Earth Protection
"Environmental" has become trite, and does not convey the profound, urgent, and necessary changes in the way our species perceives and relates to our fellow species on, and to the physical processes of, our Earth. We are especially interested in accelerating humanity's transition to a sustainable, equitable, benign, global energy system based entirely upon renewable (driven by radiant energy from our local star, the Sun) energy sources. Our earliest, most rewarding, investments in this direction will be energy conservation and efficiency. We also wish to help people plan their family size, so that fewer of our grandchildren will be competing with each other, and with other species for resources. We assist science education, so that we will better understand who and what and where we humans are, and to better understand Earth and our options for cooperation within its context and limits. Thus, we intend to invest wisely in Earth Protection, with both Foundation funds and with our personal involvement.
2010 Conference Materials
International Colloquium on Environmentally Preferred Advanced Generation, ICEPAG 2010, ASME
- Costa Mesa, CA, 9-11 Feb 10
- Transmission and Annual-scale Firming Storage Alternatives to Electricity: Gaseous Hydrogen and Anhydrous Ammonia via Underground Pipeline
2009 Conference Materials
Wartburg College, Corporation Day Keynote
- Waverly, IA, 6 Oct 09
- Running the World on Renewables: Energy Sustainability with God on Our Side?
- 56 min video plus PowerPoint presentation and related files are available on DVD. Contact to request one mailed, free.
IRENEW Energy Expo (Iowa Renewable Energy Association)
- Norway, IA, 12-13 Sep 09
- Running Iowa, and the World, on Firm Renewables via GW-scale Transmission and Storage
Presentation PDF 12.5 MB
Clean Tech
- Houston, TX, 4-6 May 09
- Running the World on Renewables via Hydrogen Pipelines with Firming Geologic Storage
- Abstract PDF 341 KB
National Hydrogen Association (NHA) annual meeting
- Columbia, SC, 30 Mar - 3 Apr 09
- Alaska Village Survival: Affordable Energy Independence via Renewables Firmed as Hydrogen Storage in Liquid Anhydrous Ammonia
- Paper PDF 345 KB
2008 Conference Materials
Wind Engineering, Volume 32, Number 1, 2008
- Copyright © 2008 Multi-Science Publishing Company, UK
- Transmission and Firming of GW-Scale Wind Energy via Hydrogen and Ammonia
- John Holbrook, AmmPower LLC and Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation
- Paper PDF 2.3 MB
Ammonia: The Key to US Energy Independence
- Minneapolis, MN, 29-30 September 08
- Energy Storage with Anhydrous Ammonia: Comparison with other Energy Storage
- Presentation PDF 3 MB
IRENEW (Iowa Renewable Energy Association) Energy Expo 08
- Cedar Falls, IA, 14 September 08, University of Northern Iowa, CEEE
- Presentation PDF 16 MB
Third Chena Renewable Energy Fair
- Chena Hot Springs, AK, 23 August 08
- Running Alaska and the World on Renewables via Hydrogen and Ammonia Pipelines and Fuels
- Presentation PDF 11 MB
Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) Energy Fair
- Anchorage, AK, 9 August 08, Park Strip
- Running Alaska and the World on Renewables via Hydrogen and Ammonia Pipelines and Fuels
- Presentation PDF 11 MB
ASME Power 2008
- Orlando, FL, 22-24 July 08, Disney's Contemporary Resort
- Running the World on Renewables: Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines with Firming Geologic Storage, ASME POWER2008-60031
Fuel Cell 2008
- Long Beach, CA, 21-22 May 08
- Running the World on Renewables via Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines with Firming Geologic Storage
- Presentation PDF 4 MB
Electricity Storage Association annual meeting
- Anaheim, CA, 21 May 08
- Running the World on Renewables via Gaseous Hydrogen Pipeline Transmission and Firming Geologic Storage
- Presentation PDF 6 MB
IJER (International Journal of Energy Research), Volume 32 Issue 5 (April 2008)
- Special issue on Renewables and Hydrogen Energy
- Technologies for Sustainable Development Issue Edited by Bent Sørensen. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Running the world on renewables: Hydrogen transmission pipelines and firming geologic storage
- Paper PDF 470 KB
National Hydrogen Association annual meeting
- Sacramento, CA, 30 March - 4 April, 2008
- Two Farm Bill Research Initiatives Promise New Markets, Transmission, and Firming Storage for Diverse, Large-scale, Stranded Renewables as Hydrogen and Ammonia
- ‘07 Farm Bill: Hydrogen from Large, Stranded, Renewable Resources
- Poster PDF 1.2 MB
WIREC 08 (Washington International Renewable Energy Conference 08)
- Official Side Event (OSE) #92
- Washington, DC, 4-6 March 08, Washington Convention Center
- GW-scale Transmission and Annual-scale Firming Storage Alternatives for Diverse, Stranded, Renewables: Electricity, Hydrogen, Ammonia, and Others
- Speakers: Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation; John Moore, Environmental Law and Policy Center; Tom Key, EPRI; Jerome Hinkle, National Hydrogen Association; Jim Blencoe, Hydrogen Discoveries, Inc.; Jason Ganley, Howard University
- Presentation PDF 7 MB
2007 Conference Materials
Ammonia Fuel Network—Ammonia: a Sustainable, Emission-free Fuel
- San Francisco, 15-16 October 07, Iowa State University
- Fertilizer to Fuel: the ‘07 US Farm Bill
- Presentation PDF of a PowerPoint 2.9 MB
- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
Ammonia: The Key to U.S. Energy Independence
- Denver, CO, October 9-10, 06, Iowa State University
