The Sallan Foundation joins Cleantech Corridor for

Atlantic Wind

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Is Atlantic Wind Energy in our Future?

Wind Energy Update: Google has pledged $5 billion for an ambitious offshore wind energy plan to deliver renewable power to the Middle Atlantic States and the Atlantic coast is estimated to have a wind energy capacity of 100,000MW. As a comparison the Indian Point nuclear power plant, that Governor Cuomo wants to shut down, has the capacity for 2,000MW--New York State will need to replace it.  Atlantic Wind presents the potential for tapping into this huge energy resource.  But the fact is that we are living through a flood of cheap natural gas giving energy developers pause. What lies ahead?

Is the Atlantic Wind Connection in our future or is wind in trouble?  Are the prospects for onshore wind any better?   What are the prospects for renewable energy to be major job-creating enterprise for our region.

Come join, participate and listen to our expert panel. 

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Moderators:
Sarah Biser, Partner, McCarter & English LLP
Ran Kohn, Executive Director, Cleantech Corridor, Inc.
Panel:

Tim Daniels, SVP Marketing Development, Deepwater Wind

Rob Gibbs, Manager Renewabale Energy, PSEG Global LLC

Charles Komanoff, Director of the Carbon Tax Center, Komanoff Energy Associates 

Markian Melnyk, President and Founder, Atlantic Wind Connection 

Robin Shanen, Project Manager, New York Power Authority 

Save the Date June 5, 2012

Charging the Future

Battery Technologies for Electric Vehicles

This will be a full morning of knowledge transfer with mutiple speakers from multiple industries

Hosted at NYIT's New York City Upper West Side campus at Columbus Circle.

Dec 5, 2011

Cleantech Corridor’s Solar Energy Summit

At the December 5 "Solar Energy in New York" conference, Ran Kohn, Executive Director of the Cleantech Corridor, Inc., opened the panel discussion with a keynote speech before a packed house the New York Institute of Technology Auditorium on Broadway. Kohn said that solar energy is too important to let politics get in the way of its acceptance as happened to the climate change debate: "For the future success of solar energy, it’s vital that all of us, regardless of our political colors, make sure that solar is apolitical."

The event focused on the New York Solar Industry Development and Jobs Act which is finally garnering some attention in Albany. Still, many of the guest panelists believe it will not pass in its current form. While New York State tries to push the bill through, in some form, New Jersey, the audience of professionals, students, and clean tech and sustainable specialists learned that it was the number two solar markets behind California. Pretty impressive, when one considers the Garden State is located next door to New York, but not all the way to the south where the sun shines more often, longer, and with more intensity.

The summit panel was comprised of David Buckner, President, Solar Energy Systems, LLC; Alan Epstein, President and COO, KDC Solar LLC; Michael Flett, President and CEO, Flett Exchange; Richard Klein, President and Founder, Quixotic Systems, Inc.; William Nelson, US REC market analyst, Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

James O. Grundvig

In the coming year we will focus on the possible. For our region we will offer the following programs:

1. Solar Energy in New York--Dec 5, 2011 (see media coverage below)
2. Offshore Wind—The Atlantic Wind Connection - May 21, 2012
3. Charging The Future: Battery Technologies for Electric Vehicles--June 5, 2012
4. Transportation Policy—A debate: electric vs. gas for transportation--TBD
5. Renwable Energy Success Stories -TBD
6. Urban Farming--Fall 2012
7. Is Cleantech Profitable--Spring 2012

While we may introduce more programs depending on the funding and membership interests, at present we feel that these four center on our region's needs as well as potential. 

Solar Energy in New York—Dec 5, 2011

Media Coverage:

The Sallan Foundation　

Story to Watch in 2012

Environmental Finance

Gonzalez, Gloria. "US Trade Body to Pursue China Over Solar Complaint." Environmental Finance. 6 Dec. 2011. Web. 28 Dec. 2011.

Environmental Finance

Gonzalez, Gloria. "New York Eyeing Solar REC Market | Corrected: New York Eyeing Solar REC Market." Environmental Finance. 8 Dec. 2011. Web. 28 Dec. 2011.

Brick Underground

Rogers, Teri K. "Why Isn't Your Building Going Solar? Blame the Expediters." BrickUnderground. 6 Dec. 2011. Web. 29 Dec. 2011.