Events

Clean Technology 2009 brings together over 5,000 technology and business leaders and experts from academia, investment, government, startups, and Fortune 1,000 companies. The goals are: identifying the latest clean technologies and commercial sustainable solutions; driving advanced research insight and best practices; matching buyers and sellers; enabling strategic partnerships; and providing intellectual property licensing, venture capital, corporate financing, and customer acquisition opportunities.

Focus Topics: Impacts of new technologies on the large scale deployment of residential and commercial scale solar PV systems; new incentives that have improved the viability and business case of solar in the northeast; and new business opportunities and workforce development challenges that can help rebuild our regional and national economy
 
Who should attend:  State and local government officials, financial Institutions, builders, developers, code officials, economic development professionals and community organizations.

The symposium will connect investors with growing or expanding technology companies. Many of the products to be showcased have been developed by or with one of the U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories.

The prime focus of the SolarTech / CALSEIA Summit is collaboration. Participants will define actions that will lead to reduced system costs and cycle times for residential and commercial installations. The ultimate goals are to substantially accelerate the adoption of solar and to stimulate new markets and growth of jobs in the solar industry.

This conference will focus on the role of energy storage on enhancing the value of renewable energy sources, which are usually intermittent or unpredictable. Attendees will represent researchers, energy storage companies, renewable energy companies, utilities, and policymakers.

Panelists will share the stories behind sustainable products that meaningfully integrate social and environmental considerations.

Come see technologies developed at federal laboratories from across the country. As part of its 2009 national meeting, the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) is proud to present Industry Day.

The FLC will be welcoming members from industry, free of charge, to take part in a variety of sessions focused on the interests of industry. The FLC Tech Fair will offer members of industry the opportunity to meet with federal laboratory representatives from across the country and from every agency as they display their latest technologies.

SOLAR 2009 is America’s leading conference on the emerging trends, technology, and opportunities shaping the new energy economy.

Greentech Media and Groom Energy have partnered to create a critical new symposium series, Enterprise Carbon Accounting. Building on the success of Groom Energy's previous seminar held in Boston February 25 this year, this event will answer the major questions facing large corporations and institutions today around carbon accounting.

The NREL Visitors Center will be open on selected Saturdays in 2009!

Enjoy a day of discovery and exploration.  Visitors of all ages are welcome to explore our interactive exhibit hall, enjoy a Science on a Sphere presentation and take virtual tours of our facilities.

Principal investigators will present the R&D results of their hydrogen and vehicle technologies work, and future plans to panels of independent experts for review, providing an opportunity for industry, academia, government, and others to offer formal feedback to the U.S. Department of Energy on its activities.

Dr. Chuck Kutscher of the Center for Electricity, Resources, and Building Systems Integration led an American Solar Energy Society study that resulted in the report “Tackling Climate Change in the U.S.” He writes a regular column in Solar Today magazine about climate change and last fall taught “Climate Change Solutions” at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In this presentation Dr. Kutscher will summarize the latest scientific findings on climate change and describe the potential for energy efficiency and renewable energy to achieve large carbon reductions in the U.S. and Colorado.

 

Join us on Tuesday, May 19^th at NREL’s Visitors’ Center to learn more.

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

 

The inaugural Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency will bring together global influencers and stakeholders in energy efficiency technologies, commercialization, and policy for two days of in-depth discussions and the latest industry updates in this fast-moving sector.

This conference will bring together industry experts, manufacturers, researchers and end users for a balanced, comprehensive discussion of the opportunities and challenges surrounding photovoltaic markets, investment, production, applications and technological requirements, challenges and breakthroughs.

This event will address opportunities and challenges for large scale solar electric generation through concentrated solar power thermal (CST) technologies.

The Photovoltaic Specialists Conference presents groundbreaking research papers on all aspects of photovoltaic-relevant materials, devices, systems and applications. This year's Technical Program will encompass nine programmatic areas covering topics from novel materials and devices, thin-film cells made from CIGS and CdTe and emerging semiconductors, crystalline and amorphous silicon, III-V cells, concentrator devices and systems, and module and system experience including reliability studies. The deadline for electronic submission of the full manuscript is May 26, 2009.

This year's IEEE conference is in conjunction with SEIA's Solar America Conference, June 8-10.

Greentech Media and SRI International are pleased to invite you to a one-day symposium on the companies and people shaping this market. Sessions will include opinions from architects and builders, debates between policy makers and investors, and presentations from rapidly growing startups. The presentations will be on building materials, lights, control systems and modular construction. By 2020, homes in California will have to be built to a net zero energy standard - you need to get in on the ground floor.

