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THE	mOsT	ImPOrTanT	CPV	EVEnT	In	nOrTH	amErICa	THIs	yEar!




      ConCenTrATeD
  2 nd Annual
PhoToVolTAiC SummiT USA
FebruAry 2-3, The uS GrAnT, SAn DieGo


Power into commercial CPV –                                                                                     Register Today!

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finance and projects                                                                                             $300!
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                             •	CUT CPV COSTS AND BOOST MARGINS -	Understand	
                               what	more	you	can	do	to	make	your	offering	the	most	
         Edward Etzkorn
         Department of         competitive	and	cost	effective	option	
         Energy                                                                                                Lanyard	Sponsor:
                             •	CPV FINANCE FIXES -	Hear	the	best	strategies	to	
         Robert P. Powers
                               secure	public	and	private	funding	and	how	you	can	
         American Electric     make	your	project	a	sure	thing	for	investors	
         Power                                                                                                  USB	Sponsor:
                             •	TOP TECHNOLOGY TIPS	-	Leading	CPV	players		
                               from	around	the	world	detail	their	innovative	                                 10x Technology
         Mark Crowley
         SolFocus Inc.         technology	solutions	from	temperature	control		
                                                                                                                  Sponsors:
                               to	‘efficiency	versus	concentration’
                             •	UTILITIES AND CPV -	Hear	directly	from	utility	
         Hansjoerg
         Lerchenmueller        companies	on	how	they	plan	to	work	with	CPV	
         Concentrix            companies,	gain	unique	insight	into	PPAs	and	
                               understand	how	to	power	into	utility-scale	production	                           Official	Partner:
         Tim Woodward
         Nth Power           •	SET UP FOR CPV STANDARDS - Find	out	how	to	hit	IEC	
                               and	UL	standards	and	realize	automation	so	that	you	
                                                                                                                  Our	Expert		
                               can	ramp	up	volume	and	enter	the	market	fast	and	                               Speakers	Include:
         Jeffery Nelson        problem	free!
         Sandia National
         Laboratories



         Carl Osterwald
                                        Are you serious about CPV?
         NREL                       6	excellent	reasons	why	you	must	attend	this	event!
                             1.	   Over	300	CPV	industry	experts	      4.	 Over	20	hours	of	networking	and	
                                   set	to	attend                          business	building	opportunities
         Pedro Banda
         ISFOC
                             2.	 Two	tracks	–	commercial	and	          5.	 Top	case	studies	on	CPV	
                                   technical	so	that	you	can	tailor	      installations
                                   your	own	conference	experience
                                                                       6.	 Panel	sessions,	working	
                             3.	 Bigger	and	better	Exhibition	            discussion	groups,	key	note	
                                   Hall	for	2010                          speakers	and	much	more!
   Media	Partners
                             …the biggest and best CPV event of the year… simply unmissable!



                              Open	now	For	The	Full	summit	Program!
book now for the event that shows you - step by step
        how to launch into commercial CPV!
Secure your future in CPV                           With	only	10%	of	venture	backed	CPV	companies	          PLUS – Exclusively hear from the leaders
                                                    expected	to	survive	until	market	fruition,	it	is	       in the industry SolFocus and Concentrix
- get the answers you need                          critical	for	you	to	arm	yourself	with	the	knowledge	    about their experience in installing
to guarantee your business                          and	contacts	that	you	can	only	hear	at	this	event.	     systems, the challenges	they faced and
beats your competitors by                           The	2nd	Concentrated	Photovoltaic	Summit	has	           key lessons learned. Providing you with
attending the 2nd Concentrated                      been	designed	with	your	business	in	mind	to	            a detailed battle plan so that you are only
Photovoltaic Summit                                 uncover	the	secret	tips,	insider	strategies	and	real	   making commercially viable decisions!
                                                    life	solutions	that	will	help	you	secure	your	future	   New for 2010	-	we	have	addressed	all	your	
Widely	recognized	as	the	most	promising	            in	CPV.	                                                business	needs	and	you	will	be	hearing	
solar	technology,	forward	thinking	investors	
                                                    Our	groundbreaking	agenda	will	give	you	                from	global	experts	about	your	most	
and	industry	experts	are	putting	their	money	
                                                    with	answers	to	your	biggest	challenges:                pressing	commercial	and	technical	issues.	
on	CPV	winning	the	renewable	energy	race	
                                                                                                            You	will	have	the	ability	to	customize	your	
and	becoming	the	first	clean	technology	to	         Lower CPV costs.	The	only	winners	in	this	              conference	experience	and	walk	away	
compete	and	outdo	traditional	fossil	fuels.	        industry	will	be	the	companies	that	lower	costs	the	    with	the	knowledge	you	came	hungry	for,	
In	spite	of	2009’s	tough	financial	climate,	the	    fastest.	Hear	from	leading	CPV	suppliers	Cyrium	        through	our	commercial	and	technical
CPV	industry	has	had	a	year	to	remember	            and	SunTrack	on	how	they	are	working	towards	           track.		Even	better	bring	your	team	along	
with:                                               this	goal	that	will	equip	you	with	the	ultimate	cost	   to	get	answers	for	their	challenges	and	
•	 Spectrolab’s	new	world	record	for	cell	          reduction	strategy.                                     gain	a	forward	thinking	and	synchronized	
   efficiency	setting	a	new	benchmark	for	          Secure critical finance.	CPV	works	but	in	today’s	      approach.
   CPV,	raising	the	bar	to	an	impressive	           recession	investors	are	questioning	the	bankability	    But it’s not all about information, it’s
   41.6%                                            of	all	emerging	technologies	and	doing	everything	      about making contacts and forging
•	 The	Southwest	of	the	USA	becoming	a	             they	can	to	lower	their	risks.	Discover	what	           relationships too. Over 300 senior level
   hotbed	of	activity	with	Amonix’s	Nevada	         you	can	do	to	make	your	project	as	appealing	           executives across the industry such as
   installations,	Solfocus’s	partnership	           as	possible	from	The	DOE,	Nth Power,	Good               investors and utilities will be at the event
   with	the	City	of	Mesa	and	Concentrix’s	          Energies,	US Venture Partners,	Hudson Clean             for you to do business with. Hear what
   increased	presence	in	California                 Energy Partners,	Draper Fisher Jurvetson	and	           they have to say about CPV as you could
                                                    SgurrEnergy Ltd	                                        be their client!
•	 The	Department	of	Energy	allocated	
   $117.6	million	to	accelerate	solar	energy	       Compete with other solar technologies.	The	
   commercialization	across	America	and	            recent	drop	in	silicon	prices	has	taken	the	edge	         “Nth Power sees great potential from
   designed	a	CPV	roadmap	so	that	costs	            off	CPV’s	competitive	advantage	and	CPV	now	              the cost leverage associated with the
   are	at	a	level	to	displace	traditional	energy	   faces	a	fight	for	survival	against	CSP,	Thin	Film	      improved performance of triple junction,
   sources                                          and	PV.	Find	out	from	American Electric Power,	            high efficiency cells and we believe
                                                    Sacramento Municipal Utilities District	and	San          several leading solar companies will be
This	year’s	activity	proves	that	CPV	is	here	       Francisco Public Utilities Commission Power                    formed in the CPV sector”
to	stay	and	that	not	even	the	worst	global	         Enterprise	how	you	can	be	the	number	one	utility	
economic	crisis	of	our	generation	can	stop	         choice	over	your	competitors.	Plus	-	gain	first-                Tim	Woodward,	Nth Power
this	technology	powering	forward	and	               hand	results	of	recent	reports	on	how	CPV	can	
driving	the	clean	energy	revolution.	And	           successfully	compete	by	the	CPV Consortium		
things	are	not	slowing	down!	As	we	move	            and	the	University of Nevada Las Vegas                      “We see CPV technologies having
into	2010	even	more	megawatts	are	being	                                                                        the potential to make substantial
installed,	the	investment	climate	is	looking	       Improve CPV efficiency and reliability.	CPV	
                                                                                                               contributions to the utility portfolio,
brighter	and	governments	around	the	globe	          technology	needs	to	hit	the	Holy	Grail	standard	of	
                                                                                                              and are eager to help accelerate the
are	stepping	up	by	providing	an	array	of	           a	25	year	life	in	the	sun	warranty.	At	the	summit	
                                                                                                              technology to achieve that potential”
incentives	and	support.	                            leading	experts	from	around	the	world	are	on	
                                                    hand	to	discuss	what	you	need	to	do	to	make	this	           Obadiah	Bartholomy,	Sacramento
                                                    happen,	including	National Renewable Energy                    Municipal Utilities District
   CPV	FaCTs	-	why	you	can	bank		                   Lab,	Sandia National Laboratories,	ISFOC,	
      on	CPV’s	future	success	                      TUV Rheinland PTL,	IBM,	National Pingtung
                                                    University - Taiwan,	University of California,	         If you are serious about succeeding
•	 Once	commercialized	CPV	will	be	
                                                    Merced,	Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute	and	          in CPV you have to attend this event -
   the	lowest	cost	and	most	efficient	
                                                    LPI LLC		                                               there is simply no other way you can
   solar	technology	in	the	market	-	
                                                    Scale Up CPV into mass production.	Make	sure	           meet more CPV insiders and hear more
   commercialization	will	be	the	spark	
                                                    you	enter	the	market	easily	and	quickly,	without	       business intelligence in two days and at
   that	ignites	the	explosive	growth	of	this	
                                                    running	the	risk	of	undermining	your	product.	          such low cost.	
   industry	
                                                    Hear	from	10x Technology	about	the	latest	
•	 The	CPV	market	will	hit	6GW	by	2020,	
                                                    manufacturing	advancements	that	will	launch	your	
   accounting	for	2	percent	of	the	solar	
                                                    product	into	commercialization.	
   market	                                                                                                    makE	THE	smarT	CHOICE		
                                                    Predict and comply with future CPV industry              and	BOOk	nOW	TO	gET	THE	
•	 Cumulative	investment	in	CPV	is	$1	billion
                                                    standards.	Now	CPV	has	been	proven	to	work,	
CPV’s potential is undeniable - but                 baby	steps	of	IEC	and	UL	certification	do	not	
                                                                                                             VEry	lOWEsT	PrICE	TICkET!
to ensure your business taps into                   address	the	technical	and	expense	issues.	Hear	           Call	1800	814	3459	TOday		
this incredible opportunity there are               from	the	Solar America Board for Codes and
challenges that need to be met and                  Standards	about	future	standards	for	all	CPV	
                                                                                                                      Or	EmaIl		
solutions that need to be hammered                  products	so	you	can	make	the	right	business	                 InFO@CPVTOday.COm		
out NOW.                                            decisions	now	and	stay	ahead	of	the	competition.	          TO	rEsErVE	yOur	PlaCE



