Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards: Nominate Now!

Get ready to celebrate the industry's achievements. At RenewableEnergyWorld.com, we are ready to accept nominations for the Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. These awards recognize the best companies, people and projects in the North American renewable energy industry.

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Women in Solar Breakfast Continues To Inspire

For the second year in a row at Solar Power International, professional women in the solar industry gathered to network, eat and listen to presentations at the Women in Solar Breakfast. The group, which was informally put together about three years ago by philanthropist and solar industry executive Isabelle Christensen, has now met formally twice. The women come together with three goals in mind: to encourage more women to join the still-male-dominated solar industry; to provide resources and networking opportunities for women to help them advance their careers within the solar industry; to find ways that women can give back by working to increase the amount of solar power in the developing world. Presenting this year were Julia Hamm, President and CEO of the Solar Electric Power Association, Wendy Arienzo, CEO of Array Power; Jenean Smith who runs the volunteer-based Power to the People (as a volunteer herself) and Edmée Kelsey who is CFO of Main Street Power. Most of the women started with their firms when they were small struggling organizations and built them up through their own tenacity and staying power. Hamm spoke of the origins of SEPA when there was no one but her to run the whole organization, which at the time had no payroll, no staff and no office space.  SEPA now employs more than 25 people. After brief presentations about their companies, the women spoke openly about leading companies in a male-dominated industry, obtaining financing from male-dominated VCs, striking the balance between work and life, and what women bring to the table as leaders. Arienzo believes that women often work from a “higher moral ground.” She said, “we try to do the right thing. I think that comes from raising a family as well, where you look beyond what is right for you as an individual and try to do the right thing for your family, for your children, for your organization.” Smith pointed out that instilling an interest and a love of math and science in young girls will go a long way toward attracting young women to make a career of solar energy.  She also said that the “voluntourism” that Power To the People provides, in which volunteers travel to Nicaragua to install off-grid solar solutions in communities in need of power, is another good way to get a hands-on education in solar power. Kelsey said that her company, Main Street Power, also makes sure that there is an educational component to any install that the organization puts on schools. The Professional Women in Solar group plans to have meetings in Europe and Asia in 2012. For more information, there is a LinkedIn group called Professional Women in Solar. The group is actively seeking new members. To hear some reactions to the breakfast, watch the Solar on the Street Video below.

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SPI: Utility Executives Speak Up on Solar's Future

DALLAS – The year is 2031. An electric utility company becomes the first utility in U.S. history to receive its primary form of generation from solar power. This was the scenario presented by Julia Hamm, president and CEO of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), during a Solar Power International session on Oct. 19. But what would need to happen in order for this fictitious scenario to become a reality? The obvious answer lies in government subsidies, which are now looking grim in the aftermath of Solyndra’s bankruptcy. Beyond the hopes of tax grants and a national renewable standard, what can the power industry do to see solar implemented into utilities’ portfolios on a larger scale? Hamm said that collaboration between utilities and solar businesses is key and then introduced six executives of municipal or public utilities to discuss solar integration at the utility level. Randall Mehrberg, president of PSEG Energy Holdings, said that financial decisions to install solar projects have to compete with another price tag most U.S. utilities are currently facing – the cost required to retire or retrofit a large percentage of their coal-fired fleets. “Cost, at the end of the day, is what haunts us all.” While some utilities may turn to solar power as filler to replace pre-existing coal-fired generation, Mehrberg said that most will turn to “low cost, prevalent natural gas.” Electricity costs are bound to escalate over the next 20 years, said James Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy. This will happen as a result of a large amount of coal generation being turned over and necessary improvements to grid reliability. However, solar will become increasingly attractive to utilities as the cost of solar power continues to descend, Rogers said. Utilities must be instrumental in educating their customers on the value of solar – that it’s worth paying a few extra cents each bill, said Larry Weiss, CEO of Austin Energy. “I continue to be dumbfounded by consumers who want to have their cake and eat it too. They have to be willing to pay more for renewables.” While the inherent cost of solar can be disconcerting, utilities must recognize that solar power presents an element of cost avoidance not found in traditional forms of generation, said Doyle Beneby, president and CEO of CPS Energy. “For every 1 MW of solar I install, I don’t have to worry about the Clean Air Mercury Rule, or a host of other EPA regulations.” CPS Energy is in the process of retiring 850 MW of unscrubbed coal, Beneby said, some of that generation will be replaced with solar power. When looking long-term, utilities should also consider that the U.S. may eventually implement a carbon tax, said Armando Olivera, president and CEO of Florida Power & Light Company. “The U.S. is the only major country not imputing the cost of carbon. It will eventually be taken into consideration.” Rogers of Duke Energy echoed his thoughts. “By investing in solar, you’re putting a hedge on against what a lot of us think is inevitable: carbon regulation.” For now, the addition of renewable energy into most utilities’ portfolios will be incremental, said Weiss of Austin Energy. “We cannot switch all our generation overnight to solar and wind. But solar is a small part of the equation.” To see the full round-table, a fascinating discussion, watch the video below.

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Trade Barriers Dim Renewable Energy's Prospects

Protectionism in the renewable energy industry takes many forms depending on location and sector. For example, in the U.S., Ohio is stringently enforcing a law that half of its mandated renewable energy must be supplied through in-state production.

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