Energy Collective - Webinars
Siemens is a sponsor of The Energy Collective, the Web's leading social media community for policymakers, executives and activists committed to finding common-ground solutions to global energy and climate changes. Launched in November 2007, The Energy Collective's roster of contributors includes many of the most recognizable and influential bloggers, journalists and entrepreneurs active in the energy industry today.
- Latest Webinars
- Recent Webinars
The Department of Defense and Energy Innovation - Can The Military Lead the Way to Smarter Energy?
The U.S. military has deep resources, incentives to innovate, and a history of developing groundbreaking technologies that have spilled over into market-changing private sector applications. What can be learned from the Department of Defense when it comes to developing smarter, more renewable energy solutions? Do military ideas or technologies exist that can provide important lessons for the private sector?
While private companies continue to compete to develop more effective and cheaper solar panels, wind turbines, biofuels, energy management technology, and more, the DOD's operational and strategic needs are also catalyzing innovation in ways that could have broader impacts on the energy sector.
Listen to the archive as our panelists explore some examples of the most exciting energy technologies at the U.S. Navy, where the greatest opportunities for knowledge-sharing lie, and whether the military can serve as a model for innovation elsewhere. We cover:
- What are the DOD's goals when it comes to energy, and how do these overlap with those of the energy industry?
- Can DOD ideas offer lessons for improving energy sustainability more broadly?
- What are the challenges and economic obstacles to bringing a DOD-innovated idea to market?
If you missed the event, you can listen to the discussion now.
Unlocking the Next Energy Breakthroughs: What Drives Energy Innovation in 2012?
Our own John Hurley, from Siemens Corporate Research, will be joining a panel on March 5, 2012 at 11:30am ET for a one hour discussion on the next big innovations in Energy technology. Following on the heels of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's 3rd annual Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, DC, February 27-29, and looking forward to the Edison Foundation's Powering the People event March 22, The Energy Collective will bring together experts from both organizations and exciting technology leaders to explore:
- What technologies are at the cutting edge of energy innovation in 2012
- What technologies show the most promise for helping us to establish a sustainable energy future and power our economy in the process
- What are the respective roles of the public and private sectors in driving innovation in the space
If you missed the event, you can listen to the discussion now.
How to save a planet on a budget?
Videos
The Webinar was sponsored by Siemens and took place on the 30th of November with over 700 participants. In the following three videos of the "How to save a planet - On a Budget" webinar can be watched.
First Session - Paying the cost of carbon
For the first session of the "How to Save a Planet - On a Budget" web conference, The Energy Collective and Sustainable Cities Collective bring together Gernot Wagner, EDF, Janet Peace, C2ES, Lee Thiessen, B.C. Climate Secretariat, and Lucas Brown, Oxford, to discuss the true cost of releasing carbon into the atmosphere, and different legislative tools that governments are using to help make sure that those costs are accurately represented in the costs of polluters and energy producers' actions.
Watch the video on YouTube
Second Session - Renewable ROI
In the second session of the "How to Save a Planet - On a Budget" web conference, The Energy Collective and Sustainable Cities Collective bring together Marc Gunther, Fortune Magazine, Jo Danko, CH2M Hill, Thiemo Gropp, DeserTec, Lane Burt, USGBC, and Andrew Carman and Kirk Edelman of Siemens Financial Services to discuss both the opportunities for collaboration between the public and private sectors for creating new green infrastructure, and the economics of private investment in green energy projects.
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Third Session - Green Seeds
In the third and last session of the "How to Save a Planet - On a Budget" web conference, The Energy Collective and Sustainable Cities Collective bring together Jesse Jenkins of the Breakthrough Institute, Will Coleman of Mohr Davidow Ventures, Scott Anderson of Verde Strategy, and Dan Shugar of Solaria to discuss the current environment for cleantech startups looking for support from venture capital, and the interacting between government policy and the cleantech market.
Watch the video on YouTube