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Financiers to Converge on Renewable Energy

5th Anniversary of Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Wall Street to be held at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City

New York - June 4, 2008 – The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events (EEE) are proud to host this year’s 5th annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum on June 17-19th at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. This anniversary marks the financial community’s recognition of the long-term growth potential of renewable energy.

REFF-Wall Street is the largest finance forum in the renewable energy sector. Attendance has grown significantly, and over 600 executives are expected to gather at this year’s event. Attendees include senior financial leaders in the US renewable energy industry, as well as key international players. Topics to be discussed at this year’s event include trends in venture capital investment, creating liquidity in a tight market, the biofuels and biodiesel markets, and how to evaluate risk exposure in the developing U.S. carbon finance markets.

“REFF-Wall Street is a rare opportunity where all the key players in the industry come together in the world capital of project finance, New York City,” said event co-chair John Cavalier, Managing Partner of Hudson Clean Energy Partners, and formerly Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Chairman of the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse, and Head of Renewable Energy at Credit Suisse.

Speakers at this year’s event include:

Name	Title	Company
Mike Ahearn	CEO and General Partner	First Solar, Inc.
Rome Arnold	Managing Director, Global Head of Energy	Banc of America Securities, LLC
Neil Auerbach	Managing Partner	Hudson Clean Energy Partners
Brian Bolster	Managing Director	Goldman Sachs
C. Baird Brown	Partner	Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
John Cavalier	Managing Partner	Hudson Clean Energy Partners
Vivienne Cox	Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer	Alternative Energy, BP plc
Peter Duprey	Chief Executive Officer	Acciona North America
John M. Eber	Managing Director-Energy Investments	JPMorgan Capital Corporation
Michael Eckhart	President	American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Ira Ehrenpreis	General Partner	Technology Partners
Thomas K. Emmons	Senior Vice President; Head of Energy - Americas	HSH Nordbank Inc.
Paul Ezekiel	Managing Director	Energy Trading & Marketing
Ed Feo	Partner	Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
Nancy Floyd	Founder and Managing Director	Nth Power
John Geesman	Co-Chair of the ACORE Board of Directors; former California Energy Commissioner; originator of the blog and podcast	GreenEnergyWar.com
Kevin Genieser	Managing Director	Morgan Stanley
Bill Green	Managing Director	VantagePoint Venture Partners
Skip Grow	Managing Director	Lazard Freres & Co
Sven Hansen	Chief Investment Officer	Good Energies
Michael Liebreich	Chief Executive Officer	New Energy Finance
Kenneth R. Locklin	Director	Clean Energy Group
Eric Martinot	Senior Researcher	Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (Tokyo) Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University (Beijing)
Katherine A. McAvoy	Partner	Winston & Strawn
Patrick McCloskey	Managing Director	Evolution Markets
Daniel More	Managing Director	Morgan Stanley
Xiaofeng Peng	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	LDK Solar Co., Ltd.
Dan Reicher	Director, Climate Change and Energy Initiatives	Google.org
Rhone Resch	President	Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Andrew Safran	Vice Chairman, Co-Head Global Energy Power and Chemical Group	Citigroup
David Sandalow	Energy & Environment Scholar and Senior Fellow	The Brookings Institution
Scott Scherer	Vice President / General Manager - Aircraft Financial Services	Boeing Capital Corporation
Michael Schwartz	Senior VP, Commerical Strategy	Duke Energy Generation Services
Santiago Seage	Chief Executive Officer	Abengoa Solar
Milo Sjardin	Head of North America Research	New Carbon Finance
Scott Sklar	President	The Stella Group, Ltd.
Michael R. Splinter	President and Chief Executive Officer	Applied Materials Inc.
David Sandalow	Energy & Environment Scholar and Senior Fellow	The Brookings Institution
Joseph Stanislaw	President	The JAStanislaw Group
Randall Swisher	Executive Director	American Wind Energy Association
Bruce Usher	Chief Executive Officer	EcoSecurities Group plc
Kevin Walsh	Managing Director, Renewable Energy	GE Energy Financial Services
Michael D. Ware	Managing Director	Good Energies Inc.
Thomas H. Werner	Chief Executive Officer	SunPower Corporation
John Woolard	Chief Executive Officer	BrightSource Energy, Inc.

“As the quest continues for finding better and more reliable sources and ways to deliver energy to US customers, many are coming to REFF-Wall Street to network and find answers,” stated Michael Ware, forum Co-Chair and Managing Director, Good Energies Inc.

REFF-Wall Street 2008 is sponsored by Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Credit Suisse, Evolution Markets, Winston & Strawn, GE Energy Financial Services, First Climate, Baker & McKenzie, Dexia, Milbank, Reznick Group, Santander, SunPower, Applied Materials, Leaf Clean Energy Company, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, and UK Trade & Investment.

"REFF-Wall Street has clearly become the leading conference for the renewable energy community, both in the US and, increasingly, internationally. We view it as a must-attend event, both for ourselves and our clients, and we are pleased to return for the fifth year as conference sponsors,” said Chris Groobey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie.

Conference co-chairs are Michael Eckhart, President, ACORE; Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power; Ken Locklin, Director, Clean Energy Group; Michael D. Ware, Managing Director, Good Energies, Inc.; Michael Liebreich, Chief Executive Officer, New Energy Finance; and John Cavalier, Managing Partner of Hudson Clean Energy Partners, and formerly Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Chairman of the Global Energy Group, and Head of Renewable Energy at Credit Suisse.

REFF-Wall Street is hosted by ACORE, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, dedicated to raising the profile of renewable energy, and Euromoney Energy Events, a London-based wholly owned subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC and organizer of conferences to address topical issues in the energy sector. For more information please visit www.reffwallstreet.com. Members of the press interested in attending, please contact Emily Gombar, 617 443-9933 x343 or egombar@rasky.com.

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