TAP Webcasts
Solar Photovoltaic Financing: Deployment on Public Property by State and Local Governments
August 13, 2008
The Technical Assistance Project for State and Local Officials (TAP) will sponsor a Webcast that outlines financing options for state and local governments to install PV systems. You can find the following materials about this Webcast on this page.
The Webcast will take place Wednesday, August 13, 3 - 4:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
How to Attend
You can attend the August 13 Webcast via your desktop computer and phone line free of charge, but you must register in advance to obtain the URL and password for logging on via the Internet and the phone number to connect to the audio.
Please reserve your Internet and phone connections for the Webcast by Friday, August 8, with Misty Conrad by phone at 303-384-7467 or via email.
About the Presenters
The presenters of the August 13 Webcast titled "Solar Photovoltaic Financing: Deployment on Public Property by State and Local Governments" will be:
Karlynn Cory
Cory serves as an energy analyst at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado and has 12 years of experience analyzing renewable energy policies and U.S. electricity markets. She has an in-depth understanding of investor requirements to get renewable energy projects financed as well as policy tools that can be used to encourage increased capital for renewables. She has extensively evaluated renewable energy certificate (REC) markets for renewable portfolio standards and voluntary green power markets.
Before coming to NREL, Cory was a business development manager at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative in Westborough, Mass. She holds a Masters of Science Degree in technology and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelors of Science Degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts University.
Jason Coughlin
Since 2006, Coughlin is a project manager at NREL who advises U.S. cities on the financial aspects of installing large PV projects as part of the DOE Solar America Cities Program.
From 1998-2005, Coughlin was a corporate finance banker with Wachovia Securities. He has an undergraduate business degree from State University of New York at Binghamton, a Masters Degree in international business from the University of South Carolina, and a graduate certificate in environmental policy from the University of Denver.
Copy of the Presentation
Read a copy of the Webcast presentation titled Solar Photovoltaic Financing: Deployment on Public Property by State and Local Governments (PDF 2.9 MB). Download Adobe Reader.
Background Materials
Background materials for the August 13 Webcast include:
Solar Photovoltaic Financing: Deployment on Public Property by State and Local Governments
NREL technical report published in May 2008 (PDF 1.1 MB). Download Adobe Reader.States Explore Financing Options for Solar Photovoltaics
Feature article published in the July–August 2008 edition of the DOE State Energy Program newsletter, Conservation Update.
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