Support for UTD’s Impactful Collaborative Research
ANESI
Michael Garrabrant, as SMTI’s Founder and CEO, prior to Beckett Commercial Solutions acquiring ANESI Technology
“UTD provides an invaluable contribution towards the advancement of innovative, very high-efficiency products within the gas and energy industry. Without UTD’s support on numerous projects over the prior 10 years, SMTI would not have been able to prove out and de-risk our family of affordable thermally-driven heat pumps, a critical first step before investors will step in to support commercialization activities. Our Hybrid GAHP/AC heat pump model will help move gas heat pumps from a solid niche to the mainstream HVAC/water heating market.”
ORNL
Praveen Cheekatamarla, PhD, Senior Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
“It’s exciting to see a promising technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory being advanced with the support from DOE, as well as the utilities that participate in UTD! The cross-cutting team, comprised of ORNL, GTI Energy, WVU, leading manufacturers, and end users, illustrates the importance of collaborative R&D as a key pathway to develop and commercialize technologies!”
Generac
Cory Honl, Senior Director – Global Industrial Solutions, Generac Power Solutions
“As homeowners, commercial and industrial customers seek to improve the resiliency of their energy supply, the technical information provided by UTD and its utility members has helped quantify the reliability and long-duration delivery of underground natural gas distribution system. This work also demonstrated the economic benefits and emissions reductions from using renewable or fossil natural gas versus other fuels for on-site back-up power generation.”
NEEA
Aaron Winer, Senior Program Manager, Natural Gas, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
“Evaluating emerging and innovative technologies is crucial to transforming the market for efficient natural gas products. The insights provided through this project allowed NEEA to fully understand the performance, potential, and areas for improvement for the BOOSTHEAT BH.20.”
CSA Group
Julie Cairns, Senior Project Manager, Alternative Energy, CSA Group
“CSA recognizes the input and insight that our committee members provide on NGV technical subcommittees. Through participation in the standards-development process, UTD contributes to the deployment of safe and reliable components, equipment, and practices for the industry.”
CleanO2
Jaeson Cardiff, CEO, CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies Inc.
“UTD and its utility members have been essential partners in advancing our carbon capture technology. Their support has helped us to develop a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. We are grateful for their partnership and look forward to continued success in carbon capture and utilization with our disruptive technology along with help from our partners at GTI Energy.”
HeatAmp
Magnus Ekbald, CEO, HeatAmp Sweden AB
“Gas-driven Heat Pumps with energy efficiencies over 100% will be key for residential users to reduce energy costs and GHG emissions, but also to meet future energy standards. By maintaining heating appliance capacity we ensure the same end-user experience as for current products. UTD has provided and continues to provide valuable technical support for important developments of HeatAmp's technology including 3rd party support from GTI Energy to accelerate the steps needed to commercialize the technology.”
Hydronic Shell Technologies
David Goldstein, Founder and CEO, Hydronic Shell Technologies (HST)
“UTD provided funding to build and test HST's first prototype panel at GTI Energy, validating our concept at a stage where our technology was too early even for most government grants. It's opened doors to new sources of funding and success in several prize competitions, totaling over $400,000 since testing at GTI began. We're now on a clear path to commercialization that's been enabled and accelerated by UTD's support.”
EC Power
Bjarne Bogner, CEO, EC Power A/S
“We thank UTD and GTI Energy for partnering with EC Power to advance efficient new distributed generation technologies, demonstrating in this project its integration with PV and electric-driven equipment as well as providing prior technical support to help meet key emissions requirements. Our new PowerHeatPump product for gas end users builds upon this important research.”
UTD Market Impact