This tutorial is now full. Space may become available, so please plan to arrive early on Tuesday, October 16, to join a queue for available seats.

This four-hour course will explain the fundamentals of how power markets work, the changes that have taken place in the past decade, and the revolutionary change that is about to occur. We will cover:

1. The fundamentals of how power is generated and dispatched
2. Who does what in the new world (utilities, regulators, entrepreneurs, and interactive consumers)
3. Factors driving technological change and the critical role of information technology
4. The key technologies - including wind, solar, storage, and other distributed energy resources
5. Emerging winners and losers
6. Business models, and global trends, including carbon, financial trends and national economic development policies
7. Regulatory models and experiences worth examining (including New York, California, Texas, Australia, China, and Germany
8. Implications for the future and potential outcomes
9. The challenge for planners and investors, and options for creating potential no-regrets strategies in an increasingly volatile market 

What will it take to involve more companies in clean power purchase agreements? This workshop will explore emerging project aggregation models — scenarios in which multiple organizations collaborate and pool their financial resources to help get a new solar array or wind farm off the ground. 

Clean power investments and projects are surging in China, largely due to aggressive policymaking and ongoing price decreases. This session will look globally to Asia, Europe and beyond to help corporate buyers understand the complexities of global renewables markets.

The market for renewable thermal projects including biomass, landfill gas and solar thermal systems is less mature than the ecosystem that has emerged to advance corporate use of renewable electricity. How can companies scale their use of renewable thermal solutions? And what's the role of natural gas, liquid natural gas and other thermal options in pursuing a clean energy future?