From Panel on Solar Panel:
"We need a green bank. Actually, we need a bank."
~ Jeff Wolfe—Chariman and CEO, groSolar
"We fully intend to be the first Chinese company to export jobs to the US."
~ Roger Efird, President, Suntech America, in answer to a question put to the Solar Panel, in describing their plans to begin to move some of their manufacturing from China to the US
From Panel on Smart Grids:
"Smart grid is kind of like apple pie and motherhood (in terms of achieving a reduced carbon footprint and other goals)."
~ Suedeen Kelly, FERC Commissioner
"Projects are racing ahead of the standards—we are trying to catch up. There are 80 families of standards, and over 70 gaps and issues to address."
~ George Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, NIST
"What keeps me up at night—fear of getting a call from the
White House: ‘You know those 40 million smart meters… We can’t use them
for plug in electric vehicles!’ "
~ George Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, NIST
"A well defined interface for consumers and others…opens the way for innovation. For hundreds of companies to apply their ingenuity and take advantage as customers optimize their energy usage. Just think about what has happened in IT—and the stimulation for the economy…"
~ George Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, NIST
"I don’t think we’ve seen the killer app yet."
~ Suedeen Kelly, FERC Commissioner, Co-chair, Smart Grid Collaborative in response to a question
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