News Release
September 18, 2007
Kansas Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency '07 Conference
The 2007 Kansas Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Conference sponsored by the Kansas Corporation Commission will be held September 25-26, at the Topeka Ramada Inn, 420 S.E. 6th Street (I-70 & 6th St.) Topeka, Kansas.
Kansas Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson will kick-off the conference at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 25. Parkinson is also co-chair of the Kansas Energy Council and has become a leader in progressive energy policy development for the State of Kansas. He will present the first Governor Energy Recognition Award.
Keynote speakers are Wes Jackson founder and current president of The Land Institute located near Salina, Kansas and Soren Hermansen, Director of the Samsų Energy Agency of Denmark.
Kansan Wes Jackson recently was cast in Leonardo DeCaprio's documentary movie, The 11th Hour, addressing concerns and issues relating to climate change and global warming.
Soren Hermansen, will talk about the reality of sustainability. Samsø, known as Denmark's renewable energy island is 100% self-sufficient with wind-generated electricity. Hermansen will discuss how the island accepted and met its government challenge 10 years ago to become totally energy self-sufficient in a carbon-neutral way.
One of the nation's top wind energy authorities, Larry Flowers, will address the Future of Wind in Kansas. Flowers is the principal project leader at the Wind Technology Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory located in Golden, Colorado.
On Wednesday, September 26, multiple concurrent sessions on various energy topics will be facilitated by over 40 energy experts from Kansas and throughout the country. Topics include efficiency and conservation, new technologies, wind and solar energy, biofuels, public education and loan programs, and federal policy updates.
The complete agenda and conference registration is available online at http://kcc.ks.gov/energy/kreeec/ or you may call 785.271.3170.