CleanTechTV™ tells the world about Australia’s cleantech companies in a way that attracts investment, deals, partnering and licensing to drive the growth of this sector and Australia’s next wave of innovation.

At CleanTechTV™, we talk to our cleantech leaders – any time, any where – as they make international news around the world. CleanTechTV™ is the first to offer real time web-based interviews on the Australian cleantech sector.

We use the latest in online video technology so your news message gets out fast.

WHO is on CleanTechTV™?

CleanTechTV™ features tech leaders speaking about their company and service/offering in an interview format with leading cleantech reporters Giles Parkinson [The Australian, Business Spectator and more] and Brad Howarth [BRW, BOSS, AFR and more].

HOW does CleanTechTV™ share the news?

CleanTechTV™ promotes companies to the world via the CleanTechTV™ news site which is powered by the latest in search engine optimization, video tagging, social media, RSS, and boasts news feeds to the world’s most influential online media outlets and investor communities. CleanTechTV™ site is searchable by sector, company name, State and executive profile.

WHAT will being featured on CleanTechTV™ do for our company?

The interviews can be re-purposed, downloaded and embedded easily for corporate websites, e-newsletters, presentations, video business cards, email, conferences and more.

Each time an executive appears on CleanTechTV™ it launches a sophisticated content sharing campaign ensuring strong and targeted pick-up in Australia and around the globe.

CleanTechTV™ allows your company to access “The Underutilized Power Of The Video Demo To Explain What The Hell You Actually Do”

“I don’t know all the secrets to building a successful company, but there are a few things I’ve seen that seem like surefire ways to ever-so-slightly grease the road to success. Here’s an easy one: make a video demo and prominently promote it somewhere where new visitors can find it. One that shows off the core function of your product without making people think they’re watching an ad or a pitch. And answer, as thoroughly as possible in 2-3 minutes, what it is that you’re bringing to the table.”

Tech Crunch: by Jason Kincaid October 2009

For more info about CleanTechTV™ contact us at:

Sydney: +61 2 8006 0424 or Palo Alto: +1 650 798 5238
Email: team@cleantechnologytv.com

We interview delegates, researchers and speakers attending the conference, in a series of vox pops.

We ask: what are the key messages to come out of the forum, why they are attending, how their companies are impacting the cleantech space, and Australia’s potential within the cleantech space.

Featured in this video:

* Luke Osborne, Chief Operations Officer of Windlab

* Mark Miller, Managing Director of Greenearth Energy

*Michael Walsh, Executive Director of Hunter Hall Investment Management

*Henry L Han, Managing Director of Hann-Ocean Technology

*Leonore Ryan, commercialisation Manager of CSIRO

*Geoff Evison Managing Director of Arkx Investment Management

*Ivor Frischknecht, Investment Director of Starfish Ventures

For more information about the annual Australasian cleantech Forum visit: www.terrapinn.com

The event is in it’s 7th year, and is the largest gathering of cleantech companies, investors and energy users in the Southern Hemisphere.

With speakers from businesses such as Peony Capital, Generation Investment Management, Hunter Hall Investment Management, Siemens, AGL and Cleantech Ventures, the event will focus on capital allocation, capital attraction, strategies for maximising cleantech ROI and commercialising clean technology.

The Forum, which will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, will also showcase the latest in cleantech innovation.

So far, registered attendees are coming from Venture Capital Firms, Private Equity Firms, governments, law firms, investment banks, cleantech companies and cleantech solution providers.

In the lead up to the event, CleanTech TV’s Green Business Reporter Giles Parkinson has spoken to some of the event’s key speakers.

Mina Guli is the Executive Director of Peony Capital. The company is working with China to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.

In the interview with CleanTech TV, Mina discusses the difficulties of becoming more ecologically sustainable in the face of rapid urbanisation. Mina presents incredible statistics about China’s growth and change, and insists that Australian businesses are missing out on the huge opportunities that are coming out of the “greening of China’s economy”.

She tells viewers about her main messages at the upcoming Cleantech Forum, and says that ultimately, we need to put the “green back into the green and gold”.

Giles also spoke to Michael Walsh, the Head of Strategy and Development at Hunter Hall Investment Limited, who will also be presenting at the conference.

Michael talks about Australia’s position in the cleantech sector, and our renewable energy potential.

