW of nameplate wind capacity in the U.S. was achieved with government research support of $1 billion over 28 years. 2. For a fraction of that support hydro could provide almost double that figure (23,000 MW) in additional hydroelectric capacity by 2025. 3. To achieve the additional generation capacity hydro needs efforts in 3 areas: a. Economic incentives b. Investment in RDD&D c. Regulatory support
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Implications for the U.S. market
March 22, 2007
Huge tidal stream power station project unveiled | www.theherald.co.uk
Congratulations are indeed due to Lunar Energy for their proposed 8 MW tidal project. As was noted in the analysis by Mr. Aldersey-Williams, it is a long way from announcement to operation, but it appears there is support and momentum for this effort to move forward in Britain. This nascent industry is going to go through a long period of development before it fulfills it potential. In the U.S. the coordinated support to take this industry to commercialization appears to be lacking, and this may result in the U.S. losing the opportunity to be a leader in this emerging technology much as it did in the wind industry.
If the U.S. is going to compete in the emerging world market of renewable kinetic water power technologies, it must institute programs that put this emerging technology on a level playing field with other renewable technologies. Those programs must include research funding, production incentives and proportional regulatory requirements.
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The potential impact for hydroelectric growth
March 16, 2007
The resurgence of tidal power | www.cbc.ca
Nova Scotia Power’s award to Open Hydro to install a utility scale demonstration of an underwater turbine highlights a potential turning point for the hydroelectric industry that may mark the beginning efforts to reinvigorate this segment of the renewable energy industry.
1. The effort is significant because the Bay of Fundy, where the demonstration will be conducted, represents the potential of over a 1000 MW of non-green house gas emitting generation.
2. The installation involves no dams or other enclosures eliminating many of the environmental concerns.
3. Demonstration of the technologies could open the way for development of greater tidal and in-stream resources in both Canada and the U. S.
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GLG Study Groups with Michael Bahleda(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Experts in the Leisure & Lodging Council | 4887 |
| Experts in the Automotive Council | 3422 |
| Alternative Energy Experts (North America) | 170 |
| Renewable Energy Experts in GLG Member Programs | 103 |
| Medical Geneticists (US) | 85 |