9:15 AM: House and Senate Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucuses and the Sustainable Energy Coalition
The 10th Annual Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Expo and Forum
345 Cannon
Light refreshments will be served. No RSVP is required. For more information and a detailed agenda, visit http://www.eesi.org or contact Jennifer Hinrichs at 301-219-6249.
Exhibits will be open from 9:15 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. except during panel presentations.
9:15- 10:00 a.m. EXHIBITS OPEN
Morning Coffee/Snack - Sponsored by World Water & Power
10:00-10:30 a.m. Opening Speaker: Dr. John Holdren, Theresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University; Director, Woods Hole Research Center; President, AAAS (2006-2007)
"The Time for Action is Now": Opportunities to Address Climate Change Through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
10:30 - 12:15 p.m. Panel Discussion-An Energy Revolution: Solutions Now and Within the Next 10 Years. Sponsored by Enel North America, Inc
Featuring the Greenpeace/DLR study:Energy [R]evolution - A Blueprint for Global Warming presented by Dr. Wolfram Krewitt, German Aerospace Center, Stuttgart, Germany, and the ASES study: Tackling Climate Change in the U.S.: Potential U.S. Carbon Emissions Reductions from Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency by 2030 presented by David Hamilton, Sierra Club, ASES Study; Mark Wagner, Johnson Controls Inc.; Brandon Seitz, Biotown, USA and the Indiana Office of Energy and Defense Development; and Carol Werner, Environmental and Energy Study Institute.
1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion-Global Competition: Where We Are, Why Other Countries are Ahead of the Game, and How the United States Can Catch Up.
Featuring R. James Woolsey, frmrly. U.S. Central Intelligence; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., and Industry Representatives from technologies featured at the Expo.
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Closing Speaker: Mayor John Hieftje, Ann Arbor, Michigan, issued Green Energy Challenge (2005) to bring 30% renewable energy to Ann Arbor by 2010.
Moving Forward: How a Mid-Size City is aggressively addressing the Climate Change Challenge
5:00-7:00p.m. Closing Remarks and Reception (Caucus Chairs and invited guests)
2007 Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Expo Exhibitors
Biofuels
Renewable Fuels Association
Biomass Coordinating Council/ American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Ormat Technologies
Curtis Engine & Equipment, Inc
Cummins Power Generation
Distributed Energy & Efficiency
Breakthrough Technologies Institute/Fuel Cells 2000
The Stella Group, Ltd.
BTI/Fuel Cells
Pellet Fuels Institute
HUVCO
Geothermal
Geothermal Energy Association (GEA)
Geothermal Education Office
Ormat Technologies, Inc
UTC Power
Hydropower
Verdant Power
Ocean Power Technologies
WaveGen
Voith Siemens Hydropower Generation and Grant County PUD
Enel North America, Inc
Solar
Beacon Power Corporation
SCHOTT North America, Inc.
Solar Energy Industries Association
Uni-Solar Ovonic/ Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
Wind
American Wind Energy Association
Southwest Wind Power
Clipper Windpower
Additional co-sponsoring organizations of the Expo include:
American Wind Energy Association
Biomass Coordinating Council/ACORE
U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Geothermal Energy Association
National Hydropower Association
Renewable Fuels Association
Solar Energy Industries Association
The Stella Group
9:30 AM: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Hearing on The impact of rising gas prices on America's small businesses
428A Russell
2 PM: House Science and Technology Committee: Energy and Environment Subcommittee
Hearing on A Path Toward the Broader Use of Biofuels
2318 Rayburn
Witnesses
- Robert Dinneen
- Thomas Foust
- John Berger
- Michael J. McAdams
- David Waskow
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