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Affiliated CleanTech Events and Forums

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

Thanks,
Mike and the SACTF Team

For a list of past events and forums hosted by our friends and affiliates, click here.


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


Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America

23-25 February 2010
Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX

Event Overview
For the seventh straight year Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America has been the event leading the way for the renewable industry. Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America 2009 had nearly 4,000 renewable energy power professionals in attendance making it another wildly successful year. Click here to view the 2009 press release.

http://www.renewableenergyworld-events.com/index.html


Austin Hydrogen 101 Workshop - Hydrogen & Fuel Cells in Austin

Ride Texas’ First Fuel Cell Bus • Visit a Hydrogen Fueling Station

24 February 2010, 10:00a - 1:00p (Including Networking Lunch)
J. J. Pickle Research Campus
Center for Electromechanics, Bldg. 133
10100 Burnet Road
Austin, Texas

In cooperation with:

  • Central Texas Clean Cities
  • Austin Energy

Supported by:

  • U.S. Department of Energy 

Organized by:

  • HARC and the Texas H2 Coalition 
To register:  Email contact info to H2101@harc.edu to let us know you want to attend the Austin Workshop.  Include your contact information: 

Event Overview
At this workshop, you will hear from people involved in real world Texas hydrogen applications while updating your own understanding of the basics of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.  Hydrogen continues to be an important energy option for transportation and stationary power.  This year in Texas, over 130 hydrogen fuel cell forklifts are being deployed in warehouse operations, including more than 30 in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and more than 100 in the Houston area.  In Austin, the state’s first hydrogen fueling station is providing fuel for a 22-passenger fuel cell transit bus.  Participants in the workshop will have the opportunity to ride the bus and tour the hydrogen fueling station. 

The workshop is presented as part of a national effort by the U.S. Department of Energy to increase hydrogen knowledge among state and local leaders.  The Houston Advanced Research Center and the Texas H2 Coalition are conducting the workshops at five key locations in the state. 

Workshop Topics

  • Hydrogen infrastructure
  • Implementing a hydrogen vehicle and fueling project
  • Hydrogen codes and safety
  • Basics of hydrogen and fuel cells
  • Fuel cell equipment and fueling for materials handling
  • Texas and hydrogen
  • Discussion and networking on project ideas


ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit March 1-3, 2010, Gaylord Convention Center Washington, DC

Register today for the first ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit - discounted room rates are still available, but space is limited and filling up fast!

Space is Limited - Register Now!

Supporting America's Breakthrough
Energy Innovators!

Don't miss your opportunity to meet, network and collaborate with the nation's energy leaders!

The Summit will present the first round of awardees, and for the first time, many of the 250 top-ranking projects in the Transformative Technologies Showcase.

Featured keynotes include:

  • Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
  • Arun Majumdar, ARPA-E Director
  • Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures
  • and more

Conference program includes panels on identifying game changing technologies, commercializing energy technology breakthroughs, building regional economic energy clusters, and global technology dissemination.

March 1 – 3, 2010
Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center
Washington, DC

Participants include: industry executives, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers and scientists, policymakers and government officials.

REGISTER TODAY

Join the Pre-Conference Workshop on March 1st to meet ARPA-E's Program Directors, discuss the goals and directions for ARPA-E's program areas, and participate in tutorials on commercialization and funding opportunities.

For more information and to register, visit:
http://www.ct-si.org/events/EnergyInnovation

SECURE YOUR HOTEL ROOM NOW: Deadline is January 18TH!

 

Hosted by:
ARPA-E
DOE

Organized by:
CTSI

Supporting Partners

NVCA
KAUFFMAN

 
 
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