Sean Casten
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Sean Casten is an American businessman and writer known for his work on industrial energy recycling
. He is the president and CEO of Recycled Energy Development
, which works on combined heat and power
(also called cogeneration
) and waste energy recovery
.
Casten was previously the president and CEO of Turbosteam, which focuses on small-to-mid-size applications of energy recycling
. He is the founding chairman of the Northeast Combined Heat and Power Initiative and served in 2007 he served as chairman of the United States Combined Heat and Power Association.
Casten is a columnist at the environmental magazine Grist, and his writing has also appeared in publications such as the New Republic
and the Chicago Tribune. He was named a “CHP Champion” by the U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association in 2005.
Energy recycling
Energy recycling is the energy recovery process of utilizing energy that would normally be wasted, usually by converting it into electricity or thermal energy. Undertaken at manufacturing facilities, power plants, and large institutions such as hospitals and universities, it significantly...
. He is the president and CEO of Recycled Energy Development
Recycled Energy Development
Recycled Energy Development, LLC aims to profitably reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing and recycling waste energy, especially through cogeneration and waste heat recovery.-Overview:RED develops, owns, and manages energy recycling facilities...
, which works on combined heat and power
Combined Heat and Power
Combined Heat and Power may refer to:* Cogeneration* Combined Heat and Power Solar...
(also called cogeneration
Cogeneration
Cogeneration is the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat....
) and waste energy recovery
Energy recovery
Energy recovery includes any technique or method of minimizing the input of energy to an overall system by the exchange of energy from one sub-system of the overall system with another...
.
Casten was previously the president and CEO of Turbosteam, which focuses on small-to-mid-size applications of energy recycling
Energy recycling
Energy recycling is the energy recovery process of utilizing energy that would normally be wasted, usually by converting it into electricity or thermal energy. Undertaken at manufacturing facilities, power plants, and large institutions such as hospitals and universities, it significantly...
. He is the founding chairman of the Northeast Combined Heat and Power Initiative and served in 2007 he served as chairman of the United States Combined Heat and Power Association.
Casten is a columnist at the environmental magazine Grist, and his writing has also appeared in publications such as the New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
and the Chicago Tribune. He was named a “CHP Champion” by the U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association in 2005.