RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES I
Room: Mariners B

• Wind Energy Development of Public Lands
  Ryan Jacobson, Black & Veatch


• Reducing Cycle Time in Wind Turbine Maintenance
  Bob Gates, Clipper Windpower Inc.


• The Levelized Cost (US$/MWh; ˆ/MWh)of Using H2 to Store Wind Electricity
  Michael Stavy, Consulting Energy Economist


• Wind Power Forecasting: A Valuable Tool for Integrating Wind Power into the Electric Grid
  Richard Krauze, 3TIER

• A Transportable Bio-Mass to Energy Power Plant
  Bernie Podberesky and Barry Berman, AgriPower Inc.


• Efficient and Low Emission Stoker Fired Biomass Boiler Technology in Today¿s Marketplace
  Richard Abrams, Babcock Power Environmental Inc.; Kevin Toupin, Riley Power Inc.


• The Quality of By-Products During Co-Combustion of Biomass in Coal-Fired Power Stations
  Dr. Ronald Meijer and Angelo Saraber, KEMA Inc.


• Ten Years of Successful Biomass Co-Firing in the Netherlands
  Joop Kraijesteijn, Ton Konings and Dr. Ronald Meijer, KEMA Inc.

• Tidal and Wave Energy in the United States - 2007
  Jim Gibson, Andre Casavant and Mary McCann, Devine Tarbell & Associates Inc.


• New York City's Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project: Deployment and Assessment
  Ronald Smith, Verdant Power Inc.


• Expansion of the Holtwood Hydroelectric Station on the Susquehanna River in PA
  Tim Oakes, Kleinschmidt


• Wave Energy - Commercial Realities
  Des McGinnes, Ocean Power Delivery Ltd.

• Transmission Barriers to Wind Energy in the West: What are They and What¿s Being Done?
  Pamela Jacklin, Stoel Rives (invited)


• Power Generation Sources, Transferline Compressed Air Energy Storage (TL-CAES) System with Electricty HVAC and Desalination
  Paul Lieberman, Dr. Ben Enis and Irving Rubin, Enis WindGen® Renewable Energy LLC; Duane Bergmann and Randy Dirlam, Mafi-Trench Corp.


• Getting the Crop to Market: Siting and Permitting Transmission Lines on Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota
  Michelle F. Bissonnette, Angela G.L. Piner and Pamela J. Rasmussen, HDR


• Renewables-First Generationa/Transmission Projects
  David Olsen, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies

• Trends in Photovoltaic Systems
  Howard Wenger, PowerLight Corp.


• Design and Installation of a 10KWP Grid-Tied PV Power System at University of Massachusetts Lowell
  Ambrosio Cultura and Ziyad Salameh, University of Massachusetts



• The Development of High Penetration Wind/Diesel Systems to Address Growing Demand from Isolated Village Communities
  Jesse Stovall, Brett Pingree and Edward Linton, Northern Power Systems

RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES II
Room: Mariners A

Session Description: Renewable technologies offer exciting opportunities in commercial buildings. This session explores novel building designs for renewable and natural ventilation as well as solar applications including PV and hybrid lighting.

• The Consumer Mindset on Energy Conservation
  Suzanne Shelton, Shelton Group; Mary Beth West, Mary Beth West Consulting


• Hybrid Lighting - Renewable Energy's Best Kept Secret
  Gary Hogsett, P.E., C.E.M., L.C., Burns & McDonnell Engineering


• Canadian Photovoltaics in Buildings
  Ljubisav Stamenic, BCIT


• Natural Ventilation in a Chicago Building
  David Mwale Ogoli, Ph.D., Judson College

Technical and Economical Advances in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Chair: Andy Paliszewski, Siemens Power Generation Inc.
Co-chair: Frederick H. Morse, Morse Associates Inc.

Session Description: Concentrating solar power (CSP) can be a technically and economically viable way to satisfy the growing demand for renewable energy. This session looks at the regional opportunities for CSP, how it is being used in California to satisfy the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards and the technical innovations that are being made in CSP.

• Economic, Energy and Environmental Benefits of Concentrating Solar Power in California
  Larry Stoddard, Ric O¿Connell and Jason Abiecunas, Black & Veatch; Mark Mehos, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• An Overview of the 64 MW Nevada Solar One Project
  Gilbert E. Cohen, Acciona Solar Power Inc.
  
