2011 WEBINAR SERIES:
US and Global Solar Markets:
2010 Roundup and Five Year Forecast
with Paula Mints, Navigant Consulting
January 12
Recording Here (WMV file)
The Renewable Auction Mechanism:
California’s new 1000 MW Program
with Paul Douglas, California Public Utilities Commission
January 19
Recording Here (WMV file)
New Solar Analysis Tools From NREL
OpenPV, SAM, IMBY, PVWatts, solarDS, REEDS, and Solar Prospector
with Nate Blair, National Renewable Energy Lab
January 26, 10 AM Pacific Time
Slide Deck Here (PDF).
SMUD Solar Success
The Goldilocks Approach to Solar Policy
with Stephen Frantz and Jon Bertolino of SMUD
February 2
Recording Here (WMV file)
PV Output Variability: the Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
The Latest in Quantifying the Impact of Variability of a Fleet of PV Systems on Grid Operations
with Tom Hoff of Clean Power Research and Dr Richard Perez of SUNY–Albany
February 16
Recording Here (WMV file)
Achieving Low Cost PV
Recommendations for Near-Term BOS Cost Reductions
with Lionel Bony and Sam Newman of the Rocky Mountain Institute
March 2
Recording Here (WMV file)
Perspective: Eight Keys to Competitive Utility Procurement
with Erik Ellis of enXco
March 9
Recording Here (WMV file)
California Interconnection 101
An Update on Reform: What’s Happening and Why it is Important (Jointly Presented with IREC)
with Sky Stanfield of Keyes and Fox, LLP, representing IREC
March 16
PowerPoint Presentation Here
Recording Here (WMV file)
Solar in New Home Construction
An Update on Recent Activity and Recommendations for Progress
with Walter Cuculic of Green Your Home consulting
April 6
Recording Here (WMV file)
Keeping PACE
Status of Current Programs; Update on Federal Fixes; Overview of Other Options
[developed by request of NARUC] with David Gabrielson of PACENow, Merrian Fuller and Mark Zimring of LBNL, and Richard Chien of the city of SF.
April 8
Recording here (WMV file)
Update from Gainesville
How’s the Feed-in Tariff Working, Changes Made, Lessons to Share
with Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan, Bill Shepherd and John Crider of GRU
April 13
Recording Here (WMV file), Excel spreadsheet on FIT rate calculation here.
Perspective: Solar Leasing Explained
The Nuts and Bolts of the Business Model
with Mike Niver and Ben Cook of SolarCity
April 20
Recording Here (WMV file)
Western Watershed on Siting Large Scale Solar in Desert Environments
Minimizing Impacts and Maximizing Conservation Values
with Dr Michael Conner and Bill Powers
April 27
Recording Here (WMV file)
Understanding the Proposed FTC Green Guides:
Marketing for Renewable Energy and Carbon Offsets
with Robin Quarrier of the Center for Resource Solutions
June 8
Recording Here (WMV file)
Consumer Protection in Solar Programs:
Why it is needed and what California is doing
with Ben Airth of the CCSE
June 15
Recording Here (WMV file)
Attracting Solar Manufacturing:
The Arizona Example
with Barry Broome, President and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council
June 22, 10 AM Pacific Time
Recording Here (Vimeo video)
Expediting Renewable Development on Disturbed Lands:
A New Approach from Arizona Bureau of Land Management
with Arizona BLM Staff
July 27
Recording here
Utility Solar Trends: Solar Market Data Through a Utility Lens
with SEPA (Solar Electric Power Association)
August 31
Recording here (WMV file), Power Point presentation here (pdf).
Mid-term PV Progress Report: An assessment of the current state of the global industry
with Paula Mints of Navigant Consulting
September 21
Recording here.
Collaborative Purchasing: Making Solar Simple, Affordable and Social
Research shows the solar is contagious — can group purchase models drive demand and lower costs?
with Jessie Denver of Group Energy
September 28, 2011
Recording here (WMV file)
Tracking the Sun: An Historical Summary of the Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the US from 1998 to 2010
with Galen Barbose of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
October 5, 2011
Recording here.
Community Choice Aggregation: How does it drive renewable development?
with Dawn Weisz, Marin Energy Authority, and Megan Matson, LEAN Energy US
October 12, 10 AM PDT (1 PM EDT)
Recording here (WMV file).
Solar co-generation: thermal/PV hybrid technology
What is the technology, how does it work, where is being installed?
with Gord Handelsman of EchoFirst and Kate Sherwood of Cogenra
Nov 2, 2011
Recording here (WMV file).
Spotlight on American Solar Jobs: 2011 National Census Results
The Solar Foundation Executive Director Andrea Luecke
November 30, 2011
Recording here.