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User:JanetMaryWhyatt/sandbox Dr Ales Bulc

Ales Bulc is an expert in renewable energy and power storage solutions.

As Chief Executive Officer of Global Bioenergies Gmbh, he leads a groundbreaking multi-national research team and established a testbed for manufacturing biofuels for cars, lorries and aeroplanes. The patented technique ferments industrial sugars from sugar beet or wood residue to make fuel additives that enhance the vehicle’s performance in terms of fuel efficiency, reducing particle emissions and the CO2 footprint. It can even be used for Formula 1 racing cars. The demonstration plant at Leuna, Germany, has proved that the methods works and is commercially viable. In this latest venture, Bulc is building on his earlier experience in waste-to-energy processes with Biogas Nord, also in Germany.

At Bechtel he worked with the National Laboratory at Los Alamos] on the innovative central solar receiver plant and with a number of electricity generation companies. The team was awarded the Bechtel Gold Team Award for outstanding achievements in Research and Development.

Earlier in his career, Bulc worked on solar power plants, wind farms, biogas, waste to energy and advanced biofuels projects. With his background in electrical power engineering, he improved the stability of electric power systems by introducing energy storage, increased transmission line capacity and distributed power generation. Bulc has worked with major international energy projects in the United States as well as in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzogovina, North Macedonia and Romania as well as his native Slovenia.

In his consultancy work he won praise for a project with the International Judo Federation.

Award 1993 Bechtel Gold Team Award

Publications A former Fulbright scholar at the University of California Berkeley, Dr Bulc was a professor teaching the MBA programme at the University of Sarajevo in 2013 and taught electrical engineering at the Slovenia Short-Cycle higher Vocational College in 2010 He has authored and co-authored many books and learned journal articles:

1982 1. BULC, Aleš. Pretokovna zaščita za srednjenapetostna omrežja : diplomska naloga. Ljubljana: [A. Bulc], 1982. 40 f., [3] f. pril., [18] zganj. pril., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 12152148]

1983 2. OGORELEC, Anton, ŽUNKO, Peter, ZAKONJŠEK, Janez, RUPAR, Jožef, BULC, Aleš. Avtomatizacija in zaščita v elektroenergetskih sistemih : 3. faza. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za elektrotehniko; [Ljubljana]: Iskra - Avtomatika, TOZD Razvojni inštitut, 1983. 1 zv. (loč. pag.), ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 10865408]

1985 3. ROMEU, J. M., BULC, Aleš, STOLTE, W. J. Assessment of utility-scale battery energy storage systems : technical development project report : job no. 90307. San Francisco: Research and Development Bechtel Group, 1986. 1 zv. (loč. pag.), ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 35088901]

1986 4. BULC, Aleš. Energy management systems and supervisory control and data acquisition systems for modern control centers : technical development project report. San Francisco: Research and Development Bechtel Group, 1986. 1 zv. (loč. pag.), ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 35088645]

1987 5. HULL, John R., LOYD, Robert J., BULC, Aleš. Magnetically confined kinetic-energy storage ring using attractive levitation. IEEE transactions on energy conversion. [Print ed.]. dec. 1987, vol. ec 2, iss. 4, str. 586-591, ilustr. ISSN 0885-8969. DOI: 10.1109/TEC.1987.4765896. [COBISS.SI-ID 35094533], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 7. 7. 2011: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0, Scopus up to 30. 11. 2011: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0] 6. KRANJC, France, BULC, Aleš, MARČENKO, Zoran, OGORELEC, Anton, OREL, Bogoljub, ŽUNKO, Peter. Vpliv delovanja močnostnih stikal na prenapetosti v EE sistemu. Ljubljana: RSS, 1987. 1 zv. (loč. pag.), ilustr. Sistemske raziskave v energetiki. [COBISS.SI-ID 22975488]

1991 7. LLOYD, R. J., BULC, Aleš, CHANG, C. L. Coil protection for the 20.4 MWh SMES/ETM. IEEE transactions on magnetics. mar. 1991, vol. 27, iss. 2, str. 1716-1723, ilustr. ISSN 0018-9464. DOI: 10.1109/20.133521. [COBISS.SI-ID 35116549], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 2. 4. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 4, without self-citations (CI): 3, Scopus up to 5. 4. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 8, without self-citations (CI): 7]

1992 8. LLOYD, R. J., BULC, Aleš, MAJUMDAR, Debu. Superconducting magnetic energy storage : technical considerations and relative capital cost using high-temperature superconductors : final report, project 2988-2. San Francisco: Bechtel National, 1992. 1 zv. (loč. pag.), ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 35089669]

