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RISING OIL
PRICES - ENERGY IMPORTS - CLIMATE CHANGE - NATIONAL SECURITY -JOBS:
MORE THAN A DOZEN
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSONS WILL ADDRESS HOW
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES MIGHT ADDRESS THESE ISSUES
at the
7TH
ANNUAL
CONGRESSIONAL
RENEWABLE ENERGY
AND ENERGY
EFFICIENCY EXPO + FORUM
AND ICE
CREAM SOCIAL
WHEN:
Tuesday - September 7,
2004
Congressional Renewable
Energy & Energy Efficiency EXPO:
11:00 am _ 6:30 pm Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
Forum: 1:45 pm - 5:15
pm News Briefing - 2:30 pm
WHAT:
The Seventh Annual
Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO will
bring together more than 50 companies from across the
United States
representing more than two dozen renewable energy and energy
efficiency technologies (see list of exhibitors below).
Previous EXPO’s have
drawn nearly 3,000 visitors including Members of Congress,
congressional staff, Executive Branch officials, the media, and
interested members of the general public.
Free
ice cream and soft drinks will also be available to all attendees.
Also
being featured this year will be a Renewable
Energy & Energy Efficiency Forum consisting of video
presentations and two
panel discussions that will highlight the technical and
economic potential of the cross-section of sustainable energy
technologies (see schedule below).
The
EXPO and the Forum are free-of-charge and open to the public.
No reservations or RSVPs are required.
NEWS
BRIEFING: 2:30 pm
Members
of Congress and Administration spokespersons will offer their
thoughts on energy policy plus the need for, and further
development of, sustainable energy technologies.
*
Scott Sklar, Chair of
Steering Committee - Sustainable Energy Coalition
* Sen. Wayne Allard
(R-CO) Co-Chair - Senate Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
Caucus
* Sen. Byron Dorgan
(D-ND) Co-Chair - Senate Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
Caucus
* Rep. Mark Udall
(D-CO) Co-Chair - House Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
Caucus
* Rep. Zack Wamp (R-TN)
Co-Chair - House Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus
* Rep. Chris Van Hollen
(D-MD) Co-Vice Chair - House Renewable Energy & Energy
Efficiency Caucus
* Rep. Jay Inslee
(D-WA)
* David Garman,
Assistant Secretary -
U.S.
Department of Energy
* Gilbert Gonzalez,
Acting Under Secretary for Rural Affairs -
U.S.Department of Agriculture
* Jeffrey Holmstead,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Air + Radiation,
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
* James L. Connaughton,
Chair - Council on Environmental Quality
* Raymond DuBois, Jr.,
Deputy UnderSecretary for Installations and Environment - US
Department of Defense (other Members of Congress &
Administration spokespersons to be announced)
WHERE:
EXPO
+ News Briefing: Caucus
Room - Room 345; Cannon
House Office Building Renewable
Energy + Energy Efficiency Forum:
Room 340 - Cannon
House Office Building U.S. House of Representatives 1st Street
& Independence Avenue, S.E.; Washington, D.C. 20515
SPONSORS:
The
EXPO is co-sponsored by the members of the House and Senate
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucuses * and the
Sustainable Energy Coalition **.
*
The House and Senate Renewable Energy & Energy
Efficiency Caucuses are non-legislative, information-sharing
organizations which include 224 and 33 Members of the U.S. House
of Representatives and U.S. Senate respectively.
**
The Sustainable Energy Coalition is a coalition of nearly 100
national & state business, environmental, consumer, and energy
policy organizations that collectively represent several thousand
companies, community groups, and municipal utilities.
Founded in 1992, the coalition works to promote increased
use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Ken
Bossong, coordinator
Sustainable Energy Coalition
1612 _K_ Street, N.W.; #202-A;
Washington
,
D.C.
20006
202-293-2898, ext.201
Kbossong614@yahoo.com
RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FORUM
Room 340 -
Cannon
House
Office
Building
1:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Video
Presentations: 1:45 pm
- 3:15 pm
Come
watch a series of video presentations demonstrating each of the
technologies
being highlighted at the EXPO.
THE
STORY OF BIOMASS POWER - ELECTRIC UTILITIES (9 minutes, 30
seconds) ETHANOL - FUEL OF THE FUTURE (7 minutes, 45 seconds)
GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY _ A RENEWABLE OPTION (10 minutes)
RIVERS
TO POWER (5 minutes)
SOLAR:
TEXAS
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE (3 minutes, 45 seconds)
THE
POWER OF THE WIND (11 minutes)
DAWN
OF THE HYDROGEN AGE (4 minutes, 30 seconds)
FUEL
CELLS: ENERGY REVOLUTION (8 minutes)
HOME
ENERGY EFFICIENCY (18 minutes)
ENERGY
SMART SCHOOLS (10 minutes)
Panel
Discussions: 3:15 pm -
5:15 pm
Hear two panels of
experts discuss the technical and economic potential of each of
the major renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies to
address climate change, energy imports and other energy-related
issues over the next 20 years.
A.
