Events

This three-day conference will focus on current debt and tax credit equity structures for wind financing; up-to-date information on pending legislation and current federal and state policies for wind energy; permitting, zoning, environmental, and other regulatory roadblocks; best practices for financing, warranties, and debt and tax structuring, including addressing investor concerns; special issues and tactics for locally owned, locally beneficial community wind projects; and methods for raising capital to fuel wind energy companies.

Consumer Power for the 21^st Century is a series of courses on renewable energy for homeowners and businesses, offered on a Saturday morning at the NREL Visitors Center. On May 10, we will focus on investment opportunities in the area of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and will provide some insight on the economic development potential of the state of Colorado.

Program

Welcome and Introductions, Ivilina Thornton

Smart Grid: Transforming the US Electric Power Grid, Wade O. Troxell

Smart grid “best practices” will explain distributed energy resources in the context of the physical power grid, its incorporation of market dynamics enabled by information technologies, and coupled with large-scale intelligent control infrastructure. The impacts of large-scale networked distributed energy resources will lead to a more robust, reliable, and renewable US electric power grid providing for significant economic, efficiency, and environmental benefits.

Introduction to Investing In Renewable Energy, Tom Konrad

An overview of the investment vehicles and strategies available for investing in renewable end energy efficiency companies. Targeted to the novice to intermediate investor. Will cover mutual funds, ETFs, and touch on stock picking strategies.

Speakers will include:

Tom Konrad, Investment Analyst at AltEnergyStocks.com (a provider of high-quality, original research into alternative energy, renewable energy, and clean technology companies). Tom is also a writer specializing in public renewable energy and energy efficiency companies. He has a Ph.D. in mathematics from Purdue University , and is a Level III candidate for the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He is regularly interviewed or appears on national and international investing, news, and clean energy publications and programs.

Wade O. Troxell, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean for Research and Economic Development in the College of Engineering at Colorado State University . Dr. Troxell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of intelligent robotics and intelligent control of distributed systems. For his current research, he is focused on “smart grid” applications as the Director of the Center for Networked Distributed Energy (NetEnergy) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

The 33rd PVSC will provide tehnical and poster sessions on all aspects of photovoltaic research and development.  More details will be available as the conference Web site is developed. 

Topics will include:

• International Trends
• Innovative Airfoils
• Adaptive Control
• Materials
• Manufacturing
• Design/Analysis Codes
• Testing
• Distributed Wind

This workshop focuses on the renewable energy development opportunities available to tribes in a specific region. This interactive course is designed to explore strategic energy planning and energy options to meet the long-term energy goals of your Tribe. The workshop is focused on: 1) renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency concepts; 2) renewable energy project development; 3) organization and legal framework for development; and 4) financing options leading toward sustainable tribal communities.

Discover techniques to involve the public, determine public opinion and gain acceptance for renewable energy projects and other utility operations and plans. The webinar will also include an overview of DEED’s Public Participation for Consumer Owned Utilities: An Implementation Guide.

Join us for this day-long conference as we focus on distributed energy solutions such as customer sited combined heat and power projects, district heating systems, community wind plants, targeted energy efficiency measures, building local bio-fuel supplies, and much more.

Imagine the thrill of your electric meter spinning backwards as you produce electricity from your solar panel or small wind turbine.   What is the policy that allows for an electric meter to spin backwards?  Where do those policies exist?  How do you make arrangements with your local utility to access net metering policy? What challenges exist for areas that don’t have existing net metering policy? 

This presentation is part of NREL’s “Visitors Center Power Lunch Lecture Series.”  Participants are welcome to bring a lunch and enjoy.

The E-MRS 2008 Spring Meeting features 17 technical symposia, an exhibit, a plenary session with talks by outstanding researchers, a social event to knowledge the symposia chairperson and to reward some students for the best papers.

Organized by leaders in the wind energy industry, WINDPOWER 2008 offers 3 days of conference sessions, an interactive tradeshow of wind energy products and services, and numerous networking opportunities. 

Clean Technology 2008 is a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector conference on global sustainability addressing advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies, and clean business practices. The mission of Clean Technology 2008 is to bring together the entire Clean Technology ecosystem with the goal of accelerating the flow of technologies from the research phase to the viable market phase.

Colorado has dry conditions which create special challenges for   gardeners.  Whether you’re starting a new garden, or retrofitting   your current landscape, by learning some basics about gardening in   our state, we can have gardens that save valuable resources such  as water and energy, look beautiful, and increase the value of our property. Learn: How to plan and design a garden.  How to improve the soil in your yard, how to choose, site, install, and care for turf (and turf alternatives), trees, and plants that do well in our climate. This presentation is part of NREL’s “Visitors Center Power Lunch Lecture Series.”  Participants are welcome to bring a lunch and enjoy.     

The PV Industry Forum is a platform for the exploding worldwide photovoltaics industry and addresses the topics central to its further development, with emphasis on the area of thin film technology. The main topics of the PV Industry Forum 2008 will be the status and developments of international PV markets, the latest developments in Thin Film and Concentrator Cell Technology, user experience and specific system requirements of large scale photovoltaic power plants and tracking systems and commercial photovoltaic applications in rural electrification: "PV Hybrid Systems" and "Mini-Grid Systems."