1994 9. BULC, Aleš, HASSENZAHL, A. M., ZELJEZNOV, M. Current redistribution during quench in a SMES coil with separated conductor and dump shunt. IEEE transactions on magnetics. jul. 1994, vol. 30, iss. 4, str. 2565-2568, ilustr. ISSN 0018-9464. DOI: 10.1109/20.305802. [COBISS.SI-ID 35116293], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 6. 3. 2013: no. of citations (TC): 1, without self-citations (CI): 0, Scopus up to 23. 1. 2016: no. of citations (TC): 1, without self-citations (CI): 0] 10. RIX, C., LUONGO, Cesar A., BINGHAM, W., BULC, Aleš, COOKE, K., LIEURANCE, D., PARTAIN, K., PECK, S. A self-supporting superconducting magnetic energy system (SMES) concept. Cryogenics. [Print ed.]. 1994, vol. 34, supp. 1, str. 737-740, ilustr. ISSN 0011-2275. DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(05)80174-2. [COBISS.SI-ID 35116037], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 13. 5. 2018: no. of citations (TC): 6, without self-citations (CI): 6, Scopus up to 10. 6. 2018: no. of citations (TC): 5, without self-citations (CI): 5]

1995 11. BULC, Aleš, DRČAR, Jože, ŠTIH, Silvo. Tankostenski jekleni profili kot učinkovita konstrukcijska alternativa za montažne hiše Trimo. In: PREGL, Miroslav (ed.). Jeklene konstrukcije danes in v prihodnosti : zbornik. Ljubljana: Inštitut za metalne konstrukcije, 1995. Str. 67-75, ilustr. ISBN 961-90205-0-2. [COBISS.SI-ID 76282368]

1996 12. BULC, Aleš, ŠTIH, Silvo, ZUPANČIČ, Danijel. Strokovni svet v podjetju Trimo d.d. - naš prispevek za izboljšanje menedžersko-strokovnega sodelovanja = Professional council in the Trimo Ltd. company - our approach to improving the managerial and professional cooperation. Strojniški vestnik. 1996, letn. 42, št. 11/12, str. 377-383, ilustr. ISSN 0039-2480. [COBISS.SI-ID 2798619], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 14. 8. 2006: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0, Scopus up to 15. 3. 2011: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0]

1998 13. KUZMAN, Karl, BALIČ, Jože, POLAJNAR, Andrej, ŠOSTAR, Adolf, ČUŠ, Franc, KOPAČ, Janez, NOE, Dragica, BURNIK, Dušan, VREČKO, Aleš, KREPEL, Peter, BULC, Aleš, STEPIŠNIK, Stanko, RAZPET, Alojz, KAMPUŠ, Zlatko, SOKOVIĆ, Mirko, ARLIČ, Franja, STROJNIK, Vesna, ŠVETAK, Darko. Dnevi slovenskega proizvodnega inženirstva. Celje, 3.-5. junij 1998. [COBISS.SI-ID 2659611] 14. BULC, Aleš. Kariera tehnično izobraženega človeka. EGES : energetika, gospodarstvo, ekologija Slovenije. okt.-nov.-dec. 1998, [št.] 4, str. 19-21, ilustr. ISSN 1408-2667. [COBISS.SI-ID 115814656] 15. BULC, Aleš, MARČENKO, Zoran, DROL, Bojan. Thermal loading of high voltage transmission line conductors in Yugoslav power system. In: XIX. Savjetovanje elektroenergetičara Jugoslavije, Bled, maj, 1989.1. sekcija, Elementi postrojenja.Grupa 13, Sklopni aparati. [Zagreb]: Jugoslavenski komitet Međunarodne konferencije za velike električne mreže-CIGRE, 1989]. 10 str., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 35094021] 16. KUZMAN, Karl (editor, member of editorial board), Dnevi slovenskega proizvodnega inženirstva, Celje, 3.-5. junij 1998. Zbornik posvetovanja. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za strojništvo, 1998. [12], 171 str., ilustr. ISBN 961-90401-3-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 75172352]

1999 17. BULC, Aleš (interviewee), KOVAČ KOSTANTINOVIČ, Livija (interviewer). Investicijske gradnje v korist prodajalcev in kupcev. Nepremičnine : prva slovenska revija za nepremičnine. feb. 1999, letn. 6, št. 25, str. 8-9, ilustr. ISSN 1318-2188. [COBISS.SI-ID 35120389]

2002 18. BULC, Aleš. FIABCI kot sinergija nacionalnega in globalnega, strokovnega in etičnega poslovanja z nepremičninami. In: KOŽAR, Anton (ed.). Država, državljani, stanovanja : poslovanje z nepremičninami : zbornik referatov, Portorož, 14. in 15. november 2002. Ljubljana: GZS - Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije, 2002. Str. 186-191, ilustr. ISBN 961-6226-49-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 35121669]

