Renewable Energy finance Forum, June in NYC

June 21-22, REFF-Wall Street in New York City

Renewable Energy Finance Forum-Wall Street is renowned throughout the industry as the meeting place for financiers, investors and renewable energy project developers to network, strike deals and drive forward the future of the industry. June 21-22, 2011 marks the return of REFF-Wall Street to New York City for its 8th edition.

At the 7th REFF-Wall Street in June 2010, over 700 attendees from 23 countries and over 480 companies assembled, defying continued economic difficulties and an uncertain legislative outlook, to debate the key challenges facing the renewable energy sector, and identify lucrative future business prospects going forward.

With over 70% of attendees at Director level or above, REFF-Wall Street brings together the crème de la crème of the USA’s renewable energy industry, drawing attendees from the entire value chain, including financiers, manufacturers and developers.

Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) are delighted to once again be bringing the USA’s premier renewable energy finance event to New York.


Register for REFF NYC June 2011



2011 Renewable Energy Finance Forum Program

JUNE 21 & 22, 2011
THE WALDORF=ASTORIA, NEW YORK CITY

Opening Reception-Monday June 20, 2011
6:00pm-8:00pm

Join us for our lavish opening reception, and make key
contacts ahead of the start of the conference sessions


Sponsored by Milbank & MUFG


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

7:00am Registration and Coffee

8:30am Welcome and Opening Remarks

Paul Clark, Conference Manager, Euromoney Energy Events
Senior Representative, ACORE

8:45-9:15am SESSION 1: OPENING KEYNOTES

This opening session will provide a backdrop for subsequent conference proceedings by giving high-level perspectives on public policy, financial markets and corporate strategy in the renewable energy sector.

9:15-10:15am SESSION 2: PUTTING RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PERSPECTIVE - MARKET DRIVERS

As the economic recovery continues, it is important to understand the changing global energy mix, and where renewable energy fits. With oil prices rising, the onset of growth in natural gas markets, and continuing global demand for coal, this session will put renewable energy into perspective, and address issues including:

World energy & economic outlook: How is renewable energy viewed globally and what is the outlook for its development as a greater part of the energy mix?

Capital market outlook: How are climate & sustainability drivers impacting on capital markets and investment decision-making?

Economic growth and job creation: The story on Germany and China and the implications of these on the US renewable energy market

Chair:

Michael Eckhart, Managing Director, Global Head of Environmental Finance and Sustainability, Citigroup

Speakers:

Michael Liebreich, CEO, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Joseph A. Stanislaw, Independent Senior Advisor, Energy and Sustainability, Deloitte LLP & Founder,The JAStanislaw Group
Robert Bothwell, Executive Managing Director, Beecher Carlson
Roger Ballentine, President, Green Strategies Inc.

10:15-10:45am Networking Refreshment Break Sponsored by SunEdison

10:45am-12:00pm SESSION 3: SOLAR PV AND OTHER DG MARKETS, INVESTMENT & FINANCE

PV market growth throughout 2010 has been impressive. With minimal technology risk, projects remain attractive to investors. This session will address the key issues faced in financing PV projects in the US, including:
Overcoming PPA risk – how can we be sure assumptions in the PPAs will hold up?
The PPA/Ownership flip model versus leasing
Other Distributed Generation technologies: fuel cells, others
Financing the Distributed Generation model

Chair:

Nick Eisenberger, Founding Partner, Pure Energy Partners
Thomas Glascock, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Speakers:

Brad Nordholm, President, Starwood Energy Group
Brian Matthay, VP Environmental Finance, Wells Fargo
Brian Steel, VP Corporate Development, PG&E Corporation
Ben Cook, Vice President Project Finance, SolarCity

12:00-1:00pm SESSION 4: UTILITY SCALE SOLAR PV AND SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY

Despite attracting huge loan guarantee commitments, the solar thermal electricity market has not gathered the expected momentum, and several major projects have converted to PV at the eleventh hour. With investors and developers facing considerable technology risk in this arena, this session will feature success stories with a frank account of challenges overcome, showing you these projects are viable with the right expertise. In addition, the session will cover utility-scale PV financing and the difficulties in financing the scale-up.


