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CRES Conference - Renewables Powering Forward, Golden, Colorado, August 6
Event Description
This conference will show how key elements in this evolving energy landscape fit together and why we stand a real chance to solve climate when we solve energy.
The sessions focus on selected pillars of the energy transition, starting with the requirements for a modernized power grid that can handle intermittent and distributed renewables, and the big role for storage in making the grid reliable.
The conference visits promising new solar contenders, namely floating solar and agrivoltaics, both of which allow solar to coexist while doubling income streams without monopolizing valuable real estate. The conference will also take a look at community solar.
Microgrids produce, store and manage power on site, and were chiefly used as diesel fueled emergency power. But as renewable microgrids become cheaper and more reliable than power from transmission lines ’grid defection’ might shake up the system.
The final session examines Colorado’s leadership in the energy transition with presenters who helped to make it happen.
S-1 Keynote Hunter Lovins & Scott King: Why Students & Entrepreneurs Will Solve Climate
Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism Solutions
Scott King, Mission Zero
S-2 The New Grid: Balancing Transmission, Storage, & Local Energy
Kyri Baker, CU Boulder
Nate Blair, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
David Hurlbut, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Ron Sinton, Sinton Instruments
S-3 Solar Beyond Rooftops: Whatever Floats Your Load
Sika Gadzanku, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jordan Macknick, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Pivot Energy or SunShare Community Solar
S-4 Building Electrification: The Whole Enchilada In Half an Hour
Christine Brinker, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)
Josh Lake, Elephant Energy
S-5 Microgrids: From Micro to Mega?
Peter Lilienthal, Homer Energy, UL
Sunil Cherian, Spirae
Larry Sherwood, Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
S-6 Colorado’s Leadership In The Energy Transition
Jonny Rogers, Denver, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency
Vince Calvano, Colorado Renewable Energy Society
Will Toor, CEO, Colorado’s Energy Office
S-7 Keynote Michael Barnard: What’s Wrong With “All Of The Above”?
Michael Barnard, The Future Is Electric
S-8 Closing remarks
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