• Solar Power - Why the Steam Turbine
  John Lindstrom, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Inc.; Samuel Fallman, Mats Lyrander and Claes Gabrielson, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB


• Combining Water Treatment with Solar Thermal Electric Generation
  Frank Schubert, Central Coast Inventions

Session Description: Unique public-private partnerships are working to facilitate the development of thousands of megawatts of geothermal power, and will soon double the number of U.S. states producing geothermal power. Representatives from some of the most innovative and fastest-growing companies in the geothermal industry and leading university support centers will discuss the latest geothermal developments in the United States and throughout the world, including low temperature and distributed power generation, combined heat and power applications and new central power stations.

• New Geothermal Developments and Better Assessment of Known Geothermal Areas Through Public/Private Partnerships in the Great Basin
  Lisa Shevenell and Mark Coolbaugh, Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy


• Low-temperature Geothermal Power Generation with HVAC Hardware ¿ Chena, Alaska
  Halley Dickey, Bruce Biederman, Lili Zhang and Jarso Mulugeta, United Technologies Research Center


• Technology and Market Forces; The Drivers of Geothermal Development
  Paul Thomsen and Dan Schochet, Ormat


• Examples of Combined Heat and Power Plants Using Geothermal Energy
  Andrew Chiasson and John Lund, GeoHeat Center

Session Description: Renewable energy is taking hold around the world. This session highlights some exciting projects that are being developed worldwide.

• Development of A-SI BIPVT Solar System In Thailand
  Porponth Sichanugrist, Thipjak Nualboonrueng, Jiraphong Pongsithong and Sirimongkhol Jaikla, National Science and Technology Development Agency
• Renewable Power: What Role Can it Play in a Global City's Electricity Picture?
  Dr. Stephen Hammer, Columbia University (invited)
• Marine Renewables - Are they Competitive?
  Kevin Lynch, Verdant Power, LLC
  
• Renewables - Growing Rapidly in the UK

Adam Brown, UK Trade and Investment

RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCING & MARKET TRENDS I
Room: Tradewinds C

Session Description: Equity capital needs for renewable projects can differ depending on the specific project. This session explores the various roles of the principal differing sources of equity capital in arranging successful renewable energy financings. It describes how the various equity capital categories address differing investment needs, from early enterprise support to mature capital realization. The panelist will discuss venture capital, project finance, corporate finance/M&A, initial public offerings and the emerging role of institutional investors. They will address concerns of new-to-market technologies, small to large scale projects, and early to later stage investments, based on specific examples.

• Bic Stevens , Ardour Capital Investments
• Hunter Armistead, Babcock & Brown
• Ira Ehrenpreis, Technology Partners

Session Description: Debt financing can be critical to lowering the delivered cost of energy from a renewable project, and debt markets have shown strong support for renewable energy over the past year. This second half of the session addresses debt financing for renewable energy projects. The panel includes debt investors, debt arrangers, and borrowers sharing their experiences and perspectives on debt financing for renewable energy.

• John C.S. Anderson, John Hancock Life Insurance Company
• Jonathan Norling, Lane Powell PC
• Geoff Sharples, Clipper Windpower Inc.
• Jeffrey Eckel, Hannon Armstrong
• Andrew “Chip” Carstensen, GE

Session Description: The last year has seen a series of breakthroughs in renewable energy finance, with exciting new opportunities on the horizon. This panel session includes discussion of new financing and corporate development tools with examples drawn from recent cases. It will cover options for some hot new technologies and look ahead at what can be expected in the coming year.

• Georffrey R. Morgan, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
• Dr. Pradeep Haldar, University at Albany, State University of New York
• Frederick H. Morse, Solucar Power, Inc.

Session Description: Renewable energy offers many economic opportunities. The speakers in this session will discuss renewable energy economics as it relates to forward markets, hedging, job creation and production tax credits/investment tax credits.

• Using Forward Markets and Risk Modeling to Manage REC Portfolio Value
  Ian Springsteel, Mass. Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust


• Renewable Energy as a Hedge
  Nicholas Lenssen and Nadav Enbar, Energy Insights


• Survey of Predicted and Actual Renewable Energy Job Creation
  Jay Paidipati, Navigant Consulting


• The "Speed Course" in Renewable Energy Tax Credits -- Understand the Concepts, Structures and Issues in Just 20 Minutes
  Forrest Milder and James Duffy, Nixon Peabody; Maura Schoenfeld, Meridian Clean Fuels; Daniel Smith, Novogradac & Company LLP

Session Description: Global markets for renewable energy are growing. Many developing regions have strong demand for the technology, which can spur economic growth and improve living standards. This session addresses how U.S. renewable energy developers, services companies and technology companies tap growing international markets, including China, Latin America and Europe¿some of the most rapidly developing renewable energy markets in the world.

