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E3 2010 Recap
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Over 650 experts and enthusiasts gathered at the Saint Paul RiverCentre to share the latest advances in renewable energy during E3 2010. Thanks to all of our sponsors, attendees, speakers, exhibitors and volunteers for making this year's conference successful!
Keynote Speakers
- Daniel Kammen, University of California - Berkeley / the World Bank
- Nicole Lamb-Hale, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
- Megan McCluer, U.S. Department of Energy (Day 2 Keynote) - Download PPT
Research Posters
Over 70 IREE-funded projects presented posters at E3 2010. Click here to view the abstracts (PDF).
Track Speaker Presentations
For a list of all speakers who participated in the E3 2010 Conference please download a copy of the conference program.
Bioenergy - Conservation & Energy Efficiency - Energy Policy, Environment & Economy - Solar - Special Topics - Wind (Day 2)
Bioenergy
- Performance and Emissions of a Second Generation Biofuel -DME
David Kittelson, University of Minnesota - Maximizing Value from Renewable Feedstocks
Stefan Muller, Ensyn Technologies
- Potential for Algae as a Next Generation Biofuels Feedstock
Ron Pate, Sandia National Laboratories
- Transforming Corn from a Commodity Crop to a Higher-Energy,
Multipurpose Biofuel Crop
Ronald Phillips, Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
Douglas Tiffany, Extension, University of Minnesota
- Biochemical Conversion Technologies: Progress & Promise of Microbial Strain Engineering for Biofuel Production
Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, Biochemistry, Molectular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota
- Carbon-Negative Biofuels: The Challenges Ahead
David Tilman, Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, University of Minnesota
- Segetis L-Ketals –Renewable Platform Chemicals
Brian Tockman, Segetis, Inc. - Technology Pathways for Non-Petroleum Alternative Fuels
Chris Zygarlicke, Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota
Conservation & Energy Efficiency
- Highway Vehicle Technology: Mid-Term Outlook
Kevin Green, U.S. Department of Tranpsortation - Exergy - Its Significance, Capabilities and Promise
Patrick Hamilton, Science Museum of Minnesota; Gregory Palmer, Xcel Energy
David Solberg, Thermo Environmental Solutions, LLC - A Systems Approach to Residential Energy Efficiency: Thinking Outside the Box
Patrick H. Huelman, Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota - Energy Efficient Public Transportation
Brian Lamb, MetroTransit - Building Momentum - Building Design is Critical to a Reduced Carbon Future
Greg Maxam, Architectural Alliance
Energy Policy, Environment and Economy
- While We Wait for Good U.S. Policy
Jon Dettman, Faegre & Benson (video) - Five Key Trends That Will Define Clean-Energy Markets Through 2011 and Beyond
Peter J. Ekberg, Faegre & Benson - The EISA, RES & Carbon Policy: Three Potential Policy Contributors to Increasing Net Farm Income and Jobs in the U.S.
Burton C. English, Professor, Agriculture Economics, University of Tennessee - Property Rights on the New Frontier
Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota Law School - International CleanTech Investment
Rex O'Neal, Faegre & Benson - Financing a Clean Technology Business the Old Fashioned Way
Todd Taylor, Fredrikson & Byron
- IP Issues in Renewable Project Development
Edna Vassilovski, Stoel Rives
- U.S. as a Leader of Energy Technology and IP Ownership
Bill Weimer, Faegre & Benson LLP (video)
- China's Challenges: Energy, Environment, and Development
Elizabeth Wilson, University of Minnesota
Solar Energy
- Large-Scale Solar District Energy Project
Nina Axelson, District Energy St. Paul - Solar Cells from Abundant Nontoxic Materials: Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Photovoltaics
Eray Aydil, University of Minnesota - Innovations in the Concentrated Solar Market
Dan Chen, 3M - Lateral Engineered Architecture for Photovoltaics
Philip Cohen, Electrical & Computer Engineering - Sunshine to Fuels
Jane Davidson, Mechanical Engineering - Perspectives on the Solar Gas Turbine System
Philip Gleckman, Google - Solar America Cities:
Transforming the U.S. Solar Energy Market through Local Action
Anne Hunt, City of St. Paul - Creative Use of Polymers for Low-Cost Solar
Susan Mantell, Mechanical Engineering - Minneapolis Convention Center - Largest Solar PV System in the Upper Midwest
Brian Millberg, City of Minneapolis - Minnesota's Current Solar Infrastructure: Workforce, Installations and Cost Trends
Stacy Miller, Minnesota Office of Energy Security - Utilities and Solar in the Central U.S. and Nationally
Tom Nicholas, Solar Electric Power Association
Special Topics
- Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Jobs in the Upper Midwest and U.S
Shannon Fraser, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration - Sustainable Waste Management: the Energy and Greenhouse Gas Implications
Paul Gilman, Covanta Energy - Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Jobs in the Upper Midwest and U.S
Elizabeth Glidden, Minneapolis City Council, 8th Ward - Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Jobs in the Upper Midwest and U.S
Andrew Ritten, Faegre & Benson (video) - Waste-to-Energy Systems
Elizabeth Schmiesing, Faegre & Benson - The Eolos Consortium: An Industry/Academe Partnership for Advancing Wind Energy
Fotis Sotiropoulos, Civil Engineering/St. Anthony Falls Lab, University of Minnesota - Design of Hierarchically Structured Catalysts and Adsorbents for Efficient Conversion of Biomass to Chemicals & Fuels
Michael Tsapatsis, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota - Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Jobs in the Upper Midwest and U.S
Kyle Uphoff, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Hydrocarbon Biofuels from Carbon Dioxide and Sunlight
Lawrence Wackett, BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota - Renewable Energy Opportunities in Wastewater
Jason Willett, Metropolitan Council - Bioenergy and Value-added Chemicals Produced from Agricultural Waste Materials
Jun Zhu, Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota
Day 2: Wind Energy Workshop
Federal & State Government
- How to Work the Problem from the Bottom Up
William Glahn, Minnesota Office of Energy Security - DOE Wind University Consortia Program
Megan McCluer, U.S. DOE
Indusry Perspectives
- Research Roles for Wind Energy - A View from the Private Sector
Mark Ahlstrom, Windlogics - University of Minnesota Clipper Liberty Research Turbine
Amir Mikhail, Clipper Windpower
University/Consortia Research
- Aerodynamic Research in Support of More Efficient Wind Turbines
Roger E.A. Arndt, Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota - Wind Turbine Modeling, Control,
Fault Detection and Isolation
Gary Balas, University of Minnesota - Hydrostatic Drive Research for Wind Power Applications
Brad Bohlmann, Center for Compact & Efficient Fluid Power, University of Minnesota - Wind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation
Mos Kaveh, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
Education & Training
- Minnesota’s Statewide
Energy
Training Plan:
Developing a Collaborative
Compendium of Training Resources
Michelle Gransee-Bowman, State of Minnesota - Minnesota State Energy Sector Partnership
Connie Ireland, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Reformed Curriculum on Electric
Energy Systems Education
Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota
Wind Energy Storage
- Investigating the Possibilities of Pump Hydro Energy Storage on MN's Iron Ranges
Don Fosnacht, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI), University of Minnesota, Duluth - Xcel Energy's Wind-to-Battery Project - Preliminary Results
Frank Novacheck, Xcel Energy