                   reserve	your	Place	Today	–	Call	1800	814	3459
Get unique insights From leading CPV Companies
                      CuTTinG eDGe SeSSionS you neeD To ATTenD
     daTE                                       mOrnIng                                       aFTErnOOn                                EVEnIng
                                  CPV suPer Panels – Where is                 oPPortunities for CPV from the
                                                                                                                                     netWorking
    day	1                         CPV today and Where Will it be              dePartment of energy, PriVate
                                                                                                                                     drinks Party
                                  tomorroW?                                   inVestors and utilities!


                                  Case studies from key Players
                                                                              hoW Will Costs Come doWn
                  commercial      on CPV Plant installations –
                                                                              and hoW Will this imPaCt
                    Track         lessons learned and ComPeting
                                                                              your ProjeCt suCCess?
                                  With other solar teChnology
   day	2                                                                                                                               end of
                                                                                                                                     ConferenCe
                                  in dePth look into What CPV                 global teChnologiCal adVanCements
                   Technical
                                  testing reVeals - What lessons              that Will boost your CPV system
                     Track
                                  haVe been learned?                          effiCienCy & reliability!



                             ToP SPeAKerS From ArounD The Globe
 US Department of Energy,               Austin Energy, Mark Kapner           Good Energies, Sean Petersen          Cannon Power Group, Dwain Boettcher
 John Bartlett                          California Strategies and Former     Hudson Clean Energy Partners,         National Pingtung University, Taiwan,
 US Department of Energy Efficiency     California Energy Commission         Terry Jester                          John Lee
 and Renewable Energy,                  Commissioner, BB Blevins             TÜV Rheinland PTL LLC, Bill Shisler   Quantasol, Tom Tibbits
 Edward Etzkorn                         University of California Berkeley,   IBM, Supratik Guha                    Silicon CPV plc, Professor Humayun
 American Electric Power,               Dan Kammen
                                                                             The Boeing Company, Adam Plesniak     Mughal
 Robert P Powers                        Sacramento Muncipal Utilities
                                                                             Solar America Board for Codes and     LPI LLC Juan Carlos Miñano
 NREL, Carl Osterwald                   District, Obadiah Bartholomy
                                                                             Standards, Suzanne Borek
 Sandia National Laboratories,          San Francisco Public Utilities                                             University of California,
                                                                             Center for Energy Research,           Merced Roland Winston
 Jeff Nelson                            Commission Power Enterprise,         University of Nevada-Las Vegas,
 ISFOC, Pedro Banda                     John Doyle                                                                 Navigant Consulting, Paula Mints
                                                                             Robert Boehmn
 Concentrix, Hansjoerg Lerchenmueller   Nth Power, Tim Woodward              Ioffe Physical Technical Institute,   10x Technology, Robert Pricone
 Cyrium, Harry R. Rozakis               US Venture Partners, Winston Fu      St.Petersburg, Russia,                Renewable Analytics LLC,
 SolFocus, Mark Crowley                 Draper Fisher Jurvetson,             Valery Rumyantsev                     Dirk Morbitzer
 CPV Consortium, Nancy Hartsoch         Courtney McColgan                    JX Crystals, Lewis Fraas              SgurrEnergy Ltd, Geoff Hoffheniz


                      EXCEllEnT	rEVIEWs	On	Our	PrEVIOus	CPV	summITs
“The CPV summit (in Madrid) was the starting gun in the race for CPV”            “I thoroughly enjoyed the conference experience and profited
        Antonio Luque, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid                      greatly both from listening to the presentations and from interacting
                                                                               with other conference attendees via the networking opportunities”
       “Excellent conference from a networking perspective”                                James W Garland, EPIR Technologies, INC.
                    Jim Weldon, Solar Junction

                                                                                “Despite the uncertain economic and regulatory climate, I came
                                                                                 away with a lot of hope for the success of CPV in the future. As
                                                                                 a vendor who is part of the supply chain, we still see attractive
                                                                               opportunities for us in the future! Great networking opportunities”
                                                                                             Michelle Velderrain, NuSil Technology
     “I was very happy with the event, thanks for championing
          CPV, it will help get the industry off the ground”                   “Last year’s conference (CPV Summit EU) was very productive as
                         Simon Fafard, Cyrium                                   in just 3 days I could contact key decision makers of all players
                                                                               in the CPV value chain. Great opportunity to gain knowledge and
  “I came to the conference to learn about the technology of CPV                experience in technical ground as well as regulatory standards.
 and assess the market opportunities. I was able to achieve all my                             looking forward to the next event”
                  objectives - a great conference”
                   Alison Mason, ReflecTech Inc.                                                        Josep Ros, Dupont



     group	discounts	available,	Pass	This	On	To	your	Colleagues
DAy 1 - FebruAry 2, 2010 - PlenAry SeSSionS: CPV in 2010 AnD beyonD