Chair:

Laura Lovelace, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Wellford Energy
Eric Silverman, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Speakers:

John Woolard, Chief Executive Officer, BrightSource Energy
Arno Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Recurrent Energy
Kevin Smith, CEO, SolarReserve
Daniel Alcolmbright, Vice President & General Manager, North America, SOLON SE
Warren Byrne, President & CEO, Foresight Renewables

1:00-2:30pm Lunch Sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2:30-3:45pm SESSION 5: RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY - WIND POWER & GEOTHERMAL

The makeup of the renewable energy markets is changing. Wind power, once the stalwart of renewable energy in the US, is now a mature market and seems to be in momentary decline. By contrast, the geothermal power pipeline is at 7 GW and growing. Hydropower keeps moving ahead and ocean power is coming out of R&D into commercialization. This session will explore the changing state of play in these markets, addressing issues such as:

How can the wind industry overcome expiring support mechanisms, including the cash grant expiring 2011 and PTC expiring 2012?

What is the outlook for offshore wind in the US, and how does this compare with Europe’s achievements thus far?

With 29 state RPSs but no national RES, how can wind market demand be continued?

Moving geothermal projects to commercial deployment on time and on budget

Can we expect Federal support for geothermal projects or will private investors be enough to support their development?

Co-Chairs:

Kathleen A. McGinty, Senior VP and Managing Director for Strategic Growth, Weston Solutions, Katherine McAvoy Gillespie, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP

Speakers:

John Anderson, Head Power & Project Finance, John Hancock
Hezy Ram, Independent, former President & CEO, Ram Power Corporation
Jim Adams, President, Natural Power North America
Marshal Salant, Managing Director, Head of Alternative Energy Finance, Citi
Dita Bronicki, CEO, Ormat Technologies, Inc.
Kevin Walsh, Managing Director, GE Energy Financial Services

3:45-4:00pm Networking Refreshment Break Sponsored by SunEdison

4:00-5:00pm SESSION 6: RENEWABLE FUELS OUTLOOK, INVESTMENT & FINANCE

Following insight from the major investment banking players and project financiers in the renewable energy sector, this panel will focus on the financing of renewable energy projects from a producer’s point of view. Hear leading renewable fuels producers addressing how they have achieved success and what they think makes a renewable fuels company bankable.

Chair:

Jeffrey McDermott, Managing Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors
Mark Riedy, Partner, Mintz Levin

Speakers:

Nancy Floyd, Founder & Managing Partner, Nth Power
Mark DeAndrea, VP of Strategic Capital, POET

5:00pm Close of Conference Sessions



Evening Networking Reception

5:30pm-8:00pm

Café St. Barts
109 East 50th Street
New York, New York 10022
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Join us for our popular networking reception at the end of Day One, for a chance to discuss the day’s proceedings with fellow delegates, cement existingrelationship and meet new business partners, in a
relaxed informal setting.

Sponsored by Orrick




Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Networking Breakfast
7:45am-8:45am

Raise your profile at our networking breakfast, where delegates will have the opportunity to introduce themselves to their fellow conference attendees using a roving microphone.


Hosted by Santander



7:30am Registration Opens

8:50am Conference Opens

Paul Clark, Conference Manager, Euromoney Energy Events

9:00-9:30am SESSION 7: KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The opening session on Day Two will feature a keynote address from a senior level industry executive, considering changing dynamics in the renewable energy markets and providing a context for the day’s discussions.
Speaker:

J. Andrew Murphy, EVP & President, Northeast Region, NRG Energy


9:30-11:00am

SESSION 8: GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS - HOW THE INVESTMENT BANKS SEE IT

This session brings you the latest from Wall Street’s major investment banks, who are all actively leading deals in the renewable sector. Hear how the global financial landscape has changed, and how the markets are rebounding following the economic downturn. A panel of top energy bankers will give you first-class insight into how you can tap the capital markets this year.