Giles and Michael delve into investment and pricing carbon. At the Forum, Michael will be speaking on the ‘Fund Management Panel’. His interview with CleanTech TV is a good introduction to his ideas and the possibilities associated with investing in the cleantech sector.

For more information on the Forum, visit their website.

Our Green Business Reporter, Giles Parkinson, asks Larry about his role as the “Solar PV Ambassador for the United States” and what he thinks of the current global climate for PV and the solar industry at large.

When Giles asks Larry about why he is attending this year’s AuSES Solar2010 Conference, Larry talks about his great respect for the Australian solar industry as one of the world leaders in PV and solar thermal energy and his high hopes for the role solar will play in both countries as a significant provider of energy in the years to come. His purpose in coming out here is to further explore new solar partnerships and strengthen those already in place between Australia and the United States.

Larry also talks about the exciting developments of his work in Iraq where newly installed solar power is bringing much needed relief and support to the citizens there to power schools, hospitals and even to provide street lighting in Bagdad as well as installing new PV solar systems in rural areas too.

Read the AuSES Solar2010 Conference program and register to attend at:
http://www.auses.org.au/conference/

Lawrence Kazmerski Exec. Director of NREL

Lawrence Kazmerski
Executive Director of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Lawrence L. Kazmerski is Executive Director, Science and Technology Partnerships at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado—having served as Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics for the period 1999-2008.  He received his B.S.E.E. in 1967, M.S.E.E. in 1968, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1970—all from the University of Notre Dame. He served in a postdoctoral position with the Atomic Energy Commission at the Notre Dame Radiation Research Laboratory, January through August 1971. He was on the electrical engineering faculty of the University of Maine before coming to SERI (NREL) in 1977.  His research at Maine included NSF- and ERDA-funded work in thin-film photovoltaics and the report of the first thin-film copper-indium-diselenide (CIS) solar cell.  He was SERI’s (NREL’s) first staff member in photovoltaics, hired specifically to establish efforts in the characterization of photovoltaic materials and devices; he led NREL efforts in measurements and characterization for more than 20 years.  Kazmerski has more than 320 publications and some 200 invited talks. His current research interests include the DOE Office of Science Energy Frontiers Research Center (EFRC) at NREL dealing with “materials by design” (www.centerforinversedesign.org), for which he serves as Co-Director and Project Integrator, and solar projects ranging from the rebuilding of the electricity infrastructure in Iraq through mitigating dust problems for PV collectors.  He has been recognized with several national and international awards, including the World PV Prize, the IEEE William R. Cherry Award, the AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award, and the ASES Charles Greeley Abbot Award.  He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the APS, and a Fellow of the AVS.  Kazmerski is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

About NREL

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is America’s primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development (R&D).

NREL’s mission and strategy are focused on advancing the U.S. Department of Energy’s and our nation’s energy goals. The laboratory’s scientists and researchers support critical market objectives to accelerate research from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions. At the core of this strategic direction are NREL’s research and technology development competencies. These areas span from understanding renewable resources for energy, to the conversion of these resources to renewable electricity and fuels, and ultimately to the use of renewable electricity and fuels in homes, commercial buildings, and vehicles. The laboratory thereby directly contributes to our nation’s goal for finding new renewable ways to power our homes, businesses, and cars.

Visit the NREL website.

About AuSES Solar2010 Conference

Solar2010 Conference
Hosted by Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES).
December 1st-3rd
Manning Clark Theatre
Australian National University
Canberra

To find out more about the AuSES Solar2010 conference, register or download the conference program visit:
http://www.auses.org.au/conference/

For all media enquiries regarding the Solar2010 Conference and guest speakers please contact:
Susan Fitzpatrick-Napier
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+61 (02) 9006 1614

Read the AuSES Solar2010 Conference program at:
http://www.auses.org.au/conference/

Hon. Simon Corbell, Minister for Energy

Hon. Simon Corbell
Minister for Energy, ACT Gov. & Guest Speaker at AuSES Solar2010 Conference

Simon Corbell MLA was first elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly as a Labor Member for Molonglo in 1997 and has been a Minister in the Stanhope Government since its election.

Simon is currently the Attorney General, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Energy.

