March 17, 2008: San Francisco
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome by Scott Clavenna, President of Greentech Media |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Solar Power Services: How PPAs are Changing the PV Value Chain
This session, led by Jon Guice of AltaTerra, author of Greentech Media report "Solar Power Services: How PPAs are Changing the PV Value Chain," presents his findings on the rapidly emerging market for PPA-based finance solutions for commercial solar installations. Speakers: Jon Guice, Partner, Alta Terra; Ben Cook, Director of Structured Finance, SunPower Corporation and Hugh Kuhn, Vice President Operations, Solar Power Partners |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Solar Power Policy: Public Policy That is Creating Markets for Solar Power
David Hochschild, Vice President of Solaria inc. and a commissioner with the SF Public Utilities Commission, will provide an overview of some of the critical local, state and federal policies that have been instrumental to the rapid growth of solar power in the United States in recent years and a preview of some of the new policies now being developed. David Rubin, Director of Service Analysis, will discuss PG&E's solar support efforts, with a particular focus on programs which promote the installation of solar systems by its customers. |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | The Value of PPAs to Solar Power Systems
Speaker: Hugh Kuhn, Vice President Operations, Solar Power Partners This presentation will take a detailed look at how the introduction of the PPA-financed commercial solar installations have gone beyond providing customers with financial values, but has also improved the quality of installation, operations and ongoing maintenance of solar systems. |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Opportunities and Challenges in Financing Solar Manufacturers
Speaker: Stephen T. Adams, Partner, Goodwin Procter |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Solar Market Outlook - Global Supply, Demand, Pricing and Technology Trends in an Evolving Solar Market
This session, led by Travis Bradford of the Prometheus Institute, will provide a complete global assessment of the solar market, drawing upon a range of market conducted by the Prometheus Institute and Greentech Media into the global PV supply chain, with detailed data on supply, demand, pricing, global policy shifts, and the impact of new technologies. |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Stories from the Field - Experience in Financing Commercial Solar
Speakers: Paul Detering, Founder and CEO, Tioga Energy; Arno Harris, CEO, Recurrent Energy; Gregory Rosen, Vice President of Project Finance, Helio Micro Utility |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Financing Big Solar: Differences From the Wind Experience
Big solar is moving from concept to the stage of project finance. At $500 million to $1 billion per project, the challenges are significant. This talk will contrast big solar to the wind experience in project finance. Speaker: Robert Morgan, EVP & Chief Development Office, Ausra |
| 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception |
