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dialogue missing from these notes below. No 'Minutes' are provided.
January
29, 2009- Anaheim
Held at the Anaheim Convention
Center- cosponsored by Anaheim
Public Utilities.
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Presentation
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| Intro
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Anaheim
Public Utilities - Solar Project and Program Highlights.
Dina Predisik - Anaheim Public Utilities
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| California
Solar Market Review & Status - California & Federal
Solar Legislation, federal tax credits, latest snapshot of the
solar incentives programs. Tor Allen - Rahus Institute |
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| Lessons
learned from the San Diego Solar Hot Water Pilot -Including
implications for expanding the SHW program state-wide as guided
by AB1470. Annie Henderson - CCSE |
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New
Shading Calculations for SB1/CSI Programs - Recently adopted
SB1 guidelines include some changes to how shading analysis
is done for calculating incentives for smaller PV systems
Willard MacDonald - Solmetric |
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| New
Virtual Site Survey Tool - A Site survey tool without the site
visit? Evaluate and identify key sales prospects. Using satellite
imagery, GIS, and other data - This tool can assess rooftop
remotely from the comfort of your own office. Roy Clausen
- Preciegeo Solar |
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New
Product Highlight -Microinverter:- New and improved Microinverter
allow for module-level monitoring, complex roof configurations
and minimizes the effects of shading. The inverters, installed
in the field, can be used with nearly any PV Module, and include
a long life warranty.
Kent Sheldon - Enphase |
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Innovative
Financing through property taxes and municipal financing (Berkeley
FIRST)
Stephen Compagni Portis - Renewable Funding LLC
Article
in Environment Mag
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Program
Highlight: SCE Solar Photovoltaic Program (SPVP): Overview of
new Utility solar program that aims to install multi-MWs of
PV on customer sites throughout Southern California.
Darell Holmes So Cal Edison |
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Program
Highlight: Proposed SDGE Solar Initiative: Overview of new Utility
solar program that aim to multi-MWs of PV on customer sites
throughout San Diego
JC Thomas - San Diego Gas & Electric |
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| Streamlining
the Permitting Process - this PIER project's mission is to streamline
the solar permitting process throughout the state. Greg Sellers
- SolarTech |
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| Project
Highlight: Cooling strategies for hot climates. Builder [Clarum
Homes] tests several different strategies for dramatically reducing
cooling loads in hot climates, looks to adopt winning strategy.
Rob Hammon - ConSol |
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| Zero
Energy New Home PIER program highlights, multifamily - results
from the Global Green ZENH Project Ted Bardacke - Global
Green |
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| From
Sand to Silicon Solar Cell - Becoming a silicon solar cell.
John Perlin UCSB |
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Solar
Schoolhouse - Highlights Tor Allen- Rahus/Solar
Schoolhouse
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August
2008
Sponsored by Silicon
Valley Power/City of Santa Clara, City
of Palo Alto Utilities, Rahus, and CaliforniaSolarCenter
| Presentations |
PDFs
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| Agenda |
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California
Solar Market Review & Status - Review of the California
solar market & incentives. Includes rooftop PV, Solar Hot
Water, and power plant scale.
Tor Allen - The Rahus Institute |
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| Fire
Marshall Guidelines for PV Installations- Review of recently
drafted State Fire Marshall Guidelines for Photovoltaic installations.
Bill Brooks - Brooks Engineering |
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Legislative
Update - State and Federal update. Relevant CA Solar legislation,
Proposition Iniatives (7 & 10), and an update on the Federal
Investment Tax Credit
Annie Carmichael, Adam Browning - Vote Solar
( visit website
to sign up for action alerts) |
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| Solar
America Initative - California Solar Cities - 6 California
Cities are now participating in the US
Dept of Energy's Solar Initiative. Learn what each city
is doing to help accelerate the development of solar communities.
Mary Tucker - City of San Jose |
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GoSolarSF
- San Francisco Solar Incentive Program - Learn about this
new incentive available for Solar installations in San
Francisco.
Barbara Hale - San Francisco PUC / Power Enterprise |
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| GoSolarMarin
- Hear this successful story of a buyers group organized to
lower costs for residential solar projects. Lisa Max, Carol
Benson, Jennifer Hewitt - GoSolarMarin |
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Solar
Thermal Air Conditiong for Residential buildings - Producing
cooling from hot water, solar heated air conditioning has the
potential to dramatically reduce peak loads in California. Santa
Clara University will share their experience with this technology
as part of their Solar Decathlon home, discuss potential for
the market, and an overview of the market.
