- 9:00am - 9:15am
- Welcome and Introduction
Speaker: Travis Bradford, the Prometheus Institute
- 9:15am - 9:45am
- CSP Technologies Compared
This session will describe the details behind both solar thermal (trough and LFR systems, Tower, and Dish-Engine) and concentrating PV, including Dish CPV, Lens CPV, Low-Concentration CPV, and non-tracking CPV, comparing and contrasting these various solutions for solar energy generation.
Speaker: Elizabeth Wayman, the Prometheus Institute
- 9:45am - 10:45am
- CSP Market Context
Understanding the history of the CSP market and the current influences and implications of capital, policy, and related storage technology developments.
Speaker: Dr. Fred Morse, Abengoa Solar
- 10:45am - 11:15am
- Break
- 11:15am - 11:45am
- The CSP Industry - 2008
This session will provide a detailed statistical analysis of the solar thermal and CPV market in 2008, with a description of the CSP industry value chain, the technology distribution of the CSP industry, details on current and planned deployments, and a look at the key players driving the CSP market in 2008.
Speaker: Travis Bradford, the Prometheus Institute
- 11:45am - 12:30pm
- Utility Interest in CSP
This session will include details on PG&E's efforts in CSP and a case study of Abengoa Solar's Solana, a major CSP project underway in Arizona with the Arizona Public Service Co.
Speakers: Hal LaFlash, PG&E; Fred Morse, Abengoa Solar
- 12:30pm - 1:30pm
- Lunch Sponsored by Air Products
- 1:30pm - 2:00 pm
- CSP Industry Finance
A discussion of the various elements of CSP finance, including tax, equity, subsidies and the current climate for project finance in utility scale solar initiatives.
Speaker: Brian Goncher, Deloitte
- 2:00pm - 3:45pm
- CSP Industry Solutions
This session will explore the various solutions in the market today, from solar thermal to concentrating PV technologies and how their offerings fit within the overall solar market.
Moderator: Michael Horwitz, Stanford Group
Speakers: Bob Cart, GreenVolts; Andrew McMahan, SkyFuel; Robert Morgan, Ausra; Suvi Sharma, Solaria and John Woolard, Brightsource Energy
- 3:45pm - 4:15pm
- Break
- 4:15pm - 5:15 pm
- A Global CSP Market Forecast
This session will draw upon research published by the Prometheus Institute and Greentech Media on the global CSP market and provide detailed forecasts through 2015 for deployments worldwide, pricing of various CSP solutions, and relative market share to traditional flat-plate PV.
Speaker: Travis Bradford, the Prometheus Institute
