Topic:  Nevada First Solar Electric Generating System
Speaker:  Gilbert Cohen, Senior Vice President of Engineering & Operations, Solargenix Energy Inc
 

The Nevada Solar One Projects is a 64 MW renewable solar power plant that will be constructed in Boulder City, Nevada and is expected to start producing clean renewable energy by March 2007.

The presentation will cover the following topics

• Overview of the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies with a special emphasis on the parabolic trough technology used in the project under construction in Boulder City, NV.
• Nevada Solar One project
  • 64 MW Solar power plant, performance predictions
  • Design uniqueness and improvements
  • Construction status and schedule
  • Main steps of the project development
• Nevada potential and future development for CSP in the State
   

Speaker Bio:

Mr. Cohen was the Technical Services Manager of KJC Operating Company, the operator of the most successful Solar Electric Generating Systems (SEGS) in the Mohave Desert (California).  His services at the SEGS spanned more than 14 years.

Mr. Cohen's interest in Solar Energy began 25 years ago as a staff Engineer of the Scientific Research Foundation, where he was involved in various R&D activities.

Mr. Cohen has authored and presented numerous technical papers at professional and academic organizations in many countries.  He is an active member of the Solar Energy Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES), where he served two terms on the ASES Board of Directors.

In 2002 Mr. Cohen received the prestigious "Hoyt Clarke Hottel Award" from the American Solar Energy Society.  This award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the technology in the solar energy field.