Dr. Jorge Gonzalez - Santa Clara University
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| Transportation
- Rising oil prices have peaked everyones' attention. How
can solar and renewable energy be tapped to reduce our transportation
costs? EV & Plug-ins of course! Stephen Heckeroth - Renewable
Energy & Transportation |
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| Workforce
Development - Status report on evolving solar workforce
developments in the Bay Area and throughout California. Rick
Kuhn DeAnza CC, Kathy Werle - San Jose
CC |
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| Introduction
to SolarTech - a Silicon Valley-based collaborative developing
best-practices in solar standards, performance, & workforce
development. Doug Payne - SolarTech |
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| Using
Digital Multimedia Tools for Renewable Energy Education
- An overview of tools and methods for developing digital media
to visualize and teach sustainable energy systems. Examples
are demonstrated. Clay Atchison, Rahus Institute Solar
Schoolhouse (this link will open the presentation in a browser
window. click on each slide to advance) |
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February
2008
Sponsored by Riverside Public Utilities,
PG&E, SCE, CCSE, REGrid, SMUD, DVC, Rahus, and CaliforniaSolarCenter
| Presentations |
Riverside
2.01
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Pleasant
Hill 2.08
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| Agendas |
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| Riverside
Public Utilities Overview - Mike Bacich, RPU -
solar programs |
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| California
Solar Initiative Update: John Supp, California
Center For Sustainable Energy and Bob Botkin, Javier Burgos
So
Cal Edison (590 kB) |
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| California
Solar Initiative Update - Chuck Hornbrook (Pacific
Gas & Electric) (295 kB) |
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| CA
Municipal Electric Utiltity incentives - Tor Allen, Rahus (1MB)
also dsireusa |
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| 50th
Anniversary of the Vanguard - John Perlin, Rahus/UCSB |
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| Solar
Anywhere & PV Simulator - new online tools for assessing
system performance. Jeff Ressler, Clean
Power Research; (1.5MB) |
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Solar
Mapping Tool - currently used for SF Solar Map
Tony Palizzi, CH2MHill (2.5MB)
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| Teaching
Solar - Tor Allen, The
Rahus Institute (Solar Schoolhouse) |
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| New
Solar Home Partnership - Sandy Miller/Claudia Orlando (2.1),
Jim Folkman/Kurt Pizor (2.8)- California
Energy Commission (86 kB) |
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| Solar
Legislation - Sue Kateley/Enid Joffe CalSEIA
(42 kB) |
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| Diablo
Valley College - 1MW+ Solar Carports - Bruce Dickinson,
Chevron Energy Solutions (2 MB) |
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| Solar
Santa Monica - Lessons Learned after a year in motion-Ted Flanagan,
Ecomotion Solar
Santa Monica (4.6 MB) |
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| Solar
Training Overview - Liz Merry (Rahus Institute) (1 MB) |
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| Solar
Power Providers & PPAs - Liz Merry (Rahus Institute) (450
kB) |
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Solar
at Diablo Valley
College - Tom Chatagnier, DVC
Proposed
Energy Systems Program @ DVC + Proposed
PV Program (DVC)
Bay Area Community College Programs - Rick Kuhn, De Anza College
Summary
of Bay Area Energy Programs(500kB) / Silicon
VAlley Energy Workforce Development (1.6 MB)
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| Power
Purchase Agreements - Tony Paulson, SunEdison |
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| Solar
Hot Water Pilot Program - Annie Henderson, CCSE
(780 kB) |
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| 100
years of Solar Hot Water - John Perlin, Rahus view
online |
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Solar
Hot Water - Technology developments.Tor Allen, Rahus Institute
(Rahus video - Solar Hot Water - the Simple Solution) |
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January/February
2007
| Presentations |
Burbank
1.29
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San
Diego 1.31
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Pleasant
Hill 2.09
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| Agendas |
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| CPUC
California
Solar Initiative Website - handbooks, rulings, etc. |
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| California
Solar Initiative Orientation (So
Cal Edison) (540 kB) |
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California
Solar Initiative Orientation (San
Diego Regional Energy Office)
(420 kB) |
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| California
Solar Initiative Orientation (Pacific