• Renewable Energy Opportunities in the International Marketplace
  Judy Siegel, Energy and Security Group


• Renewables in China
  Mark Raymont, Pinsent Masons


• The Kyoto Protocol and How U.S. Companies can Participate in this Market
  Edward Hoyt, Econergy International Corp.
• Beyond the US, Architectural Wind Gets Set to Take Flight in the UK and Europe
  Paul Glenney, Aerovironment (AV) Inc. (invited)
  

Session Description: Utilities typically purchase renewable energy through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process, signing power purchase agreements (PPAs) with winning bidders. There has been an extremely high failure rate of these PPAs over the past few years. This panel presents experience from several utilities on their procurement strategies and lessons learned from recent RFPs. The panelists will discuss the the steps their utilities have taken to streamline their procurement process, mitigate contract failure and ensure that contracted facilities deliver the renewable energy expected.

• William (Bill) Heck, Nevada Power
• Frank De Rosa, Pacific Gas & Electric
• Barbara Lockwood, Arizona Public Service
• Mark Tallman, PacifiCorp (invited)

RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCING & MARKET TRENDS II
Room: Tradewinds A-B

Session Description: The installation of solar generation is fast becoming an area of intense activity as the industry grows. Replicating successful installations in a systematic way relies on a number of issues that are unique for both the commercial and residential sector.

• Best Practices for PV Rebate Programs: Helping Customers Install Quality Photovoltaic Systems
  Dan Greenberg, E Source


• The Critical Importance of Comprehensive Data Monitoring to the Growth and Success of the Renewable Energy Industry
  David Kopans, Fat Spaniel Technologies


• California Solar Initiative ¿ Update
  David Hochschild, PV Now; Kurt Johnson, California Public Utilities Commission


• New Trends in Distributed Generation with Renewable BIPV Solar Roofing
  Robert Campbell, Solar Integrated Technologies

Session Description: There are more than 3,000 electric utilities in the United States, but currently few offer some type of solar program for their customers or have considerable utility-owned solar generation resources. This panel will help utilities that are currently considering developing new solar programs. A panel of utility experts will each discuss their company¿s effort to find solar business models that work within their utility environment.

• Julia Judd, Solar Electric Power Association
• Jon Bertolino, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• James White, Chelan County PUD
• Sally Muir, SDG&E
• Carl Siegrist, We Energies

Session Description: Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) have been in effect in several markets for a number of years. This session will review experiences with RPS to date, focusing on challenges and efforts to overcome them.

• Texas¿ Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZs)
  Henry Durrwachter, TXU Wholesale


• Update on the RPS Compliance Markets in New England
  Stephanie Hamilton, Conservation Services Group


• An Implementation Update on Amendment 37: A Mid-Term Report Card on Colorado¿s Renewable Portfolio Standard
  Richard Mignogna, Colorado Public Utilites Commission


• Developing a New Strategy for Compliance the Nevada RPS
  William (Bill) Heck, Nevada Power (invited); Ryan Pletka, Black & Veatch (invited)

Session Description: Successful renewable energy program development and implementation is critical for any utility that is required or voluntarily attempts to integrate renewable energy into a portfolio mix. The speakers in this session will share their experiences with implementing green programs, as well as discuss the potential for various green energy programs.

• Austin Energy¿s Greenchoice Program: A National Model for Green Energy Marketing
  Mark Kapner, Austin Energy


• Green Energy Programs: Reaching Key Stakeholders Through the Media and Other Channels
  Jim Cabot, Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications


• Growing Utility Renewable Energy Programs
  Carl Siegrist, We Energies


• Utility Case Studies: Renewable Energy Project Development Trends & Barriers
  Nadav Enbar and Nicholas Lenssen, Energy Insights

Session Description: This panel, which comprises of renewable energy developers, financiers, and consultants, will describe specific case studies of how their companies have been able to monetize renewable energy credits, emission credits, etc. It is an opportunity for audience members to hear the highlights of real projects that have made real money by monetizing the environmental attributes that are associated with the MWh produced. Some questions that will be addressed include: What were the barriers to market penetration? How were these barriers overcome? Did it make financial sense to invest in this opportunity? Which attributes have been the most lucrative?

