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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
7:00 AM – 6:30 PM
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Registration Open
7:00 AM – 6:30 PM
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Registration Open
Sponsored by:
8:45 AM – 10:00 AM
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Welcome Remarks and General Session
8:45 AM – 10:00 AM
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Welcome Remarks and General Session
Location: 052AB, BCEC
8:45 AM – 8:55 AM
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Welcome Remarks by State Representative Jeffrey N. Roy, Massachusetts House of Representatives and Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities & Energy and House-Chair of the Manufacturing Caucus
Location: 052AB, BCEC
Keynote Speaker:
Jeffrey Roy (he/him/his)
– Commonwealth of Massachusetts
8:55 AM – 9:15 AM
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Welcome Remarks by SEIA and SEPA
Location: 052AB, BCEC
Speaker:
Sheri Givens
– Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
Speaker:
Abigail Ross Hopper
– Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
9:15 AM – 9:35 AM
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Keynote Remarks: You Cannot Be What You Cannot See
Location: 052AB, BCEC
Keynote Speaker:
Tarika Barrett
– Girls Who Code
9:35 AM – 10:00 AM
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Moderated Q&A
Location: 052AB, BCEC
Keynote Speaker:
Tarika Barrett
– Girls Who Code
Speaker:
Sheri Givens
– Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
Speaker:
Abigail Ross Hopper
– Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Full Conference Sessions
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Full Conference Sessions
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
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Full Conference Networking Break
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
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Full Conference Networking Break
Sponsored by:
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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SEIA Powerhouse Network Coffee Hour
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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SEIA Powerhouse Network Coffee Hour
Location: Meeting Level 1, Room 161, BCEC
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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Expo Hall Open
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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Expo Hall Open
10:30 AM – 11:55 AM
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Expo Hall Theater: NEC and Fire Requirements for Energy Storage Systems
10:30 AM – 11:55 AM
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Expo Hall Theater: NEC and Fire Requirements for Energy Storage Systems
Location: Expo Hall, Training and Innovation Stage
Expo Hall Speaker:
Ryan Mayfield (he/him/his)
– Mayfield Renewables
10:45 AM – 11:05 AM
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State Briefing: Connecticut
10:45 AM – 11:05 AM
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State Briefing: Connecticut
Location: 051, BCEC
Speaker:
Kyle Wallace (he/him/his)
– PosiGen PBC
10:45 AM – 11:35 AM
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The DER Recycling & Decommissioning in the Northeast
10:45 AM – 11:35 AM
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The DER Recycling & Decommissioning in the Northeast
Location: 050, BCEC
Moderator:
Robert Nicholson
– Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Panelist:
Vidha Dixit (she/her/hers)
– EDP Renewables
Panelist:
Peter Hutchings
– ONTILITY/TERREPOWER
Panelist:
Daniel Spitzer (he/him/his)
– Hodgson Russ LLP
10:45 AM – 11:35 AM
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The Dynamic Duo: Evolution of Energy Storage Rate Design
10:45 AM – 11:35 AM
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The Dynamic Duo: Evolution of Energy Storage Rate Design
Location: 052A, BCEC
Moderator:
Joan White (she/her/hers)
– SEIA
Panelist:
Lisa Boba (she/her/hers)
– Nexamp
Panelist:
Sean Burke
– BlueWave
Panelist:
Thomas Ferguson (he/him/his)
– Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
Panelist:
Roger Kranenburg (he/him/his)
– Eversource Energy
10:45 AM – 11:35 AM
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The Great Siting Debate - Maximizing Public and Private Land Use to Meet Bold Goals
10:45 AM – 11:35 AM
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The Great Siting Debate - Maximizing Public and Private Land Use to Meet Bold Goals
Location: 052B, BCEC
Moderator:
Sean Gallagher
– Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Panelist:
Sue AnderBois (she/her/hers)
– The Nature Conservancy
Panelist:
Houtan Moaveni
– New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting
