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Looks who’s speaking on the 19th of January
Advanced Biofuels: Ready For Primetime?
Come and hear market leaders and participants describe the current state and bright future for advanced biofuels.
Please join the Chicago Clean Energy Alliance for our next quarterly event: Advanced Biofuels: Ready For Primetime?
Please join the Chicago Clean Energy Alliance for our next quarterly event to be held on January 19th, 2012. Our Presenting Sponsor, Mayer Brown, will be hosting a panel to address and answer: Advanced Biofuels: Ready For Primetime?
June 23rd – Check out who’s coming are you?
We would like to talk this opportunity to remind you that you have registered for the next Chicago Clean Energy Alliance event on Thursday, June 23rd. Our Presenting Sponsor, Mayer Brown, will be hosting a panel to address a hot topic that is on everyone’s mind: transmission development. The lack of available transmission in areas of high wind and solar resources affects developers nationwide. With changing FERC rulings on the privatization of transmission development, is transmission poised to become the next big boom? A reception and open networking will follow the conclusion of the panel.
The CCEA & Mayer Brown have assembled the following panel of energy
experts:
- Confirmed:
Dan Foley, CEO, Acciona
- Confirmed:
Hans Detweiler, Director of Development, Clean Line Energy
- Confirmed:
John Flynn, VP, Strategic Planning & Business Development, American
Transmission
- Confirmed:
Steven T. Naumann, Vice President of Wholesale Market Development for
Exelon Corporation
- Moderator:
Paul J. Astolf, Partner, Mayer Brown
This panel will address:
- Cost allocation issues between developers, utilities, and governments.
- How to create a supportive policy environment to foster privatized transmission development.
- What necessary policy steps does the renewable industry need to take to put more steel in the ground.
- How utilities analyze transmission and interconnection issues when analyzing PPA bids.
Schedule: Thursday, June 23, 2011
- 4:00pm: Opening remarks
- 4:10pm: Panel Presentation (Transmission Development–One of Renewable Energy’s Biggest Hurdles)
- 4:50pm: Q&A
- 5:15pm: Reception Starts
- 7:30pm: Close
Location: 71 South Wacker Drive (corner of Monroe), Mayer Brown Offices Please note you will need to enter on the Franklin side of the building. 72 S. Franklin Ave.
We would like to ask for your help to continue our effort to make this the best event yet. Please tell a friend to to attend; send them the following link: http://cceajune2311.eventbrite.com/
To continue our mission of connecting people in the business of clean energy we have partnered with Qrious to help you do this with your Smartphone (We are a beta test event)
What’s Qrious?
Qrious is a smartphone application that helps you:
- Discover and learn more about other attendees
- Easily exchange contact information with the people you meet
What You Need
- A modern smartphone (iPhone / Android / BlackBerry Torch)
- A free QR Code scanner
- A desire to meet more of the right people
How Qrious Works
You can learn more about how Qrious works and to set up your smartphone before our June 23rd event here. Just click “Sign In” at the top of the page to get started.
We hope that you accomplish your networking goals using Qrious. Please direct any questions or comments about the application to email@qrio.us.
We will have more information on this service as we approach the event.
Current List of registered guest:
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Transmission Development Speaker Panel Announced, June 23
We are excited to update everyone on the panel planned for June 23rd.
Please join the Chicago Clean Energy Alliance and our Presenting Sponsor, Mayer Brown, for the hosted panel discussion that will address the hot topic that is on everyone’s mind: transmission development. 
June 23rd – Connecting Clean Energy – Chicago’s Premier event for Education & Networking
Please join the Chicago Clean Energy Alliance for our next quarterly event to be held on June 23rd. Our Presenting Sponsor, Mayer Brown, will be hosting a panel to address a hot topic that is on everyone’s mind: transmission development. The lack of available transmission in areas of high wind and solar resources affects developers nationwide. With changing FERC rulings on the privatization of transmission development, is transmission poised to become the next big boom? A reception and open networking will follow the conclusion of the panel.
The CCEA & Mayer Brown are assembling a panel of energy experts which will be announced shortly. Topics under consideration are:
- Cost allocation issues between developers, utilities, and governments.
- How to create a supportive policy environment to foster privatized transmission development.
- What necessary policy steps the renewable industry needs to take to put more steel in the ground.
- How utilities analyze transmission and interconnection issues when analyzing PPA bids.
- The CCEA & Mayer Brown is assembling a panel of expert presenters to be announced shortly.
Speakers: TBA
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Cost: Free to energy professionals. Hors d’oeuvres and a liquor bar will be provided courtesy of Mayer Brown.
Schedule:
- 4:00pm: Opening remarks
- 4:10pm: Panel Presentation (Transmission Development–One of Renewable Energy’s Biggest Hurdles)
- 4:50pm: Q&A
- 5:15pm: Reception Starts
- 7:30pm: Close
Location: 71 South Wacker Drive (corner of Monroe), Mayor Brown Offices Please note you will need to enter on the Franklin side of the building. 72 S. Franklin Ave.
Attendance: We are expecting 300+ Energy Related Professionals so please sign up befoe space runs out. Please note — this is a business-to-business networking event for those in the energy industry! If you are a job seeker please contact Darrin Stern dstern@theccea.org for volunteer opportunities. CCEA reserves the right to refuse entrance to those unrelated to the industry.
About the CCEA: The Chicago Clean Energy Alliance was formed because a need exists in Chicago to connect energy professionals in Chicago. The CCEA provides thought leadership on power generation issues with a particulatr focus on renewalbe technologies. We are always thinking about new ways to expand, if you have an idea or would like to be involved please email Bryan Villano at Bryan@TheCCEA.org.
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