Intersolar is internationally recognized as the top-event in the solar industry as well as Europe's largest exhibition for the entire solar technology spectrum where it has established itself as the leading international industry fair for producers, suppliers, wholesalers and service providers

The 2008 North American Solar Challenge (NASC2008) is a competition to design, build, and rayce solar-powered cars in a cross-country event. Teams compete in a 2400 mile rayce from Dallas, Texas to Calgary, Alberta.

This one-day course is a prequel to the Midwest Renewable Energy Association wind systems workshops and for people who have an interest in residential-size wind systems for their home or business. This course will inform students as to what wind energy is, how it works and what it can do for you. Topics will include: wind resources, basic system components, system types, turbine types, applications, and tower types.

The inaugural Intersolar North America exhibition and conference is being held in conjunction with SEMICON West 2008 in San Francisco, California. It will represent the most comprehensive solar industry exhibition in the United States and focus on photovoltaics, solar thermal technologies and solar architecture. The conference, running concurrently with the exhibition, will address important issues in photovoltaics, such as crystalline silicon, thin film and concentrator technologies and system technologies.  Solar thermal and integrated technologies, financing and investments, materials issues and politics will also be discussed through a series of specific technical workshops, panel discussions and presentations.

This workshop will examine the design considerations of manufacturing a wind generator. Components will be studied including their structure, function, materials, how they operate, and reliability to understand what choices various manufacturers have made for their products and why. All of the commercially available residential-sized wind equipment on the market will be considered. This workshop will help wind site assessors, equipment dealers, installers and homeowners ferret out the pros and cons of the wind generator options in the market place.

The World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC), a major recognised forum for networking between these sectors, addresses these issues through regular meetings and exhibitions, bringing together representatives of all those involved in the supply, distribution, consumption and development of energy sources which are benign, sustainable, accessible and economically viable.

This workshop focuses on the renewable energy development opportunities available to tribes in a specific region. This interactive course is designed to explore strategic energy planning and energy options to meet the long-term energy goals of your Tribe. The workshop is focused on: 1) renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency concepts; 2) renewable energy project development; 3) organization and legal framework for development; and 4) financing options leading toward sustainable tribal communities.

"Neighbors Powering Community" is the theme of the tenth annual SolWest Renewable Energy Fair July 25-27, 2008 at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day, OR. Admission includes over 50 free workshops on both off-grid and grid-intertied renewable energy (RE) and sustainable living topics. A pre-fair workshop will install a grid-intertied solar backup power system. Fifty exhibitors show tools for energy independence and lifestyle self-reliance, including solar, wind and agricultural resources. Keynote speaker Greg Pahl, author of The Citizen-powered Energy Handbook emphasizes renewable resources for neighborhood energy. Alternative vehicle displays highlight efficient transportation technology. Cost is $5 per adult per day, with weekend, youth, and family discounts, volunteers and children under 12 free. Camping is available (free for volunteers).

Participants in this workshop will learn to design and install residential wind systems up to 100kWh/day in capacity. The workshop will cover system sizing, site analysis, installation and safety issues, and hardware specification. Learn about the different commercially available residential wind turbines, how they work, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Students will learn to estimate electrical production of a turbine given the parameters of the site, tower and turbine.

Researchers, engineers, scientists, architects, industry, consultants, and policy-makers in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and advanced energy technologies are invited to participate in this exchange of innovative ideas, leading edge concepts, new technologies and devices, ongoing R&D efforts, prototype and demonstration projects, commercialization technologies and projects, and visions of the future related to the general theme of energy sustainability.

HWCVD-5 is a forum devoted to the advancement of hot-wire chemical vapor deposition. The alternative names of catalytic CVD (Cat-CVD), initiated CVD (iCVD), and hot-filament CVD (HFCVD) reflect the diversity of fields that have been impacted by this technology. The Cambridge/Boston area offers a multitude of activities to sample and enjoy and is a wonderful location to continue the spirit of international cooperation established at previous HWCVD conferences. The conference will provide numerous opportunities for networking among academic and industrial attendees.

The Conference will provide an excellent platform for dialogue and information exchange across the World. The ‘who is who’ of the PV solar branch will meet at Valencia to discuss the latest developments in science and industry.

Integrating offshore wind into the U.S. energy picture.

Ninth annual event covering renewable energy and energy efficiency; featuring nationally prominent speakers and workshops on various topics.

The largest Solar Power Conference in the United States about the U.S. solar industry and market opportunities.  The conference is sponsored by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA).

The largest Solar Power Conference in theUnited States about the U.S. solar industry and market opportunities.  The conference is sponsored by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA).

Join NREL at its 21^st Industry Growth Forum—America’s largest venture event focused exclusively on companies developing clean energy products.

The theme of this meeting is "Clean Energy for the World: Natural Gas, Biodiesel and Ethanol” and major topics to be addressed include environment, technology and logistics.

The largest Solar Power Conference in the United States about the U.S. solar industry and market opportunities.  The conference is sponsored by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA).

This event, looking at sustainable solar buildings, solar thermal applications and the solar market, will take a closer look at new materials, collectors and integrated systems and their design. The conference includes an international exhibition about solar technology and materials. While the focus is on solar thermal technology, PV will also feature in this event.