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ACORE Announces Fundraising for Global Meeting on Renewable Energy We are pleased to announce the issuance of a Request for Sponsorship Proposals (RFSP) seeking financial sponsors for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) which is planned to be held March 1-7, 2008 in Washington, DC. The conference is proposed to be conducted under the auspices of the US Government. WIREC will involve a global meeting of governments, official side events, and a separate business conference and exposition in POWER-GEN Renewable Energy & Fuels. The conference is expected to bring together leaders from 150 nations and over 5,000 delegates. We invite ACORE members to help with the fundraising initiative and serve on the Fundraising Committee, chaired by ACORE Board member Howard Berke. Please click here for the full fundraising notice. Further details can be found on the WIREC 2008 page on the ACORE website. ACORE Welcomes Director of Media Communications Bill Moller
Photograph: Chris Cesca ACORE is pleased to announce the latest addition to the staff, Bill Moller, who joins as Director of Media Communications. Bill comes to ACORE with a broad range of experience. He has been an anchor and reporter at television and radio stations in Montana, Des Moines, New Orleans, Orlando and Boston where he worked in the broadcast division of The Christian Science Monitor. Currently during his free time on weekends he hosts The Money Show with Bill Moller on WGN Radio, Chicago's #1 radio station. For his writing, reporting and anchoring skills he won three Emmys, two Society of Professional Journalist Awards for Exemplary Journalism, and two first place Associated Press awards. His achievements have also been recognized at such prestigious industry events as the International Film & TV Festival and the International Radio Festival of New York. A firm believer in community involvement, Bill loves to visit classrooms with an inspirational message about self-discipline. An avid reader, Bill also tries to inspire young students to read and write as much as they can. He and his family have been active in the community service organization Chicago Cares. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at the Fox River Country Day School in Elgin, Illinois and he is an adjunct professor at Columbia College. Bill will be conducting outreach to members from January to March, in addition to working with the Steering Committee of the new Communications Committee. ACORE Welcomes Cheri Olf, Program Director, Higher Education Committee ACORE is pleased to announce that Chéri Olf will be joining the staff as Program Director of the Higher Education Committee (HEC). Chéri Faso Olf has over 15 years of management experience in the Higher Education, Not-For-Profit and Electric Power industries. A skilled communicator, Chéri has been recognized for her ability to cultivate strong business relationships, as much as for her convivial way of motivating and mobilizing professionals to achieve their goals. She is adept at leading groups of people, managing complex business processes, and propagating corporate and product identity. Prior to joining ACORE, Chéri spent six years in management positions with Boston University's Corporate Education Center - the largest provider of corporate Technical and Project Management training in the North East. As Director of Information Technology Programs, and Assistant Director of Computer Career Programs at the University, she was responsible for managing curriculum development, sales, and deployment of over 100 instructor led and E-learning programs. During her tenure at Boston University, Chéri also developed and delivered an award-winning curriculum and lecture series designed to aid professionals in career transition. In the early 1990s, Chéri was a founding manager of Career Source - a highly successful flagship organization in Massachusetts' grant-funded Employment Resources initiative. It was there that she counseled adults transitioning from public subsidy to employment. In addition to several years in administrative management of large-scale construction projects, Chéri spent her early career managing permitting and public relations for Sterling Power, LLC, a peak power generation project for United Power Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland. Chéri's dedication to the Earth is evident in her involvement with the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Save the Bay, and her recent appointment to the Recycling Committee of her seaside home town in Rhode Island. The HEC aims to provide information, forums and other resources to facilitate the use of renewable energy on campus, investment by endowments in clean energy funds, and establishing educational resources. Please visit the Higher Education Committee website for further information.
