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.
March 14, 2013 — Western FY 2013 Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase
Feb. 6, 2013 — Regulatory Considerations for Developing Generation Projects on Federal Lands
2013 Tribal Energy Program webinar series
- March 27 — Understanding the Grid
- Feb. 27— Renewable Energy Potential on Tribal Lands
- Jan. 30 — Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) and Online Education Program Update
March 14, 2012 — Western 2012 Renewable Energy Certificate Solicitation (74 Mb wmv) Requires G2M4 codec
2011-2012 Geothermal webinar series
2011-12 Tribal Energy Program webinar series
Nov. 17, 2011 — Colorado's Renewable Energy Development Team (39.5 Mb wmv) Requires G2M4 codec
2010 IREC fall webinar series
2010 Wind webinar series
2008-09 Webinar series
- Wind Turbine Maintenance Programs – Oct. 21
- Electric Cooperative Wind Project Case Studies – Sept. 23
- Municipal Utility Wind Project Case Studies – Aug. 26, 2009
- CREBs and PTC Update – June 24, 2009
- Small Wind and Distributed Generation – May 20, 2009
- Green Jobs and Economic Development from Wind Power – April 15, 2009
- 20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030: Challenges and Opportunities – March 12, 2009
2007-08 Webinar series
Note: The following presentations are available by request. Call 720-962-7508 to request copies
- 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
Note: The following presentations are available by request. Call 720-962-7508 to request copies
"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)
Community Renewable Energy Deployment webinars
National Renewable Energy Laboratory–Seminar Series Archives
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Geothermal
Note: The following presentations are available by request. Call 720-962-7508 to request copies
Utility Geothermal Working Group webcast series
- Geothermal worshop presentations - Aug. 11-12, 2008
- 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
Note: The following presentations are available by request. Call 720-962-7508 to request copies
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
CPUC-DOE High Penetration Solar Forum 
– Feb. 13-14, 2013
Note: The following presentations are available by request. Call 720-962-7508 to request copies
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
Note: The following presentations are available by request. Call 720-962-7508 to request copies
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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