Commercialization of CPV in                                   Strategies to Secure Private                              Utility Scale Solar – The Way
2010: The First 100 MW                             kEynOTE	
                                                              Investment for CPV in a Risk                              Forward For CPV
•	 Assess the state of the industry as                        Adverse Climate                                           •	 Find out which utilities are excited to work
   commercialization moves into its second                    •	 Give your CPV project the best chance of                  with CPV and get the latest on how they will be
   year launches into large-scale solar deployments,             continued financial backing by finding out where          pushing forward with installation projects
   both distributed generation and utility scale                 best to target your financing campaign                 •	 Meet their needs - understand what utilities want
•	 What will it take for the industry to reach the first      •	 Hear direct from the horse’s mouth what figures           most from their CPV partners so that you can
   100 MW milestone, and how will industry leaders               and statistics investors use to define and evaluate       build long term winning relationships and position
   address both the thriving opportunities and the               new investments and how to use this information           your CPV business for future success
   significant challenges which abound?                          to make your pitch in the right way and instill
Mark Crowley, CEO and President, SolFocus, Inc                                                                          •	 PPAs = guaranteed growth for your business.
                                                                 confidence in your product
                                                                                                                           Discuss how to best work towards a power
                                                              •	 Drill deep down into the key areas covered                purchase agreement in partnership with a utility
                                                                 during technical due diligence and understand
CPV Super Panel: The CPV                                         all you can do to make your project as low-risk        Robert P Powers, President - AEP Utilities,
Landscape - Today’s Numbers                         POWEr		      as possible                                            American Electric Power
                                                    PanEl

and Tomorrow’s Expectations                                   Terry Jester, Entrepreneur in Residence,                  Obadiah Bartholomy, Project Manager, Advanced
                                                              Hudson Clean Energy Partners                              Renewables & Distributed Generation Technologies,
•	 Will the CPV industry meet the anticipated level                                                                     Sacramento Municipal Utilities District
                                                              Courtney McColgan, Associate,
   of deployment in the next few years? Take a hard
                                                              Draper Fisher Jurvetson                                   John Doyle, Infrastructure Development Manager,
   look at the numbers and find out how many CPV
   installations and MW are in the field and expected         Tim Woodward, Managing Director, Nth Power                San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
   in the near future                                         Winston Fu, General Partner, US Venture Partners          Power Enterprise
•	 The economic crisis, the Spanish feed-in tariff            Geoff Hoffheniz, Solar Team Leader / Senior
   cap and the drop in silicon prices have all hit            Renewable Energy Consultant, SgurrEnergy Ltd
   CPV recently - but this industry is still moving
   forward. Fully understand the long term effects                                                                             neTworKinG
   these changes will have on your CPV business and
   profitability                                              How To Understand and Win Public                                DrinKS PArTy
•	 What’s your long term goal for CPV? Benefit from           Investment For CPV Projects                               With	over	300	CPV	industry	leaders	
   the super panel’s expert opinions and make sure
                                                              •	 The million dollar question for CPV right now
   you are positioning your business to be competitive                                                                 in	attendance	you’ll	want	to	meet	and	
                                                                 - how is the stimulus going to help CPV power
   and win big when this industry hits critical mass                                                                    do	business	with	everyone	you	need	
                                                                 forward? Find out what you can do to boost your
Hansjoerg Lerchenmueller, CEO, Concentrix                        chances of application approval and seize this           to.	That’s	why	we	have	organized	
Nancy Hartsoch, Director, CPV Consortium                         opportunity while most of the funding is still up       the	CPV	Today	networking	drinks	
Mark Kapner, Senior Strategy Engineer, Austin Energy             for grabs
                                                                                                                        Party	on	February	2.	make	sure	you	
BB Blevins, Partner, California Strategies & Former           •	 What does the 30% tax rebate in manufacturing
California Energy Commission Commissioner                        mean for you? Find out how the $2.3 million tax         clear	your	diary	for	this	important	
Dan Kammen, Professor,                                           credit can save you money , strengthen your                      networking	event!
University of California Berkeley                                manufacturing capacity and provide a boost for
                                                                 your business
                                                              John Bartlett, Financial Analyst, Department of
Tips and Strategies from                                      Energy Solar Energy Technologies Program /               Keynote Roundtables
Regulators, Utilities and                           POWEr		
                                                    PanEl
                                                              New West Technologies
                                                              Edward Etzkorn, AAAS Science and Technology              CPV leaders will be gathered in San Diego to work
Financiers                                                                                                             together to power into commercial CPV…fast!
                                                              Policy Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy, Solar
•	 The Department of Energy talks CPV - discover              Energy Technologies Program                              This year CPV Today have organized formal working
   the ins and outs of their approach and attitude                                                                     group discussions moderated by industry leaders as
   towards the CPV industry and how companies can                                                                      we combine our collective thinking to address the
   best work with state and federal bodies to ensure                                                                   challenges your business faces.
   expectations are met                                       CPV Real World Results - the Latest
                                                                                                                       Innovate, collaborate, and dominate!
•	 Hear a first hand account of a utility’s path to           Facts Laid Bare From International
                                                                                                                       You’ll be expected to get involved and put forward
   CPV installation and understand their plans to             CPV Testing Institutions                                 your opinions in these vitally important discussions
   incorporate CPV into their portfolio
                                                              •	 Gain a valuable insight from ISFOC based on the       that will form the basis of feedback sessions and
•	 ‘Banking’ on CPV – why struggle convincing
                                                                 real world results from CPV installations to date,    post Summit papers.
   worried investors? Hear from the financial backers
                                                                 equipping you with knowledge of the practical         Be part of the CPV revolution! Register your place
   that believe in the promise that CPV will provide
                                                                 challenges you will face moving outside the lab       today and help drive the agenda on topics including:
   ROI, and how to mitigate risks to get funded
                                                                 and what you can do to improve your system in         •	 Roundtable discussion: How do I reduce my
Edward Etzkorn, AAAS Science and Technology Policy               the field
Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Energy                                                                           costs? Where are the areas of cost reduction when
                                                              •	 Field tests vs Lab tests - take a look at the            making my CPV module? How fast till CPV delivers
Technologies Program
                                                                 differences between the two and hear the latest          the most competitive LCOE?
Robert P Powers, President AEP Utilities,                        revealing results from NREL and Sandia National
American Electric Power                                                                                                •	 Roundtable discussion: How do I align the energy
                                                                 Laboratories - exactly what you need to help you         generation capability and related performance
Tim Woodward, Managing Director, Nth Power                       devise technical solutions to overcome testing!          metrics of CPV with other technologies such as
Obadiah Bartholomy, Project Manager,                          Carl Osterwald, Principal Engineer,                         silicon PV and thin films?
Sacramento Municipal Utilities District                       National Renewable Energy Laboratory                     •	 Roundtable discussion: What is realistic for CPV
Dwain Boettcher, VP Business & Transmission                   Jeffery Nelson, Solar Technologies Manager, Sandia          in 2010? Where will the industry be in 5 years?
Planning, Cannon Power Group                                  National Laboratories                                       What needs to be done today to make sure we
Paula Mints, Principal Analyst PV Services Program,           Pedro Banda, General Director, ISFOC                        reach the CPV dream?
Navigant Consulting



