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WASHINGTON, DC, US, September 20, 2006
(Refocus Weekly)
The American Council On Renewable Energy has
asked industry stakeholders to present their visions on the impact
of renewable energies between 2006 and 2050.
ACORE will hold a meeting in November at the largest national
all-renewables policy forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, entitled
‘Phase II of Renewable Energy in America: Market Forecasts & Policy
Requirements.’ The conference will establish targets for renewable
energies and suggest an action plan for both sectors to achieve.
“The future of renewable energy is critical to the economic and
national security of America,” says Rob Pratt of ACORE. “ACORE will
convene the renewable energy community to work towards taking the
industry from the R&D days of Phase I to an established and coherent
vision for the future under Phase II.”
The strategy is to ask the renewable energy community in the U.S. to
set and commit to a vision for growth of renewables as a share of
energy supply to 2050. The output will set a market share growth
target for renewables and identify the conditions and policies
needed to achieve the numbers.
Phase II will feature governors, members of Congress, public
servants, corporate executives and financiers during the two-day
conference on the future of renewable energies in the U.S.
Invitations have been sent to trade associations, government
agencies, research institutions and environmental groups to present
their vision of how much renewables will contribute to U.S. energy
supply between 2006 and 2050.
“American customers want cost-effective renewable energy,” says
conference co-chair Pat Wood. “It is imperative that this vibrant
industry give them what they want; this conference is the best path
to pull the industry together.”
A forum last year met with “unprecedented interest” from officials
who helped to define the national security imperative for renewables,
and it focused attention on renewables as a growing and economically
strong alternative to imported oil, explains ACORE. The conference
received strong support from the Bush administration and Wisconsin
governor Jim Doyle, among others.
This year’s conference, the third in a series, will build on that
support, focusing on the future of renewable energy in the United
States. Scenarios and forecasts of the contribution of renewables to
future energy supplies will be the aim, and the policy frameworks
needed to implement these forecasts will be presented and debated.
“Renewable energy has so much to contribute in addressing our
nation’s environmental, economic and security challenges and this
conference will help us better define this potential and turn it
into reality,” adds conference co-chair Dan Reicher.
Trade groups which supported the 2005 session include the Alliance
to Save Energy, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy,
American Planning Association, American Public Power Association,
American Wind Energy Association, Center for Resource Solutions,
Electric Power Research Institute, Geothermal Energy Association,
Global Green, Interfaith Environmental Council, Interstate Renewable
Energy Council, National Corn Growers Association, National Hydrogen
Association, National Hydropower Association, National Rural
Electric Co-op Association, Natural Resources Defense Council,
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership, Solar Electric
Power Association, Solar Electric Industries Association, U.S.
Conference of Mayors, Union of Concerned Scientists, World Resources
Institute, Worldwatch Institute and others.
ACORE is a non-profit organization “dedicated to bringing renewable
energy into the mainstream of the US economy and lifestyle through
information and communications programs.”
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