Chair:

John Cavalier, Managing Partner, Hudson Clean Energy Partners

Speakers:

Andrew Safran, Chairman of Energy, Power & Chemicals and Vice Chairman of Global Banking, Citibank
Kevin Genieser, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Brian Bolster, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Ray Wood, Co-Head Global Alternative Energy, Credit Suisse
Parker Weil, Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
James Metcalfe, Managing Director, UBS Securities
Amy Corinne Smith, Managing Director, Co-Head Global Cleantech Investment Banking, Jefferies


11:00-11:30am Networking Refreshment Break Sponsored by GE Energy Finacial Services


11:30am-12:30pm SESSION 9:UNLOCKING PROJECT FINANCE - TODAY & TOMORROW

Having heard from the best and brightest in Wall Street’s investment banking community, this session will dig deeper into the financial structuring of renewable energy projects. This session will compare different financial models and their outlooks as we move forward, including:
Project debt and equity
Tax equity and other tax considerations
Leasing and other project finance structures
Deal structuring, issues and trends
Getting creative – how are tomorrow’s deals going to be financed and how can general project finance principles be applied to a broader scope of clean energy developments?

Chair:

Keith Martin, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke

Speakers:

Ed Feo, Managing Partner, US Renewables Group
Eric Redman, President, Summit Power Group
John Eber, Managing Director - Energy Investments, JP Morgan
Lance Markowitz, Senior Vice President & Manager, Leasing & Asset Finance, Union Bank CA
Jorge Camina, Head of Project & Acquisition Finance North America, Banco Santander
Thomas Eammons, Managing Director, Rabobank Group


12:30-2:00pm Networking Lunch Sponsored by SOLON


2:00-3:15pm SESSION 10: VENTURE CAPITAL & PRIVATE EQUITY PERSPECTIVES

A panel of leading venture capitalists and private equity players will give their perspectives on investing in renewable energy companies, answering your questions, including:

Where are the opportunities for early-stage renewable capital?
The current pressure is on expansion capital – where will it come from?
How are the corporate investors / acquirers playing the field?
Do we see an IPO window opening up, just in time for the backlog of exits?

Co-Chairs:

Michael Ware, Managing Director, Advance Capital Markets
Chris Groobey, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Speakers:

David Prend, Managing General Partner, RockPort Capital Partners
Pat Eilers, Managing Director, Madison Dearborn Partners LLC
Stephen Dolezalek, Managing Director & Group Leader Cleantech, Vantage Point Venture Partners
Spencer Hempleman, Renewable Energy Fund Portfolio Manager, Ardsley Partners


3:15-3:45pm Networking Refreshment Break Sponsored by GE Energy Finacial Services


3:45-4:45pm SESSION 11: IDENTIFYING NEW REVENUE STREAMS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

This new session for REFF-Wall Street 2011 will examine new emerging revenue streams, and how they relate to the effective development and deployment of renewable energy. Issues for discussion include:

Using the eco securities market as a revenue source
The potential role of a feed-in tariff in the USA
State Renewable Portfolio Standards, Renewable Energy Credits and how these can be used successfully to generate additional revenue for your business

Chair:

Kenneth R. Locklin, Managing Director (North America), Impax Asset Management LLC

Speakers:

Jigar Shah, CEO, The Carbon War Room
Lenny Hochschild, Managing Director, Evolution Markets
Daniel A. Gross, Partner, Hudson Clean Energy Partners


4:45 - 5:00pm SESSION 12: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A selection of REFF-Wall Street Co-Chairs will look back over the two days and reflect on some of the key themes and issues that emerged, giving you key takeaway strategies to take back to your desk.