 Check	Out	The	latest	Program	updates	-	www.cpvtoday.com/usa
DAy 2 - FebruAry 3, 2010

  kEynOTE	rOundTaBlE	dIsCussIOns                                           TraCk	TWO:	ImPrOVE	yOur	TECHnOlOgy	&	InCrEasE	OuTPuT

   TraCk	OnE:	COmmErCIalIZIng	CPV	                                      Exclusive Insight Into Expert CPV                          Boosting Optics Capability For
                                                                        Testing Knowledge - Concentrator                           Increased CPV Efficiency
CPV at the Module Level – Exclusive                                     Performance Measurements at NREL                           •	 Non-tracking quantum dot based solar
                                                              CasE	                                                                   concentrators - understand the details of their
Case Studies                                                 sTudy      •	 Hear test results and unique analysis from NREL
                                                                                                                                      design and development and find out how your
•	 Real life case studies, hear from those who have                        - the only laboratory in the United States with the
                                                                           capability to get primary reference cell calibrations      system can benefit from emitted photons that
   done it! Understand what they would have done better,                                                                              can be matched at or near the band gap of the
   where the great successes were and how these lessons                    traceable to the World Radiometric Reference
                                                                                                                                      recipient solar cell
   impact plans for upcoming deployments                                •	 What do the results show in efficiency versus
                                                                           concentration measurements of multijunction             •	 Understand how optimizing the concentration
•	 Debate and discuss how projected spends and high                                                                                   efficiency is predicted to increase the efficiency
   expectations marry with the reality of costs and results on             cells and outdoor performance of concentrator
                                                                           modules?                                                   of the cells and what the research into
   the ground. Come away with the ultimate A-Z guide for                                                                              thermodynamic modeling will mean for your
   navigating unseen hurdles when preparing your installations          •	 Master the challenge of measuring the
                                                                                                                                      CPV project
Adam Plesniak, Engineering Design Lead, Boeing Solar Energy                performance of multijunction PV devices; uncover
                                                                           the problems, discover the capabilities and             Roland Winston, Director California
Technology Program, The Boeing Company                                                                                             Advanced Solar Technologies Institute,
                                                                           understand what you can to do to get more
                                                                           accurate results                                        University of California, Merced
CPV - Competing and Beating Other Solar
                                                                        Carl Osterwald, Principal Engineer,
Technologies                                                            National Renewable Energy Lab
                                                                                                                                   Enhancing The Potential Of The
                                                           EXClusIVE	
•	 CPV vs CSP, Thin Film and PV - understand the             TO	CPV	
                                                             TOday
                                                                                                                                   CPV Cell
   strengths and weaknesses of each technology                          CPV Qualification Testing Standards                        •	 Discover how to improve your CPV system
   so you know how to leverage CPV’s main selling
   points and give your product a competitive edge                      – Lessons Learned To Date                                     using non-metamorphic technology and band
                                                                                                                                      gap engineering
•	 Discover from experiences gathered in research and testing           •	 Accelerate your CPV development through valuable
                                                                            insider knowledge from the major contributor to        •	 Take an in-depth look at the cost of ownership -
   the key operational features that can help boost your                                                                              lifetime value, cost to buy and cell power
   efficiency and profitability & take your product to the next level       IEEE 1513 and IEC 62108 CPV standards
                                                                                                                                      harvest efficiency
Robert Boehm, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and                   •	 Challenges abound in qualification testing and
                                                                            there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Benefit      •	 Find out how cell manufacturers are building
Director of the Energy Research Centre,                                                                                               strong relationships with EPI supply houses
University of Nevada Las Vegas                                              from the real lessons learned in the lab so you
                                                                            can develop systems that meet the standards               across the globe and developing vital
                                                                                                                                      connections into the far East to provide a cost
Critical Cost Reductions in CPV Systems –                                   right out the gate
                                                                                                                                      effective triple junction cell for your system
                                                                        Bill Shisler, Head of Quality, TUV Rheinland PTL
The Triple Junction Cell                                                                                                           Tom Tibbits, Product Engineering Director, Quantasol
•	 Get a real understanding of how cell manufacturers can               Taking CPV From Pilot to Production
   work with CPV manufacturers to cut costs and how this                                                                           HPCV Developments Using Fresnel
   relationship is key to improving your bottom line!                   •	 Check your manufacturing model against the
                                                                           industry’s best and find out how to make your           Lenses
•	 The latest on cell efficiency and how it translates to lower
                                                                           systems deliver high quality, reliable output –         •	 Find out how improvements made in HCPV
   cost - get your primer on the most up to date developments
                                                                           ensuring you can satisfy the user and offer a              modules with Fresnel lenses and III-V
   and decide if these will be enough to justify the initial
                                                                           20 years in the sun guarantee!                             multijunction cells will benefit the efficiency of
   cash investment
                                                                        •	 Continuous process technology - what you need              your CPV system
•	 Find out how cell manufacturers are preparing to scale
                                                                           to know. Discover how developments being                •	 Uncover the secrets to achieving high lens UV
   up alongside CPV installations - so you can benefit from
                                                                           made now will enable the manufacture of CPV                stability, better resistance to thermal shocks and
   identifying key issues early on & ensure a smooth transition!
                                                                           concentrators with high efficiency and low cost            temperatures and learn about recent progress
Harry R Rozakis, CEO, Cyrium Technologies                                                                                             in the development of much needed protective
                                                                        Robert M Pricone, CEO, 10X Technology
                                                                                                                                      technology for solar cells
CPV System Cost Reductions – Trackers
                                                                        Maximize Your Efficiency/Cost Ratio                        Valery D Rumyantsev, Chief Scientist of the
and Optics                                                                                                                         Photovoltaic Lab, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute
                                                                        by Boosting The Tolerance Budget of
•	 Be a part of a high level discussion that tackles whether CPV
   costs have come down enough to be realistically competitive          Your Fresnel System                          Highest Effective Use Of Trackers
   and what areas can be improved next to push closer to the            •	 Discover the most vital manufacturing and for CPV
   holy grail of price parity with traditional energy sources!             assembly tips to reduce loss from your multi
                                                                           junction cells and capitalize on their high             •	 Gain a comprehensive overview of the sun
•	 Hear face to face from the top experts in optics and trackers
                                                                           conversion efficiency                                      tracking system field and the more significant
   - discover progress made to date and the pros and cons
                                                                                                                                      proposals for closed-loop and open-loop tracking
   of various component options that can help you build a               •	 Higher precision without a price hike - uncover
                                                                                                                                      systems that will facilitate higher accuracy in
   profitable CPV solution                                                 the holy grail of CPV manufacturing by achieving a
                                                                                                                                      your projects
                                                                           robust design with adequate tolerance levels
                                                                                                                                   •	 Benefiting from solar position estimating - hear
Market Insight Into LCPV                                                Juan Carlos Miñano, Associate Scientist, LPI LLC              lessons learned to date and explore how the
•	 Where is the market niche for LCPV, and what are the                                                                               relationship between the comparative output
   projected predictions for growth?                                    Thermal Management for CPV at                                 voltage of each solar cell and the determination
•	 Understand the challenges being faced as LCPV powers                 >2000 sun                                                     of the solar position can benefit your system!
   into the market, and identify who is showing interest and                                                                       John Lee, Associate Professor,
                                                                        •	 Find out about the developments made for thermal
   be part of the collaboration which will propel forward the                                                                      National Pingtung University, Taiwan
                                                                           packages on a >2000 sun concentrator system
   industry’s success
                                                                           so that you can replicate these strategies and
•	 Debate the benefits of LCPV compared to other solar                     make your system successful when tested at
   technology, get a run-down of the latest advancements and               >2000 suns
   challenges faced and come away ready to implement the
   next steps to project success!                                       Supratik Guha, Senior Manager Semiconductor
                                                                        Materials and Devices, IBM
Humayun Mughal, CEO, Silicon CPV