Upcoming Fourth Annual POWER-GEN Renewable Energy & Fuels (PGRE&F) Over 71% of Exhibit Floor Sold Record Amount of Sponsors for 2007 ACORE and conference partner PennWell are to hold the fourth annual POWER-GEN Renewable Energy & Fuels (PGRE&F) conference and exhibition from March 6-8, 2007, at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. PGRE&F brings together renewable energy leaders for three days of presentations and networking, in an event which focuses on regulatory, economic, structural and technical issues. With over 85% of the exhibit floor sold and record numbers registered, this will be the renewables trade event of the year. Many attendees are already registering for the conference, so please register here to guarantee a place. Sponsors include:
For more information about PGRE&F and successful events from previous years, please click here, or visit the PGRE&F 2007 website for further details about this year's conference. Click here to register attendance. A number of ACORE's committees will hold meetings in conjunction with PGRE&F. Further details will be emailed to members in the next couple of weeks. ACORE will be at booth #429. We look forward to seeing you. Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF) - Wall Street in June 2007 Together with its conference partner Euromoney Energy Events, ACORE is organizing the fourth Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF) - Wall Street, to be held at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, from June 20-21, 2007. Last year's REFF drew over 600 delegates including financial professionals, corporate executives, investment bankers, analysts, venture capitalists and project developers, to discuss financing of renewable energy projects. Current sponsors include AgriPower Incorporated and Suzlon. The CEO Council will meet for its annual dinner at the 21 Club the evening of Wednesday, June 20th. Invitations to fellow Chairmen, CEOs and Presidents will be sent in early March. More details on previous REFF conferences can be found on the ACORE website. Members Post on ACORE Blog ACORE's renewable energy blog continues to be a useful tool for members. Users can create and discuss renewable energy topics online. Many members and committees have already posted topics, and we invite your participation. Members received an email with their login and password and are welcome to create a profile. By logging in, you can create and participate in private discussions as well as public ones. Should you need a new ID and password, please contact Jodie Roussell at The blog can be accessed through the ACORE website. Please let us know if you have any comments or feedback. ACORE COMMITTEE HEADLINES ACORE ABA Renewable Energy Teleconference Series - January 17th, 2007 The upcoming ACORE ABA Renewable Energy Teleconference, scheduled for January 17th, 2007, is titled: "Is Distributed Generation the Future of the Grid? Can renewable energy sources reform energy distribution?". The speakers will discuss reliability and transmission issues related to connecting large numbers of distributed energy generating sources, particularly renewable sources, to the local distribution networks and the regional grids. Discussion topics include grid reliability and operation, interconnection, and the positions of federal and state regulators on grid access. Two additional topics are grid reliability software and the effect on overall grid operation of various distributed renewable generation sources such as solar, wind, biomass and small hydro. A Q&A session, both on the teleconference and at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Moderators:
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You can join us at one of our 25 host firm locations around the country or by calling in from your desk. Note: 30 minutes of Q&A will follow the teleconference at Host Firm Sites. CLE Credits Attendees at several host firm locations may be eligible for CLE credit from the host firms. Please check with your host firm for availability of CLE credits. New York State CLE credits are now available for those calling into the teleconference through the Pace Law School Center for Continuing Legal Education. Questions about Registration To register for the teleconference, please click here. If you have any questions about registration, please contact Tom Weirich at 202-393-0001 x7582 or at Steering Committee of Higher Education Committee Looks to 2007 The Steering Committee of the Higher Education Committee (HEC) held its first meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC, on November 29th, 2006, in conjunction with ACORE's Phase II policy conference. At the initial meeting the Steering Committee formed working groups to address each of the HEC's mission statements:
During the first quarter of this year, Chéri Olf, Program Director - HEC, will conduct a preliminary assessment of the status of each of the mission points, using a cross-section of the country's higher education community. The results of this assessment will be delivered at the next HEC meeting in March 2007 at PGRE&F. The HEC is chaired by David Hales, President of College of the Atlantic. For more information on the work of the HEC please visit the ACORE website, or contact Chéri Olf at ACORE Member News Abengoa creates a US solar energy subsidiary and engages Dr. Fred Morse to lead its CSP efforts. Abengoa S.A., a diversified technology company headquartered and quoted in Spain with $3 billion in annual sales, announces that it has created a new US subsidiary that will be responsible for its market development efforts in solar energy. This new subsidiary will be named Solucar Power, Inc. Solucar Power is also pleased to announce that it has engaged Dr. Frederick H. Morse, an experienced leader in the solar energy field, to serve as Senior Advisor for Abengoa's US activities in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP). For additional information, please contact Dr. Fred Morse at (202) 543-6601 or FredMorse@MorseAssociatesInc.com and visit www.abengoa.com. To view the full press release, please click here. _______________________________________________________________ Ameren Corporation has begun preparing a solicitation for wind generation that will be issued on behalf of AmerenUE in January 2007. AmerenUE is a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation. In its current rate case before the Missouri Public Service Commission, AmerenUE indicated that, with Commission approval, it is considering adding at least 100 MWs of wind generation by 2010. Ameren's Renewable Energy department has been working for several months on a variety of programs and initiatives to help bring renewable energy resources to the company's customers. This solicitation is part of of that ongoing effort. Ameren