5:00pm Closing Remarks

Henry Hely Hutchinson, Managing Director, Euromoney Energy Events

5:15pm Close of REFF-Wall Street 2011.

9 green stocks profiting from smart grid development

USA and China each must rapidly develop new smart grid electricity infrastructure

Publicly-listed technology stocks benefiting from development of USA smart grid electricity transmission infrastructure:

Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI)

EnerNoc (NASDAQ: ENOC)

Comverge (NASDAQ: COMV)

General Electric (NYSE: GE)

Siemens (NYSE: SI)

Honeywell (NYSE: HON)

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO)

ITC Holdings (NYSE: ITC)

ABB (NYSE: ABB)



3rd annual China SmartGrid Forum - September 2011

The 3rd Annual China Smart Grid Forum 2011 will be held in Sept in Shanghai

China has surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest energy user, according to Paris-based International Energy Agency. As a rapid growing China’s GDP, it will continue to drive up the domestic energy consumption. The renewables, such as nuclear, wind and solar energy are no doubt seen as the favorable means to complement the energy shortage. A Stronger and Smarter Grid in China will pave the road of the renewables utilization and raise energy efficiency to cut emissions.

Grid is the world’s most complex man-made systems, information, mass, control complex, which also determines the different national conditions, the country’s development direction and focus of the smart grid are also different. In China, strong smart grid is primarily a strong grid, whose extra-high voltage technology has core characteristics including long distance, high capacity and low loss efficiency. But “should be ’strong’ and ’smart’ the advantages of a collection in one person.” This view is being more recognized and accepted. UHV grid as the backbone, with coordinated development of subordinate grids at all levels and support of IT & telecommunication platform, featured by IT-based, interactive and automated.

Strong and Smart are two basic requirements for modern power grid development. Strong is the basis and smart is the key. Combination of strong grid structure and grid smartness is the feature of describing modern power grid development by integral and systematic means. Furthermore, the end-users and distribution networks in China are not as mature as most developed countries, and the penetration rate of small-scale renewables are relatively low at the moment. In fact, growth of renewable energy in the country is primarily driven by large-scale projects that do not directly connected to end-users. Given these conditions, it is expected that initial stages of the Chinese smart grid plan will focus on the ability of controlling bulk electricity transfer efficiently, and then moves towards end-users and services integration in the next stages when the users are becoming more ready.

At the same time, the second stage of China’s Smart Grid plan, from 2011 to 2015, not only focus on accelerating UHV, urban and rural grids construction, but also establishing the basic framework for smart grid operation control and interaction, achieving the projected advancements in technology and equipment production, mass deployment. For example, in China 'smart grid', are estimated to be a nearly $100 billion opportunity over the next five years. With total power capacity set to reach 1,430 gigawatt by 2015 from 874 gigawatt at the start of 2010, China has to figure out how to bring trillions of kilowatt hours of power to more than a billion customers, sometimes over very long distances.

Smart-grid technology brings power grids into the telecommunications age, connecting "smart meters" in households and businesses to central monitoring systems capable of detecting and redressing outages or overloads in an instant.

The installation of smart meters alone will be worth $3.1 billion in 2011, up from $2.4 billion this year, according to estimates by the China Electricity Council -- and foreign firms are already looking to supply components, control and automation systems, and know-how.

With this mind, the CDMC Smart Grid Series Forum, as a professional and unparallel communication platform, concentrates on supporting an intelligent network and a global vision to our high-level worldwide industrial partners for three year. The 3rd Annual Smart Grid Forum China Focus 2011 (Sep. 14th -16th 2011) will bring industry thought leaders and a focused group of audience together to discuss the policy & the regulatory landscape, smart grid standardization, customer-side issues (billing, metering & CRM), ICT, smart distribution and smart integration of renewables.

Scientists in Spain creating eco-oil from algae

Spanish BioFuel Systems company brewing future fuel

By Virginie Grognou | AFP News

In a forest of tubes eight metres high in eastern Spain scientists hope they have found the fuel of tomorrow: bio-oil produced with algae mixed with carbon dioxide from a factory.

