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The GW Solar Institute
2nd Annual Symposium
Challenges to Solar as a Leading Solution
to Climate Change and Energy Problems
April 19, 2010 8:00am5:00pm
Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
Sponsored By:
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Letter from the Director
Dear Colleagues,
Since we last met in 2009, the GW Solar Institute has grown in many ways: we have a larger network, we are working with
a broader array o interests, and, most o all, we have added Debra Jacobson as Co-Director o the Institute. Despite the
Institutes advancement, we meet here today to discuss many o the same issues acing solar energy; the solar option is real
and ready to be deployed, and our nation and world need it.
Lingering challenges to solar energy include: deployment hurdles like siting and transmission, hidden ossil uel subsidies,
nancing diculties, integrating variable electric resources into the electric grid, unavorable utility ratemaking policies, and
the development o a new inrastructure or ueling vehicles through electrication or solar-to-uel products.
This year is diferent rom last in several important ways. The political climate is more constrained by scal limits, but the will
to pursue solar energy is strong. Meanwhile, the average price o solar modules has declined substantially. As this continues,solar energy becomes an increasingly attractive option or reducing CO 2 and addressing energy needs. Perhaps the
constrained political environment will see much more targeted, even more efective, solar solutions.
Today is indeed about challenges but it is also about opportunities. We are here because we want to hear both the good and
the bad because it is the only way we can nd new solutions.
Thanks or joining us,
Ken Zweibel
Director, GW Solar Institute
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Welcome8:45 9:00 amSteven Knapp
President, The George Washington University
Peg Barratt
Dean, GW Columbian College o Arts and Sciences
Debra Jacobson
Co-Director, GW Solar Institute
Keynote9:00 9:30am
Ambassador Stuart EizenstatPartner, Covington & Burling LLP
Solar Vision Forum9:30 11:00 amKey issues and opportunities or moving orward with solar on
an energy-signifcant scale
Moderator: Jerry Bloom
Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
John Lushetsky
Manager, DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program
Scott Sklar
President, The Stella Group
Arnold Goldman
Chairman, Brightsource
Rhone Resch
President & CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association
Ken Zweibel
Executive Director, GW Solar Institute
Discussion 40 Minutes
Break11:00 11:15am
Solar Photovoltaic Electricity11:15 am 12:30 pmTechnical & economic easibility o energy-signifcant
solar energy rom PV
Maja Wessels
Executive Vice President, First Solar
Julie Blunden
VP o Public Policy and Corporate Communications, SunPo
Symposium Agenda
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David Miller
President, Electronics & Communications, DuPont
Question & Answer Session
Lunch12:30 1:45 pm
Networking LunchMarvin Center, 3rd Floor
Solar Thermal Electricity1:45 3:00 pmTechnical & economic easibility o energy-signifcant
solar energy rom CSP
William Gould
Chie Technical Ofcer, Solar Reserve
Scott Frier
Chie Operating Ofcer, Abengoa Solar
Chris Myers
VP or Energy Programs, Lockheed Martin
Question & Answer Session
Break3:00 3:15 pm
Solar Energy & Transportation3:15 4:30 pmWhich makes sense electricity or portable uels rom solar?
Sam Baldwin
Chie Technology Ofcer, EERE DOE
Stuart Licht
Proessor o Chemistry, The George Washington University
Don Paul
Executive Director, USC Energy Institute
Question & Answer Session
Wrap Up4:30 4:45 pmKen Zweibel
Executive Director, GW Solar Institute
Reception4:45 5:30 pm
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Sam BaldwinDr. Sam Baldwin serves as the Chie Technology
Ofcer or the Ofce o Energy Efciency and
Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department
o Energy and a Member o the Board o
Directors or the Ofce. In previous positions
he has served with the White House Ofce
o Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the
Congressional Ofce o Technology Assessment (OTA), Princeton
University, the U.S. Senate, and elsewhere.
Dr. Baldwin is the author or co-author o 9 books and monographs
at OSTP, OTA, DOE, and elsewhere, and more than 30 papers and
technical reports on energy technology and policy, physics, and
other issues. He is a Fellow o the American Association or the
Advancement o Science and holds a doctorate in physics.
.
Peg BarrattDr. Peg Barratt is Dean o the Columbian
College o Arts and Sciences at The Georg
Washington University, the oldest college
the University. Departments and program
are supported in the arts and humanities;
social and behavioral sciences; and natura
mathematical and biomedical sciences.