Simon is heading up the Department of Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water, and is responsible for helping to tackle one of the biggest issues of the 21st Century. Simon is passionate about creating a sustainable Canberra and making Canberra the solar capital of Australia. There has already been significant interest from industry following the expansion of the feed-in tariff to include medium and large scale installations. Simon views Climate Change the single largest issue confronting our community today.

About AuSES Solar2010 Conference

Solar2010 Conference
Hosted by Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES).
December 1st-3rd
Manning Clark Theatre
Australian National University
Canberra

To find out more about the AuSES Solar2010 conference, register or download the conference program visit:
http://www.auses.org.au/conference/

For all media enquiries regarding the Solar2010 Conference and guest speakers please contact:
Susan Fitzpatrick-Napier
Click here to email
+61 (02) 9006 1614

Read the AuSES Solar2010 Conference program at:
http://www.auses.org.au/conference/

Dr David Mills, Solar Thermal Expert

Dr David Mills
Solar Thermal Expert, Founder of Ausra (now owned by Areva) and Guest Speaker at AuSES Solar2010 Conference

David Mills was born in Canada and lives in Sydney, Australia. He is known worldwide for pioneering Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology in the early 1990’s and for many publications in non-imaging optics, solar thermal energy, concentrating PV , and solar energy policy since 1977.  He rose to become the head of the solar energy group at the University of Sydney School of Physics, and originated the research  programme that developed the double cermet evacuated tube absorber surface used by tens of millions of households in China.

He  is a former president of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) and was the inaugural Chair of the International Solar Cities Initiative (ISCI).  Mills was a co-founder of Solsearch, the company that first performed research on the CLFR, co-founder of Solar Heat and Power (SHP) that built the Liddell solar array, Australia’s largest solar thermal plant, and the first CSIRO tower heliostat field.  He was subsequently co-founder of Ausra Inc. In California, which built Kimberlina,  the first commercial solar thermal electricity plant in that State in 20 years.   At Ausra in Palo Alto,  he served as first Board Chairman and led long term research in his capacity as CSO, working on advanced solar collector and thermal storage systems which continue under long term development.  Ausra’s subsidiary Ausra Pty Ltd. (formerly SHP, and now Areva Pty. Ltd.) successfully bid for the 44 MW Kogan Creek plant to be operated by CS Energy.  After Ausra was successfully sold to Areva in early 2010,  he retired in June and returned to Australia in August.

In 2009, he became the first Veski Entrepreneur in Residence, and delivered the Deakin Lecture in October. During this time he was honored by dinners with the State Governor and the Executive Staff of the University of Melbourne.  He is married to Karina Kelly, a well-known former TV science reporter and newsreader from Australia, and they have two sons aged 18 and 13.

About AuSES Solar2010 Conference

Solar2010 Conference
Hosted by Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES).
December 1st-3rd
Manning Clark Theatre
Australian National University
Canberra

To find out more about the AuSES Solar2010 conference, register or download the conference program visit:
http://www.auses.org.au/conference/

For all media enquiries regarding the Solar2010 Conference and guest speakers please contact:
Susan Fitzpatrick-Napier
Click here to email
+61 (02) 9006 1614

Follow AuSES on twitter for the latest campaign updates:
http://twitter.com/AUSolarEnergyS

Visit the AuSES site to find out how you can get active in this campaign:
http://www.auses.org.au/solar-crisis-rally/

Press release from AuSES available here:
http://www.auses.org.au/press-release-industry-calls-crisis-rally/

A copy of the Algae.Tec prospectus is available online at:
http://www.algaetec.com.au

Roger Stroud, Algae.tec

Roger Stroud
Executive Chairman
Algae.Tec Ltd

Roger has over 35 years experience in a variety of industries. He spent over 10 years in finance in a number of areas including credit, money market and investment banking for CitiNational (Citibank/National Mutual) merchant bank, predominantly in Sydney.

Following the above, he floated a mining company, with a head office based in Sydney, and undertook the role of managing Director for 8 years. After floating a manufacturing company, and overseeing the building of a modern brickworks in Perth, Roger provided advisory services to mining and manufacturing businesses for a number of years. In the late 1990s, Roger began the process of building businesses in the renewable fuel sector, primarily biodiesel. This included floating two separate biodiesel companies,. Roger is a founding director and controlling shareholder of Teco.Bio LLC, and is based in Perth, WA.