Gas & Electric) (450 kB) |
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| CSI
- Expected Performance Based Buydown Calculator - Ron Ishii,
AESC
(200 kB) |
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CSI
Online Database -
Tom Hoff, Clean
Power Research; John King, Energy Solutions (900 kB) |
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Warner
Brothers Goes Solar - Shelley Billik, WB
(900 kB)
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| Educational
Initiatives from Rahus - Tor Allen, The
Rahus Institute (California Solar Center/Solar Schoolhouse)
(1 MB) |
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| New
Solar Home Partnership - Payam Narvand, Marija Krapcevich -
California
Energy Commission (1.4 MB) |
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| Plugging
Transportation into the Sun - Stephen Heckeroth, ECD
Ovonics (5.4 MB) |
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| Solar
Site Analysis enters the Digital Age - An introduction to using
the SolMetric SunEye - Stephen Heckeroth, ECD
Ovonics (1.3 MB) |
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| Solar
Santa Monica - Achieving the Zero Energy City through Efficiency
and Solar Energy - Susan Munves, Stuart Cooley - City
of Santa Monica (3.6 MB) |
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| Improving
Home Performance - Energy Efficiency, Indoor Air Quality, Comfort
- Matt Golden - Sustainable
Spaces (1.3 MB) |
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| Financing
Solar - Increasing Solar Sales Leveraging Financing - Eric Howarth,
EGIA
(1.2 MB) |
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| Solar
at Diablo Valley College - Tom Chatagnier, DVC
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| Education
and Outreach Programs for the Solar Marketplace in California
- Liz Merry, Nor
Cal Solar (1.2 MB) |
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| Selling
Solar with Renewable Energy Credits - Tim Derrick, 3
Phases (165 kB) |
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| Selling
Solar with Renewable Energy Credits - Greg Rosen, Powerlight,
Lenny Hochschild, Evolution Markets |
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August
25 , 2006 - Palo Alto
Held in Palo Alto at the
Hotel Cabana- cosponsored by City
of Palo Alto Utilities. and The
Rahus Institute
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Presentation
Title
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Pdf size
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| Agenda |
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| Intro
- Tor Allen, Rahus Institute/California Solar Center |
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From
Silcia to Cells - Becoming Silicon Solar Material - We've
heard about the shortage of silicon for solar cells. What
is the problem when there is so much sand in the world? John
leads us on a journey into the world of making silicon solar
cells and provides a look into the future of silicon solar
cells. John Perlin, UCSB, author of "From Space
to Earth - The story of Solar Electricity"
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Legislation
- SB1, the current status of the California Solar Initiative,
and new federal legislative activities will be outlined.
JP Ross, VoteSolar
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| Solar
Communities - PV Impact on Peak Loads - This presentation
will report on the results of monitoring of Premier Gardens
ZEH project for a full year of occupancy, including the impact
a new ZEH has on annual energy bills and use and peak demand
compared to the neighboring control homes.. Steve Vang,
Consol |
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| Lunchtime-Documentary
Film "Solar Decathlon 2005 - A Solar Village on the
National Mall " |
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Solar
Schoolhouse - Education Energized by the Sun. Highlights
of current program projects.
Tor Allen- Rahus/Solar Schoolhouse
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| New
Solar Home Partnership, features of the new initiative,
including the bundling of energy efficiency and renewable energy
measures. Sandy Miller California Energy Commission |
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Tool
for bundling & selling EE and RE demonstration of QuickQuotes
capability for combining Energy Efficient and Solar Measures
into a single analysis and presentation for your customer.
PowerClerk - more than an incentive admin tool! - PowerClerk,
by Clean Power Research, is more than a incentive administrative
tool. It can provide a wealth of market data to potential buyers,
in easy to use formats. Smarter Buyers = better performing systems..
Tom Hoff, Clean Power Research
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Years of Solar Water Heating and Still Going Strong! - A
world review of solar hot water technology, from it's beginnings
over 100 years ago, to it's use today, with implications for
development in California. John Perlin, UCSB |
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Solar
Hot Water - technology and proposed new incentives, implications
for California .
