Clean Energy Technology 2010: There's No Silver Bullet Jim Turnure: Environmental Policy Manager, Xcel Energy Economies of scale, risk management and environmental constraints foster new breakthroughs in areas such as wind, biomass, distributed generation, storage and ‘smart grid’ applications. A portfolio of demand and supply technologies is called for, with support for new technology within an overall competitive framework. Examples of scale-up and commercialization will illustrate the limits of any single ‘silver bullet’ approach.
Energy Future: The Promise of Photovoltaic Technologies Scott Stephens: Photovoltaic Technology Manager, DOE Photovoltaic (PV) technologies have demonstrated remarkable growth over the past 40 years yet remain a small fraction of our total energy consumption. The U.S. DOE Solar Program is forecasting this progress to continue and over the next 5 years, close to 10GW of new capacity will be installed in the U.S. alone. Key advantages of PV systems, R&D efforts that promise lower costs and improved performance, and how this technology may mature over the next 5-20 years will be presented.
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