2019 Indiana Renewable Energy Day Training

If we power the 300 largest cities in the world from space, we can power 40% of the global population with clean, limitless, and cheap energy – forever. Harnessing the energy from space has the potential to change everything; it can increase global GDP, literacy, education, advanced medical access, democracy, communications and raise the standard of living for every human being.

The Midwest is home to large open spaces, farms, former industrial cities and famously friendly people, yet there is only around 2.3 GW of solar deployed across 12 states in the Midwest; or less than 4% of the U.S. total. Nearly half of that is in one state, Minnesota. Now with the advent of FEJA, Illinois is adding 2.8 GW of community solar, DG and utility scale projects in the next few years. New legislation like the Path to 100 could catapult Illinois past MN. But numerous Midwestern states have BIG solar projects on the books. A Midwest boom is coming! PV magazine found 44 GW of large solar projects in the queues of the three grid operators that divide up the region: PJM Interconnection, MISO and SPP. Furthermore, at last count 200 MW of community solar projects .

They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and soon that could include solar energy. With the nation’s fastest-growing population driving demand, Texas has seen a huge increase in solar installations in recent years. Join us for a panel discussion with three solar leaders in Texas - Bret Biggart (CEO, Freedom Solar Power), Manny Aponte (Texas Market Development Manager, Titan Solar Power), and Mohammed Abdalla (Founder & CEO, Good Faith Energy) - as we explore what factors have influenced solar contractors in the state, lessons other states can learn from their example, and what lies ahead for the future of Texan solar power.

With over 30 different floating wind system designs and concepts - some old, some new - there needs to be special considerations to allow a pathway to commercialization. The technology is so new that no market has yet deployed it at scale. This gives US floating offshore wind developers a challenge, but also an opportunity to lead the world. Floating wind farm foundations are seen as key to the long-term growth of the US offshore wind sector. After all, the US has abundant experience in the development of floating structures for the oil and gas sector. However, experts say the biggest issue is how to cut the cost of floating structures as quickly as possible. With floating wind due to be a major theme at the 4th US Offshore Wind conference in Boston on June 10-11, 2019, this webinar provides insights into how cost-reduction might be achieved.