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National SOLAR 2007 Conference
was held Saturday - Thursday, July 7-12, 2007
at the Cleveland Convention Center
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Hosted by American Solar Energy Society and Green Energy Ohio
 
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National SOLAR 2007 Conference
Over 5,000 Attend!
Hosted by ASES & GEO
July 7-12, 2007 - Cleveland Convention Center
ASES U.S./Ohio Clean Energy Jobs Summary - SOLAR 2007
See Newspaper, TV and Radio Coverage of SOLAR 2007
Jacobs Field Goes Solar!
Pictured (L-R): Cleveland Indians' Slider, Bill Spratley of GEO,
Ronn Richard of The Cleveland Foundation, and Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher
celebrate the new solar pavilion at Jacobs Field with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
See WKYC News Story/Play Video - June 29 click here More News Aticles click here
View the performance of the solar pavilion, click here.
Summary: The National SOLAR 2007 Conference, hosted by the American Solar Energy Society and Green Energy Ohio and held from July 7-12, 2007 at the Cleveland Convention Center, turned out to be an overwhelming success. The weeklong event attracted a record public attendance and exhibitor participation with more than 3,200 people converging on 158 exhibitors during Public Day along with over 1,800 registered conference attendees.
Most of these participants discovered new insights in the conference theme: "Sustainable Energy Puts America to Work." Diverse speakers from government, foundation, business, labor union, education and non-profit communities considered the question of how do we put more Americans to work in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries.
SOLAR 2007 spurred the deployment of major renewable energy installations in Cleveland. A week before the conference, major renewable energy installations were being unveiled at prominent institutions. The Cleveland Indians dedicated a solar pavilion at Jacobs Field - the first American League team to go solar. Meantime, the City of Cleveland Fire Station #20 received new solar thermal system through a 3-day technical training organized by GEO. During the conference, a small wind turbine was installed at a Cleveland sewer plant in addition to the dedication of the spectacular 31.2 kW solar array at the Great Lakes Science Center. The first ASES Legacy Solar High School with a solar PV system was completed by an all-female crew several days after the conference at the John Hay High School.
The Cleveland community's embrace of sustainable energy unfolded at SOLAR 2007 as over 45 newspaper, TV and radio accounts of the event promoted the use of clean technologies to those besides the 5,000 people in attendance. The largest public participation at this annual conference also made a statement about the local demand by Ohioans for putting renewable energy to work for them. Thanks to the more than 70 volunteers and 30 members of the Local Organizing Committee who provided assistance with registration, consumer presentations, the job recruitment, and marketing.
Apart from this green activism, the major legacy left by SOLAR 2007 may be the eventual adoption of policies in support of renewable energy that require clean energy in the fuel mix for its 11 million residents.
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