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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Hannaford Hall, USM Portland
Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives at Google was the keynote speaker at our annual meeting, Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine, Portland.
Internet powerhouse Google is investing tens of millions of dollars in clean energy technology. Along with innovators, companies, and nations around the globe, Google sees an opportunity and urgency for transforming our economy from one running on fossil fuels to one based largely on clean energy. The technologies and know-how are either available or under development, according to Google, and embracing them will create new industries and millions of jobs, cut energy costs, improve national security, and reduce the threat of climate change.
Mr. Reicher described how and why Google is making its bets on the clean energy ideas and technologies of tomorrow. He is one of the nation’s leading clean energy experts, with broad career experience in the public and private sectors, including serving as Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy where he managed more than $1 billion in renewable energy and energy efficiency investments.