SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events will host the second annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF) - West, on Sept. 29-30, 2009 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The two-day event brings together senior financiers, investors, executives and policy makers from across the U.S. to learn about the latest technologies and investing trends as well as discuss specific challenges facing renewable energy development in the west.
"It's a critical moment for innovators and investors in the renewable energy space," says ACORE President Michael Eckhart. "A trifecta of explosive energy demand, tightened credit markets, and growing energy gap makes it imperative that newly supportive government policy makers, leading investors and passionate innovators come together to work on achievable solutions. REFF-West exists to make those connections possible."
The conference builds on the success of REFF-Wall Street, the industry's leading financial conference held annually in New York since 2003 and which attracted over 700 participants in 2009, to bring Wall Street investing expertise to the innovation hub of the Silicon Valley.
Representatives from top investment institutions - Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch - will speak on project financing and opportunities in global financial markets that impact clean energy in the U.S. Featured speaker Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, will address current policy initiatives that drive investment in the clean energy sector at the federal level. Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Environmental Initiatives at Google, will offer a corporate perspective and outline his company's Clean Energy 2030 proposal for reducing U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.
Other speakers will update attendees on renewable power generation, green buildings, energy efficiency, transmission and smart grid, and carbon finance. The lineup includes notables such as Nancy Floyd founder of Nth Power; Dan Adler, President of the California Clean Energy Fund; John Geesman, Former Commissioner of California Energy Commission; and Fong Wan, Vice President, Energy Procurement at PG&E.
As a special addition to the program, the National Venture Capital Association will highlight its Four Pillar Plan, which seeks to help VC-backed companies not just survive during this challenging economic market, but also expand businesses and increase market share.
The conference reprises the successful 2008 REFF West launch event in Seattle, which attracted over 350 attendees. For more information about REFF-West 2009, please visit http://www.reffwest.com.
About REFF-West
REFF-West is the largest renewable energy finance conference focused on West Coast energy issues. It is hosted by ACORE, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, dedicated to raising the profile of renewable energy, and Euromoney Energy Events, a London-based wholly owned subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC and organizer of conferences to address topical issues in the energy sector. For more information on confirmed speakers, pricing information and more please visit http://www.reffwest.com.
SOURCE American Council on Renewable Energy