has hired Black & Veatch, a global engineering, consulting and construction company, to assist in developing the proposal request and evaluating the responses, which will be due by the end of February 2007. For more information, please contact Ryan Jacobson of Black & Veatch at 913-458-8775. Ameren companies serve 2.4 million electric customers and nearly one million natural gas customers in a 64,000-square mile area of Missouri and Illinois. _______________________________________________________________ Enel North America has entered into a contract with Vestas for the delivery of 56 V80 wind turbines for the Smoky Hills project in Kansas, with each turbine representing a capacity of 1.8 MW. The first 100.8 MW phase of the Smoky Hills project will be completed and operational by the end of 2007, and when finished Smoky Hills is expected to total up to 250 MW. Please see the Enel press release for further details. _______________________________________________________________ enXco has closed on project financing for Minnesota's largest wind farm with Union Bank of California and GE Energy Financial Services. The $385 million Fenton Wind Energy Project is under construction in Murray and Nobles Counties. enXco's total US wind energy development portfolio now stands at over $1 billion. The 205 MW wind farm is scheduled for commercial operation in the second half of 2007 and consists of 137 GE 1.5 MW turbines. The wind farm will annually produce electrical energy sufficient estimated to be sufficient for more than 66,600 homes, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 550,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year, compared with equivalent fossil fuel generation. Additional details on the project can be found on the enXco website: click on "News Center" on the home page for the full press release. _______________________________________________________________ The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Xcel Energy recently signed a cooperative agreement for an innovative "wind to hydrogen" research, development and demonstration project. Researchers will analyze and compare hydrogen production from wind power and the electric grid. The hydrogen will be produced through electrolysis. The agreement supports the President's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, which seeks to develop the hydrogen, fuel cell and infrastructure technologies needed to make it practical and cost-effective for Americans to choose to use fuel cell vehicles by 2020. The new wind-electrolysis system will be at NREL's National Wind Technology Center, where hydrogen will be produced, compressed and stored to be used as a vehicle fuel or to generate electricity. The project will compare electrolyzer technologies and researchers will examine issues related to system efficiency, integration, compression, storage, cost and the use of a mixture of hydrogen and natural gas. This partnership combines NREL's expertise in renewable energy and hydrogen with Xcel Energy's expertise in energy conversion, transmission, distribution and use. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy plans to add 1,200 MW of wind energy capacity in Colorado, Minnesota and Texas by the end of 2007. Xcel Energy plans to invest more than $1.25 million in the project. NREL and the Department of Energy plan to invest approximately $750,000. Please visit the NREL Newsroom for more details. _______________________________________________________________ The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is told hold BuildingEnergy07 from March 13-17, 2007, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts. BuildingEnergy07 features in-depth workshops and sessions by more than 150 experts on a wide range of topics - climate change in the US and abroad, carbon stabilization, high performance buildings -- including green hospitals, adaptive re-use, large scale renewables, daylighting, near net zero energy buildings, wind power, green projects, green campuses and institutions, human health issues... and much more. This year's focus on climate change includes a public forum on Wind in the Wild. If you care about sustainability, this is where you belong! For more information, visit http://buildingenergy.nesea.org/. _______________________________________________________________ Green Mountain Energy Company broadens its reach with the national launch of www.BeGreenNow.com. This web based offering is designed to educate consumers and give them a simple way to take immediate, measurable action to fight climate change and global warming. BeGreenNow.com offers users a convenient, simple way to reduce the impact of our lifestyle. A powerful one-stop web shop, BeGreenNow.com provides an online calculator and ordering system that helps users measure and offset their carbon emissions. The site also has information about global climate change, relevant "green" news and the opportunity to connect with like-minded people through an online community. Please follow the link for the BeGreenNow.com website. _______________________________________________________________ Alliant Energy Foundation has announced it is offering scholarships to recognize outstanding community leadership and to provide help for first-time college students. 25 $1,000 scholarships will be awarded in spring 2007. "Alliant Energy understands the important role we play in the communities our utilities are privileged to serve. We are proud to offer scholarships that benefit the talented young people who are tomorrow's leaders," said Tim Heinrich, executive director of the Alliant Energy Foundation. Visit the Alliant Energy website for the full news release. _______________________________________________________________ The 3rd Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit, presented by IBF and Clean Edge, will take place on January 23-24, 2007 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, California. Clean-Tech is fast becoming one of the hottest areas of investment and technology development to be embraced by the venture capital community. This conference was developed to support Clean-Tech as an industry where we can collectively respond to some of the world's biggest problems with financially driven solutions. For more information or to register please contact IBF at 516-765-9005 or visit the Clean-Tech Investor Summit website . Make sure to mention discount code: S-ACORE to receive a rate of $747.50. This is a 50% savings off of the regular registration rate of $1495. This discount is not combinable with any other offers. _________________________________________________ Want to be in the News? Interested in sharing your recent or upcoming news with fellow ACORE Members? Send items to Tom Weirich at |
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