The EntreTech Forum: Cleantech Power Wars March 17, 2009

Cleantech - Power Wars - who wins in the end and where does academia fit?

Enormous amounts of financial, entrepreneurial and technological resources have been invested in clean technology enterprises in the past century, with mixed success. With $100/barrel oil, a greener future seemed at hand. At $40/barrel oil, how has the future changed for our panelists? To what extent is Cleantech a solution to a pressing problem, or a solution being applied to what no longer is a problem?

On March 17th, the EntreTech Forum presents a triple play of experts from coal, marine and wind cleantech companies across different categories of fundraising to date. Our panel involves three interwoven tracks of energy:

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Hydromethanation, by which coal, petroleum coke and biomass are converted directly into low-cost, clean, pipeline quality natural gas, while allowing for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2).
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"WaveWater," is investigating the feasibility of using wave energy to manufacture fresh water using seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination units.
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Advanced energy storage systems to transform wind and other intermittent energy sources into dispatchable, firm power sources suitable for peaking, intermittent and baseload generation.

As ever, the EntreTech forum asks these questions in the context of advanced research emerging from our leading universities and the entrepreneurs and visionaries who are developing the commercial potential of this research.

Moderator:
Larry Grumer, Technology Associates & Alliances

Panel:
Andrew Friendly, Principal, ATV
Avi Goldberg, VP & COO, GreatPoint Energy
Bill Staby, Co-Founder, Resolute Marine Energy
Julianne Zimmerman, VP of Communications, General Compression

Meeting Organizers:
Gary Patterson, FiscalDoctor
Andrew Fairbairn, Managing Principal, Fairbairn Ventures

Meeting Cost:
$25 public, $10 students
and active military

Official Website: http://www.entretechforum.org