Tor
Allen, Rahus Institute
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September
13 , 2005 - Santa Clara
Held at the Santa Clara
Convention Center- cosponsored by Silicon
Valley Power, Sacramento
Municipal Utility District and City
of Palo Alto Utilities. and The
Rahus Institute
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Presentation
Title
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Pdf size
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| Agenda |
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| Intro
- Tor Allen, Rahus Institute/California Solar Center |
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Silicon
Valley Power - Solar Power in Santa Clara - Past, Present
and Future Projects.
Leslie Brown - Silicon Valley Power - City of Santa
Clara
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California
Solar Policy - Legislative and Regulatory Activities update
- Review of SB1, Federal Energy Bill, and next steps
David Hochschild - Vote Solar Initiative |
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California
Energy Commission:Emerging Renewables Program Update
Sandy Miller/Bill Blackburn - CEC |
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CPUC
Solar Program updates
Lisa Paulo - CPUC |
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| Lunchtime-Video
"Your Solar Home" see clips online |
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Supply
and Demand – Fluctuations in the Solar Market – A
look at the ups and downs of the solar market. Developments
in solar grade silicon, increased module capacity, and growing
demand for photovoltaics. Plus a look at Washington State’s
new solar feed-in-tariff+net metering.
Mike Nelson - Northwest Solar Center |
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Direct
Current in the Classroom - Vocational Connections in k12 Schools
Tor Allen- Rahus/Solar Schoolhouse
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The
impact of Zero Energy Homes – Grid impacts of a community
with solar electric rooftops. Data from Sacramento. Peak kW
and kWh savings.
Mike Keesee - SMUD |
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New
incentive programs emerging (US) review of emerging incentive
programs in the West and the US.
Adam Browning/ JP Ross - Vote Solar Initiative |
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Buying
and selling Solar Renewable Energy Credits in New Jersey –
Lessons learned and application for California.
Jan Pepper - Clean Power Markets, Inc. |
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Financial
Analysis Calculator for PV system owners and Installers–
a new calculator demonstrating the economics of investing in
a solar electric system..
Andy Black - OnGrid Solar |
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February
23rd, 2005 - Anaheim
Held at the Anaheim Convention
Center- cosponsored by Anaheim
Public Utilities.
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Presentation
Title
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Pdf size
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| Agenda |
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| Intro
- putting the pieces together.. Tor Allen, Rahus Institute/California
Solar Center |
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Anaheim
Public Utilities - Solar Project and Program Highlights.
Dina Predisik - Anaheim Public Utilities
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Sacramento
Municipal Utility District (SMUD) - Exploring Performance Based
Incentives -
Mike Keesee/Stephen Frantz - SMUD |
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California
Energy Commission:Emerging Renewables Program Update
Bill Blackburn - CEC |
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Self-Generation
Incentive Program Update - Changes for 2005
Anthony Prietto - So Cal Gas |
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| Zero
Energy Homes: Successes with Communities with super efficient
design and integrated solar generation. Rob Hammon -
Consol |
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Buying
and Selling Solar Renewable Energy Credits in California. Examples
include several projects selling RECs and utilities that are
buying RECs... now.
Kevin Christy - 3Phases Energy Services |
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California
Solar Policy - Legislative and Regulatory Activities in 2005.
David Hochschild - Vote Solar Initiative |
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Solar
Decathlon 2005 - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo enters this remarkable
competition, culminating in 20 homes on the Mall in Washington
DC in October 2005 www.solardecathlon.org
Tor Allen - Rahus |
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Solar
Schoolhouse - update of activities from 2004 and '05.
Tor Allen- Rahus/Solar Schoolhouse
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May
5th,2004 - San Francisco
Over 300 participants attended
the Solar Forum on May 5th at PG&E's main auditorium in San
Francisco.
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Presentation
Title
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Pdf size
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| Agenda |
120
kB |
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A celebration
of the 50th Anniversary of the Invention of the Silicon Solar
cell.
John Perlin, author,From Space to Earth -The Story
of Solar Electricity.
flash-based
slideshow available online.
Also a synposis of solar history online
at Californiasolarcenter.org
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Greentags
& Performance Based Incentives in California (also
paper on PBI to be presented at ASES 2004 conference in
July 2004)
Tom Starrs, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
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500kB
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CEC Program
update - Status of Rebate Program
Tony Brasil, California Energy Commission
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35
kB |
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Solar
Schoolhouse - Education Energized by the Sun. Teacher
training, PV system installations, online monitoring, school
projects, Solar Schoolhouse Olympics.