Dr. Barratt served as Deputy Director o
Clinical Research Policy Analysis and Coordination program at N
(CRpac) until 2006, and beore that as Division Director or Behav
and Cognitive Sciences and Program Director or Developmenta
and Learning Sciences/Childrens Research Initiative at the Natio
Science Foundation.
Prior to her service at NSF, Dr. Barratt directed the Institute or Ch
Youth, and Families at Michigan State University and was a mem
the aculty o the University o Wisconsin-Madison or 19 years in
Department o Human Development and Family Studies and s
as department chair. She received the University o Wisconsin-Ma
Distinguished Teaching Award in 1998.
She received a doctorate in developmental psychology rom th
University o Wisconsin-Madison, and received bachelors andmasters degrees in psychology rom Michigan State University
She also holds a Master o Philosophy in psychology rom The
George Washington University.
Speaker Bios
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Jerry BloomJerry Bloom is a partner at Winston and Strawn,
LLP. He is chair o the irms energy, project
development, and inance practice group
and ocuses his practice on the development
and operation o domestic and international
independent energy projects, electric-industry
restructuring and privatization, and mergers
and acquisitions.
Bloom has extensive experience in the negotiation o o-take
and power purchase agreements, engineering, procurement, and
construction contracts, operation and maintenance agreements,
uel supply agreements, syndication, and agency agreements. He
has assisted in the development and operation o energy projects
in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Turkey, Pakistan,
Indonesia, Australia, the Philippines, and China. He is also active in
the development o small- and utility-scale photovoltaic and thermal
solar acilities. He is also a member o the Advisory Board o the GW
Solar institute.
Bloom received a bachelors in psychology in 1974 and a masters
in counseling in 1976 rom The George Washington University. He
received a Juris Doctor rom the University o Miami School o Lawin 1980.
Julie BlundenSince April o 2005, Julie Blunden has
served as VP o Public Policy and Corporate
Communications or SunPower, leading public
relations, inancial relations, public policy,
and market development. Prior to SunPower,
Blunden was a consultant at KEMA-XENERGY
on energy markets, renewable resources and
policy to industry, utilities and state and ederal
governments. In that role, Blunden supported the Schwarzenegger
administration in developing the Million Solar Homes Initiative. In
1997, she co-ounded Green Mountain Energy Company, a national
retail electric supplier o renewable power.
Blunden began her career doing development and acquisitions in
the independent power generation business at the AES Corporation.
She received a Master o Business Administration degree rom
the Stanord Graduate School o Business and a bachelors rom
Dartmouth College majoring in engineering, modiied with
environmental studies. She serves on the board o directors at
the Center or Resource Solutions and the Real Goods Solar Living
Institute, as well as on the board o advisors or Vote Solar.
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Stuart E. Eizenstat
Ambassador Eizenstat is head o the
international practice o Covington and Burling
LLP. His work at Covington ocuses on resolving
international trade problems and business
disputes with the U.S. and oreign governments,
and international business transactions andregulations on behal o U.S. companies and
others around the world.
During a decade and a hal o public service in three U.S.
administrations, Ambassador Eizenstat has held a number o key
senior positions, including chie White House domestic policy adviser
to President Jimmy Carter (19771981); U.S. Ambassador to the
European Union, Under Secretary o Commerce or International Trade,
Under Secretary o State or Economic, Business and Agricultural Aairs,
and Deputy Secretary o the Treasury in the Clinton Administration
(19932001).
During the Clinton Administration, he had a prominent role in the
development o key international initiatives, including the negotiations
o the Transatlantic Agenda with the European Union (establishing
what remains o the ramework or the U.S. relationship with the EU);
the development o the Transatlantic Business Dialogue ( TABD) among
European and U.S. CEOs; the negotiation o the Japan Port Agreement
with the Japanese government; and the negotiation o the Kyoto
Protocol on global warming, where he led the U.S. delegation.
Scott Frier
Scott Frier is the Chie Operating Oice
or Abengoa Solar Inc., which has a 20-ye
history o solar thermal R&D in Europe and
developed several +25 MW solar thermal
Frier had been in the oil and gas industry
1988 when he became General Manager worlds frst commercial solar thermal pow
acilitySEGS I and IInear Barstow, Cali
He then moved on to become the General Manager o the iv
Kramer SEGS or LUZ and aterwards, became the Chie Operatin
Oicer o KJC Operating Company (KJC OC), the worlds large
producer o solar energy, until it was sold at the end o 2004. Fri
then served as President and CEO o Solargenix Operating Servi
now Acciona Solar. During his tenure, Acciona developed the N
Solar One Project, a 64 MW plant near Boulder City, Nevada. It w
the frst large-scale parabolic trough plant constructed in the U
sixteen years.
