16th Eastern Shore Planning Conference: Powering Our Renewable Energy Future
November 19, 2015 - November 19, 2015 101 East Dover Street Map and Directions | Register Description: ESLC's annual planing conference tackles a very hot topic, as we learn and discuss renewable energy and its role on a rural Eastern Shore. The conference seeks to understand: * What renewable energy technologies are available today * What emerging technologies exist * How can renewable energy properly fit into a rural landscape * How can rural industries, like agriculture, take advantage of renewable energy technologies * How can broader renewable energy adoption help make communities more resilient and add to the rural independent character of the region * How can residents and communities participate in the benefits of renewable energy Download the ESPC 16 Agenda At the Tidewater Inn – Easton, MD Conference Agenda 7:30 am Grange Hall and Registration Opens Registration opens and all are welcome to peruse an exhibit hall of the many partners, projects and possibilities of Eastern Shore Renewable Energy, including Land Art Generator Initiative exhibit. Grange Hall is open throughout the day. 7:30 am Continental Breakfast & Social Mixer 8:45 am Welcoming Comments - 8:55 am Rob Etgen, ESLC Executive Director Josh Hastings, ESLC Policy Manager 9:00 am Welcoming Address: “The Need for Renewable Energy” - 9:25 am Geoff Oxnam, VP of Operations, Easton Utilities 9:35 am Mapping the Future of Renewable Energy on the Eastern Shore - 10:20 am Katherine Magruder, Executive Director, Maryland Clean Energy Center 10:25 am The Intersection of Energy and Agriculture - 11:15 am Moderator: Carol West, Director, Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Biogas, Anaerobic Digesters & Waste to Energy Jason Lambertson, Owner, Millennium Farms - Renewable Energy and Bay Health- Switchgrass Dr. Kenneth Staver, Associate Research Scientist, University of Maryland - Agricultural Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs Dean Fisher, Program Manager, Maryland Energy Administration - USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) & Beyond Bruce Weaver, Business and Cooperative Specialist/State Energy Coordination, USDA 11:20 pm Making It Work: Energy Financing