Green Energy Alternatives
Friday, December 3, 2010
Scholarly Communications Center
Alexander Library • Rutgers University
169 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
A conference hosted by the Rutgers Center for European Studies
9:00-9:20 Coffee / Breakfast Buffet
9:20-9:30 Welcome
- R. Daniel Kelemen, Jean Monnet Chair and Director, Center for European Studies, Rutgers University
9:30-10:15 Green Energy Alternatives – Perspectives from Germany
- Friedo Sielemann, Counselor for Energy and Environment, German Embassy, Washington DC: TBA
10:15-11:00 Green Energy Alternatives – Perspectives from New Jersey
- Michele Siekerka, Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection: “Advancing green energy alternatives...how DEP is making this happen”
- Frank Felder, Director, Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University: “Aligning Renewable Energy Policies with Reductions in Greenhouse Gases”
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15- 12:00 Solar Energy Panel
- Laurent Paty, Director of Customer Programs and Market Development, Petra Solar: “Improving Grid Reliability Through Distributed PV Generation” by Johan Enslin, CTO; Adje Mensah, Marketing Manager; and Laurent Paty, director of Customer Programs (presenter)”
- Dr. Stefan Parhofer, CEO of Gehrlicher Solar: ”Feed-in-tariffs versus RPS – why we like both: Experiences from a German PV company”
12:00-12:30 Biofuels
- Joachim Messing, Director of the Waksman Institute for Microbiology, Rutgers University: “Examples of Alternative Biofuels”
12:30-12:45 Concluding Comments and Discussion
With generous support from the Transatlantic Climate Bridge - a project of the German Information Center USA and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington DC