Summit on Renewable Energy Agenda

OPENING: Renewable Resources – The S.C. Advantage
Nicholas Rigas, Ph.D.,
Director, Renewable Energy, Clemson University Restoration Institute
[Video] [Presentation, PDF 6.5 MB]

PANEL: Job Creation in South Carolina’s Energy Sector [Video: Part 1] [Video: Part 2]

• Sharon Epperson, Energy Correspondent, CNBC, Moderator
• Jim O’Leary, CEO, Kaydon
• Jim Turner, President and COO, Duke Energy
• Senator Paul Campbell, Chairman, S.C. Wind Energy Feasibility Study
• James I. Newsome III, President and CEO, S.C. State Ports Authority
• Joe Taylor, Secretary, S.C. Department of Commerce

KEYNOTE: Jeff Immelt, President and CEO, GE [Video]

PANEL: Renewable Energy Technology in South Carolina [Video]

• Johanna Wellington, Technology Leader, Sustainable Energy, GE Research Center
• John Clark, Executive Director, S.C. Energy Office
• Paul Gayes, Ph.D., Director, Center for Marine and Wetland Studies, Coastal Carolina University
• Tom French, Manager, Bio Energy, Wind and Carbon Management Program, Savannah River National Lab; and Chairman, S.C. Biomass Council
• Bruce Wood, Chairman, S.C. Solar Council

PANEL: South Carolina’s Energy Future [Video]

• Seth Dunn, Renewable Energy Policy Director, GE Power and Water
• Nicholas Rigas, Ph.D., Director, Renewable Energy, Clemson University Restoration Institute
• Suzanne Watson, Policy Director, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• Michael Couick, President and CEO, Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina

CLOSING
President James F. Barker, FAIA