15th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency EXPO + Policy Forum

Fifty exhibitors and 32 speakers, including Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), attended the 15th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency EXPO and Policy Forum on June 21, 2012. Videos of the speeches, panels and interviews with exhibitors can be viewed on EESI's channel, www.youtube.com/eesionline.

On June 21, 2012, the Sustainable Energy Coalition - in cooperation with the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucuses and in partnership with the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition, House Algae Energy Caucus, Congressional Peak Oil Caucus, House Green Schools Caucus, High Performance Building Caucus, Defense Energy Security Caucus, Oil and National Security Caucus, and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus - hosted the 15th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency EXPO + Forum. This year’s EXPO brought together 50 businesses, sustainable energy industry trade associations, government agencies, and energy policy research organizations to showcase the status and near-term potential of the cross-section of renewable energy (biofuels/biomass, geothermal, solar, water, wind) and energy efficiency technologies (see list of exhibitors below). The late morning program featured members of the U.S. Congress. Other speakers, including administration officials (see below), discussed the role sustainable energy technologies can play in meeting America's energy needs. Congress, the Administration, the business community, environmental advocates, and American voters continue to search for options to stimulate the economy and create "green jobs," as well as address issues of national security, higher energy costs, increased reliance on energy imports, and the environmental threats associated with energy consumption. The EXPO helped address the role that sustainable energy technologies can play in addressing these issues.

CONGRESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH SPEAKERS  

Congressional Speakers Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)

Defense and Energy Policy Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Undersecretary, Department of Defense - Installations & Environment John Lushetsky, Executive Director, Army Energy Initiatives Task Force, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Installations, Energy, and the Environment (IE&E) Capt. Kerry Gilpin, USN Director, 1GW Task Force, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy Executive Branch Speakers Dan Utech, Deputy Director, White House Domestic Policy Council - Office of Energy and Climate Change Beth Craig, Director, Climate Protection Partnership Division, U.S. EPA Karen Atkinson, Director, DOI/BIA Indian Energy & Economic Development Office Steve Chalk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy, Department of Energy

Defense and Energy Policy Video Executive Branch Video

  EXHIBITION SPEAKERS Moderator: Carol Werner, Executive Director, Environmental & Energy Study Institute

POLICY - SOLAR - STORAGE Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group Ltd. Ruth McCormick, Senior Policy Associate, Business Council for Sustainable Energy Rhone Resch, President & CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association John Finnerty, Director of Business Development, Standard Solar Katherine Hamilton, Policy Director, Electricity Storage Association Ralph Avallone, Secretary General, International Green Energy Council ENERGY EFFICIENCY PART 1 Jennifer Schafer, Executive Director, Federal Performance Contracting Coalition Leslie McDowell, Marketing and Communications Director, Building Performance Institute, Inc. Kelsey Southerland, Executive Director, Heat is Power Andy Kunz, President & CEO, U.S. High Speed Rail Association ENERGY EFFICIENCY PART 2 Allen Schaeffer, Executive Director, Diesel Technology Forum Eric Huffman, Director-Daylighting Sales, Acuity Brands Les Scott, Director of Business Development, GreenHeat LP Bruce Salkin, Owner, Enervation, Inc.

WATER POWER TECHNOLOGIES Linda Church Ciocci, Executive Director, National Hydropower Association Gia Schneider, CEO, Natel Energy, Inc. Sean O'Neill, President, Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition BIOFUELS Joanne M. Ivancic, Executive Director, Advanced Biofuels USA Anne Steckel,Vice President of Governmental Affairs, National Biodiesel Board Tom Buis, CEO, Growth Energy FUEL CELLS Ryan Skukowski, Policy Analyst, BTI / Fuel Cells 2000 James Warner, Director of Policy & External Affairs, Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association

EXHIBITORS

ABB—Video Acuity Brands—Video Advanced Biofuels Association Advanced Biofuels USA—Video American Wind Energy Association—Video BETTER, Inc Breakthrough Technologies Institute Building Performance Institute—Video Business Council for Sustainable Energy Canadian Hydropower Association—Video Diesel Technology Forum—Video Efficiency First Electricity Storage Association—Video Enervation—Video Environmental and Energy Study Institute Federal Performance Contracting Coalition—Video Frostburg State University-Renewable Energy Center Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association—Video Geothermal Energy Association—Video GreenHeat LP—Video Growth Energy—Video Heat is Power Association—Video Industrial Energy Efficiency Coalition—Video International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Intertribal Council on Utility Policy Lite Line Companies, Inc.—Video

Natel Energy, Inc.—Video National Association of Energy Service Companies National Biodiesel Board National Green Energy Council National Hydropower Association—Video National Insulation Association—Video National Renewable Energy Laboratory—Video Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition—Video The Pew Charitable Trusts—Video Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Services Foundation Solar Energy Industries Association Standard Solar The Stella Group Ltd.—Video Sustainable Energy Fund—Video Urban Grid—Video U.S. Army Energy Initiatives Task Force—Video U.S. Clean Heat & Power Association U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program U.S. EPA RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative—Video U.S. Geological Survey U.S. High Speed Rail Association—Video Water Management, Inc. Zero Net Energy Technologies Corporation —Video

Founded in 1992, the Sustainable Energy Coalition is a coalition of 23 national business, environmental, and energy policy organizations supporting aggressive development of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies. EESI is on the Sustainable Energy Coalition's steering committee.

 

For more information, contact Ken Bossong at kbossong614 [at] yahoo.com or (301) 270-6477 x11.

 

 

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