Frier let Acciona Solar, to serve as Chie Operating Ocer o Abe
Solar, where he is currently developing large-scale solar-therma
projects in the U.S. Southwest as well as supporting other large-
international developments.
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Arnold Goldman
Arnold J. Goldman is the Chairman and
Founder o both BrightSource Energy Inc.
and BrightSource Industries (Israel), Ltd. (BSII).
Goldman ounded Luz International, Ltd.
and served as its Chie Executive Oicer. Luz
International, Ltd. designed, constructed,inanced, and operated the worlds nine
largest Solar Electric Generating Systems
(SEGS) which, at the time, generated ninety percent o the worlds
solar electricity. Goldman also co-ounded Electric Fuel Ltd., an
electric battery/uel cell company listed today as Aerotech on the
NASDAQ exchange. He was the Vice President o Engineering and
co-ounder o Lexitron, the irst word processing company in the
U.S. Raytheon purchased Lexitron in 1977.
Goldman is the recipient o two international awards or hiscontribution to solar energy development. He holds numerous
patents or his inventions and innovations. He holds a Bachelor
o Science in engineering rom UCLA and a Master o Science in
Electrical Engineering rom the University o Southern Caliornia.
William R. Gould Jr.
Gould serves as the Chie Technical Ocer
or SolarReserve. He brings more than thirty
years o technical experience to SolarReserve
in the areas o engineering, procurement and
construction o power plants and power related
systemswith the last twelve years o his careerlargely dedicated to solar energy installations.
Goulds highly regarded solar energy expertise
includes extensive easibility work, design, construction, cost
estimating, and fnancial due diligence on various concentrating
solar thermal power plant technologies, including power tower and
solar trough designs. This work includes acilities in development,
construction and in operation in the U.S. as well as installations in
Europe, Arica the Middle East, and Latin America.
Gould served as Project Manager o the Solar Two project built in 1997near Barstow, Caliornia by the U.S. Department o Energy. This highly
successul demonstration acility was the largest thermal power tower
installation at the time and utilized molten salt technology or energy
capture and storage, similar to SolarReserves current technology.
Gould received Bachelor o Science and Master o Science degrees
in mechanical engineering rom Brigham Young University and is a
licensed Proessional Engineer in a several states.
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Debra JacobsonDebra Jacobson joined the Solar Institute as
Co-Director in September 2009. She has worked
in the felds o energy and environmental law
and policy or more than 30 years or more than
25 years, Jacobson worked in the legislative and
executive branches o the Federal government,including 16 years as a sta member on the
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
and 6 years as a legislative aide to a member o the Committee.
In addition, Jacobson served or ive years as a senior advisor and
in special assistant positions in the Oce o the Secretary, the Oce
o Energy Eiciency and Renewable Energy, and the Oice o
Environmental Management at the Department o Energy.
Since 2002, Jacobson has taught Energy Law at the GW Law School
and worked as an independent consultant on energy and climateissues. She was a ounding member o the Womens Council on Energy
and the Environment in 1981 and currently serves as an Advisor to the
REIL Project and as a Member o the DOEs Wind Powering America
Strategy Committee.
She earned a Juris Doctor rom The George Washington Law School
and a Bachelor o Arts in environmental studies rom the University
o Rochester. She is a member o the Bar in both New York and
Washington, D.C.
Steven KnappSteven Knapp became the 16th presiden
The George Washington University on Au
1, 2007. A distinguished scholar with nea
30 years o experience in higher educatio
administration, Dr. Knapp previously serv
provost and senior vice president or acaaairs at The Johns Hopkins University.
As president, Dr. Knapps priorities include enhancing GWs
partnerships with organizations and agencies throughout the
nations capital, increasing the institutions preeminence in resear
addressing the aordability o higher education, and strengtheni
connections with its lielong and worldwide community o alu
He also has convened task orces on sustainability and campus
saety and security.A specialist in 18th- and 19th-century English literature and lite
theory, Dr. Knapp served or 16 years on the aculty at the Univ
o Caliornia, Berkeley, where he held leadership positions in t
Department o English and on university committees. Dr. Knap
earned a masters degree and doctorate rom Cornell University
a Bachelor o Arts degree rom Yale University.
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Stuart LichtDr. Licht is Proessor o Chemistry in The
George Washington University Columbian
College o Arts and Sciences and is a ounding
member o the GW Institute o Basic Energy
Science and Technology. His current research
ocuses on the generation o uels romsunlight, and he has published numerous
articles on the subject, which have been
eatured in the Journal of Physical Chemistry.
