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Alternative Energy Alternative Energy Industry Outlook Cowen Third Annual Clean Energy Conference - September 8, 2009 Thursday, September 10, 2009 Analysts Conclusion: Panels and presentations, with 42 public and private companies, Robert W. Stone will address a range of important topics, including: smart grid, hybrid and (617) 946-3932 [email protected] electric vehicles, thin-film PV, the role of China in PV markets, the PV market outlook from the perspective of system integrators and project developers, and Danielle Vasilescu utility scale solar (PV and thermal). We will have keynotes by leading clean (617) 946-3920 energy investors and the U.S. DOE. We encourage you to register today. danielle.vasilescu @cowen.com ■ Smart Grid: More Big Players Chasing A Potential $43B Market? Siemens (€60, NR) announced last week it had secured nearly €1B in smart grid orders in FY09 (Sep) and established a target of €6B by 2014. Meanwhile, aerospace and defense players such as LMT ($75, Outperform - 1), BA ($49, Underperform - 3), and RTN ($46, Outperform - 1), have been targeting cyber security aspects of smart grid projects seeking stimulus funds. ■ Electric Vehicles: Virtual OEMs Move Fast; Is Your Utility Ready? Coda Automotive plans to launch an all-electric sedan in California by mid- 2010. The cars will be built in China, with a body by HaFei Automobile, lithium batteries from a J.V. with Tianjin Lishen Battery Co., and propulsion systems from UQM Technologies ($5, NR). Even at low overall penetration of new vehicles, the large number of electric and plug-hybrid models coming to market may overwhelm local power grids in early-adopter areas. ■ Utility Scale Solar: Will New Transmission Get Enough Support? Despite the potential of vast solar resources in the Western U.S., and $6.5B Please see addendum borrowing authority for the Western Area and Bonneville Power of this report for Administrations, transmission expansion may be stymied by fragmented important disclosures. local siting authority and environmental permitting delays. www.cowen.com ■ Will A China National FIT Matter? If the FIT is too low, or subject to Cowen Third Annual Clean Energy Conference - Participating Companies 4-Sep-09 Mkt Cap Mkt Cap Price Rating ($B) Price Rating ($B) Private Ascent Solar Technologies 5.67 2 120 Ormat Technologies 35.78 NR 1,625 Hudson Clean Energy Partners BP Solar International 53.19 NR166,169 PG&E 40.02 NR 14,835 Kitson & Partners Capstone Turbine Corporation 1.32 NR 251 Raser Technologies 1.85 NR 121 Landis+Gyr Cisco 21.83 1125,970 SatCon Technology Corporation 1.77 NR 125 Nanosolar Comverge 12.49 2 276 Solarfun Power Holdings 5.15 NR 278 NextLight Renewable Power Echelon Corporation 11.13 NR 454 SunPower Corp 26.04 1 1,426 Solazyme Ener1 6.29 2 736 Suntech Power Holidings 14.79 2 2,315 Solexant Energy Conversion Devices 10.4 2 477 Trina Solar 26.38 1 782 SunRun Evergreen Solar 1.66 2 350 Private SunWize Technologies First Solar 121.3 1 10,282 Alteris Renewables Tesla Motors FuelCell Energy 3.48 NR 245 Better Place Think International Business Machines117.5 1153,976 BrightSource Energy Virgin Green Fund JA Solar 3.51 NR 591 Capricorn Investment Group Viridity Energy LDK Solar 8.94 2 1,011 Clean Energy Associates U.S. Department of Energy Oerlikon Solar* 46.00 NR 559 *Euros Source: Cowen and Company Alternative Energy COWEN AND COMPANY CLEAN ENERGY CONFERENCE Thursday, September 10, 2009 Track One Track Two TANSA ROOM MIRUS ROOM 3rd Floor 3rd Floor Smart Grid: Oerlikon Solar 8:30-8:55 AM Cisco Dr. Chris Constantine, Echelon Corporation Director of New Technologies Comverge Evergreen Solar 9:00-9:25 AM Landis+Gyr Michael El-Hillow, CFO Viridity Energy Thin-Film PV: SatCon Technology Corporation 9:30-9:55 AM Energy Conversion Devices Steve Rhoades, President & CEO Nanosolar Oerlikon Solar International Business Machines Corporation 10:00-10:25 AM Solexant Gary Cohen, General Manager, Global Communications Sector, IBM Hybrid and Electric Vehicles: FuelCell Energy 10:30-10:55 AM Better Place R. Daniel Brdar, Chairman & CEO Capricorn Investment Group Ener1 Raser Technologies 11:00-11:25 AM Pacific Gas and Electric Company Dick Clayton, Principal Executive Officer Tesla Motors Think China Solar: Ormat Technologies 11:30-11:55 AM Clean Energy Associates Smader Lavi, VP of Finance JA Solar LDK Solar Capstone Turbine Corporation 12:00-12:25 PM Solarfun Power Holdings Darren Jamison, President & CEO Suntech Power Holdings Trina Solar Lunch – Keynote Presentation 12:30-1:55 PM John Cavalier, Managing Partner, Hudson Clean Energy Partners Anup Jacob, Partner, Virgin Green Fund PV System Integration: Ascent Solar Technologies 2:00-2:25 PM Alteris Renewables Dr. Mohan Misra, Chairman & Founder Kitson & Partners SunRun Echelon Corporation 2:30-2:55 PM SunWize