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08/31/2010
Bill Brim - Owner, Lewis Taylor Farms
Bill Brim, owner of Lewis Taylor Farms, speaks on the success of his diversified farm operation and their efforts to promote renewable energy in farming.
08/31/2010
Rick Cashatt, CEO of Northstar Renewable Energy
Rick Cashatt, CEO of Northstar Renewable Energy, speaks about his company’s business model which reflects a hybrid of renewable energy production and economic development.
05/27/2010
Director of COI for Energy, Jill Stuckey, attended the ThinkSwiss Study Trip in Switzerland highlighting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency May 2-7, 2010. This exclusive trip offered only nine carefully selected participants from academia, government, media and the private sector the unique opportunity to visit the most important Swiss sites of innovation in the renewable energy field. Attendees learned about Swiss policies with regard to energy and gain first-hand familiarity with the nation’s brightest researchers, policy-makers and top companies in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Listen to Stuckey’s experience in her own words.
11/19/2009
Workforce Development and the Energy Industry
Click to hear Debra Lyons, Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development, speak about the close ties between workforce development and the energy industry. Included in Lyons’ discussion are the Georgia Work Ready regions for which the Governor’s office funds grants and their connection with sustainable construction, renewable energy, etc.
10/15/2009
USDA Loan & Grant Programs for Renewable Energy
Click to hear Craig Scroggs, Renewable Energy Coordinator for the USDA, speak on the new loan and grant programs available for farmers and small agricultural businesses to help pay for renewable energy systems and overall energy efficiency. Scroggs was in attendance at the recent 2009 BioEnergy Conference in Tifton, Georgia.
10/15/2009
The Close Association Between Energy & Agricultural Regarding Bioenergy
Dr. Gale Buchanan, former Under Secretary of the USDA, spoke at the 2009 BioEnergy Conference in Tifton, Georgia, about the close association between Energy & Agriculture when talking about bioenergy. Buchanan also referenced the long history of concentrated effort by the Agriculture industry in developing bio products. Listen to Buchanan’s position on energy securities, public interest in bioenergy and the state’s vast resources.
10/15/2009
Renewable Energy Plans in the Public Sector
Arthur Howard, Coordinator for Conservation and Awareness at WRAFB’s Energy Center speaks about the challenges of putting together a renewable energy plan in the public sector. Listen to how COI for Energy played an integral part in introducing Howard’s team to researchers at the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech and how these relationships lead to in-depth studies and insight into developing a renewable energy plan for WRAFB.
10/15/2009
Commercialization of Renewable Energy
Ross Harding, Senior Adviser to Herty Advanced Materials Development Center in Georgia, speaks about the commercialization of renewable energy. Harding attributes success in commercializing renewable energy to understanding the entire process – supply, technology and the markets. Listen as Harding explains the importance of understanding the entire supply chain of university research, entrepreneurial ideas and financial support and the understanding of consumer.
06/04/2009
BIO 2009 Conference - Jill Stuckey
Jill Stuckey, Director of COI for Energy speaks from the BIO 2009 Conference in Atlanta where thousands from the biotechnology industry come to network, explore partnership opportunities as well as learn about the major trends affecting the industry.
Stuckey makes a strong case about why the 60 nations represented at the conference should be making power with Georgia. Listen to learn more…