Panelist:
Jessica Robertson (she/her/hers)
– New Leaf Energy
Panelist:
Jeffrey Roy (he/him/his)
– Commonwealth of Massachusetts
11:35 AM – 11:45 AM
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Transition Break
11:35 AM – 11:45 AM
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Transition Break
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
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State Briefing: Maine
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
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State Briefing: Maine
Location: 051, BCEC
Speaker:
Dan Burgess
– State of Maine
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
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TechTalk: Empowering New York through Hydrogen Innovation
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
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TechTalk: Empowering New York through Hydrogen Innovation
Location: 050, BCEC
RE+ Tech Speaker:
Haiyan Sun (she/her/hers)
– NYSERDA
RE+ Tech Speaker:
Fernando Villafuerte (he/him/his)
– NYSERDA
11:45 AM – 12:35 PM
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Expanding Access to Community Energy Solutions
11:45 AM – 12:35 PM
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Expanding Access to Community Energy Solutions
Location: 052A, BCEC
Moderator:
Kate Daniel (she/her/hers)
– Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA)
Panelist:
Weston P. Dengler (he/him/his)
– Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
Panelist:
Sara Jayanthi
– NYSERDA
Panelist:
Sandhya Murali (she/her/hers)
– Solstice
Panelist:
Juan Parra (he/him/his)
– Nexamp
11:45 AM – 12:35 PM
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Safe, Reliable, Affordable, Clean, Equitable, and FLEXIBLE: Keeping Rates Reasonable in the Grid of the Future
11:45 AM – 12:35 PM
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Safe, Reliable, Affordable, Clean, Equitable, and FLEXIBLE: Keeping Rates Reasonable in the Grid of the Future
Location: 052B, BCEC
Moderator:
Rhaman R. Johnson
– Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
Panelist:
John Cordi (he/him/his)
– New York Power Authority
Panelist:
Sarah Cullinan (she/her/hers)
– Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
Panelist:
Lindsay Griffin (she/her/hers)
– Vote Solar
Panelist:
David Gahl (he/him/his)
– Solar & Storage Industries Institute (SI2)
12:00 PM – 12:55 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: Land Control and DeRisking Utility Scale Projects
12:00 PM – 12:55 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: What Happens After the Title Commitment? Effectively De-Risking Land in Renewable Energy Projects
Location: Expo Hall, Energy Transition Stage
Expo Hall Speaker:
Steve Carr (he/him/his)
– Dudley Land Company
Expo Hall Speaker:
Patrick B. Durman
– Dudley Land Company
Expo Hall Speaker:
Natalie Johns
– Dudley Land Company
12:15 PM – 12:35 PM
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State Briefing: New Hampshire
12:15 PM – 12:35 PM
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State Briefing: New Hampshire
Location: 051, BCEC
Speaker:
Sam Evans-Brown
– Clean Energy NH
12:15 PM – 12:35 PM
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TechTalk: Disruptive Hydrogen Technologies and their Pathway within a Utility
12:15 PM – 12:35 PM
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TechTalk: Disruptive Hydrogen Technologies and their Pathway within a Utility
Location: 050, BCEC
RE+ Tech Speaker:
Morgan MacGregor
– Liberty Utilities
12:35 PM – 1:35 PM
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Full Conference Networking Lunch
12:35 PM – 1:35 PM
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Full Conference Networking Lunch
Location: Expo Hall
1:30 PM – 1:55 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: Agrivoltaics: What’s Holding it Back
1:30 PM – 1:55 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: Agrivoltaics: What’s Holding it Back
Location: Expo Hall, Energy Transition Stage
Expo Hall Speaker:
David Gahl (he/him/his)
– Solar & Storage Industries Institute (SI2)
1:35 PM – 2:00 PM
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QuickTalk: End-of-Life Equipment for a Circular Economy
1:35 PM – 2:00 PM
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QuickTalk: End-of-Life Equipment for a Circular Economy
Location: 052B, BCEC
Moderator:
Stacy J. Ettinger (she/her/hers)
– Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Panelist:
Allie A. Peters (she/her/hers)
– EDP Renewables
Panelist:
Kelly Weger (she/her/hers)
– Qcells
1:35 PM – 2:00 PM
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QuickTalk: Navigating IRA Guidance and Implementation in the Northeast
1:35 PM – 2:00 PM
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QuickTalk: Navigating IRA Guidance and Implementation in the Northeast
Location: 052A, BCEC
Moderator:
Sean Gallagher
– Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Panelist:
Vincent Albanese
– LiUNA
Panelist:
Twiggy Mendenhall (she/her/hers)
– CleanCapital
1:35 PM – 2:00 PM
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QuickTalk: Solar For All in New York: A Case Study into Effective Community Solar Program Design
1:35 PM – 2:00 PM
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QuickTalk: Solar For All in New York: A Case Study into Effective Community Solar Program Design
Location: 051, BCEC
Speaker:
Max Joel (he/him/his)
– NYSERDA
1:35 PM – 2:00 PM
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QuickTalk: Tracking Carbon Reduction Trends and Tactics
1:35 PM – 2:00 PM
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QuickTalk: Tracking Carbon Reduction Trends and Tactics
Location: 050, BCEC
Speaker:
Ted Burhans (he/him/his)
– Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM
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Transition Break
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM
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Transition Break
2:00 PM – 2:25 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: Driving Electrification Forward: Enhancing DC EV Chargers with Advanced and Innovative Sensing and Power Technologies
2:00 PM – 2:25 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: Driving Electrification Forward: Enhancing DC EV Chargers with Advanced and Innovative Sensing and Power Technologies
Location: Expo Hall, Energy Transition Stage
Expo Hall Speaker:
Motaz Khader (he/him/his)
– Allegro MicroSystems
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM
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QuickTalk: Hurdles in Solar Permitting with SolarAPP+
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM
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QuickTalk: Hurdles in Solar Permitting with SolarAPP+
Location: 052B, BCEC
Moderator:
Stephen G. Pope (he/him/his)
– Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Speaker:
Kimberly Norman-Rosedam (she/her/hers)
– Town of Guilford, CT
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM
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QuickTalk: Redefining Utilities: Harnessing Geothermal Energy Through Pipelines
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM
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QuickTalk: Redefining Utilities: Harnessing Geothermal Energy Through Pipelines
Location: 051, BCEC
RE+ Tech Speaker:
Caroline Hon (she/her/hers)
– National Grid
RE+ Tech Speaker:
Zeyneb Magavi (she/her/hers)
– HEET
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM
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QuickTalk: U.S. Solar Market Insight Update: Unpacking 2023 and Looking to 2024 and Beyond
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM
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QuickTalk: U.S. Solar Market Insight Update: Unpacking 2023 and Looking to 2024 and Beyond
Location: 052A, BCEC
Speaker:
Max B. Issokson (he/him/his)
– Wood Mackenzie
Speaker:
Tyler Thompson (he/him/his)
– Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM
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QuickTalk: Workforce Development Best Practices: Creating Jobs that Sustain
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM
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QuickTalk: Workforce Development Best Practices: Creating Jobs that Sustain
Location: 050, BCEC
Speaker:
Barry Reaves
– NECEC
Speaker:
Sarah Pidgeon (she/her/hers)
– Solar Landscape
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
ET
Expo Hall Theater: New Standards and Integrated Design Tools to Accelerate the Adoption of DC & Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: New Standards and Integrated Design Tools to Accelerate the Adoption of DC & Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids
Location: Expo Hall, Training and Innovation Stage
Expo Hall Speaker:
Dusan Brhlik
– Direct Energy Partners, Inc.
2:35 PM – 3:05 PM
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Full Conference Networking Break
2:35 PM – 3:05 PM
ET
Full Conference Networking Break
Sponsored by:
3:00 PM – 3:25 PM
ET
Expo Hall Theater: An Architectural Roadmap for Resilient, Sustainable, Multi-sourced Production, Storage and Bi-directional Distribution of Power at the Grid Edge
3:00 PM – 3:25 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: An Architectural Roadmap for Resilient, Sustainable, Multi-sourced Production, Storage and Bi-directional Distribution of Power at the Grid Edge
Location: Expo Hall, Training and Innovation Stage
Expo Hall Speaker:
Gary Oppedahl (he/him/his)
– Block Energy
3:05 PM – 3:30 PM
ET
TechTalk: Long Duration Energy Storage Technologies are Gaining Momentum, But What are the Use Cases?
3:05 PM – 3:30 PM
ET
TechTalk: Long Duration Energy Storage Technologies are Gaining Momentum, But What are the Use Cases?
