Fundamental shifts in how our society generates, transports, and consumes energy are happening all around us today. Economic conditions, environmental imperatives, and political trends are converging and colliding in a fashion that will either force a chaotic and perhaps disastrous reversal of field significantly restoring the "old energy order," or lead to a more measured relieving of pressure through transition to a more complex integrated "Unified Energy System." TREIA is working toward, and betting on, the latter.

 

Each sector of the renewable energy industry must grasp the nature of the "Unified Energy System" and envision its niche. This requires a solid understanding of the forces at play. Business survivors will need a solid knowledge of the financial options and opportunities that are evolving, the nature and implications of ongoing and future climate shift, the promising but mercurial world of technology, and the realities of our ever changing political class. Texas Renewables 2012 is designed with these issues in mind.

 

This year's agenda will offer top-notch presenters from businesses, agencies and institutions in the forefront, actively punching the reset button on our energy world view. The conference itself will embrace format and production approaches in tune with, and designed to pull us all toward, the leading edge.  

 

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If you missed this year's Roundup you may have heard rumors that Russel Smith, executive director at TREIA survived a ride on a Texas Longhorn, and here's proof. Actually he said he felt right at home in the saddle, but a bit strange on a steer - having herded, roped, wrestled, branded, ear-marked, dehorned, and altered them, but never saddled and ridden one. Plan to be there next year to challenge him to ride again - nothing else, just ride!

 

After months of organizing and preparations the successful return of the Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair took place September 29th and 30th with a Kids Environmental Educational Day preceding it on Friday, September 28th.

 

Attendance exceeded expectations, given the inclement weather, with many people representing regions across Texas excited about the return of The Roundup.

 

If you visit Texas Renewables on Facebook you'll be able to see Debbie Bissonet's comment there which reflected similar comments by many others.  Debbie said, "It was wonderful. Really great speakers and vendors. We missed not having the Roundup last year, but thanks for putting together 2012. We really look forward to the Renewables Roundup."  Thanks Debbie we look forward to another 12 years of rounding up renewable energy fun and events!

As part of the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative, which is working to make solar energy competitive with other forms of energy without subsidy by the end of the decade, the Energy Department today announced the start of a new competition to make it faster, easier, and cheaper to install rooftop solar energy systems. The SunShot Prize makes a total of $10 million in cash awards available to the first three teams that repeatedly demonstrate the non-hardware costs, or price to plug in, can be as low as $1 per watt (W) for small-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems on American homes and businesses. This ambitious target represents a decrease in the "soft costs" of solar energy systems - including permitting, licensing, connecting to the grid and other non-hardware costs - by more than 65 percent.  By breaking a significant price barrier that was considered unachievable only a decade ago, the winning teams will demonstrate that solar energy is an affordable solution for American families and businesses.

Join us November 27-29 in Houston, TX, for the groundbreaking new conference and exposition that assembles all energy sectors.

Visit www.TotalEnergyUSA.com for more information and to register.

 

Top corporate executives and government officials will focus on increasing clean energy projects and cross-border energy trade at the 19th annual U.S.-Mexico Border Energy Forum XIX scheduled in Hermosillo, Sonora, on October 22-24, 2012.

 

Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said, "The Border Energy Forum helps private and public sector leaders by offering them strategic insights on: 

• How to profit from energy projects involving natural gas and renewable energy;  
• How to establish partnerships including cross-border interconnections for natural gas and electricity; 
• How to encourage  innovation in smart grids, electric transmission and energy efficiency in buildings and water systems; and 
• How to obtain project financing," 

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For more information, please visit  www.borderenergyforum.org.

OwnEnergy Announces Groundbreaking Investment By NJR Clean Energy Ventures

Brooklyn, NY 

 

OwnEnergy, Inc. a leading developer of mid-sized and community wind projects, announced today that NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR), has joined its ranks of investors. CEV's minority ownership provides access to its balance sheet and tax capacity and reinforces wind energy's future and the strength of OwnEnergy's innovative model. A CEV representative will join OwnEnergy's board, which consists of board members representing investors that include EnerTech Capital Partners and Calpers Clean Energy & Technology Fund. ...

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