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Renewable Energy Federal Grant, Loan and Finance Workshop
December 16, 2008
Orlando, Florida
Download Presentations * Agenda * Location and Reservations * Registration
Stern Brothers - Alternative Energy Financing
John May - Renewable Energy Financing
Wanda Whigham - Project Financing for Renewable Energy
Jeff Jobe - Federal Energy Programs
Joe Mueller - Rural Business Programs
Amy Dinsmore - Clean Tech Orlando Economic Development Commission
Lori Cunniff - Orange County EPA
James Culp - Plug Into a Bright Future
Randy Halley - A Utility Perspective on Developing Renewable Energy Projects
Introduction - Dr. Jim Fenton, Director of the Florida Solar Energy Center
Opening Remarks - CFO Alex Sink
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Federal renewable energy grant and loan opportunities for the Florida renewable energy industry, economic development, agriculture and more.
- Jeff Jobe, National Business Cooperative Field Advisor for USDA Rural Development (overseeing the rural renewable energy program)
- Joe Muller, USDA Florida Rural Business Development Program Director
US Department of Energy (US DOE) - Federal Department of Energy grant and funding opportunities for renewable energy R&D, generation projects, and more.
Federal Grant Writing Workshop
Presenter - Dr. Tawainga Katsvairo
Lunch Session: The State of Clean Energy Industry Financing and its Future
Featured Speaker- John M. May, Esq., Sterns Brothers & Co., a renewable energy investment banking firm with offices in Missouri and Kansas.
Renewable Energy Project Financing Overview and Q&A
Presenter: Tom Woolsey of Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Panel Discussion: Utility Industry Representatives
Challenges and opportunities for more renewable production on their respective power grids and in their service areas with third party developers in order to help developers craft financing strategies.Participants include:
Progress Energy Florida, Inc.- Dave Gammon, Cogeneration Manager
Orlando Utility Commission - Jennifer Szaro, OUC Renewable Energy Coordinator
Panel Discussion: Florida Renewable Energy/Clean Tech Economic Development
Florida economic development organizations and /or business organizations will discuss efforts to attract clean tech industry into Florida and their regions.
Participants include:
Florida's Great Northwest - Roger Miller
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Economic Development Council, Inc. - Deborah Wilkinson, Global Business Development Manager at Broward County Office of Economic Development
Florida Renewable Energy Business Coalition Media Advisory
* Review of current and proposed renewable projects statewide and opportunties for clean tech manufacturing, research and etc.* A statement of the shared principles of stakeholders which includes renewable developers, electric utilities, university researchers, clean tech investors, Florida economic development and business community, transportation, fuel suppliers and others.
Meeting Location and Accomodations
Rosen Plaza Hotel
Orlando, Florida
(407) 996-9700
This meeting is coordinated by FREPA on behalf of Florida's renewable energy industry.
Attendee fee is $60 lunch and meeting materials included.
Add $25 late registration after December 8 ($85 registration)
Special: All paying attendees receive a 25% discount off of annual FREPA membership; offer expires December 10, 2008.Registration form in Adobe Acrobat
Past Events
FREPA's Clean Energy Finance and Regulatory Summit, Aug. 8-9, 2008
FREPA:Florida Green Innovation Magazine
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) News
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) News