Location: 050, BCEC
RE+ Tech Speaker:
Shaheer Aziz
– Hydrostor Inc.
3:05 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
Decarbonization For All: Turning A Vision into Results
3:05 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
Decarbonization For All: Turning A Vision into Results
Location: 051, BCEC
Moderator:
Ukiah Busch (he/him/his)
– Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
Panelist:
Celina Cunningham (she/her/hers)
– Governor's Energy Office, State of Maine
Panelist:
Sonal Jessel
– WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Panelist:
Jayson Uppal (he/him/his)
– PosiGen
Panelist:
Melissa Lavinson (she/her/hers)
– National Grid
3:05 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
How Clear Goals, Effective Engineering and Innovative Technology will Address Interconnection Challenges
3:05 PM – 3:55 PM
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How Clear Goals, Effective Engineering and Innovative Technology will Address Interconnection Challenges
Location: 052B, BCEC
Moderator:
Ammar Qusaibaty (he/him/his)
– Boston Government Services (BGS)
Panelist:
Hudson Gilmer
– LineVision
Panelist:
Alexina Jackson (she/her/hers)
– The AES Corporation
Panelist:
Gerhard Walker
– Eversource
3:05 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
State Briefing: New York
3:05 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
State Briefing: New York
Location: 052A, BCEC
Speaker:
Noah Ginsburg (he/him/his)
– NYSEIA
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
Expo Hall Theater: Empowering the Grid: Harnessing Distributed Generation for Seamless Interconnection Solutions
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
Expo Hall Theater: Empowering the Grid: Harnessing Distributed Generation for Seamless Interconnection Solutions
Location: Expo Hall, Training and Innovation Stage
Expo Hall Speaker:
C.J. Colavito
– Standard Solar
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
TechTalk: Long Duration Storage: Our World Can’t Wait
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM
ET
TechTalk: Long Duration Storage: Our World Can’t Wait
Location: 050, BCEC
RE+ Tech Speaker:
Melissa DeValles (she/her/hers)
– Energydome
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
SEIA Apprenticeship & Workforce Power Hour
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
SEIA Apprenticeship & Workforce Power Hour
Location: Meeting Level 1, Room 161, BCEC
3:55 PM – 4:05 PM
ET
Transition Break
3:55 PM – 4:05 PM
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Transition Break
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
Expo Hall Theater: Startup Showcase
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Expo Hall Theater: Startup Showcase
Location: Expo Hall, Training and Innovation Stage
4:05 PM – 4:30 PM
ET
State Briefing: Vermont
4:05 PM – 4:30 AM
ET
State Briefing: Vermont
Location: 051, BCEC
Speaker:
Jonathan Dowds (he/him/his)
– Renewable Energy Vermont
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
Navigating the Northeast Hydrogen Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
Navigating the Northeast Hydrogen Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities
Location: 052B, BCEC
Moderator:
Keith H. Malone (he/him/his)
– RE+ Events
Panelist:
Liz Mettetal
– Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3)
Panelist:
Heather Tebbetts (she/her/hers)
– Liberty Utilities
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
Securing Solar Energy: Mitigating Risks in the Growing Industry
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
Securing Solar Energy: Mitigating Risks in the Growing Industry
Location: 052A, BCEC
Moderator:
Aaron Smallwood
– Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
Panelist:
Megan Culler (she/her/hers)
– Idaho National Lab
Panelist:
Chris Leigh
– Eversource
Panelist:
Joel T. Santisteban (he/him/his)
– Ecogy Energy
Panelist:
Guohui Yuan, PhD
– Solar Energy Technologies Office, Department of Energy
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
TechTalk: Creating Cost Effective "Underground Batteries" + Building the Next Generation Approach to Geothermal
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM
ET
TechTalk: Creating Cost Effective "Underground Batteries" + Building the Next Generation Approach to Geothermal
Location: 050, BCEC
RE+ Tech Speaker:
Cindy D. Taff
– Sage Geosystems
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
ET
Expo Hall Happy Hour
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
ET
Expo Hall Happy Hour
Location: Expo Hall
Sponsored by:
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Networking Reception
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Networking Reception
Location: SPIN, 30 Melcher St. Boston, MA 02210
Sponsored by:
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