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who ATTenDeD CPV SummiT uS lAST yeAr?
Below is a sample list of the more than 250 companies that attended our                 For information on who you could meet at the 2nd Concentrated
Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit US in San Diego last year.                             Photovoltaic Summit US, see the website at www.cpvtoday.com/usa
 3M                                    Sener                               Decafun                             WSU                                  Interplex Engineered
 Abengoa Solar                         Sol3g                               Draper Fisher Jurvetson             Xandex                               Products
 Axt                                   Solar Junction                      Dundurn Capital Partners            US Coast Guard                       Invetech
 Boeing                                SolFocus                            Enco Utility Services               US Digital                           Greystone Renewable
 Concentrix Solar                      Soliant Energy                      Greenvolts                          SV Solar                             Energy
 CPV Consortium                        Southern California Edison          Hitachi High Technologies           Sylarus technologies                 Guardian Industries
 Cyrium                                Spectrolab                          America                             Synova                               Huettinger Electronic
 Emcore                                Spire Semiconductor                 KPCB                                Tadpole Ventures/Babson              Epistar
 Energy Innovations                    Suntrack                            Macquaire Capital                   College
                                                                                                                                                    EV Group
 Everphoton                            Titan Tracker                       Microsharp                          Tetra Tech EC
                                                                           Morgan Solar                        SHL- Solar Hydrogen Link             DynTest Technologies
 Evonik Cyro                           Veeco
 Iberdrola Renewables                  Whitfield Solar                     NaREC                               Sigma Energy Solutions               EcoGen
 ISFOC                                 Arch Solar Command                  Patriot Solar                       Silvey Enterprises                   Edison Mission Energy
 Isofotón                              Bayer Material Science              Sigma Energy Solutions              Sirculor                             Deposition Sciences (DSI)
 JP Morgan Capital                     Center for Energy                   Strata Equity                       SnowPeak Energy                      Bullen Semiconductor
 Corporation                           Research/UNLV                       SunFlake                            SoftBank China Venture
 Morgan Solar                          Chromasun                                                                                                    Frye General Contracting
                                                                           University of Delaware              Capital
 NREL                                  Boschman Technologies                                                   Moorilup Energy Research             Palensolutions Consulting
                                                                           University of Lisbon
 Pacific Gas & Electric                Bratton Corporation                                                     Innolume                             Passport Capital
                                                                           WorldWater & Solar
 San Diego Gas and Electric            Danfoss Bauer                       Technologies                        Intensity Solar                      RNT



                ShoW off yoUR                                                      PUT yoUR PRoDUCTS aND SERvICES IN fRoNT of ThE
             PRoDUCTS aND SERvICES                                                   lEaDINg DECISIoN MakERS IN ThE CPv INDUSTRy
The 2nd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit US offers an excellent
                                                                                    Dear Industry Colleague,
range of sponsorship and exhibition opportunities to suit every need and
budget. We can literally tailor make a sponsorship package to your needs            The 2nd Annual CPV Summit US is the place where new and existing CPV projects “come
meaning that you speak, build your brand or organize meetings with the              to life” and the products and services driving those projects get seen and sold.
leading figures in the CPV space.                                                   In no other environment do so many CPV decision makers all come together under one
                                                                                    roof to discuss the latest challenges in the industry. With this environment of over 300
Do not miss out on this unrivalled opportunity to do business and
                                                                                    delegates we’ve got the perfect venue for you to show why your product or service is best
secure sales from the CPV industry!
                                                                                    in the industry.
Opportunities available include                                                     Looking for visibility or thought leadership?
•	 1	to	1	meetings	with	key	            •	 Build	your	brand	with	exclusive	         We can put you in front of this entire audience or even an invited key few to help facilitate
   decision makers                         promotional opportunities                your CPV objectives moving forward.
•	 Take	a	speaking	slot	and	            •	 Host	interactive	workshops	with	         •	 Meet	Top	Level	Delegates – The CPV Summit US will substantially grow this year, and
   address 300 industry leaders            core clients and prospects                  is now THE meeting place for buyers and sellers from the entire CPV supply chain. No
•	 Show	off	your	latest	products	                                                      other event will provide you with as many business development opportunities
   and services in the                     And much more!                           •	 Introduce	New	Products	into	the	CPV	Market	– The CPV Summit 2010 is the only
   exhibition hall                                                                     event that specifically zones in on very latest technologies that are making headlines in
Limited Opportunities! Secure your space today to ensure you fill                      the industry
your sales book for the next 18 months!                                             •	 Build	New	Relationships	- At the CPV Summit 2010 you will finally meet the hard
                                                                                       to find ‘senior level’ business executive. This will allow you to benefit from valuable
    Solution and service providers…ever find                                           customer feedback on your products and services that can help speed up the sales
        yourself asking these questions?                                               process for your company.
                                                                                    This summit is the perfect chance for you to launch that new product or service,
       Where can I find new                                                         meet potential new customers, and strengthen existing customer relationships.
       customers for my CPV
       products and services?                                                       Please give me a call on 1800 814 3459 ext 7523 or drop me an email on
                                                                                    jcohen@cpvtoday.com to discuss how our event can help you achieve your 2010 objectives.
       Which emerging challenges
       will offer my business                                                       All the best,
       lucrative opportunities going
       forward?
       Which partnerships will allow me to take my solutions into new               Jim Cohen, Business Development Director, North America
       markets and add significantly to my bottom line?
  Well, ask no more! Secure a sponsorship or exhibition package                       last year the exhibition SolD ouT!
  at the 2nd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit US and you’ll
  get be guaranteed to meet and do business with over 300 CPV                                   Contact	us	now	to	secure	your	spot!	
  industry leaders who need your solutions and services!                                               Call	1800	814	3459


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                             •	TOP TECHNOLOGY TIPS	-	Leading	CPV	players		
                               from	around	the	world	detail	their	innovative	                                 10x Technology
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                             •	UTILITIES AND CPV -	Hear	directly	from	utility	
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2nd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit USA

