CESA Webinars & Events

Below is the list of our upcoming and most recent webinars. All of our webinars are free to attend, but registration is required. Click on the titles of the upcoming webinars below to read more and register.

Upcoming

Batteries 101, Part 3: Safety and Environmental Considerations for Battery Energy Storage in Massachusetts

July 11, 2024

In a special, Massachusetts-focused webinar series by CEG and CESA, experts answer your questions about energy storage. This third installment will address fire codes, environmental considerations, and security considerations that municipalities and planners should explore when designing a battery storage project in their communities.

Energy Storage for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

July 30, 2024

States are increasingly adopting ambitious clean energy and climate goals, which will require both renewable generation and energy storage technologies. This webinar will feature two different state approaches to reducing emissions with energy storage.

Department of Energy, Equitable Solar Communities of Practice Community Convening: Resilience, Storage, and Grid Benefits

August 5, 2024

Join CEG for an interactive 2-hour session exploring the best practices, opportunities, and obstacles in advancing resilient power – solar PV paired with battery storage (solar+storage) – in historically marginalized communities.

California’s Flexible Demand Appliance Standards for Pool Controls Program – Employing Load Shifting to Lower Peak Demand and Avoid Emissions

August 15, 2024

In 2023, the California Energy Commission (CEC) created the first-in-the-world flexible demand appliance standard for residential swimming pool controls. In this CESA webinar, guest speakers from the CEC will present their award-winning Flexible Demand Appliance Standards for Pool Controls program, featuring CEC Commissioner Andrew McAllister.

Recent

RPS Collaborative Webinar: Altering the Load Shape to Accommodate More Solar and Wind

May 9, 2014

In this webinar, Jim Lazar, Senior Advisor to the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) will discuss 10 low-carbon strategies to address load shape.

CEG Webinar: Clean Energy Finance through the Bond Market

April 22, 2014

The Brookings Institution, Clean Energy Group and the Council of Development Finance Agencies discuss their newly released paper on bond financing for clean energy projects. This webcast is free and open to the public.

2014 Clean Energy States Alliance National Membership Spring Meeting

April 7, 2014

The 2014 Clean Energy States Alliance National Membership Meeting will take place on April 6-8 in Sacramento, California. The meeting will be hosted by the California Energy Commission and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

ESTAP Webinar: Microgrid Technologies

April 4, 2014

Microgrid Technologies- A guide to CHP, Energy Storage, PV and Fuel Cells for Connecticut Municipalities and Other Interested Parties.

CESA Webinar: Solarize Connecticut – Program Results and Secrets of Success

March 28, 2014

Join us for a webinar where you will hear firsthand how Solarize, a remarkable group purchasing residential solar program, is transforming the residential solar landscape in Connecticut.

CESA/NEESC Webinar: Distributed Wind Technology for Hydrogen Production

March 27, 2014

The Clean Energy States Alliance and the Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster (NEESC) are hosting an upcoming webinar on distributed wind technology for hydrogen production.

RPS Collaborative Webinar: Renewable Thermal in RPS

March 10, 2014

The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) is hosting an upcoming webinar on renewable thermal in RPS for CESA’s State-Federal RPS Collaborative.

OWAP Webinar: Maine Offshore Wind Milestones

March 6, 2014

Please join us for an update on the milestones the University of Maine’s pilot-scale and demonstration offshore wind projects have achieved in the last few months and the University’s next steps as it works on securing power purchase agreements and awaits a funding decision from the U.S. Department of Energy for its demonstration project off of Monhegan Island. Guest speakers are Jeff Thaler and Habib Dagher from the University of Maine.

CESA Webinar: Solar Maps as Tools for Advancing Solar Energy

March 5, 2014

This webinar will highlight cutting-edge map-based tools that have been developed in the District of Columbia, New York, and Ohio. These maps can serve as good models for other states and communities. The webinar will focus primarily on maps that show the potential suitability of installing solar on particular buildings within a community. Such maps can help building owners and solar installers know whether a building may be suitable for a solar installation. The maps reduce the transaction costs involved with solar development and save building owners from wasting time pursuing infeasible projects.

ESTAP Webinar: Connecticut and Massachusetts Discuss Upcoming Solicitations for Resilient Power and Microgrids

February 13, 2014

The Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) will be holding a webinar on February 13, 2014.