Winning Community Support for Solar and Energy Storage: Dispelling Myths and Creating End-of-Life Solutions

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST

Location: Room 320, Level 3

A new report by Berkeley Lab finds that community opposition is one of the top three causes of wind and solar project cancellations. Winning community support for solar projects requires taking local concerns into account, dispelling myths around environmental concerns with quality information, and providing end-of-life solutions through reuse or recycling. This panel will create a dialogue on these issues through a panel discussion that includes developers of large-scale PV projects, technical experts from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and experts in reuse and recycling.

Moderator(s)

Steffanie Dohn (she/her/hers)

Vice President-Government Affairs
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States

Panelist(s)

Taylor Curtis (she/her/hers)

Regulatory/Policy Analyst
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Golden, Colorado, United States
Robert Nicholson

Senior Manager of Sustainability
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Jesse Simons

Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer
SOLARCYCLE
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Kelly Weger (she/her/hers)

Sr. Director of Sustainability, North America
Qcells
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States