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“REalizing” the Possibilities
Summer 2008 at The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Abby Poats ’09Grand Challenges Community Colloquium
September 26, 2008
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The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
• 501 c(3) non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, with a San Francisco office as of July 2008
• Mission: “to bring all forms of renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy and lifestyle”
• Core business: convening events and facilitating communications– Trade: WIREC 2008, RETECH– Policy: Phase II – Finance: REFF-Wall Street, REFF-West
• Over 500 members including financial institutions (e.g. Goldman Sachs), government leaders (e.g. NREL, USDA), universities, end-users (e.g. Verizon, Google), professional service providers (e.g. BP, GE) and allied non-profit organizations (e.g. NRDC, USGBC)
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ACORE Internship Program
• Geared toward undergraduate and graduate students and recent university graduates interested in a career in the renewable energy industry
• Provides opportunities to experience and understand the interfaces between trade, finance, law and policy
• Dual focus: program assistance and personal research
• Emphasis on attendance of networking events, which provide interns with the chance to meet key leaders in renewable energy
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Program Assistance• Potential host firm contact list for ACORE’s American
Bar Association (ABA) Teleconference Series – Monthly webinar convening energy lawyers,
business experts and policymakers– Past & recent presentations:
• “Green Buildings and Community Development—Getting the Rules, Regulations and Financing Right” (June 2008)
• “Carbon Regionalism and the National and Global Carbon Agenda—How Does This Fit Together? (September 2008)
• Website development for RETECH, the Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition scheduled for February 2008
• Research support for ACORE’s new International Committee, which presently focuses on China
• Research support for ACORE’s National Governors Association (NGA) 50 states project
– “Renewable Energy in the 14 States of the Natural Resources Committee of the National Governors Association” presented to the NGA Natural Resources Committee in July
– Contributed to policy and technology summaries for 12 states
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Personal Research• “Renewable Energy Highlights: Republic of South
Africa”– Overview for ACORE’s president for his 10-day
trip to South Africa– Includes a summary, resource maps, policy
highlights, technology summaries, notable financing mechanisms and “potential field trips” for him and his family
– Provided the opportunity to wrap up my Cape Town semester research on South Africa’s energy sector and its promotion and implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Overview of IRENA and other international institutions working in the field of renewable energy– Familiarized myself with the planning
documents of the proposed International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
– Compiled information about the renewable energy programs of international organizations like the World Bank, UNEP and UNDP
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Fun Outside the Office!
• Green Cup Polo• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources hearing on cleantech financing (July 15, 2008)
• Al Gore’s speech at Constitution Hall• Sustainable Energy Coalition Expo
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Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Elsie Sheidler at the Pace Center
and to the PEI Energy Grand Challenges program!
Questions?