Webcast Presentations

The Public Renewables Partnership sponsors web-based, interactive workshops covering resources, marketing, transmission and more. These "webinars" feature presentations by industry experts that your consumer-owned utility can download to use for your own workshops or as reference resources.

• 2007-08 Webinar series
• Renewables
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory–Seminar Series Archives
• Geothermal
• Green power
• Solar
• Wind

2007-08 Webinar series

You will need the Netspoke Viewer to listen to the recorded webinars. If you have difficulty downloading the presentations, visit the Northwest Public Power Association.

• Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (412kb ppt) – April 4, 2008
• Public Power and the CREBS Program (32kb ppt) – April 4, 2008
• Solar Energy Technologies and Markets - Data and Trends – March 12, 2008
• Update on Wind Siting Issues – December 12, 2007

Renewables

"Project 25 x '25" – Nov. 1, 2006

• NRECA and "25 x '25" (1.95 Mb .ppt)
  Carol Whitman, Ph.D.; Sr. Legislative Principal, Environmental Affairs
  National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• Wind Power's Role in the 25 x '25 Vision - Getting to 20%
  Susan Williams Sloan, Communications Specialist
  American Wind Energy Association
• "25 X '25" Geothermal Energy Opportunities (20.3 MB .ppt)
  Curtis Framel, US Dept. of Energy, Golden Field Office
• Looking to the Future: How do we go from Abundant Biomass to Biofuels? (1.3 MB .pdf)
  John Ashworth, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Wind Energy Update (2.2 MB .ppt)
  Larry Flowers, NREL
• State Issues and "25 x '25" (1.9 MB .ppt)
  David Hiller, State Issues Counsel to U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar

Guidebook to Expanding the Role of Renewables webcast series

• Nov. 1, 2004: Webcast Review and Discussion (.ppt)
• Dec. 6, 2004: Encouraging public Participation and Meaningful Governance (.ppt)
• Jan. 3, 2005: Setting Renewable Objectives (.ppt)
• Feb. 7, 2005: Screening Renewable Energy Alternatives
• Mar. 7, 2005: Evaluating Renewable Energy Costs and Risks (pdf 2.49 MB)
• April 4, 2005: Implementation Planning (.ppt)

National Renewable Energy Laboratory–Seminar Series Archives

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Geothermal

Utility Geothermal Working Group webcast series

• Geothermal Power Production – Jan. 24, 2006,
  • Utility Geothermal Working Group Overview
  • Exploration, Permitting, and Environmental issues
  • Getting a Geothermal Power Plant Developed and Online (24.9 MB)
  • The Value of Geothermal in a Utility Resource Portfolio
  • Operating a Geothermal Power Plant
  • Transmission Access and Power Purchase Agreements
  • A Guide to Electric Generation Plant Siting in Nevada: The Nevada Utility Environmental Permit Review Process (Word)
  • Contact List for Assessing Permitting Status of Nevada Generation and Transmission Projects (Word)
  • Sierra Pacific Resources Transmission Map
• Geothermal Direct Use – Mar. 14, 2006
  • Introduction
  • An overview of Direct Use Applications (13.5MB PowerPoint, download may take 10 min.)
  • Case Histories and Economics (15MB PowerPoint; download may take 10 min.)
• GeoExchange Applications – April 18, 2006
  • GeoExchange Business Model for Utilities
  • Regulatory Issues (3 MB pdf)
  • GeoExchange Technologies
  • Utility Case Histories Panel

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Green power

Markets for Renewable Energy Credits – Oct. 11, 2006

• Overview of Renewable Energy Certificate Markets (1.03 Mb .ppt)
  Lori Bird, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Who Owns Renewable Energy Certificates: An Exploration of Policy Options and Practice (204 kb .ppt)
  Ed Holt, Ed Holt and Associates, Inc.
  
• REC-based Green Power Programs: Options for Consumer-owned Utilities (5.46 Mb .ppt)
  Tom Starrs, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
• Green Tag/REC Markets and Trading (3.38 Mb .ppt)
  Ron Rebenitsch, PE; Basin Electric Power Cooperative
• Great River Energy's Renewable Energy Activity (2.05 Mb .ppt)
  Mark Rathbun, Great River Energy

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Solar

The Central Solar Option – Nov. 17, 2006

• Current and Projected Costs of CSP: The Central Solar Option
  Renewable Energy Applications and Opportunities (533 kB .ppt)
  CSP Technology (5 MB .ppt)
• Concentrating Solar Power Plants in Operation or Construction in the U.S. Southwest (9.2 MB .ppt)
  Mark S. Mehos/ Hank Price, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Southwest Utility Consortium Initiative (1.56 MB .ppt)
  Arizona Public Service

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Wind

Wind case studies – Jan. 11, 2007

• Building a Renewable Energy Portfolio: Municipal Joint Action Agency Perspective – John Krajewski, Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska

Wind integration webcast series

• Wind Development Case Studies and Policy – Sep. 8, 2005
  • Sean Middleton: Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative (923 kb ppt)
  • Ron Rebenitsch: Basin Electric Power Co-op, Inc. (7,432 kb ppt)
  • Debra Ross: Last Mile Electric Cooperative (1,565 kb ppt)
  • Jill Cliburn (WPA Consultant: Public Power Case Studies (1,138 kb ppt)
• Grid Interconnection and Impacts – Dec. 9, 2005
  • Grid Interconnection Issues for Wind Generation
  • UWIG Distributed Wind Applications UG (ppt)
  • Wind Power and Interconnection: Standards for under and over 20 MW
  • Grid Operational Impacts of Wind Power
  • Generic Wind Turbine-Generator Models
• Wind Energy Economics – Feb. 9, 2006
  • Co-op Funding/Financing Opportunities
  • Community Wind Development
  • Local Economic Development Benefits
  • Marketing Green Power
• Tools to Assist Utility Evaluation of Wind Energy Opportunities – April 10, 2006
  • Economic Development Tools
  • Wind Prospecting
  • Project Finance/Economic Analysis
  • Delivering The Wind Message: Getting the Most from the WIAB, "Wind in a Box” Toolkit
  • Public Renewables Partnership

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