The keynote speakers Tom Tansy and John Nunneley, founders of the SunSpec Alliance, will discuss securitization of solar assets, and TÜV Rheinland experts will provide an update on the Consortium for Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (CSEP2.0) specification certification. The meeting will provide an opportunity for the industry stakeholders in the Silicon Valley area to network with peers, view a demo of Smart Grid technologies, and tour TÜV Rheinland’s Smart Grid Test Laboratory. The keynote presentation by Tom Tansy and John Nunneley will explore the requirements of securitization, including assessing the risk associated with solar plant performance. The speakers will identify key plant measurements and performance indicators that drive the actuarial data needs of financiers to determine the health, reliability, and long-term performance of solar assets. “Currently, most financing is done by a relatively few participants with large tax equity appetites,” explained Tom Tansy. “With the Investment Tax Credit scheduled to be reduced from 30% to 10% in 2016, new sources of capital are needed. An accurate risk assessment is essential to the securitization effort where solar assets are bundled into tradable investment products.” ""TÜV Rheinland is continuing to grow its business in the Smart Grid market,"" said Sarbjit Shelopal, North American Field Manager at TÜV Rheinland. ""Our ZigBee and Wi-Fi Alliance certification marks, along with many Safety, ANSI and FCC test suites, are just part of testing we perform to support manufacturers and utilities providing Smart Grid technologies to consumers. As a member of The SunSpec Alliance, TÜV Rheinland is also focused on the interoperability of the inverter industry adhering to SSA 2.0 specification.” Presenter(s): Gary Sorkin, Smart Grid Business Development Manager, TÜVReinland and Tom Tansy, SunSpec Alliance Presentation documents are available at Penn State's Smart Grid Educational Webinar Series Archive at https://smartenergyacademy.psu.edu/gridstar/webinar-series-archive. You can also browse the rest of the archives there, or by using the Smart Grid Educational Webinar Series playlist on YouTube. Originally delivered on April 02, 2013. Dr. Erfan Ibrahim, Founder & CEO of The Bit Bazaar LLC is offering these monthly seminars as a public service to bridge the knowledge gap in the industry and inspire a new generation of students, researchers, engineers, and policy experts to understand the technical, policy and business requirements to enable Smart Grids and develop the skill set to design, build and manage the infrastructure in a commercially viable way. The Smart Grid Educational series seminars are bringing world-class experts in the field to educate the industry on critical issues and create a forum for interaction to solve complex problems in this field. These forums also allow national labs and academia to showcase their research work to the nation and internationally to attract new funding, new faculty, new students and new ideas for curriculum development. It is also promoting cutting edge technologies from vendors, world class experts, and sound engineering, business process and policy principles leading to economic growth, job creation, and social benefit. You can view more webinars at Penn State's Smart Grid Educational Webinar Series Archive at https://smartenergyacademy.psu.edu/gridstar/webinar-series-archive or by using the Smart Grid Educational Webinar Series playlist on YouTube.

• published: 31 Oct 2014
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