Prior to coming to The George Washington University, Dr. Licht served
as a Program Director in the Chemistry Division o the National Science
Foundation. He also held proessor positions at Technion Israel Institute
o Technology, Clark University, and the University o Massachusetts,
Boston, where he served as Chair o the Chemistry Department rom
2003 to 2006.
Dr. Licht earned his doctorate rom the Weizmann Institute o Science
and a bachelors degree in chemistry and a masters in physics rom
Wesleyan University.
John LushetskyJohn Lushetsky is the Manager o the
U.S. Department o Energys Solar Energy
Technologies Program (SETP) with responsibility
or all solar technology development, grid
integration, and market transormation activities
under the Solar America Initiative announced byPresident Bush in 2006. His career has included
signiicant technology development and
commercialization roles with both start-up and Fortune 500 companies.
Lushetsky was previously with Corning, Inc., where he held a number
o senior positions with responsibility or strategic marketing,
account management and business development activities. Most
recently, Lushetsky was responsible or developing new strategic
business opportunities in the solar technologies as well as the
computer electronics, medical device and lie science, and waterpurifcation industries.
Prior to Corning, Lushetsky was with Electrosource, Inc., an Austin,
Texas-based start-up developing an advanced battery technology or
electric and hybrid vehicles. While with Electrosource, Lushetsky had
responsibility or marketing, business development and company
fnancing activities.
Lushetsky holds a Master o Business Administration in international
business rom The George Washington University, and a bachelors andmasters degree cum laude in engineering science rom the University
o Florida.
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David MillerDavid B. Miller is President o DuPont Electronics
& Communications. Miller joined DuPont in
1981. He began his career with DuPont at
the Savannah River Plant in Aiken, S.C., where
he held several positions in engineering and
manuacturing. He then moved into theDuPont Electronic Materials business where
he held assignments in sales, marketing, and
business management, including Managing Director o the Asia Pacifc
Region. Upon his return rom Asia, Miller became a Director in DuPont
Investor Relations. He was named Vice President and General Manager,
DuPont Electronic Technologies in January 2001. In June 2007, he was
named group Vice President o DuPont Electronic & Communication
Technologies. He assumed his present position in October 2009.
Miller is also a member o the Semiconductor Equipment and MaterialsInternational (SEMI) North America Advisory Board, serving on the
public policy subcommittee.
He received a Bachelor o Science in electrical engineering rom the
University o Virginia.
Chris MyersChristopher D. Myers was appointed Vice
President o Government and Energy Prog
or Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Se
(MS2) in January 2010.
In this role, he is responsible or ensuring M
business strategies are properly coordinate
and executed in conjunction with Lockhee
Martins Corporate Washington oce. Myers also leads MS2s entr
into the renewable energy market as the capture executive or En
Generation and is responsible or establishing and growing MS2s
presence in this feld.
Previously, Myers was Vice President, Business Development, whe
was responsible or new business acquisition, technology researc
development or MS2 pursuits. He has also served as Vice Preside
Advanced Programs, with responsibility or leading MS2s eorts
in developing advanced sensors and weapons systems or surac
combatant ships. Beore that role, he was Vice President, Seabase
Missile Deense Programs, which included overseeing Aegis Ballis
Missile Deense.
Myers joined Lockheed Martin ater a distinguished career with th
U.S. Navy. He earned a bachelors degree in political science rom
University o Colorado at Boulder and a Master o Public Administ
degree rom Cornell University.
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Donald PaulDr. Donald Paul is the Executive Director o the
University o Southern Caliornia Energy Institute,
where he also holds the William M. Keck Chair in
Energy Resources. The USC Energy Institute was
launched in 2008 to create a university-based
ramework to support and expand opportunitiesin energy-related research, education, and public
policy development.
Dr. Paul had a distinguished career at Chevron, retiring in 2008
as the corporations Vice President and Chie Technology Oicer.
During his 33 year tenure at Chevron, he held a variety o positions in
research and technology, exploration and production operations, and
executive management, including service as president o Chevrons
Canadian subsidiary. As Chevrons Chie Technology Ocer, he was
responsible or the corporations three major technology subsidiaries:Energy Technology, Inormation Technology, and Technology Ventures.
He was extensively involved in orming external research and
technology partnerships between Chevron and major universities,
governments, and businesses.