Tor Allen, Rahus [refer to SSh
website for more details]
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CEC Program
update -Solar For New Home Policy Development
Tim Tutt, California Energy Commission
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100kb |
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PG&E
Self Generation Program - Updates, directions, new projects,
project highlights.
Dean Heatherington, PG&E [host & sponsor]
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100
kB |
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Advances
in Real-time Monitoring for Solar Electric systems
Sjuli Beekhuis, Fat
Spaniel Technologies
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500kB |
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Balancing
Supply & Demand for Limited SGIP Funds
Janice Lin, Powerlight [Sponsor]
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100kb |
| Inverters
for Commercial Installations Kent Sheldon,
SMA
America [Sponsor] |
1.2
MB |
Solar
Solutions for Commercial Buildings Mark Bettis, RWE
Schott Solar [Sponsor]
Solar Legislation in California 2004 Jan McFarland,
CalSEIA
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no ppts available |
PIER
Mini-Grid - 'Consumer Reports' testbed for solar electric systems.
refer
to the website
Bill Brooks, Endecon Engineering |
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3Views
of Solar in New Home Construction: Japan, Germany, and Washington
State
[An excellent presentation that can not be simply posted
online. Thx Mike!]
Mike Nelson, NorthWest
Solar Center |
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November
2003 - Anaheim
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Presentation
Title
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Pdf size
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| Agenda |
150
kB |
Introduction
- 45 MW of PV installed in California - a good start.
Tor Allen, Rahus Institute/CSC |
155
kB |
| Steve
Kaessel, Anaheim Public Utilities Board - Overview of Renewable
Energy Projects in Anaheim |
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Using
GIS and Aerial Photography to target market good candidates
for solar energy installations.
Dana Armanino, County of Marin |
900
kB |
Quick
Quotes for Solar Installers - a new service based on the
Clean Power Estimator. & Market Analysis Tool - evaluation
of installation data.
Tom Hoff, Clean Power Research |
1.2
MB |
Zero
Energy Homes - The Sacramento Experience.
Mike Keesee, SMUD |
820 kB |
BIPV
modules for the new home market Ladera Ranch (Orange County)
= largest solar home division in Country (450 homes). Pros cons
of mandates for builders. What builders want. The path toward
mainstreaming solar in new homes, and the challenges ahead.
Addison Marks, Astropower |
2.1
MB |
| Capturing
the Thin-film Advantage - New UniSolar roofing products
for residential and commercial applications. Steve Heckeroth,
Unisolar/SIT |
880
kB |
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Solar
Schoolhouse - Education Energized by the Sun. Teacher
training, PV system installations, online monitoring, school
projects, Solar Schoolhouse Olympics.
Tor Allen, Rahus
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6
MB |
The
VoteSolar approach to developing solar initiatives in
municipalities. Experiences from San Francisco, San Diego, and
other locales.
David Hochschild, VoteSolar |
2.6
MB |
| Palo
Alto PV Partners Program - The story of the little hardware
store that changed the market. Lindsay Joye,City of Palo Alto
Utilities |
600
kB |
Million
Solar Roofs Partnerships - market development through local
partnerships. Highlights of California partnership activities.
Heather Mulligan,DOE Million Solar Roofs Program |
180
kB |
Project
Highlight - California Fairgrounds Project - experience
of installing 5+MW of PV at a network of facilities.
Tom Baker, California Construction |
2
MB |
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California
Energy Commission - Emerging Renewable Rebate Program.
This program provides the bulk of the incentive monies for
residential/small commercial PV systems in California. Status
report. The funding is rapidly depleting. How long will it
last? Are there new funds available? Any changes proposed
to the program to stretch limited funding available.
Tony Brasil, California Energy Commission (CEC)
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50
kB |
Self-Generation
Incentive Program - statewide and SoCalGas program status.
AB 1685 extends program through 2007. Program evaluation reports
available. Program Modification Guidelines
Tony Prietto, Southern California Gas Company |
230
kB |
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Growing
the Solar Market in California - Goals, strategies, and
challenges for bringing Solar Energy into the Mainstream in
California.
Jan McFarland, Calif Solar Energy Industry Association (CalSEIA)
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no
ppt |
October
2002
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