Energy Efficiency Panel: 3:15
- 3:55
Keynote
Speaker - Anna Aurilio
(US Public Interest Research Group)
Panelist #1 - Bill Prindle
(American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) – industry
Panelist #2 - Kara Rinaldi
(
Alliance
to Save Energy) [invited] - appliances, lighting, buildings
Panelist #3 - David
Friedman (Union of Concerned Scientists) - transportation
Panelist #4 - Jennifer
Schafer (Cascade Associates) - fuel cells
Panelist #5 - John Jimeson
(US Combined Heat & Power Association) - CHP + district energy
Panelist #6 - Bob Lawrence
(Bob Lawrence & Associates) - utilities + transmission
Q&A:
3:55 - 4:10
B.
Renewable Energy Panel: 4:15
- 4:55
Keynote
Speaker - Scott Sklar
(Stella Group)
Panelist #1 - Karl Gawell
(Geothermal Energy Association) - geothermal
Panelist #2 - Mark Stover
(National Hydropower Association) - hydropower
Panelist #3 - Monte Shaw
(Renewable Fuels Association) - liquid biofuels
Panelist #4 - Genevieve
Cullen (American Bioenergy Association) - biomass
Panelist #5 - Jaime Steve
(American Wind Energy Association) - wind
Panelist #6 - Colin Murchie
(Solar Energy Industries Association) - solar
Q&A:
5:00 - 5:15
MORE
THAN 50
EXHIBITORS REPRESENTING
ALL 50
STATES
1.)
3M - all 50 states
2.)
Acuity Brands -
Georgia
,
Indiana
,
Ohio
,
Illinois
,
California
,
Texas
,
New Jersey
3.)
Advanced Energy -
North Carolina
4.)
American Council on Renewable Energy - all 50 states
5.)
Ballard Power Systems -
Michigan
,
Massachusetts
6.)
Beacon Power Corp. -
Massachusetts
7.)
BP Solar -
Maryland
,
California
8.)
Calpine Geothermal -
California
; generates power in 21 states
9.)
Capstone Turbine Corporation -
California
10.)
Cardinal Glass Industries - WA, OR, CA, AZ, ND, OK, TX, MN, WI,
IA, IN, VA, NC, GA
11.)
Caterpillar Inc. -
Illinois
+ 278 company facilities & 207 dealers nationwide
12.)
Chesapeake
Wind + Solar -
Maryland
13.)
CMC Energy Services -
Maryland
,
Pennsylvania
+ distribution outlets throughout the
U.S.
14.)
Cummins Power Generation - Indiana,
Minnesota
,
Kentucky
,
Ohio
+ more than 170 distributor locations
15.)
E-MON -
Pennsylvania
,
California
,
Texas
,
Washington
DC
16.)
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc./Ovonic -
Michigan
,
California
,
Ohio
17.)
Eprida, Inc. - Georgia
18.)
Fuel Cell Energy -
Connecticut
,
California
19.)
GemTech Products -
Arizona
20.)
GHD, Inc. -
Wisconsin
, Washington
21.)
General Motors Alternative Fuels -
Michigan
22.)
Geothermal Education Office -
California
23.)
Home Depot - 1,731 stores in 50 states + DC and
Puerto Rico
24.)
ICM Inc./Fagen, Inc.-MN, NE, SC, KS, IL, MI, ND, IA, WI, SD, WY,
OR, KY, NJ, MO, CO, IN, MI, OH, FL
25.)
IdaTech, LLC -
Oregon
26.)
Isofoton -
Washington
DC
27.)
John F. Cockerill, Inc./Exquisite Heat Technology -
New York
28.)
Johnson Controls - present in all 50 states with 257 Sales &
Services Offices + 9 manufacturing plants
29.)
Lawrence
Berkeley
National Laboratory -
California
,
Washington
DC
30.)
Millennium Cell Inc. -
New Jersey
31.)
National Hydropower Association/Grant County PUD - all 50 states
32.)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory -
Colorado
,
Washington
DC
33.)
Navy Department Geothermal Program Office -
California
34.)
Nextek Power Systems -
New York
,
California
35.)
Oak Ridge
National Laboratory -
Tennessee
36.)
Ocean Power Technologies -
New Jersey
37.)
Plug Power Inc. -
New York
,
Washington
DC
38.)
Power Integrations -
California
,
Georgia
,
Illinois
39.)
RadTech - Association for UV & EB Technology -
Maryland
40.)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District -
California
41.)
Sharp Solar Systems -
California
,
Tennessee
,
Virginia
,
New Jersey
42.)
Solargenix -
North Carolina
,
Illinois
,
Arizona
,
California
,
Nevada
,
Washington
DC
43.)
Southwest Windpower -
Arizona
; products can be found in all 50 states
44.)
Sterling Planet -
Georgia
,
Florida
,
Conecticut
,
New York
,
Texas
45.)
Uni-Solar: United Solar Ovonic LLC -
Michigan
,
California
46.)
United Technologies Corporation Fuel Cells - CT, CA, NV, NJ, NY,
NC, VA + outlets in all 50 states
47.)
U.S. Department of Interior - all 50 states
48.)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - "Energy Star" +
Renewables - all 50 states
49.)
Verdant Power, LLC - Virginia,
Maryland
,
New York
,
Massachusetts
,
Vermont
,
Mississippi
,
California
, DC
50.)
Vestas Wind -
Illinois
51.)
WorldWater Corp. -
New Jersey
,
California
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