• John Harper, Birch Tree Capital
• Christina M. Magerkurth, First Environment
• Julie Smith-Galvin, Enel North America

BIO-FUELS & BIO-POWER I
Room: Tradewinds E-F

Session Description: Bio-energy production is increasing exponentially across the United States and around the world. The long-term sustainability of this emerging industry will be discussed by an interdisciplinary panel of experts. Discussion topics will include environmental impacts and opportunities, socioeconomic implications, policy needs and on-the-ground applications.

• Barbara Bramble, National Wildlife Federation
• Nathanael Greene, Natural Resource Defence Council
• Maurice Hladik, Iogen Energy

Session Description: Based on practical experience and actual operation, this panel provides a holistic look at biomass and its various applications in biofuels, such as combined heat and power and other energy applications. Proven technologies, biomass sources and generators, as well as actual community-based projects will be included in the discussion. The necessary legal and fiscal considerations of biomass energy will also be addressed.

• John Gaunt, Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Janet E. Hawkes, Ph.D., RPM Ecosystems LLC
• Bert A. Spaeth, Siemens Building Technologies Inc.
• Roger D. Feldman, Andrews Kurth

Session Description: This panel of experts will discuss the development of different technologies to convert next generation biofuel feedstock to liquid transportation fuels.

• Gerson Santos, Abengoa Bioenergy
• Seth Snyder, Argonne National Laboratory
• Arnold Klann, BlueFire Ethanol

Session Description: As the largest users of imported crude, the utility and transportation sectors provide almost unlimited potential for the use of domestic bio-energy. The session will focus on the increased utilization of bio-fuels in these sectors.

• "Green" Research Vessel Initiatives: Development of Biodiesel and Bio-Products in Marine Applications
  Dennis Donahue and Dr. Stephen B. Brandt, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory


• Ethanol, A Superior Aviation Fuel
  Maxwell Shauck and Grazia Zanin, Baylor University


• Second Generation Biofuel: The Production and Application of Pyrolysis Oil
  Colin McKerracher, DynaMotive Energy Systems Corp.

Session Description: The ethanol industry is adding capacity at a rate that will most likely result in meeting the required levels of the year 2012 established in the 2005 Energy Bill four full years ahead of schedule. The Clean Fuels Development Coalition (CFDC) will provide an overview of the status of the ethanol industry and discuss what is driving its enormous growth.

• National Overview and Outlook
  Douglas Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition


• U.S. State and Local Ethanol Development Initiatives
  Todd Sneller, Nebraska Ethanol Board


• Ethanol as Transporation Fuel – Production Technology Developments
  Philip Madson, KATZEN International


• Utilization of Ethanol in Today’s Fleet and Beyond
  Keith Cole, General Motors Corp.

BIO-FUELS & BIO-POWER II
Room: Tradewinds D

Session Description: Farm-scale technologies present a real challenge from the standpoint of economic viability and case of operation/maintenance. But they also create an opportunity for farmers to increase revenue and mitigate environmental impact. The speakers in this session will present, several promising agricultural applications for bio-energy.

• Vermont¿s Experience with the Adoption of Anaerobic Digestion on Farms
  Daniel Scruton, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets


• Microgasification Technology
  Darren Schmidt, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center


• "Lessons Learned" on California Dairy Digesters
  Zhiqin Zhang, Ph.D., California Energy Commission

Session Description: Production of hydrogen from green sources has the potential to be a cost competitive alternative to other hydrogen production technologies, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The session includes an overview of hydrogen production, short-term applications, and a long-term view of renewables to hydrogen.

• Renewables-to-Hydrogen
  Dale Gardner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory


• Wind-to-Hydrogen in the Northern Great Plains
  Chris Zygarlicke and Bradley Stevens, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center; Ron Rebenitsch, Basin Electric Power Cooperative)


• Distributed High Pressure Hydrogen Generation and Renewable Energy
  Michael Spaner and Jesse Hayes, Proton Energy Systems


• Renewable Fuel Options for Fuel Cell Power Generation
  Kent McCord, UTC Power (invited)

Session Description: "25x'25" is a rallying cry for renewable energy and a vision for America - that by 2025, renewable energy from America's farms, forests and ranches will provide 25% of the total energy consumed in the United States. This panel of leaders from the 25x'25 Initiative, a group of farm, forestry, conservation, industry, labor and environmental organizations, will discuss the path to 25x'25, the economic outcomes of such a vision, and the broad public support for renewable energy.

• J.Read Smith, 25x'25 Steering Committee
• Richard Hahn, 25x'25 Economic Analysis Work Group
• Ernest Shea, Natural Resource Solutions LLC