TRACK SIX
Clean Energy: Opportunities and Attributes
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Track Chair: Nubia Pérez, Conservation Services Group
State Energy Funds: Status of Programs
11-12:30 Wednesday March 14
Session Chair: Erika Morgan, Maine Energy Investment Corporation
Session Speakers:
Adele Ferranti, NYSERDA
Warren Leon, PhD, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Lise Dondy, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund
Level: Intermediate
This session will explore the status of state energy funds in the Northeast and provide attendees with information on progress made, barriers to implementation, program design considerations and potential changes to existing programs as well as what new programs may be offered in the near future.
The Solar Tipping Point: Are We There Yet?
2-3:30 Wednesday March 14
Session Chair: Joel Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions
Session Speakers:
Jeffery D. Wolfe, PE, groSolar (formerly Global Resource Options)
Jane Weissman, Interstate Renewable Energy Council
Level: Intermediate
Malcolm Gladwell's best selling book "The Tipping Point" explored the dynamics of what it takes for an idea, product or technology to "make it" into the mainstream. This provocative session will explore whether solar energy has crossed or is about to cross that threshold. Panelists will look at the conditions as they are and comment on whether we are past attracting just the "early adopters" and also look at what pitfalls and choke points may still exist on the road toward mainstream acceptance.
Solar Thermal Systems in the Northeast:
Evaluation of the Design and Cost Benefit of
Solar Hot Water and Space-Heating Systems
4-5:30 Wednesday March 14
Session Chair: Henry K. Vandermark, Solar Wave Energy, Inc.
Session Speaker:
Robb A. Aldrich, PE, Steven Winter Associates
Everett M. Barber, Jr., Sunsearch, Inc.
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
The session will investigate when and how to use solar hot water and space-heating. Speakers will investigate both solar systems details as well as the integration in the building’s backup/auxiliary heating systems. Session will include case studies, “Evaluating design and cost benefit of solar hot water systems” by Robb Aldrich, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.,and “Survey of Various types of Solar Thermal Systems used for Space Heating” by Everett M. Barber, Jr. Sunsearch, Inc.
Renewable Credits 101:
Voluntary Markets, Compliance Markets
8:30-10:00 Thursday March 15
Session Chair: Patricia Stanton, Conservation Services Group
Session Speakers:
Nubia Pérez, Conservation Services Group
Patricia Stanton, Conservation Services Group
Level: Entry
This session will focus on explaining the intricacies of Renewable Energy Credits in both the emerging Voluntary and Compliance Markets. The panelists will give audience members the opportunity to ask questions regarding the creation of these unbundled environmental attributes and the trading mechanisms used by the different markets.
Advanced Environmental Attributes:
From
White Tags to RGGI
10:30-12:00 Thursday March 15
Session Chair: Patricia Stanton, Conservation Services Group
Session Speakers:
Stephen L. Cowell, Conservation Services Group
David Kopans, CPA, CMA, Fat Spaniel Technologies, Inc.
Chris James, Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
As the clean energy markets mature, the sophistication of the tradable commodities becomes more complicated. This session will focus on the growing use of market structure to achieve the public policy goals of electric grid reliability and energy efficiency. The speakers are parties that have been instrumental in the creating these market opportunities.
Large Scale Distributed PV:
Maximizing Value & Reducing Costs
2-3:30 Thursday March 15
Session Chair: Fred Unger, Heartwood Group, Inc.
Session Speakers:
Claire Broido Johnson, SunEdison
Jerome Peters, TD BankNorth
Thomas Starrs, PhD, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Level: Intermediate
This forum will examine America’s leading developer of large scale photovoltaic projects, what makes their business model work and public policy requirements for assuring a sustainable cost competitive solar industry. SunEdison delivers solar-generated electricity to commercial, government and institutional clients at or below retail rates, making solar a financially viable alternative to utility electricity. SunEdison offers full-service solutions whereby clients bypass capital investment and simply pay SunEdison for kilowatt-hours consumed.
Liquid Biofuels
4-5:30 Thursday March 15
Session Chair: John M. Bradley, Consultant
Session Speakers:
Thomas B. Reed, PhD, Biomass Energy Foundation
Daniel R. Cohn, PhD, MIT, Plasma Technology Division
Alvin E. Toombs, PE, Consulting Engineer
Level: Intermediate
Forestry wastes can readily be gasified into a mixture called syngas, which in turn, can now be converted into a superior diesel fuel. Syngas can also be converted into alcohols which, when injected directly into the cylinder of a super-charged gasoline-type engine, enormously increase this engine's power and efficiency. Learn about the exciting significance of both recent and ongoing developments in converting biomass to syngas to liquid fuels.