Experience Power Held October 28th-30th, 2025
RPW and Pillar Innovations jointly shared a booth at the Conference…Number 107. Rick (RPW’s President) is joined by Becky Rush (RPW’s CFO) and Ed Gibson, Director of Emerging Technologies for Pillar Innovations, a manufacturer located in western Maryland. (To learn more about Pillar, please use this link to go to “Made in the USA.”) RPW was pleased to meet representatives from rural electric cooperatives and utilities from both the US and Europe.
Here’s the Program focusing on HYDROGEN
In today’s POWER MARKETS… “Hydrogen beyond the Hype: Real-World Applications” held on Thursday October 30th 2-3pm Panel Discussion includes RPW’s President, R.J. Lank
Hydrogen has been hailed as a game-changer for clean energy – but what’s actually happening on the ground?
This panel brought together leaders from the industry to explore how hydrogen is being deployed in real-world projects. From production and infrastructure to market integration and policy, the discussion will cut through the buzz to highlight practical use-cases, challenges and opportunities shaping hydrogen’s role in the energy transition.
On Thursday, the 29th, Rick participated in a panel discussion that essentially was about distinguishing the “Hype” from the future of “Hydrogen” when it comes to new technologies that are shaping the future for the use of hydrogen in powering the utility industry. Rick focused on the H2PWR Distributed Generation prospects in both the utility as well as “behind-the-meter” applications.
If you are interested in Experience Power’s Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. in 2026, please click on this link to learn more about the 2025 event and catch a glimpse of what’s in store.
RPW and Pillar Attend the Superlab 2.0
Held at the National Energy Technology Lab (NETL) Campus in Morgantown West Virginia on September 19th of 2024
A virtual proving grounds for emerging energy-producing technologies was on display in September of 2024, when five federal labs joined forces to provide a “showcase” of emerging utility-scale power generating technologies. The five-some included INL (Idaho National Lab), NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL – now referred to as the “National Lab of the Rockies”), Lawrence- Berkeley (providing the ESNet platform interconnecting the participating labs), Sandia National Labs, and National Energy Technology Lab (NETL), which hosted the proceedings. A couple hundred invited attendees participated on-site and another few hundred viewed the event world-wide virtually.
The National Lab of the Rockies (formerly NREL) provided “the engine that couples the (generation) assets and de-risks complex energy systems,” according to Rob Hovsapian, now Research Advisor of the ARIES (Advanced Research in Integrated Energy Systems) Center. Superlab 2.0 was able to effectively create a national “virtual power plant” (VPP) by integrating nuclear, renewable and hybrid assets and having them respond successfully to rapidly changing simulated grid circumstances. The Hydrogen-powered Hybrid System (which we have dubbed the “Hydrogen Hybrid Microgrid”) demonstrated remarkable ramp-up speeds, when bulk-grid power was abruptly lost and significant load-following was required. All grid simulation scenarios were conducted live in front of the live and on-line audience.
Superlab 2.0 is evaluating an even more ambitious “virtual power plant” grid demonstration in coming years.
For more information click here for the White Paper report.