The full schedule for the Global Initiative is here.

WORKING SESSION 2: Renewables Revolution

Thursday 9/25/08, 10:45 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.
New York West

Renewables Revolution explores the global phenomenon of renewable energy, now growing at record rates. Solar entrepreneurs are making vast fortunes in China. Wind power provided 30 percent of new power in the United States last year and more than 20 percent of total power in Denmark. Geothermal energy delivers electricity in Iceland and California. Yet today renewable energy provides only a tiny percentage of global energy needs. Market barriers, erratic and inconsistent regulatory regimes, high costs for some technologies, and lack of knowledge block progress. This session will explore how renewable energy can be scaled up quickly to help meet the world’s energy demand and how every CGI member can help.

Program Participants:

Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute

Carol Browner, Former Administrator, US Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

Marcel Brenninkmeijer, Founder and Chairman, Good Energies

Wesley Clark, Former United States Army General; Senior Fellow, UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations; Director, Emergya Wind Technologies, BV