Dr. Pauls public service record is expansive, and he was recently
recognized or his career contributions as a recipient o the USC Viterbi
School o Engineerings Distinguished Service Award and an honorary
Doctorate o Engineering rom the Colorado School o Mines.
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Rhone ReschRhone Resch is President and Chie Executive
Ocer o the Solar Energy Industries Association
(SEIA). At SEIA, Resch is responsible or all
aspects o the associations operations and
implementation o SEIAs strategic priorities.
Resch is a registered lobbyist with more than15 years o experience working in clean energy
development and climate change issues. Prior
to coming to SEIA, he was Senior Vice President o the Natural Gas
Supply Association, a trade association that represents both major
and independent companies that produce and market natural gas.
In addition, he has served as Program Manager at the EPAs Climate
Protection Division in the Oce o Air and Radiation, developing
energy eciency programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
hazardous air pollutants rom the petroleum industry.Resch has also supported the U.S. Department o Energys
Environmental Management Program, evaluating the energy eciency
o industrial operations and reviewing regulatory compliance with
respect to Superund, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
the Toxic Substance Control Act, as well as the Clean Water Act, Clean
Air Act, and the Occupational Saety and Health Act.
He received a Master o Public Administration degree in management
rom Syracuse Universitys Maxwell School, a Master o Environmental
Engineering rom SUNY Syracuse, and a Bachelor o Arts rom theUniversity o Michigan.
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Scott SklarScott Sklar is President o The Stella Group, a
strategic marketing and policy frm or clean
distributed energy users and companies. The frm
specializes in blending technologies and fnancing
or projects, assisting companies to scale-up
market penetration, and acilitating ederal andstate polices to expand markets. He joined the
company ull-time as its President in 2000.
For fteen years, he was simultaneously the Executive Director o
the Solar Energy Industries Association and the National BioEnergy
Industries Association. Sklar also served as Political Director o the
Solar Lobby, ormed by several national environmental groups, and
co-ounded the Congressional Solar Coalition, which helped drive
legislation or renewables in the 1970s. His co-authored book,
A Consumer Guide to Solar Energy, was re-released or its third printing,and his co-authored book, The Forbidden Fuel: Power Alcohol in the
Twentieth Century, was updated and re-released in early 2010 by
University o Nebraska Press.
Sklar serves on and chairs numerous industry and non-proft boards.
Sklar will join The George Washington University in September 2010
to teach a course on sustainable energy within the Columbia College
o Arts and Sciences.
Maja WesselsMaja Wessels leads First Solars governmen
aairs, sustainable development and
community relations activities globally
Wessels joined First Solar as Vice President
Government Aairs or the Europe, Middle
and Arica region in May 2008 ater servingyears as Senior Vice President o Governme
Aairs at Honeywell or the EMEA region a
three as President, United Technologies International Operations
Europe. Wessels chaired the American Electronics Industry Assoc
Europe rom 2006 to 2007 and prior to that served as President o
American Chamber o Commerce to the EU rom 2003 to 2007. F
1997 to 2000 she was Vice President o Government Aairs in Eur
Daimler Chrysler.
Wessels received a bachelors degree rom Dartmouth College. Salso holds a masters degree in international economics and Euro
studies rom the School o Advanced International Studies at The
Hopkins University.
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Ken Zweibel
Ken Zweibel has almost 30 years experience
in solar photovoltaics. During his 26 years at
the National renewable Energy Lab (NREL),
Zweibel led their development o thin lm PV,
serving as program leader or the Thin Film PV
Partnership Program until 2006. The Thin FilmPartnership worked with most U.S. stakeholders
in thin ilm PV (companies, universities,
scientists) and is oten credited with being important to the success
o thin lm PV in the U.S. Zweibel subsequently co-ounded and
became Chairman and President o a thin lm CdTe PV start-up,
PrimeStar Solar, a majority o which has been purchased by General
Electric. Zweibel authored the Solar Grand Plan, an article appearing
in Scientic American (January 2008).
Since July 2008, Zweibel has been Director o the Solar Institute atThe George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Institute
conducts research into the economic, technical, and public policy
issues associated with the development and deployment o solar
energy to meet global energy and environmental challenges. Zweibel
has been on the Steering Committee o the DOE Solar Vision since
June 2009, when it began an efort to develop a deployment plan or
solar through 2030. Zweibel also keeps an active blog on solar energy,
thesolarreview.org.
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The George Washington
University Solar Institute
researches the economic,
technical, and public policy
issues associated with the
development and deployment
of solar energy to meet
global energy needs and
environmental challenges.