  • 1. THE mOsT ImPOrTanT CPV EVEnT In nOrTH amErICa THIs yEar! ConCenTrATeD 2 nd Annual PhoToVolTAiC SummiT USA FebruAry 2-3, The uS GrAnT, SAn DieGo Power into commercial CPV – Register Today! your roadmap to opportunities, Save finance and projects $300! IndusTry Silver Sponsor: lEadErs sPEakIng • CUT CPV COSTS AND BOOST MARGINS - Understand what more you can do to make your offering the most Edward Etzkorn Department of competitive and cost effective option Energy Lanyard Sponsor: • CPV FINANCE FIXES - Hear the best strategies to Robert P. Powers secure public and private funding and how you can American Electric make your project a sure thing for investors Power USB Sponsor: • TOP TECHNOLOGY TIPS - Leading CPV players from around the world detail their innovative 10x Technology Mark Crowley SolFocus Inc. technology solutions from temperature control Sponsors: to ‘efficiency versus concentration’ • UTILITIES AND CPV - Hear directly from utility Hansjoerg Lerchenmueller companies on how they plan to work with CPV Concentrix companies, gain unique insight into PPAs and understand how to power into utility-scale production Official Partner: Tim Woodward Nth Power • SET UP FOR CPV STANDARDS - Find out how to hit IEC and UL standards and realize automation so that you Our Expert can ramp up volume and enter the market fast and Speakers Include: Jeffery Nelson problem free! Sandia National Laboratories Carl Osterwald Are you serious about CPV? NREL 6 excellent reasons why you must attend this event! 1. Over 300 CPV industry experts 4. Over 20 hours of networking and set to attend business building opportunities Pedro Banda ISFOC 2. Two tracks – commercial and 5. Top case studies on CPV technical so that you can tailor installations your own conference experience 6. Panel sessions, working 3. Bigger and better Exhibition discussion groups, key note Hall for 2010 speakers and much more! Media Partners …the biggest and best CPV event of the year… simply unmissable! Open now For The Full summit Program!
  • 2. book now for the event that shows you - step by step how to launch into commercial CPV! Secure your future in CPV With only 10% of venture backed CPV companies PLUS – Exclusively hear from the leaders expected to survive until market fruition, it is in the industry SolFocus and Concentrix - get the answers you need critical for you to arm yourself with the knowledge about their experience in installing to guarantee your business and contacts that you can only hear at this event. systems, the challenges they faced and beats your competitors by The 2nd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit has key lessons learned. 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The only winners in this conference experience and walk away compete and outdo traditional fossil fuels. industry will be the companies that lower costs the with the knowledge you came hungry for, In spite of 2009’s tough financial climate, the fastest. Hear from leading CPV suppliers Cyrium through our commercial and technical CPV industry has had a year to remember and SunTrack on how they are working towards track. Even better bring your team along with: this goal that will equip you with the ultimate cost to get answers for their challenges and • Spectrolab’s new world record for cell reduction strategy. gain a forward thinking and synchronized efficiency setting a new benchmark for Secure critical finance. CPV works but in today’s approach. 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The commercialization across America and recent drop in silicon prices has taken the edge “Nth Power sees great potential from designed a CPV roadmap so that costs off CPV’s competitive advantage and CPV now the cost leverage associated with the are at a level to displace traditional energy faces a fight for survival against CSP, Thin Film improved performance of triple junction, sources and PV. Find out from American Electric Power, high efficiency cells and we believe Sacramento Municipal Utilities District and San several leading solar companies will be This year’s activity proves that CPV is here Francisco Public Utilities Commission Power formed in the CPV sector” to stay and that not even the worst global Enterprise how you can be the number one utility economic crisis of our generation can stop choice over your competitors. Plus - gain first- Tim Woodward, Nth Power this technology powering forward and hand results of recent reports on how CPV can driving the clean energy revolution. And successfully compete by the CPV Consortium things are not slowing down! As we move and the University of Nevada Las Vegas “We see CPV technologies having into 2010 even more megawatts are being the potential to make substantial installed, the investment climate is looking Improve CPV efficiency and reliability. CPV contributions to the utility portfolio, brighter and governments around the globe technology needs to hit the Holy Grail standard of and are eager to help accelerate the are stepping up by providing an array of a 25 year life in the sun warranty. 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  • 3. Get unique insights From leading CPV Companies CuTTinG eDGe SeSSionS you neeD To ATTenD daTE mOrnIng aFTErnOOn EVEnIng CPV suPer Panels – Where is oPPortunities for CPV from the netWorking day 1 CPV today and Where Will it be dePartment of energy, PriVate drinks Party tomorroW? inVestors and utilities! Case studies from key Players hoW Will Costs Come doWn commercial on CPV Plant installations – and hoW Will this imPaCt Track lessons learned and ComPeting your ProjeCt suCCess? With other solar teChnology day 2 end of ConferenCe in dePth look into What CPV global teChnologiCal adVanCements Technical testing reVeals - What lessons that Will boost your CPV system Track haVe been learned? effiCienCy & reliability! ToP SPeAKerS From ArounD The Globe US Department of Energy, Austin Energy, Mark Kapner Good Energies, Sean Petersen Cannon Power Group, Dwain Boettcher John Bartlett California Strategies and Former Hudson Clean Energy Partners, National Pingtung University, Taiwan, US Department of Energy Efficiency California Energy Commission Terry Jester John Lee and Renewable Energy, Commissioner, BB Blevins TÜV Rheinland PTL LLC, Bill Shisler Quantasol, Tom Tibbits Edward Etzkorn University of California Berkeley, IBM, Supratik Guha Silicon CPV plc, Professor Humayun American Electric Power, Dan Kammen The Boeing Company, Adam Plesniak Mughal Robert P Powers Sacramento Muncipal Utilities Solar America Board for Codes and LPI LLC Juan Carlos Miñano NREL, Carl Osterwald District, Obadiah Bartholomy Standards, Suzanne Borek Sandia National Laboratories, San Francisco Public Utilities University of California, Center for Energy Research, Merced Roland Winston Jeff Nelson Commission Power Enterprise, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, ISFOC, Pedro Banda John Doyle Navigant Consulting, Paula Mints Robert Boehmn Concentrix, Hansjoerg Lerchenmueller Nth Power, Tim Woodward Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, 10x Technology, Robert Pricone Cyrium, Harry R. Rozakis US Venture Partners, Winston Fu St.Petersburg, Russia, Renewable Analytics LLC, SolFocus, Mark Crowley Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valery Rumyantsev Dirk Morbitzer CPV Consortium, Nancy Hartsoch Courtney McColgan JX Crystals, Lewis Fraas SgurrEnergy Ltd, Geoff Hoffheniz EXCEllEnT rEVIEWs On Our PrEVIOus CPV summITs “The CPV summit (in Madrid) was the starting gun in the race for CPV” “I thoroughly enjoyed the conference experience and profited Antonio Luque, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid greatly both from listening to the presentations and from interacting with other conference attendees via the networking opportunities” “Excellent conference from a networking perspective” James W Garland, EPIR Technologies, INC. Jim Weldon, Solar Junction “Despite the uncertain economic and regulatory climate, I came away with a lot of hope for the success of CPV in the future. As a vendor who is part of the supply chain, we still see attractive opportunities for us in the future! Great networking opportunities” Michelle Velderrain, NuSil Technology “I was very happy with the event, thanks for championing CPV, it will help get the industry off the ground” “Last year’s conference (CPV Summit EU) was very productive as Simon Fafard, Cyrium in just 3 days I could contact key decision makers of all players in the CPV value chain. Great opportunity to gain knowledge and “I came to the conference to learn about the technology of CPV experience in technical ground as well as regulatory standards. and assess the market opportunities. I was able to achieve all my looking forward to the next event” objectives - a great conference” Alison Mason, ReflecTech Inc. Josep Ros, Dupont group discounts available, Pass This On To your Colleagues
