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European/North American Conference on the Future of Liquid Heating Fuels Day 2
2020-08-26 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
For the first time ever, the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) and Eurofuel (European Heating Oil Association) will host a virtual conference on liquid heating fuels in a carbon constrained world. Manufacturers of heating equipment, liquid fuels now in the market and potential fuels of the future will share their ideas and what steps they are taking to be ready for this future.
Moritz Bellingen, Chairman of Eurofuel, stated “For many years, individuals from the United States have traveled to Europe to participate in our meetings, and I have traveled to NORA conferences in the United States. The COVID-19 crisis makes international and even national meetings difficult, so we decided that we would take that difficulty and turn it into an opportunity. For the first time, our members and partners will meet and talk with their U.S. counterparts over several days and compare ideas and technological advancements.”
The Conference will be hosted on four consecutive Wednesdays in August and September (August 19 & 26 and September 2 & 9) with each session being approximately 3 hours. The sessions will begin at 9 a.m. Daylight Savings Time U.S. and 3 p.m. in Europe (UTC+1).
On the first day of the Conference, August 19, there will be a review of the policy actions being taken in the states of the United States and the countries of Europe including: How the goals of decarbonization will affect the liquid fuels industry and How other aspects of the industry from the producers of fuels to end users of the fuel will respond. Additionally, the visions for industries in both countries will be reviewed.
On August 26, the conference will focus on actions to respond to carbon reduction activities. The views: electricity is the solution to everything; how to subsidize conversions to heat pumps; tax schemes to reward or punish energy based on its carbon intensity and incentives for improvements will be examined.
September 2 will see the conference transition to a focus on the technical changes empowering the liquid heating fuels industry to move forward. Discussions of biodiesel (FAME) and renewable diesel (hydrogenated vegetable oil) will examine supply and which fuel will likely be the predominant fuel of the future as well as technical issues associated with the fuels. This session will also explore the exotic fuels of the future—liquid fuels made from cellulose and from electrolysis.
The wrap-up day of September 9 will focus on the hardware of heating. What are the potential design and regulatory limits of using fuels? And more importantly, what are the world’s leading manufacturers doing to ensure that liquid fuel heating equipment will participate in that future? Will we see integrated solar heating fuels systems or liquid powered heat pumps? The day will conclude with the issuance of a multi-year study from NORA evaluating efficiency gains from the replacement of older equipment with high performing new equipment in homes in the United States. The study will show how important accelerating the turnover of equipment is to reducing carbon emissions.

European/North American Conference on the Future of Liquid Heating Fuels Day 1
2020-08-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Mohegan Sun, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville, CT, 06382, United States

European/North American Conference on the Future of Liquid Heating Fuels Day 1
2020-08-19 09:00 - 12:00

NORA Technical Review and Research Planning Workshop
2019-04-03 14:00 - 2019-04-04 09:00 | NORA Research Center, 131 East Ames Court, Plainview, NY, 11803, United States
The renewal of the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) in 2018 for a ten-year extension requires NORA to develop a long-term plan for its research program. To that end, we are inviting you to a 2-day event at the NORA Lab and Training Center in Plainview, New York on April 3 and 4.
The meeting will begin at 2 p.m on Wednesday, April 3rd. Wednesday will focus on the challenges of “beneficial electrification” and the efforts of many Northeastern states to convert homes to heat pumps.
This session will explore the strengths and weaknesses of Bioheat® and electric alternatives. We will review how those state programs will interact with the electrical grid and the reliability of all energy. Finally, there will be an open discussion of the path that this industry should take to develop new technologies to respond to the issues discussed during the afternoon.
Following this, Lab Director, Dr. Tom Butcher, will provide a tour of the facilities in Plainview and host a catered dinner for attendees.
The meeting will resume on April 4th at 9 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. This day will provide a quick review of the technologies that NORA has worked to develop and some of the challenges that are occurring in the field. Breakout sessions will follow where attendees will conduct more complete discussions of the technologies. The group will then reconvene for a review of these recommendations to summarize and prioritize them for presentation to the NORA Board at a meeting in May.
We hope you can attend, but space will be limited. If necessary, NORA will move this to a nearby hotel. NORA will also have a room block at a hotel for $149 per night. We will be sending out a full agenda and speakers shortly. However, you should note that this is a participatory event.
In order to attend, you will need to RSVP by February 15th.
Please respond here: https://noraweb.org/tech-workshop-april-4-5-2019/

Fall 2018 NORA Board of Directors Meeting
2018-09-24 12:00 - 14:00 | Newport Marriott, 25 America's Cup Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

NORA Technology Workshop
2018-09-24 10:00 - 2018-09-25 12:00 | Newport Marriott, 25 America's Cup Avenue, Newport, RI, United States
Once again, the oilheating industry will gather in Newport, RI for a day of technical presentations and discussions as NORA hosts its 3rd Annual Technical Workshop on September 24th and September 25th at the Newport Marriott, Newport, RI.
As it was last year, the Workshop will be held in conjunction with the Southern New England Energy Conference which is sponsored by the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association, the Oilheat Institute of Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association.
The Workshop will highlight the research work being done at the NORA lab, NORA’s sponsored projects, innovations underway in Europe and technology advances from companies within the oilheating industry.

Spring Board Meeting
2018-05-22 12:30 - 14:30 | Foxwoods Resort Casino, 350 Trolley Line Boulevard, Mashantucket, CT, 06338-3777, United States

NORA Technical Workshop 2017
2017-09-18 - 2017-09-19 | Gurney’s Newport, Newport, RI, 1 Goat Island Newport, RI 02840, Newport, RI, 02840, United States
The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) will hold a Technical Workshop in coordination with the Southern New England Energy Conference (SNEEC) at Gurney’s Newport, Newport, RI, September, 18-19, 2017 in the Heritage Room.

NORA is inviting proposals for presentations at this workshop which will be an open exchange among technical leaders of the oilheat industry.

General topic areas to be included are:

The direction of renewable heating and cooling in New England
Update on NORA-sponsored R&D projects

Technical aspects of biodiesel use and new biofuels

Advancing oilheat energy efficiency

Future directions in controls and diagnostics

An open forum on NORA research directions

Those interested should contact or send an abstract to Dr.Tom Butcher, Technical Director, NORA at tbutcher@noraweb.org or 571.234.7756.

NORA Board of Directors Meeting Spring 17
2017-05-23 12:30 - 14:30 | Hershey Lodge – Tower Suite 1, 325 University Dr, Hershey, PA, 17033, United States
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NORA Technical Workshop
2016-09-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Hotel Viking, 1 Bellevue Ave , Newport, RI, 02840, United States
On Sept. 14th, the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) held Technical Workshop in Newport, Rhode Island. This is the first NORA Technical Meeting following their reauthorization.
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Board of Directors meeting
2016-09-12 12:00 - 16:00 | Hyatt Regency Newport, 1 Goat Island, Newport, RI, 02840 , United States
