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California Forum: Presentations from the Experts

Friday, October 26, 2001
By Mary Kathryn Campbell

California Forum: October 9, 2001
California Forum: October 9, 2001
Click on the links below to see PowerPoint presentations from some key players in California's energy past and future.

  • Nth Power's Matt Jones presents a venture captial firm's views on renewable energy in California.

  • One of UC Berkeley's most prominent experts on renewables and director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab, Dan Kammen looks at the technologies and the potential for clean energy.

  • George Simons from the California Energy Commission gives the state agency's perspective.

  • REPP's former board chair, current board member and internationally recognized thinker Carl Weinberg lends context and vision to the California energy situation.


Agenda:
The purpose of the forum was to facilitate a discussion about the role renewable energy can play in California's energy future. Topics included a technical assessment of the untapped resource base within the state, policy options to increase renewable energy production on a distributed and utility scale, the inclusion of renewables in current energy legislation, and options for homeowners and businesses interested in investing in renewables.

Forum participants offered a variety of outlooks. Issues include:
  • Government perspectives on current energy legislation
  • Business / Investment opportunities
  • Technical potential for clean energy
  • Academic understanding of renewable energy


Speakers:
Carl Weinberg... Former director of R&D for PG&E
Dan Kammen... Director Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab, UC Berkeley
Virinder Singh... Author, Research Director at REPP
Matt Jones... Principal in Nth Power, a venture capital firm focusing on energy
V. John White... Executive Director, Center Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies
George Simons... California Energy Commission


Bibliography:
"A Forum: California's Clean Energy Future" by Renewable Energy Policy Project, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, with assistance from Center for Resource Solutions


Attachments:

Nth Power presentation: Matt Jones
RAEL presentation: Dan Kammen
CEC presentation: George Simons
Weinberg presentation: Carl Weinberg