  • 4. DAy 1 - FebruAry 2, 2010 - PlenAry SeSSionS: CPV in 2010 AnD beyonD Commercialization of CPV in Strategies to Secure Private Utility Scale Solar – The Way 2010: The First 100 MW kEynOTE Investment for CPV in a Risk Forward For CPV • Assess the state of the industry as Adverse Climate • Find out which utilities are excited to work commercialization moves into its second • Give your CPV project the best chance of with CPV and get the latest on how they will be year launches into large-scale solar deployments, continued financial backing by finding out where pushing forward with installation projects both distributed generation and utility scale best to target your financing campaign • Meet their needs - understand what utilities want • What will it take for the industry to reach the first • Hear direct from the horse’s mouth what figures most from their CPV partners so that you can 100 MW milestone, and how will industry leaders and statistics investors use to define and evaluate build long term winning relationships and position address both the thriving opportunities and the new investments and how to use this information your CPV business for future success significant challenges which abound? to make your pitch in the right way and instill Mark Crowley, CEO and President, SolFocus, Inc • PPAs = guaranteed growth for your business. confidence in your product Discuss how to best work towards a power • Drill deep down into the key areas covered purchase agreement in partnership with a utility during technical due diligence and understand CPV Super Panel: The CPV all you can do to make your project as low-risk Robert P Powers, President - AEP Utilities, Landscape - Today’s Numbers POWEr as possible American Electric Power PanEl and Tomorrow’s Expectations Terry Jester, Entrepreneur in Residence, Obadiah Bartholomy, Project Manager, Advanced Hudson Clean Energy Partners Renewables & Distributed Generation Technologies, • Will the CPV industry meet the anticipated level Sacramento Municipal Utilities District Courtney McColgan, Associate, of deployment in the next few years? Take a hard Draper Fisher Jurvetson John Doyle, Infrastructure Development Manager, look at the numbers and find out how many CPV installations and MW are in the field and expected Tim Woodward, Managing Director, Nth Power San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in the near future Winston Fu, General Partner, US Venture Partners Power Enterprise • The economic crisis, the Spanish feed-in tariff Geoff Hoffheniz, Solar Team Leader / Senior cap and the drop in silicon prices have all hit Renewable Energy Consultant, SgurrEnergy Ltd CPV recently - but this industry is still moving forward. Fully understand the long term effects neTworKinG these changes will have on your CPV business and profitability How To Understand and Win Public DrinKS PArTy • What’s your long term goal for CPV? Benefit from Investment For CPV Projects With over 300 CPV industry leaders the super panel’s expert opinions and make sure • The million dollar question for CPV right now you are positioning your business to be competitive in attendance you’ll want to meet and - how is the stimulus going to help CPV power and win big when this industry hits critical mass do business with everyone you need forward? Find out what you can do to boost your Hansjoerg Lerchenmueller, CEO, Concentrix chances of application approval and seize this to. That’s why we have organized Nancy Hartsoch, Director, CPV Consortium opportunity while most of the funding is still up the CPV Today networking drinks Mark Kapner, Senior Strategy Engineer, Austin Energy for grabs Party on February 2. make sure you BB Blevins, Partner, California Strategies & Former • What does the 30% tax rebate in manufacturing California Energy Commission Commissioner mean for you? Find out how the $2.3 million tax clear your diary for this important Dan Kammen, Professor, credit can save you money , strengthen your networking event! University of California Berkeley manufacturing capacity and provide a boost for your business John Bartlett, Financial Analyst, Department of Tips and Strategies from Energy Solar Energy Technologies Program / Keynote Roundtables Regulators, Utilities and POWEr PanEl New West Technologies Edward Etzkorn, AAAS Science and Technology CPV leaders will be gathered in San Diego to work Financiers together to power into commercial CPV…fast! Policy Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy, Solar • The Department of Energy talks CPV - discover Energy Technologies Program This year CPV Today have organized formal working the ins and outs of their approach and attitude group discussions moderated by industry leaders as towards the CPV industry and how companies can we combine our collective thinking to address the best work with state and federal bodies to ensure challenges your business faces. expectations are met CPV Real World Results - the Latest Innovate, collaborate, and dominate! • Hear a first hand account of a utility’s path to Facts Laid Bare From International You’ll be expected to get involved and put forward CPV installation and understand their plans to CPV Testing Institutions your opinions in these vitally important discussions incorporate CPV into their portfolio • Gain a valuable insight from ISFOC based on the that will form the basis of feedback sessions and • ‘Banking’ on CPV – why struggle convincing real world results from CPV installations to date, post Summit papers. worried investors? Hear from the financial backers equipping you with knowledge of the practical Be part of the CPV revolution! Register your place that believe in the promise that CPV will provide challenges you will face moving outside the lab today and help drive the agenda on topics including: ROI, and how to mitigate risks to get funded and what you can do to improve your system in • Roundtable discussion: How do I reduce my Edward Etzkorn, AAAS Science and Technology Policy the field Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Energy costs? Where are the areas of cost reduction when • Field tests vs Lab tests - take a look at the making my CPV module? How fast till CPV delivers Technologies Program differences between the two and hear the latest the most competitive LCOE? Robert P Powers, President AEP Utilities, revealing results from NREL and Sandia National American Electric Power • Roundtable discussion: How do I align the energy Laboratories - exactly what you need to help you generation capability and related performance Tim Woodward, Managing Director, Nth Power devise technical solutions to overcome testing! metrics of CPV with other technologies such as Obadiah Bartholomy, Project Manager, Carl Osterwald, Principal Engineer, silicon PV and thin films? Sacramento Municipal Utilities District National Renewable Energy Laboratory • Roundtable discussion: What is realistic for CPV Dwain Boettcher, VP Business & Transmission Jeffery Nelson, Solar Technologies Manager, Sandia in 2010? Where will the industry be in 5 years? Planning, Cannon Power Group National Laboratories What needs to be done today to make sure we Paula Mints, Principal Analyst PV Services Program, Pedro Banda, General Director, ISFOC reach the CPV dream? Navigant Consulting Check Out The latest Program updates - www.cpvtoday.com/usa
  • 5. DAy 2 - FebruAry 3, 2010 kEynOTE rOundTaBlE dIsCussIOns TraCk TWO: ImPrOVE yOur TECHnOlOgy & InCrEasE OuTPuT TraCk OnE: COmmErCIalIZIng CPV Exclusive Insight Into Expert CPV Boosting Optics Capability For Testing Knowledge - Concentrator Increased CPV Efficiency CPV at the Module Level – Exclusive Performance Measurements at NREL • Non-tracking quantum dot based solar CasE concentrators - understand the details of their Case Studies sTudy • Hear test results and unique analysis from NREL design and development and find out how your • Real life case studies, hear from those who have - the only laboratory in the United States with the capability to get primary reference cell calibrations system can benefit from emitted photons that done it! Understand what they would have done better, can be matched at or near the band gap of the where the great successes were and how these lessons traceable to the World Radiometric Reference recipient solar cell impact plans for upcoming deployments • What do the results show in efficiency versus concentration measurements of multijunction • Understand how optimizing the concentration • Debate and discuss how projected spends and high efficiency is predicted to increase the efficiency expectations marry with the reality of costs and results on cells and outdoor performance of concentrator modules? of the cells and what the research into the ground. Come away with the ultimate A-Z guide for thermodynamic modeling will mean for your navigating unseen hurdles when preparing your installations • Master the challenge of measuring the CPV project Adam Plesniak, Engineering Design Lead, Boeing Solar Energy performance of multijunction PV devices; uncover the problems, discover the capabilities and Roland Winston, Director California Technology Program, The Boeing Company Advanced Solar Technologies Institute, understand what you can to do to get more accurate results University of California, Merced CPV - Competing and Beating Other Solar Carl Osterwald, Principal Engineer, Technologies National Renewable Energy Lab Enhancing The Potential Of The EXClusIVE • CPV vs CSP, Thin Film and PV - understand the TO CPV TOday CPV Cell strengths and weaknesses of each technology CPV Qualification Testing Standards • Discover how to improve your CPV system so you know how to leverage CPV’s main selling points and give your product a competitive edge – Lessons Learned To Date using non-metamorphic technology and band gap engineering • Discover from experiences gathered in research and testing • Accelerate your CPV development through valuable insider knowledge from the major contributor to • Take an in-depth look at the cost of ownership - the key operational features that can help boost your lifetime value, cost to buy and cell power efficiency and profitability & take your product to the next level IEEE 1513 and IEC 62108 CPV standards harvest efficiency Robert Boehm, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and • Challenges abound in qualification testing and there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Benefit • Find out how cell manufacturers are building Director of the Energy Research Centre, strong relationships with EPI supply houses University of Nevada Las Vegas from the real lessons learned in the lab so you can develop systems that meet the standards across the globe and developing vital connections into the far East to provide a cost Critical Cost Reductions in CPV Systems – right out the gate effective triple junction cell for your system Bill Shisler, Head of Quality, TUV Rheinland PTL The Triple Junction Cell Tom Tibbits, Product Engineering Director, Quantasol • Get a real understanding of how cell manufacturers can Taking CPV From Pilot to Production work with CPV manufacturers to cut costs and how this HPCV Developments Using Fresnel relationship is key to improving your bottom line! • Check your manufacturing model against the industry’s best and find out how to make your Lenses • The latest on cell efficiency and how it translates to lower systems deliver high quality, reliable output – • Find out how improvements made in HCPV cost - get your primer on the most up to date developments ensuring you can satisfy the user and offer a modules with Fresnel lenses and III-V and decide if these will be enough to justify the initial 20 years in the sun guarantee! multijunction cells will benefit the efficiency of cash investment • Continuous process technology - what you need your CPV system • Find out how cell manufacturers are preparing to scale to know. Discover how developments being • Uncover the secrets to achieving high lens UV up alongside CPV installations - so you can benefit from made now will enable the manufacture of CPV stability, better resistance to thermal shocks and identifying key issues early on & ensure a smooth transition! concentrators with high efficiency and low cost temperatures and learn about recent progress Harry R Rozakis, CEO, Cyrium Technologies in the development of much needed protective Robert M Pricone, CEO, 10X Technology technology for solar cells CPV System Cost Reductions – Trackers Maximize Your Efficiency/Cost Ratio Valery D Rumyantsev, Chief Scientist of the and Optics Photovoltaic Lab, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute by Boosting The Tolerance Budget of • Be a part of a high level discussion that tackles whether CPV costs have come down enough to be realistically competitive Your Fresnel System Highest Effective Use Of Trackers and what areas can be improved next to push closer to the • Discover the most vital manufacturing and for CPV holy grail of price parity with traditional energy sources! assembly tips to reduce loss from your multi junction cells and capitalize on their high • Gain a comprehensive overview of the sun • Hear face to face from the top experts in optics and trackers conversion efficiency tracking system field and the more significant - discover progress made to date and the pros and cons proposals for closed-loop and open-loop tracking of various component options that can help you build a • Higher precision without a price hike - uncover systems that will facilitate higher accuracy in profitable CPV solution the holy grail of CPV manufacturing by achieving a your projects robust design with adequate tolerance levels • Benefiting from solar position estimating - hear Market Insight Into LCPV Juan Carlos Miñano, Associate Scientist, LPI LLC lessons learned to date and explore how the • Where is the market niche for LCPV, and what are the relationship between the comparative output projected predictions for growth? 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  • 6. who ATTenDeD CPV SummiT uS lAST yeAr? Below is a sample list of the more than 250 companies that attended our For information on who you could meet at the 2nd Concentrated Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit US in San Diego last year. Photovoltaic Summit US, see the website at www.cpvtoday.com/usa 3M Sener Decafun WSU Interplex Engineered Abengoa Solar Sol3g Draper Fisher Jurvetson Xandex Products Axt Solar Junction Dundurn Capital Partners US Coast Guard Invetech Boeing SolFocus Enco Utility Services US Digital Greystone Renewable Concentrix Solar Soliant Energy Greenvolts SV Solar Energy CPV Consortium Southern California Edison Hitachi High Technologies Sylarus technologies Guardian Industries Cyrium Spectrolab America Synova Huettinger Electronic Emcore Spire Semiconductor KPCB Tadpole Ventures/Babson Epistar Energy Innovations Suntrack Macquaire Capital College EV Group Everphoton Titan Tracker Microsharp Tetra Tech EC Morgan Solar SHL- Solar Hydrogen Link DynTest Technologies Evonik Cyro Veeco Iberdrola Renewables Whitfield Solar NaREC Sigma Energy Solutions EcoGen ISFOC Arch Solar Command Patriot Solar Silvey Enterprises Edison Mission Energy Isofotón Bayer Material Science Sigma Energy Solutions Sirculor Deposition Sciences (DSI) JP Morgan Capital Center for Energy Strata Equity SnowPeak Energy Bullen Semiconductor Corporation Research/UNLV SunFlake SoftBank China Venture Morgan Solar Chromasun Frye General Contracting University of Delaware Capital NREL Boschman Technologies Moorilup Energy Research Palensolutions Consulting University of Lisbon Pacific Gas & Electric Bratton Corporation Innolume Passport Capital WorldWater & Solar San Diego Gas and Electric Danfoss Bauer Technologies Intensity Solar RNT ShoW off yoUR PUT yoUR PRoDUCTS aND SERvICES IN fRoNT of ThE PRoDUCTS aND SERvICES lEaDINg DECISIoN MakERS IN ThE CPv INDUSTRy The 2nd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit US offers an excellent Dear Industry Colleague, range of sponsorship and exhibition opportunities to suit every need and budget. We can literally tailor make a sponsorship package to your needs The 2nd Annual CPV Summit US is the place where new and existing CPV projects “come meaning that you speak, build your brand or organize meetings with the to life” and the products and services driving those projects get seen and sold. leading figures in the CPV space. In no other environment do so many CPV decision makers all come together under one roof to discuss the latest challenges in the industry. With this environment of over 300 Do not miss out on this unrivalled opportunity to do business and delegates we’ve got the perfect venue for you to show why your product or service is best secure sales from the CPV industry! in the industry. Opportunities available include Looking for visibility or thought leadership? • 1 to 1 meetings with key • Build your brand with exclusive We can put you in front of this entire audience or even an invited key few to help facilitate decision makers promotional opportunities your CPV objectives moving forward. • Take a speaking slot and • Host interactive workshops with • Meet Top Level Delegates – The CPV Summit US will substantially grow this year, and address 300 industry leaders core clients and prospects is now THE meeting place for buyers and sellers from the entire CPV supply chain. No • Show off your latest products other event will provide you with as many business development opportunities and services in the And much more! • Introduce New Products into the CPV Market – The CPV Summit 2010 is the only exhibition hall event that specifically zones in on very latest technologies that are making headlines in Limited Opportunities! Secure your space today to ensure you fill the industry your sales book for the next 18 months! • Build New Relationships - At the CPV Summit 2010 you will finally meet the hard to find ‘senior level’ business executive. This will allow you to benefit from valuable Solution and service providers…ever find customer feedback on your products and services that can help speed up the sales yourself asking these questions? process for your company. This summit is the perfect chance for you to launch that new product or service, Where can I find new meet potential new customers, and strengthen existing customer relationships. customers for my CPV products and services? Please give me a call on 1800 814 3459 ext 7523 or drop me an email on jcohen@cpvtoday.com to discuss how our event can help you achieve your 2010 objectives. Which emerging challenges will offer my business All the best, lucrative opportunities going forward? Which partnerships will allow me to take my solutions into new Jim Cohen, Business Development Director, North America markets and add significantly to my bottom line? Well, ask no more! Secure a sponsorship or exhibition package last year the exhibition SolD ouT! at the 2nd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit US and you’ll get be guaranteed to meet and do business with over 300 CPV Contact us now to secure your spot! industry leaders who need your solutions and services! Call 1800 814 3459 Check Out www.cpvtoday.com/usa For updates
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