WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Solar Power International 2012 (SPI
‘12), North America’s premier business-to-business eventuality for
professionals in solar energy, facilities experts examining a hottest
issues, opportunities and hurdles vicious to a industry’s future
success.
Taking place Sep 10 by 13 during Orlando’s Orange County
Convention Center, SPI ’12 is presented by a Solar Energy Industries
Association (SEIA)
and a Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA).
This ubiquitous eventuality is approaching to attract attendees from some-more than
100 countries to a exhibits and endless contention module where
they’ll learn about new markets for solar, new products, and a issues
and strategies that will beam a industry’s flourishing presentation as an
appetite solution.
This year’s preparation module is highlighted by dual ubiquitous sessions and
64 point sessions, workshops and Solar Idea Swaps, covering topics
within six
tracks: finance, grid integration, in a field, markets, process and
technology. Speakers from a solar attention along with thought-leaders
in finance, utilities, and manufacturing, will share their imagination and
insights with attendees.
Among a attention leaders vocalization during SPI ’12 are: Jose
Renato Colaferro, Managing Partner/Director of Projects and
Operations, Blue Sol Solar Energy; Michel
Di Capua, Head of US Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance; Abraham
Ellis, Technical Lead, PV Grid Integration, Sandia National
Laboratories; Emily
Felt, Director, Renewable Energy Strategy and Compliance, Duke
Energy; Gary
Gerber, President Chief Executive Officer, Sun Light Power; Rick
Gilliam, Director, Research and Analysis, The Vote Solar Initiative; Holly
Gordon, Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Sunrun; Yuri
Horwitz, Chief Executive Officer, Sol Systems; Eran
Mahrer, Vice President, Utility Strategy, Solar Electric Power
Association; Retired Vice Admiral Dennis
V. McGinn, President, American Council on Renewable Energy; John
Smirnow, Vice President, Trade Competitiveness, Solar Energy
Industries Association; and, Tom
Starrs, Vice President, Americas Market Development and Policy,
SunPower.
“With solar appetite being a fastest flourishing appetite source, industry
executives will be looking to application leaders vocalization during a concurrent
sessions for superintendence as they tackle such issues as transmission
formulation and distributed solar’s impact on a grid,” pronounced SEPA
boss and CEO Julia
Hamm. “For example, a event on “The
Evolution of Net Metering, Utility Revenues and Rate Design”
will try solutions for bridging a opening between expanding
net metering policies and utilities’ needs.”
“For a solar industry’s expansion movement to continue, we need policies
and strategies to revoke obstacles and enhance markets,” pronounced Rhone
Resch, SEIA’s boss and CEO. “Expert panelists in a finance, grid
formation and record marks inspect successful strategies,
including artistic financing approaches as good as a federal
regulations and trade policies that are moulding a industry’s future.”
Concurrent Session highlights (click links for panelists):
Finance
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Bankability
Factors: learn about a factors investors closely examine,
including member reliability, prolongation forecasts, plan design
and credit worthiness. The event will also inspect techniques to
optimize a formidable brew of bankability factors. -
Creative
and Cutting Edge Financing: gain insights into
successful strategies in financing solar projects and their potential
to support a operation of solar plan types: ITC finance;
Securitization; NMTC (New Market Tax Credit); Bonding (public);
Vendor/EPC Financing; and PACE.
Grid Integration
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Distributed
and Utility-Scale Solar: examination and contrariety a advantages of
utility-scale and distributed solar and plead how any impacts the
grid differently. -
Transmission
Planning: learn how suitable delivery formulation is
essential to easy a destiny expansion of solar energy.
In a Field
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Improving
Fire Safety for Installers and Users: glow reserve is a
vicious emanate to a installer workforce and end-user/owner as well
as a repute of solar power. This event focuses on prevention
methods, formula updates and glow reserve lessons learned. -
Long-Term
Operations, Maintenance and Warranties: clarity among
manufacturer, developer and installer responsibilities can be
addressed by solutions for OM and warranties. Compare and
contrariety guaranty collection for end-users underneath ownership, PPA, and lessee
arrangements and examination a responsibilities and liabilities for
ongoing OM.
Technology
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PV BOS Innovations: rapid advances in new PV BOS technologies
and strategies for entertainment and designation of rooftop and ground
mountain systems can boost potency and revoke costs. Two sessions
fact how a new record and designation practices can deliver
in larger increase and some-more confident customers.
Markets
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Outbound
from America to Latin America: identify a challenges
and try a opportunities for new solar trade markets in Central
America, South America and a Caribbean. Gain insights into a solar
attention in these countries and learn how we can pursue these
rising prospects. -
Solar
in a Military: take advantage of a growing
event for solar in a troops marketplace by gaining an awareness
of a Department of Defense’s renewable appetite initiatives. The
contention will inspect stream DoD projects, both vast and small.
Policy
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Expanding
Markets but Incentives: what process changes are occurring
in 2012 and beyond? What’s a loyal outcome of changing incentives to
a marketplace place? Learn about innovative solutions that are being
grown to residence reduced incentives but government
expenditures? -
How
Trade Policy will Shape a Industry: try a implications
of new trade disputes between a U.S. and China over tellurian trade
and PV companies. The contention will residence how process changes may
benefit, shorten or change a approach all participants in a solar
attention do business.
SPI ’12 starts on Monday, Sep 10 with a State of a Solar
Industry refurbish from Hamm and Resch, followed by a CEO panel
deliberating how their companies conduct doubt due to a changing
inlet of policy. Companies on a row are: DBL Investors, Florida
Power Light, Hannah Solar, NRG Solar , SMA America, and SunPower Corp.
On Wednesday, Sep 12, President Bill Clinton delivers a keynote
address on a hurdles of globalization for a attention and the
balancing of coherence on a accumulation of appetite sources.
Sessions inspire attendee participation
Once again, SPI ’12 facilities a renouned Solar Idea Swaps, hour-long
interactive sessions for small-scale networking and discussions about eight
pivotal solar attention issues. In addition, 19 pre- and post-conference
industry-expert led workshops
affording a event for in-depth and contention of topics
for attendees who wish to enhance their believe base.
For module updates and to register: http://www.solarpowerinternational.com/
SPI ’12 sponsors include: Terrawatt – SMA; Gigawatt -Hanwha Solar;
Megawatt – Bechtel and Clean Power Finance; Kilowatt – ReneSola and
SunWize.
About Solar Power International 2012 (SPI)
Presented by a Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the
Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA),SPI’12 is designed to offer and
allege a solar appetite attention and draws attention professionals
representing some-more than 100 countries. SPI ’12 takes place Sep 10 –
13 during a Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.
Registration, sponsorship, exhibitor and module information can be
found at: www.solarpowerinternational.com.
About SEIA®
Established in 1974, a Solar Energy Industries Association is the
inhabitant trade organisation of a U.S. solar appetite industry. Through
advocacy and education, SEIA and a 1,100 member companies are building
a clever solar attention to appetite America. As a voice of a industry,
SEIA works to make solar a mainstream and poignant appetite source by
expanding markets, stealing marketplace barriers, strengthening a industry
and educating a open on a advantages of solar energy. www.seia.org
About SEPA
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) is an educational non-profit
dedicated to assisting utilities confederate solar appetite into their energy
portfolios for a advantage of a utility, a business and a public
good. With some-more than 1,000 application and solar attention members, SEPA
provides unprejudiced application solar marketplace intelligence, up-to-date
information about technologies and business models, and peer-to-peer
interaction. From hosting inhabitant events to one-on-one counseling, SEPA
helps utilities make intelligent solar decisions. For some-more information, revisit www.solarelectricpower.org.