Horst Hack

Technical Executive - Bulk Energy Storage · Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) · company speakers →

Horst Hack is a Technical Executive in the Generation Sector at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He is current leading a multi-year government-funded project on gasification of coal and biomass for net-negative power and hydrogen production, with $11.7 million in scope. Mr. Hack is the principal investigator on crushed-rock thermal energy storage project, aiming to demonstrate the technology at pilot scale. He has also been responsible for technical project management on the Advanced Ultrasupercritical (A-USC) Component Test (ComTest) Project, including $27 million in scope. His other project responsibilities include supporting oxy-combustion process development, to enable carbon capture and storage (CCS). He also contributes to EPRI’s Low Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI) with a hydrogen creation roadmap effort. Prior to joining EPRI, Hack worked for Foster Wheeler North America Corporation for over 20 years, where he served as Director of Research and Development. In this role, he was responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of R&D projects, including pilot plant testing of PC and CFB combustion and gasification systems; demonstration of oxy-fuel combustion for carbon capture on PC and CFB units; design and testing of multi-pollutant absorber systems with integrated mercury removal; testing of high-temperature materials for advanced ultra-supercritical boilers; HRSG optimization for cycling; design of molten salt solar receiver technology; and engineering software development. His background encompasses fossil (coal, oil, gas), nuclear, and renewable (biomass, solar) technologies. Hack holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, New York.

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