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2012 CGEC Forum and Field Trip to the Geysers Geothermal Field

The CGEC held it annual California Geothermal Forum at UC Davis Conference Center on July 17th and Field Trip to the Geysers geothermal field on July 18th. Below are copies of the presentations that were given at the Forum.

Welcoming Address: Challenges of Geothermal Development in California

William Glassley, California Geothermal Energy Collaborative

Keynote Speaker: The State of Renewable Energy in California

Commissioner Karen Douglas, California Energy Commissionarl (oral presentation)

Communicating Geothermal - The Apples and Oranges Syndrome

John McCaull, Conservation Strategies Group

Kathleen Masterson, Capitol Public Radio

Katie Elder, Aspen Environmental Group

Geothermal Heat Pump Market Penetration

Lisa Meline, Meline Engineering

Ben Northcutt, Colorado Geo Energy & Heat Pump Association

Justin Malan, EcoConsult (oral presentation)

Luncheon Address: CGEC Present & Future; Industry/University Collaborative Research Center

Elise Brown, California Geothermal Energy Collaborative

Peter Schiffman, UCD Geology Department & Wendy Calvin, UNR Geology Department

Research & Development Trends in Geothermal Energy

Trenton Cladouhos, Alta Rock

Paul Gutwald, Simbol Materials (presentation not available)

Hildigunnur Thorsteinsson, Department of Energy

Geothermal Distributed Generation & its Place in California

Dale Roberts, Sonoma County Water Agency

Sandy Goldberg, Governor's Office of Planning & Research

Bill Glassley, California Geothermal Energy Collaborative