Roger has received a BSc from Sydney University, majoring in Chemistry and Geology, and a BA (Economics) from Macquarie University. He is currently chairman of the “Centre for Research into Energy for Sustainable Transport”, a collaborative of Curtin and Murdoch Universities, based on Murdoch Campus.

About Algae.Tec
Algae.Tec was founded in 2008 with offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Perth, Western Australia. It has a highly experienced global team with over 200 years of technical, professional and business expertise in key energy and environmental industries and core competencies in bio fuel technologies, energy markets, Algae.Tec (and its major shareholders) have conducted hundreds of laboratory, bench-scale and pilot tests and product trials to-date; assessed competitive algae technologies; and have applied the development phase results to detailed engineering evaluations of commercial plant operations. Collectively, these activities have led to the development of technology and know-how for high efficiency production of microalgae via a modular photo-reactor system and improved algae harvesting and product refinement technologies. Its algae technology has demonstrated exceptional performance, providing step-change improvements in productivity, product yield, carbon dioxide sequestration, plant footprint requirements versus agricultural crops and other competitive algae processes in the industry.

For all Investor enquiries please contact
Peter Hatfull
Click here to email
+61 (08) 9380 6790
www.algaetec.com.au

For all media enquiries please contact
Susan Fitzpatrick-Napier
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+61 (02) 9006 1614

As announced by the Hon. Martin Ferguson AM MP Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism this week, the Commonwealth has awarded a grant of $60 million under the Renewable Energy Development Program to assist the development of the Whyalla Solar Oasis power plant. This plant will use use 300 Wizard Power Big Dish solar thermal concentrators to generate 66GWh of electricity each year; enough electricity to power over 9,500 Australian homes and reduce greenhouse gasses by 60,000 tonnes per year, the equivalent of taking 17,000 cars off Australian roads each year. This 40MWe concentrated solar thermal power plant will be the largest implementation of Wizard Power Big Dish technology to date.

Please click here to view Wizard Power’s recent press release about this announcement: “Dishing Out the Good News on Solar Power”

Artur Zawadski, Wizard Power

Artur Zawadski
General Manager & Manager of Business Development
Wizard Power Pty. Ltd.

Artur Zawadski leads business development and project delivery for Wizard Power. His experience over the last 20 years includes the establishment of management consulting businesses in Australia and the UK, managing the public sector systems integration practice for a multinational IT services organisation, and the management of infrastructure and systems integration projects in the defence, steel manufacturing, retail and banking sectors.

In addition to his business and project delivery experience, Artur brings expertise in the renewable energy field with postgraduate qualifications in energy studies. Artur is the former Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (2006 – 2008) and a member of the Australian Institute of Energy.

An Introduction to Wizard Power Pty Ltd.

Wizard Power is an Australian solar technology development company headquartered in Canberra, the nation’s capital city. Wizard Power exists to make a positive contribution to global clean energy production.

At the heart of Wizard Power’s technology portfolio are the:
· The Big Dish solar thermal concentrator. The Big Dish is the world’s largest and highest performance paraboloidal dish solar concentrator;
· Mirror panel technology for Big Dishes and other solar concentrators; and
· A suite of unique thermal and thermochemical solar energy storage systems.

These technologies enable the delivery of utility-scale, zero emission thermal and electrical energy for dispatchable power applications. The Australian National University developed the first versions of these technologies over a period of more than 30 years. In 2005 Wizard Power exclusively licensed the technologies and has since then been improving, replacing, complementing & supplementing the ANU technology to produce the next generation of technology for commercial deployment.

Wizard Power provides the research, development, technology support and systems integration services necessary to facilitate the development of solutions and projects using these technologies.

Wizard Power is currently constructing a solar energy storage demonstration plant in Whyalla South Australia. Wizard Power, in conjunction with National Power and Sustainable Power Partners, also has a proposal under the Commonwealth Government’s Renewable Energy Demonstration Program to build an 80MW power plant in Whyalla.

Wizard Power is also developing high-temperature solar gasification solutions for the conversion of coal, biomass and other carbonaceous materials to liquid fuels, plastics and fertilisers.

For all Wizard Power media enquiries, please contact
Lisa Robey
Marketing and Communications Manager
Click here to email
+61 (0)2 6162 3456
www.wizardpower.com.au