The purpose of this workshop is to identify and examine turbine reliability issues among plant developers, operators, manufacturers and others. Topics include: gearboxes, blades, wind turbine manufacturing, owner/operator perspectives, generators and power conditioning, condition monitoring, data analysis and reliability, and major initiatives.

This conference provides case studies and advice to help drive competitive differentiation with individual products and supply chain capability, with particular focus on consumer products and high-tech products.

The Premier Energy Education Event in the Nation. Energy Fair features 200+ workshops on renewable energy and sustainable living, it also features 250 exhibitors, entertainment and much, much more!

Renewable Energy Finance Forum- Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) 2009 will bring together an unparalleled panel of industry visionaries, financiers and investors to debate key issues facing the renewable energy industry today and conceptualize the future of renewable energy finance in the US.

The summit will focus on business aspects of photovoltaics and how your business can capitalise on the latest developments in this field.

The summit will focus on business aspects of photovoltaics and how your business can capitalise on the latest developments in this field.

Providing a unique opportunity for communication and collaboration between academia, industry and planners in the areas of Solar Energy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Technologies.

Bring the sunshine in!  Solar power, bio-diesel fuel and a wood-burning heating plant powering a lean, green data-processing machine? Almost by definition, large office buildings are environmentally UN-friendly – overrefrigerated and underutilized energy hogs.  What is NREL’s response?   The solutions are cutting edge, the problems are not.  What does it take to make an energy-guzzling data center an eco-friendly one?  How does that translate into your office environment?

 

Join us on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at NREL’s Visitors’ Center to learn more.

 

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

Hear the latest advancements in sustainable technologies from solar cells to concentrators to PV systems. Topics include: solar hydrogen, thin films, OPVs, and PV cell technologies.

This event is one of the world's three big PV conferences (together with the PVSEC in Asia and the IEEE PVSEC in the U.S.), but traditionally has the most visitors and the largest industry exhibiiton.

With its theme of Geothermal 2009: Making Renewable Energy Hot, the Annual Meeting of the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) will take place October 4-7, 2009, in Reno, Nevada, at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino. The four-day event will offer technical, policy, and market conference sessions, educational seminars, a trade show exhibition, tours of local geothermal and renewable energy projects and numerous networking opportunities.

The call for abstracts for the event has been issued and information about abstract requirements and submission forms can be obtained by contacting the GRC at (530) 758-2360, at the GRC Web site, or going directly to the organization's Abstract Submission (MS Word 192 KB) or Abstract Selection Process (PDF 30 KB) files. Download Adobe Reader.

This event from the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) will highlight advances and technological developments.  The theme of the event is "Renewable Energy: Shaping our Future."

The first comprehensive multidisciplinary international forum for exchange of ideas, dissemination of knowledge, and professional education for all aspects of the biofuels and bioenergy system from genetics through production, distribution and use.

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 conference, former called Solar Power 2009, has a new name--Solar Power International--and new dates--October 27-29, 2009.

International Trade Fair for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficient Building. For the 5th time, worldwide experts meet in order to exchange know-how, present experiences from the practice and offer advice gained through research and development and ensuring this knowledge is quickly transferred into action. The innovation conference takes place over two days parallel to the CEP trade fair.

Join NREL at its 22^nd Industry Growth Forum—America's largest venture event focused exclusively on companies developing clean energy products and services.

The Forum provides growth opportunities in the clean energy industry for early-seed to expansion capital companies. In attendance will be angel investors, venture capitalists, investors, company executives, and government officials.

The World Geothermal Congress 2010 (WGC2010) -- Geothermal powering world’s today energy, will take place in Bali Indonesia at the Bali International Conference Center (BICC), Nusa Dua, Bali’s largest conference venue, named top in the category “World’s leading Conference & Convention Centre 2006”. Over 3000 participants from more than 80 countries are expected to attend and learn about the latest breakthroughs in the field. An Exhibition, held simultaneously with the Conference, will feature foremost companies and state-of-the-art products of the Geothermal industry.

NREL's Strategic Energy Analysis Center (SEAC) and DOE/EERE's Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis (PBA) cohost analytical seminars on the second Thursday of every month. Topics focus on new and innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency analysis strategies, models, and technologies and how to apply them. The presentation is from noon to 1 p.m. at NREL's Washington, D.C., office and from 10 to 11 a.m. at NREL's Golden, Colorado, office.

For more information on the seminar series — including log-in and call-in information for remote access — visit the Energy Analysis Web site.

This low-cost ($200), weekends-only class runs from Jan. 31 to April 19 and gives you the industry-requested skills for an entry-level wind technician position. Sign up online, click on Schedule and Registration, Alternative Energy-Sustainability.