Almost 400 of the green tubes, filled with millions of microscopic algae, cover a plain near the city of Alicante, next to a cement works from which the C02 is captured and transported via a pipeline to the "blue petroleum" factory.

The project, which is still experimental, has been developed over the past five years by Spanish and French researchers at the small Bio Fuel Systems (BFS) company.

At a time when companies are redoubling their efforts to find alternative energy sources, the idea is to reproduce and speed up a process which has taken millions of years and which has led to the production of fossil fuels.

"We are trying to simulate the conditions which existed millions of years ago, when the phytoplankton was transformed into oil," said engineer Eloy Chapuli. "In this way, we obtain oil that is the same as oil today."

The microalgae reproduces at high speed in the tubes by photosynthesis and from the CO2 released from the cement factory. Every day some of this highly concentrated liquid is extracted and filtered to produce a biomass that is turned into bio-oil. The other great advantage of the system is that it is a depollutant -- it absorbs the C02 which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.

"It's ecological oil," said the founder and chairman of BFS, French engineer Bernard Stroiazzo-Mougin, who worked in oil fields in the Middle East before coming to Spain.
"We need another five to 10 years before industrial production can start," said Stroiazzo-Mougin, who hopes to be able to develop another such project on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

"In a unit that covers 50 square kilometres, which is not something enormous, in barren regions of southern Spain, we could produce about 1.25 million barrels per day," or almost as much as the daily export of oil from Iraq, he said.

BFS, a private company, hopes to negotiate "with several countries to obtain subsidies for the installation of artificial oil fields," he said.
Other similar projects being studied in other parts of the world.

In Germany, the Swedish energy group Vattenfall last year launched a pilot project in which algae is used to absorb carbon dioxide from a coal-fired power plant. US oil giant ExxonMobil plans to invest up to $600 million in research on oil produced from algae.

Companies, in particular those in the aeronautic sector, have shown keen interest in this research, hoping to find a replacement for classic oil.

Source: Ca.News.Yahoo.com

Wikipedia's list of global clean energy stocks

Best green power companies - Worldwide renewable energy companies

The list from wikipedia consists of companies whose primary produce is either renewable energy or renewable energy products and services. Public renewable energy companies are listed by stock exchange and symbol.

Company Exchange Symbol IPO Industry

Abengoa, SA BMAD ABG - Solar thermal

Aleo solar FWB AS1 2006 Photovoltaics

Alternative Energy, LTD LSE ALR 2003 Renewables

Americas Wind Energy Corporation OTC AWNE 2006 Wind

Anwell Technologies SGX G5X 2004 Photovoltaics

Applied Solar, INC NASDAQ - 2005 Photovoltaics

Ascent Solar Technologies, INC NASDAQ ASTI 2006 Photovoltaics

Aventine Renewable Energy NYSE AVR - Bioenergy

Ballard Power Systems NASDAQ BLDP 1995 Fuel Cell

Canadian Solar, INC NASDAQ CSIQ 2006 Photovoltaics

Centrosolar Group, AG FWB C3O 2005 Photovoltaics

Ceramic Fuel Cells, LTD ASX CFU 2004 Fuel Cells

China Power New Energy HKSE 0735 1999 Wind/Hydro/Biomass

China Sunergy Co, LTD NASDAQ CSUN 2007 Photovoltaics

Clipper Windpower, PLC LSE CWP 2005 Wind

Comtec Solar Systems HKSE 712 2009 Photovoltaics

Conergy, AG FWB CGY - Photovoltaics

Clenergen Corporation, OTC CRGE - Biomass

DayStar Technologies, INC NASDAQ DSTI 2004 Photovoltaics

DelSolar Co, LTD GTSM 3599 - Photovoltaics

Dyesol, LTD ASX DYE 2005 Photovoltaics

Eaga, PLC LSE EAGA 2007 Energy Efficiency

Enbridge, INC TSX ENB 1957 Wind, Solar, Fuel Cell, Geothermal

Energy Conversion Devices, INC NASDAQ ENER 1993 Photovoltaics

E-ton Solar Technology Co, LTD TSE 3452 - Photovoltaics

Evergreen Solar, INC NASDAQ ESLR 2000 Photovoltaics

EnviroMission, LTD ASX EVM 2005 Solar Thermal

EDP Renováveis, SA BVLP EDPR 2007 Wind [1]