2004 19. LUONGO, Cesar A., BULC, Aleš. Review of the Bechtel team's SMES design and future plans for a technology demonstration unit. IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity. 2004, vol. 5, iss. 2, str. 422-427, ilustr. ISSN 1051-8223. DOI: 10.1109/77.402586. [COBISS.SI-ID 35094277], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 9. 6. 2013: no. of citations (TC): 3, without self-citations (CI): 3, Scopus up to 9. 1. 2016: no. of citations (TC): 3, without self-citations (CI): 3] 20. BULC, Aleš. Should I stay or should I go. Kapital : revija za naložbo denarja. [Tiskana izd.]. 26. jan. 2004, str. 26-27. ISSN 1318-1378. [COBISS.SI-ID 35120133] 21. BULC, Aleš. Usoda lastnikov managerjev : ustanovitelji podjetja se bistveno več ukvarjajo z vlogo managerja kot z vlogo lastnika. Glas gospodarstva : Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije za vas. [Tiskana izd.]. Jul.-avg. 2004, str. 79-80. ISSN 1318-3672. [COBISS.SI-ID 227037696]

2007 22. BULC, Aleš (interviewee). Nepremičninski skladi. Nepremičnine : Slovenija & Adriatic. 17. maj 2007, letn. 1, št. 5, str. 44-46, ilustr. ISSN 1854-6919. [COBISS.SI-ID 35120901]

2008 23. CIRMAN, Andreja, MURKO, Jožef, KOCUVAN, Andrej, PŠUNDER, Igor, AHTIK, Meta, BULC, Aleš. Cene nepremičnin - kaj nas čaka v prihodnosti : interaktivno plenarno zasedanje na 4. slovenski nepremičninski konferenci, 23. in 24. septembra 2008, LifeClass Hotels & Resorts, Kongresni center Portus, hotel Slovenija, Portorož. Portorož: Kongresni center Portus, hotel Slovenija, 23. 9. 2008. [COBISS.SI-ID 9498961] 24. BULC, Aleš (interviewee). Zakaj dajem izjave o možnem padcu cene nepremičnin. Nepremičnine : Slovenija & Adriatic. 13. nov. 2008, letn. 2, št. 19, str. 12-16, ilustr. ISSN 1854-6919. [COBISS.SI-ID 35120645]

2009 25. MANDIČ, Srna (discussant), HEGLER, Jožka (discussant). [Razmere na slovenskem nepremičninskem trgu]. Ljubljana: Info TV, informativna oddaja Infokus, 11. maj 2009. [COBISS.SI-ID 28364637]

2010 26. BULC, Aleš. Bivša Jugoslavija : politički termin iz prošlosti ili prepoznatljiv ekonomski region budućnosti = Ex Yugoslavia: a political terminus of the past or a recognizable future economic region = Ehemaliges Jugoslawien: der politische Begriff aus der Vergangenheit oder die erkennbare Wirtschaftsregion der Zukunft. AG nekretnine. maj 2010, no. 25, str. 54-59, ilustr. ISSN 1452-4554. http://agnekretnine.com/archive.php?lang=sr&textID=547&broj=25&page=Arhiva&expanded=93. [COBISS.SI-ID 35121413]

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A source of bibliographic data: shared data base COBISS.SI/COBIB.SI, 7. 11. 2019 Links between COBIB.SI and WoS records and number of citations updated on (daily): 7. 11. 2019 Links between COBIB.SI and Scopus records and number of citations updated on (daily): 7. 11. 2019 JCR database updated on (yearly): 13. 9. 2018 SNIP database updated on (yearly): 13. 9. 2018

http://iedc.si/docs/default-source/Interview/ales-bulc7e15b4f6bbd66679be69ff000002d230.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Feasibility Study on the Etherification of Fermentative-Produced Isobutylene to Fully Renewable Ethyl Tert-Butyl Ether (ETBE)

M Tretbar, T Witzel, A Hauffe, U Junghans, A Bulc… et al - Catalysts, 2018 - mdpi.com

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/8/11/514

Press coverage: http://iedc.si/docs/default-source/Interview/ales-bulc7e15b4f6bbd66679be69ff000002d230.pdf?sfvrsn=0

https://www.biodeutschland.org/en/industrial-bioeconomy.html

http://news.bio-based.eu/global-bioenergies-obtains-a-e400000-grant-from-the-german-federal-ministry-of-research-and-education-bmbf/

https://www.mz-web.de/saalekreis/global-bioenergies-in-leuna-kraftstoff-aus-zucker-25162462

https://chemicalparks.eu/companies/global-bioenergies-s-a

https://bioenergyinternational.com/biochemicals-materials/global-bioenergies-completes-first-isobutene-bottling-leuna-demo-plant

Hobbies In his rare moments of spare time, Ales Bulc enjoys ski-ing and is a qualified ski instructor. To relax he goes to classical music concerts or hiking in the mountains.