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Energy experts to speak at lignite event
Industry experts to speak at Lignite Energy Council's Education Seminar
Basin Electric Power Cooperative - June 11, 2010
More than 130 teachers from a four-state region will attend the Lignite Energy Council’s Education Seminar on June 14-17, 2010, in Bismarck. The seminar provides teachers with information on a variety of industry-related subjects that they can take back to the classroom and integrate into their curriculum, especially science classes and North Dakota studies.
“We have an excellent lineup of presenters this year,” said Renee Walz, LEC’s director of member services and education. “The teachers also will have the opportunity to tour a mine, a power plant and the Dakota Gasification Company’s Synfuels Plant. They will also tour the Visitor Services Center at Fort Mandan near Washburn, which was constructed with building products made of coal combustion byproducts.”
The presenters and their topics this year include:
- Economics and Electricity, Terry Hagen, University of North Dakota
- Electrical Generation, Mark Thompson, Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- Energy and CO2 Management, Dan Daly, Energy & Environmental Research Center
- Energy Conservation, Carl Pedersen, North Dakota State University
- Environmental Issues, Sandi Tabor, Lignite Energy Council
- History of Lignite Energy, Steve Van Dyke, Lignite Energy Council
- Lignite Career Choices, Kent Ellis, Bismarck Public Schools
- Lignite Energy: The Fuel of Choice, David Loer, Minnkota Power Cooperative
- Lignite Research and Development, Mike Jones, Lignite Research Council
- Mining and Reclamation, Joe Friedlander, The Coteau Properties Company
- North Dakota Geology, Ed Murphy, North Dakota Geological Survey
- Prehistoric Life of North Dakota, John Hoganson, North Dakota Geological Survey
- Synfuels Production, Bob Fagerstrom, Dakota Gasification Company
- Transporting Electricity by Wire, Darcy Neigum, Montana-Dakota Utililities Co.
This marks the 25th year the LEC has hosted a seminar for area teachers. About one-third of the teachers come from out-of-state. Teachers receive two graduate credits for attending the seminar. More than 2,500 teachers have attended the seminar over the years.
The Lignite Energy Council is a trade association representing the state’s four lignite mines, which produce about 30 million tons of lignite annually, along with the lignite-based power plants, the Dakota Gasification Company and more than 330 companies that supply goods and services to the lignite industry.
For more information, contact Steve Van Dyke at (701) 258-7117 or cell phone (701) 426-8662
Headquarters
1717 East Interstate Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58503-0564 USA
Phone: 701.223.0441