- Costs of Delivered Energy from Large-scale, Diverse, Stranded, Renewable Resources, Transmitted and Firmed as Electricity, Gaseous Hydrogen, and Ammonia
- Presentation PDF 7.1 MB
- Program PDF 106 KB
Audio MP3 4.8 MB- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
Solar 2007
- Cleveland, OH, USA, 7 - 12 July 07
- Running the World on Renewables via Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines and Firming Geologic Storage
- Paper PDF 90 KB
Windpower 07
- Los Angeles, 4 June 07, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
- Transmission and Firming of GW-Scale Wind Energy by Ammonia Pipelines and Tanks
- John Holbrook, AmmPower LLC and Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation
- Paper PDF
Solution Mining Research Institute (SMRI) Spring Technical Meeting
- Basel, CH, 30 Apr - 1 May 07
- Running the World on Renewables: Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines with Firming Geologic Storage
- Paper PDF 516 KB
2006 Conference Materials
Renewables to Hydrogen Forum
- Albuquerque, NM, October 4-6, 06, National Hydrogen Association, Renewable Hydrogen Working Group
- Wind - source Hydrogen: Transmission and Firming via Pipeline and Geologic Storage
2006 International Pipeline Conference
- Calgary, AB, Canada, September 25-29, 06, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Hydrogen Pipeline Transmission: Updates and Opportunities, second panel forum
Hydrogen Production and Storage
- Vancouver, BC, September 11-13, 06, Intertech-Pira
- Hydrogen Pipeline Systems for Diverse, Large-scale, Stranded Renewables
- Presentation PDF 17.7 MB
- Audio MP3 4.2 MB
- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
Energy Seminar
- Waterloo, IA, September 11, 06, The Leighty Foundation
- Energy Seminar
- Presentation PDF 11.9 MB
- Audio MP3 9 MB
- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
HydroVision 2006: The Hydrogen Economy 2006
- Portland, OR, July 30 - August 1, 06, HCI Publications, Bonneville Power Administration, Northwest Hydrogen Alliance
- Worldwide Hydrogen Demonstration Projects
NREL seminar: Renewables and Hydrogen Pipeline Transmission and Storage
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, June 26, 06
- Audio MP3 16.8 MB
16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference
- Lyon, FR, June 13-16, 06, International Association for Hydrogen Energy
- Compressorless Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines Deliver Large-scale Stranded Renewable Energy at Competitive Cost
- Proposal for a Northeast Asian Hydrogen Highway: From a Natural-gas-based to a Hydrogen-based Society
- Paper PDF 2.2 MB
23rd World Gas Conference
- Amsterdam, NL, June 5-9, 06, International Gas Union
- Compressorless Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines Deliver Large-scale Stranded Renewable Energy at Competitive Cost
- From a Natural-gas-based to a Hydrogen-based Society: Proposal for a Northeast Asian Hydrogen Highway
Windpower 06
- Pittsburgh, June 5-7, 06, American Wind Energy Association
- International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility (IRHTDF) for Diverse, Large-scale, Stranded Renewables
- Proposed Northeast Asian Hydrogen Highway: From a Natural-gas-based to a Hydrogen-based Society
- Compressorless Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines Deliver Large-scale Stranded Renewable Energy at Competitive Cost
- Poster PDF 740 KB
Power-Gen Renewable Energy & Fuels
- Las Vegas, NV, April 10-12, 06, PenWell
- Compressorless Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines Deliver Large-scale Stranded Renewable Energy at Competitive Cost
- Paper PDF 1 MB
Hydrogen Initiative Symposium
- The Energy Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, April 5-6, 06
- Large Stranded Renewables: the International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility (IRHTDF)
- Presentation PDF 14 MB
- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
2005 Conference Materials
Ninth Northeast Asian Natural Gas Pipeline Forum
- Seoul, Korea, September 2005
- Proposal for a Northeast Asian Hydrogen Highway: From a Natural-gas-based to a Hydrogen-based Society
- Paper PDF 3 MB
2005 Solar World Congress
- Orlando, FL, August 2005
- A 1,000 MW Windplant Delivering Hydrogen Fuel from the Great Plains to a Distant Urban Market
- Paper PDF 300k
Windpower 2005
- Denver, CO, May 2005
- A 1,000 MW Windplant Delivering Hydrogen Fuel from the Great Plains to a Distant Urban Market by Pipeline
2004 Conference Materials
Materials Solutions, American Society of Materials (ASM)
- Columbus, OH, October 2004
- International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility
19th World Energy Congress
- Sydney, Australia, September 2004
- Large Stranded Renewables: The International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility
15th World Hydrogen Energy Conference
- Yokohama, Japan, June 2004
- International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility
- Paper PDF 300k
Energy Out West: A Holistic Approach
- Sacramento, CA, April 2004
- What Hydrogen Economy?
- Presentation PDF 21 MB
2003 Conference Materials
22nd World Gas Conference 2003
- Tokyo, Japan, June 2003
- Large Renewables - Hydrogen Energy Systems: Gathering and Transmission Pipelines for Windpower and Other Diffuse, Dispersed Sources
Windpower 2003
- Austin, TX, May 2003
- The Conversion Project and The International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility
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