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

Bridging the Gap: How Emerging State Policies are Making Energy Storage More Affordable and Accessible

January 7, 2025

This webinar features report authors discussing a recent report, jointly published by the CESA and Sandia National Laboratories, that highlights emerging strategies used by the leading states to advance energy storage adoption in underserved and low-income communities.

Solar and Battery Storage to Support Community Preparedness and Disaster Response

January 15, 2025

An increase in severe weather events, combined with aging energy infrastructure, is resulting in more frequent and longer duration power outages. This webinar will focus on innovative applications of solar+storage to assist vulnerable communities in the event of an outage and emergency event.

National Energy Summit for States: Navigating Energy Trends and Federal Programs

May 28, 2025

This event will bring together state and federal government officials and program staff who are working to implement IRA/BIL programs.

Recent

OWAP Webinar: Learning Investment in Offshore Wind: An Economic Analysis

March 11, 2013

Join OWAP for a 60-minute webinar briefing on the major findings from this new analysis, undertaken by the Brattle Group. The analysis finds that, based on reasonable assumptions of technology learning rates, offshore wind energy can reach grid parity with fossil fuel generation before 2030.

ESTAP Webinar: Briefing on Sandia’s Maui Energy Storage Study

March 6, 2013

The Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership project of the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) and the Department of Energy is presenting a webinar featuring a case study conducted by Sandia National Laboratory on the Island of Maui and its goals of increasing its renewable energy capacity and the role of energy storage.

OWAP Webinar: Right Whales and Offshore Wind – A Case Study for Collaboration

March 1, 2013

Join CESA’s Offshore Wind Accelerator Project (OWAP) and the National Wildlife Federation for a webinar that will examine the scientific underpinnings of North Atlantic right whale conservation; identify how this challenge might impact offshore wind development; and describe the details and impact of recently agreed-upon conservation measures that present a solution.

RPS Webinar: Implications of FERC Order 1000

February 25, 2013

This month’s RPS webinar will focus on the important topic of FERC Order 1000 and its implications for state RPS managers and other state officials.

Updates from Oregon, Massachusetts and Connecticut on Solarize Programs

February 21, 2013

This webinar, hosted by the Clean Energy States Alliance, featured presentations by the Energy Trust of Oregon, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, and Connecticut’s Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA).

CESA Webinar: An Introduction to Fuel Cell Applications for Microgrids and Critical Facilities

February 20, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance hosted a webinar to discuss the benefits of fuel cell integration in microgrids, provide an update on Connecticut initiatives in microgrid development, describe recent fuel cell technology improvements, and provide examples of fuel cell installations in critical facilities.

RPS Webinar: Solar Valuation in Utility Planning Studies

January 16, 2013

This RPS Collaborative webinar will feature Andrew Mills of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) discussing new research on solar valuation that he and his colleague, Ryan Wiser, have recently published.

EISPC Energy Zones Policy Inventory Overview

January 9, 2013

This webinar will describe the inventory of state policies that is being undertaken for the Eastern Interconnection States’ Planning Council (EISPC). It will also explain how representatives of state agencies in the eastern interconnection can review and easily edit the policy entries for their state.

ESTAP Webinar: Applications for Redox Flow Batteries

December 20, 2012

This webinar, presented by the Clean Energy States Alliance’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), features a presentation by Bret Adams, Director of Business Development at EnerVault, on the opportunity for redox flow batteries and examples of their applications.

CESA Webinar: The Business Case for Fuel Cells 2012

December 19, 2012

Clean Energy States Alliance will be hosting a webinar on fuel cell technology with guest speakers Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, Gerard Conway of Plug Power, and Asim Hussain of Bloom Energy.