Finavera Renewables, INC TSX-V FVR 2006 Renewables

First American Scientific Corp. OTCBB FASC 1995 Biomass

First Solar Holding, LLC NASDAQ FSLR 2007 Photovoltaics

Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica BMAD GAM 2000 Wind

Gintech Energy Corporation TSE 3514 2007 Photovoltaics

Good Energy Group, PLC LSE GEGP - Renewables

Green Energy Holding Corporation OTC GEYO 2007 Renewables

Green Plains Renewable Energy, INC NASDAQ GPRE 2007 Ethanol Quote

GT Solar International, INC NASDAQ SOLR 2008 Solar Mfg Equipment

Iberdrola Renovables, SA BMAD IBR December 2007 Wind, Solar, Biomass

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. TSX INE 2007 Renewables

JA Solar Holdings Co, LTD NASDAQ JASO 2007 Photovoltaics

Kedco PLC AIM KED 2008 Bio Energy

Jetion Solar Holdings LTD AIM JHL 2007 Photovoltaics

LDK Solar Co, LTD NYSE LDK 2007 Photovoltaics

Mass Megawatts Wind Power OTC MMGW 2001 Wind

Motech Industries Inc. TSE 6244 2003 Photovoltaics

Neo Solar Power Corporation TSE 3576 2008 Photovoltaics

Nevada Geothermal Power, INC OTC NGLPF 2005 Geothermal

Nordex, AG FWB NDX 2001 Wind

Phoenix Solar, AG FWB PS4 2004 Photovoltaics

PV Crystalox Solar, PLC LSE PVCS 2007 Photovoltaics

Q-Cells, AG FWB QCE - Photovoltaics

Ram Power, Corp. RPG RPG - Geothermal

ReneSolar, LTD AIM SOL 2007 Photovoltaics

Renewable Energy Corp, ASA OSX REC 2006 Photovoltaics

Renewable Energy Generation, LTD LSE RWE 2005 Renewables

Renewable Energy Holdings, PLC LSE REH 2005 Renewables

Renewable Energy Resources, INC OTC RWER 2008 Hydro

Renewagy, AS OMX REN - Renewables

REpower Systems, AG FWB RPW 2006 Wind

Run of River Power Inc. TSX-V ROR 2005 Hydro

S.A.G. Solarstrom, AG FWB SAG - Photovoltaics

Solar-Fabrik, AG FWB SFX - Photovoltaics

Solarfun Power Holdings Co, LTD NASDAQ SOLF 2006 Photovoltaics

SolarWorld, AG FWB SWV - Photovoltaics

Solco, LTD ASX SOO 2000 Solar Thermal

SunPower Corporation NASDAQ SPWR 2005 Photovoltaics

Suntech Power NYSE STP 2005 Photovoltaics

Tiger Renewable Energy, LTD OTC TGRW - Ethanol

Trina Solar, LTD NASDAQ TSL 2006 Photovoltaics

Verenium Corporation NASDAQ VRNM - Biofuels

Vestas Wind Systems, AS OMX VWS - Wind

WaterFurnace Renewable Energy, Inc. TSX WFI 2001 Geothermal

Western Wind Energy Corp. TSX-V WND 2001 Wind

Windflow Technology, LTD NZAX WTL 2001 Wind

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co, LTD NYSE YGE 2007 Photovoltaics


Full Wikipedia list of green power companies with links to stock quotes and financials