Technologies Chris Stanfield, EVP & CFO Utility Scale Solar: Solazyme, Inc. 3:00-3:25 PM BP Solar Tyler Painter, CFO BrightSource Energy First Solar 3:30-3:55 PM NextLight Renewable Power Pacific Gas and Electric Company SunPower Corp Keynote Presentation: 4:00-4:25 PM Carol Battershell, Senior Advisor, Commercialization and Deployment, U.S. Department of Energy 2 September 8, 2009 Alternative Energy COWEN AND COMPANY CLEAN ENERGY CONFERENCE Panel Descriptions Smart Grid 8:30 AM-9:25 AM Track 1, Tansa Room, 3rd Floor Panel Focus: How will two-way information flow help reduce energy costs and consumption? How must the grid evolve to support intermittent renewable sources and distributed generation while maintaining reliability? Moderator: Rob Stone, Senior Alternative Energy Analyst, Cowen and Company Panelists: Cisco – Marie Hattar, VP, Network Systems and Security Solutions Marketing Comverge – Michael Picchi, Interim President & CEO, EVP & CFO Echelon – Chris Stanfield, EVP & CFO Landis+Gyr – Brent Pearson, Vice President Viridity Energy – Audrey Zibelman, President & CEO Thin-Film PV 9:30 AM-10:25 AM Track 1, Tansa Room, 3rd Floor Panel Focus: Thin-film PV rapidly gained market share while c-Si was supply constrained. How will the segment adapt to abundant silicon? How will various thin-film technologies and equipment makers help drive solar to grid parity? Moderator: Rob Stone, Senior Alternative Energy Analyst, Cowen and Company Panelists: Energy Conversion Devices – Mark Morelli, President & CEO Nanosolar – Brian Stone, VP Product Management & Sales Oerlikon Solar – Dr. Chris Constantine, Director of New Technologies Solexant – Damoder Reddy, CEO Hybrid and Electric Vehicles 10:30 AM-11:25 AM Track 1, Tansa Room, 3rd Floor Panel Focus: Can next-generation hybrid and electric vehicles address the twin challenges of energy independence and greenhouse gas emissions? What are the implications for the automotive, utility and renewable energy industries? Moderator: Rob Stone, Senior Alternative Energy Analyst, Cowen and Company Panelists: Better Place – Michael J. Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies Capricorn Investment Group – Dipender Saluja, Managing Director Ener1 – Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman & CEO Pacific Gas and Electric Company – Andrew Tang, Senior Director (via phone-in) Tesla Motors - Diarmuid O’Connell, VP Corporate Development Think – Richard Canny, CEO September 8, 2009 3 Alternative Energy Panel Descriptions China Solar 11:30 AM-12:25 PM Track 1, Tansa Room, 3rd Floor Panel Focus: Strength in low cost exports may soon be combined with a burgeoning domestic market. Which technology, integration and go-to-market strategies will prove superior? What are the likely competitive impacts elsewhere? Moderator: Rob Stone, Senior Alternative Energy Analyst, Cowen and Company Panelists: Clean Energy Associates – Andy Klump, Managing Director JA Solar – Ming Yang, Vice President of Business Development & Corporate Communications LDK Solar – Jack Lai, EVP & CFO Solarfun Power Holdings – Paul Combs, Vice President of Strategic Planning Suntech Power Holdings – Steven Chadima, Vice President, External Affairs Trina Solar – Terry Wang, CFO PV System Integration 2:00 PM-2:55 PM Track 1, Tansa Room, 3rd Floor Panel Focus: Falling prices and abundant supply should offer attractive returns for PV projects. How will downstream players grow scale, reduce costs, and overcome financing and interconnection bottlenecks to sustain industry growth? Moderator: Rob Stone, Senior Alternative Energy Analyst, Cowen and Company Panelists: Alteris Renewables – Steven Kaufman, Acting CEO Kitson & Partners – Sydney Kitson, Chairman & CEO SunRun – Edward Fenster, Co-Founder & CEO SunWize Technologies – David Kaltsas, Executive Vice President Utility Scale 3:00 PM-3:55 PM Track 1, Tansa Room, 3rd Floor Panel Focus: Driving solar to the next order of magnitude implies a huge opportunity and fresh challenges. How will the industry and regulators address the issues of rates, financing, environmental impact, and transmission constraints? Moderator: Rob Stone, Senior Alternative Energy Analyst, Cowen and Company Panelists: BP Solar – Mark Kerstens, VP, Global Sales & Marketing BrightSource Energy – Scott Rosebrook, VP Finance & Treasurer First Solar – Richard Gruber, Vice President, Project Development NextLight Renewable Power – Frank De Rosa, CEO Pacific Gas and Electric Company – Fong Wan, SVP, Energy Procurement (via phone-in) SunPower Corp – Dennis Arriola, CFO 4 September 8, 2009 Alternative Energy COWEN AND COMPANY CLEAN ENERGY CONFERENCE Le Parker Meridien Hotel, New York City Thursday, September 10, 2009 Private Companies Alteris Renewables 523 Danbury Road Wilton, CT 06897 Phone: (203) 210-7710 www.alterisinc.com
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