CEO OF KUWAIT ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY ENERGY PROGRAM DIRECTORS
CEO OF AREVA
PRESIDENT, PARAMOUNT OPTIONS
CEO OF NRG ENERGY
OECD NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY
WIND FARMER
PRESIDENT OF ICELAND
CEO OF BP
NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF ENERGY
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
US UNDERSECRETARY OF ENERGY
CEO OF REC SOLAR
CEO OF STATOIL
CEO OF CHESAPEAKE
MIT ENERGY INITIATIVE
BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB
CEO OF ABENGOA SOLAR
TEXAS PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONER
INST. OF TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
DIRECTOR, CORNELL BIOFUELS LAB
“So here’s my vision of the future”
“At some point we’ve grabbed all the low hanging fruit. Then it get’s a little more challenging”
“The sun doesn’t always shine, so I can’t go off the grid”
“When the wind stops blowing, we have to bring up gas units to keep the grid stable”
“I wish the country would make a commitment to stringing some wire”
“In America we have 3 electric grids”
“It may be the biggest renewable energy infrastructure project in the history of America”
“Unfortunately, wind and solar are rounding errors today”
“When a customer gets a smart meter they reduce their consumption by 10 to 20%”
“It takes a lot of energy to capture the carbon”
“The new plants capture almost everything. Except the CO2”
“It has completely changed the landscape”
“It takes a very small amount of uranium to make a whole lot of electricity”
Barry Smitherman, Public Utility Commissioner