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**limited law review and other journals have been consulted with similar results | **limited law review and other journals have been consulted with similar results | ||
**This is an area that might best be understood through interviews with association leaders. | **This is an area that might best be understood through interviews with association leaders. | ||
***Possible candidates include: | |||
****Rhone Resch - President and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Energy Industry Association [http://www.seia.org/cs/about_seia/staff/rhone_resch] | |||
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http://www.irecusa.org/<br> | http://www.irecusa.org/<br> | ||
'''Northeast | '''Northeast Sustainable Energy Association'''<br> | ||
50 Miles Street <br> | 50 Miles Street <br> | ||
Greenfield, MA 01301<br> | Greenfield, MA 01301<br> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:31, 18 April 2010
Answer the questions:
After an initial review of the leading associations it appears that the associations focus more on information exchange, standards, and promotion of the field than intellectual property management.
- Material Consulted to Date:
- Primary materials created by the associations (web sites, white papers, brochures. etc) did not reveal positions on IP protection
- limited law review and other journals have been consulted with similar results
- This is an area that might best be understood through interviews with association leaders.
- Possible candidates include:
- Rhone Resch - President and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Energy Industry Association [1]
- Possible candidates include:
Background for Questions:
Solar
American Solar Energy Society
2400 Central Ave, Suite A,
Boulder, Colorado 80301
303-443-3130
http://www.ases.org/
Founded: 1954
Publishes:
- SOLAR TODAY magazine
Conference:
- ASES National Solar Conference
- ASES National Solar Tour
Solar Electric Power Association
1220 19th Street NW, Suite 401,
Washington, DC 20036
202-857-0898
http://www.solarelectricpower.org/
Founded: 1992
"electric service provider, manufacturer, installer, government, and research members"
Publications
- Monthly Phone Seminars
- Bi-Weekly Electronic Newsletter and Email Alerts
Conferences
- Solar Power International 2008
Solar Power Industry Association
805 15th Street, NW Suite 510
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 682-0556
http://www.seia.org/
Founded: 1974
Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC)
1679 Clearlake Road
Cocoa, FL 32922-5703
(321) 638-1537
http://www.solar-rating.org/
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC)
1112 16th Street NW
Suite 240
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 628-7400
http://www.sbicouncil.org/
Wind
National Wind Coordinating Collaborative
"Representatives from the utility, wind industry, environmental, consumer, regulatory, power marketer, agricultural, tribal, economic development, and state and federal government sectors to support the development of an environmentally, economically, and politically sustainable commercial market for wind power."
http://www.nationalwind.org/about/default.htm
American Wind Energy Association
1101 14th Street N.W. 12th Fl
Washington DC 20005
(202) 383-2505
windmail@awea.org
http://www.awea.org
Types of members: wind energy equipment manufacturers, project developer, plus individuals from industry, government, and academia.
Publishes:
- Wind Energy Weekly
- Windletter monthly
Conference:
- Annual Wind Power Conference
American Council on Renewable Energy ACORE
PO Box 33518
Washington, DC 20033
202-393-0001
info@acore.org
http://www.acore.org
Founded 2001
Accelerates the adoption of renewable energy technologies into the mainstream of American society (Encyclopedia of Associations)
Publishes:
- ACORE News, a quarterly newsletter
- Renewable ENergy in America, an annual report
Tidal
Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition
http://www.oceanrenewable.com/
General Alternative Energy
Center for Energy Policy and Research
MIT Building E19-411
400 Main Street, 4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
ceepr@mit.edu
617-253-3551
http://web.mit.edu/ceepr/www/
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Center
Mail Stop EE-1
Department of Energy
Washington, DC 20585
1-877-337-3463
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/informationcenter/
EPRI
3420 Hillview Avenue,
Palo Alto, California 94304
650-855-2121
askepri@epri.com
http://www.epri.com/
Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
P.O. Box 1156
Latham, New York 12110-1156
518-458-6059
http://www.irecusa.org/
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
50 Miles Street
Greenfield, MA 01301
413.774.6051
nesea@nesea.org
http://www.nesea.org/
Renewable Energy Policy Project
1612 K Street, NW
Suite 202
Washington, DC 20006
202.293.2898
http://www.repp.org/