We have partnered with the following forums here in our region because we believe they have much to offer, not only to our Participants, but to our entire community. Please take some time to look over the information below, and if you can, make the time to attend these important events. Also, please send us your ideas, info and links about cleantech or related events you'd like us to post by emailing us at site.admin@sacleantech.org.
New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist Thomas Friedman to Speak at Trinity University
16 February 2010, 7:30p
Trinity University, Laurie Auditorium
San Antonio, TX
Event Overview
Thomas Friedman, award-winning journalist, will speak at Trinity University at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010, in Laurie Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Mr. Friedman, foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, has been called "the country’s best newspaper columnist" by Vanity Fair.
His latest book, Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America, was No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. His previous books include The World is Flat, Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of
Terrorism, The Lexus and The Olive Tree, and From Beirut to Jerusalem, which won the National Book Award.
Austin Clean Energy Group
18 February 2010 , 5:00p - 8:00p
Austin City Hall Council Chambers
RSVP required
Event Overview
Join us for an exciting panel discussion featuring distinguished subject matter experts in the science, technology, and business of electrical energy storage and batteries. Please also take this opportunity to refer your business colleagues to the Austin Clean Energy Group on Meetup.com where they can register to attend this event.
Moderated by
Gaurav Goel, Registered Patent Agent
John Cooper, Ecomergence
Panel members
Mr. Jeff Bruce, Director of Product Management, Valence Technology, Inc.
Dr. Jeremy Meyers, Assistant Professor, Center for Electrochemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Sam Stimson, Senior Fellow, Boston-Power, Inc.
Mr. Jay Taylor, Senior Engineer Global Strategist, Dell, Inc.
Free Parking
The entrance to the parking garage is on Lavaca Street on the east side of City Hall, just past the loading dock. Upon entering the garage, look for the signs that say "Public" which will guide you to the public parking area. Take a ticket at the booth and find parking anywhere on P1, P2 or P3. Be sure to take your ticket with you to get it validated inside.
Israel and Texas Working Together for Cleantech
22 February 2010
Austin Hilton Hotel
Austin, TX
Event Overview
As the first Cleantech conference of its kind, the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Government of Israel-Economic Mission and the Austin Chamber of Commerce cordially invite you to participate in the Texas-Israel Cleanovation Conference next February 22, featuring the world’s most sophisticated technologies for water and alternative energy in the United States’ leading Cleantech city, Austin, TX.
This exclusive networking conference will feature 10-15 leading Israeli companies attending from Tel Aviv, and will provide utility and clean energy companies,
investors and technologists with an opportunity to learn about highly advanced Cleantech technologies available in both Texas and Israel markets. Come and learn how your business can benefit from these sources.
http://texasisrael-cleantech.org/cleanovation/
A pre-Renewable Energy World Conference/Expo event
How Industry Restructuring Led Texas to U.S. Renewable Energy Leadership
22 February 2010 8:00a - 5:00p
Austin Convention Center, Rm. 13B
Austin, Texas
Registration Fee: $675.00, includes workshop materials, certificate of completion, coffee breaks and lunch
Instructors
- Bob Webb, General Counsel, Biofuels Power Corp.
- Henry Durrwachter, Director of ERCOT Market Services, Luminant Energy
- Steve Wiese, Principal, Clean Energy Associates
- Mark Kapner, P.E., Senior Strategy Engineer, Austin Energy
- Stephen Krebs, Partner, Baker Botts LLP
- Nick Lampson, Principal, Clean Energy Advisory Group
- Pike Powers, Chairman, Texas Technology Initiative
- Karl Rabago, Vice President of Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy
Who Should Attend
Anyone involved in or considering involvement in developing, buying or financing renewable energy generation within the competitive wholesale and retail markets of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the intrastate grid serving 85% of the electric load in Texas.
Overview
Top Texas experts and key players will provide an understanding of the special circumstances of developing renewable electric generation in the intrastate ERCOT grid in Texas, emphasizing the political climate, philosophy of government, regulatory approach and competitive retail and wholesale electric markets, as factors creating the spectacular growth of renewable generation since the Legislature launched unbundled competitive electric markets in 1999.
Texas has a business and political climate friendly to the development of independent generation with minimal permit requirements for new generation and a robust transmission system that is significantly expanding its transmission grid without cost to generators to accommodate the rapid expansion of wind energy in West Texas, as well as solar and biomass generation throughout ERCOT. The State’s robust economic growth continues to create a need to add new generating capacity in a competitive wholesale electric market primarily composed of non-utility independent generating entities. Unique markets and regulatory systems create a need for a different approach to renewable energy development, financing and commercial operation.
Course Highlights
- What Makes the Restructured Texas Electric Industry in ERCOT the Nation’s Leader in Renewable Energy?
- Bob Webb, General Counsel, Biofuels Power Corporation
- Delivering the Goods— CREZ Transmission and Integrating Intermittent Electric Generation
- Henry Durrwachter, Director of ERCOT Market Services, Luminant Energy
- Solar Energy: The Second Stage of the West Texas Renewable Energy Boom
- Steve Wiese, Principal, Clean Energy Associatees
- Utility Scale Solar Generation Technologies Being Developed in Texas
- Mark Kapner, PE, Senior Strategy Engineer, Austin Energy
- Project Financing with the ERCOT Difference and a Difficult Economy
- Stephen Krebs, partner, Baker Botts, LLP
- How Can We Get Our Full Share of the Federal Stimulus for Renewables?
- Nick Lampson, principal, Clean Energy Advisory Group
- How the State of Texas and Local Communities Coordinate Support of Sustainable Energy
- Pike Powers, Chairman, Texas Technology Initiative
- Texas Municipal Utilities are Leading the Drive for Sustainable Renewable Energy
- Karl Rabago, Vice President of Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy
For further conference information and registration, visit
Renewable Energy World 2010 Conference
For more information, contact Russel Smith at Phone: (512) 345-5446 or Email:
rsmith@treia.org