Sponsors
Haddington Ventures, through its private equity funds, provides superior returns to its partners and investors by focusing on the midstream energy sector. The Fund will generally make control-oriented investments in companies focused on gathering, separation, processing, treating, compression, storage, and transmission. Haddington is unique in that it is the only midstream energy fund in which all principals have substantial direct operating experience. As such, the Fund is capable of investing in both growth by acquisitions companies and greenfield development companies. This capability allows Haddington to capitalize on current market conditions in the midstream sector.
For more information, visit www.hvllc.com/.
King & Spalding’s strategically placed offices and experienced attorneys have made the firm a top energy
industry choice. King & Spalding is teamed with a variety of clients engaged in the midstream natural gas
industry, including LNG import terminal sponsors, gas gatherers, gas processors and gas storage projects.
The firm handles a full range of energy services, including development, permitting, real estate, financing,
M&A, A&D, commercial and construction contracting, government relations and dispute resolution.
For more information, visit www.kslaw.com/.
Platinum Sponsors
At Stoel Rives (www.stoel.com) we’ve been pioneers in renewable energy law for nearly 30 years. With over 115 of our attorneys dedicated
specifically to renewable energy and sustainability practices, independent experts consistently rate us among the top renewable energy law firms in
the United States. We have represented major national and international energy developers and operators in wind, biofuels, ocean & hydropower,
biomass, geothermal and solar energy projects throughout the United States and abroad. From project finance, tax and construction contracting to
interconnection, transmission and power purchase negotiations – we have the experience to guide clients in any aspect of an energy project.
For more information, visit www.stoel.com.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is uniquely positioned to help companies and their financial partners realize the vast promise of the energy and
clean technology field. The firm’s traditional leadership in the technology sector makes us exceptionally well suited to serve as a strategic advisor
to visionary companies at all stages of development. To take full advantage of this unparalleled platform, we have assembled a highly specialized
team of energy and clean technology attorneys, giving us top-tier expertise in everything from patents to project finance, government affairs to
tax structures. Also setting the firm apart are our longstanding relationships with venture capitalists, private equity firms, and major financial
institutions across the U.S. and abroad, which allow us to serve as a conduit to—and advisor regarding—-a wide variety of funding sources. When
it comes to structuring and closing groundbreaking transactions in the emerging energy economy, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has become
the firm of choice for leading companies, investors, and lenders.
For more information, visit www.wsgr.com.
Gold Sponsors
A123Systems develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion batteries and battery systems for the transportation, electric grid services and portable power markets. A123Systems patented Nanophosphate™ lithium ion batteries are designed to deliver a new combination of power, safety and life. Applicable to a wide range of industries, A123Systems’ can enable OEMs expanded flexibility in system design. With world-class expertise and management, global manufacturing operations and one of the laaargest automotive lithium ion R&D teams, A123Systems’ and its Automotive Class Lithium Ion™ products are helping to accelerate platform electrification. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Massachusetts, A123Systems’ proprietary nanoscale electrode technology is built on initial developments from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
For more information, visit www.a123systems.com.
LG Chem Power Inc. (LGCPI), is a leading supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for automotive hybrid electric vehicles in North America. LGCPI battery packs contain large-format cells and provide a number of technological advantages over competing packs, including: safer (manganese-based) chemistry, special high temperature separators that prevent thermal runaway, and safer laminated packaging designed to be more forgiving under abuse conditions. The company is headquartered in Troy, Mich., and its mission is to become the supplier of choice for lithium-ion battery technology.
For more information, visit www.lgcpi.com.
Silver Sponsors
Dresser-Rand is among the largest global suppliers of custom-engineered rotating equipment
solutions—centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, gas and steam turbines, gas
expanders, and control panels—for long-life, critical applications in the oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries. Our worldwide client base consists of oil and gas producers and distributors, state-owned oil and gas companies, and chemical and industrial companies in more than 140 countries. Beyond oil and gas, our markets increasingly encompass power generation and its associated technologies.
For more information, visit www.dresser-rand.com/.
Dynapower’s modular line of Energy Management
Systems integrates the latest in DSP controlled
grid-tied inverter technology with smart battery
conditioning. Product sizes range from small
storage systems for commercial and community scale
management systems, through large industrial
and utility installations.
For more information, visit www.dynapower.com/.
Gravity Power, LLC, a spin-off of LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc., is developing a revolutionary grid-scale electricity storage system. The company's new Gravity Power Module(GPM) exploits the established principles of pumped storage hydropower, but extends the concept in a new direction: Down.
For more information, visit www.gravitypower.net.
HDR is an employee-owned architectural, engineering and consulting firm with over 8,000 professionals in more than 185 locations worldwide. This staff includes some of the most experienced and capable engineers, regulatory experts, environmental scientists and project management professionals in the hydroelectric industry. HDR assists clients with the development of new hydropower projects from feasibility studies to project engineering, and in the modernization of existing hydropower facilities. Services for transmission and renewable-energy generation projects encompasses engineering, design, economic modeling and storage valuation, environmental sciences and regulatory support services for pumped storage hydropower.
For more information, visit www.hdrinc.com/.
RedFlow provides up to megawatt-scale storage solutions deployed as kilowatt scale systems in the rapidly growing Electricity Utility and Solar PV markets.
These use RedFlow’s proprietary zinc-bromine flow battery in a smart-grid ready system that is currently deployed in a major Australian electricity utility.
For more information, visit www.redflow.com.au.
Bronze Sponsors
Electrovaya designs, develops and manufactures proprietary Lithium Ion SuperPolymer® batteries, battery systems, and battery-related products for the clean transportation, smart grid power, consumer and healthcare markets.
For more information, visit www.electrovaya.com/.
Integral Analytics (IA) is an analytical software and consulting firm, IA includes experts in engineering, statistics, software design and operations research, focused on asset and program evaluation, capital planning, optimal control, forecasting, and market research solutions. Based on sophisticated analytical methods, IA creates powerful tools that reach every aspect of the energy industry. Our tools provide clients with precise valuations and forecasts, faster and more cost effectively. IA creates concise solutions that are essential to the success of our clients. Our products will bring clarity to your business, benefit your budgets, and ultimately provide more harmony with our ecosystem.
For more information, visit www.integralanalytics.com.
Breakfast Sponsors
Saft is the world's leading designer, developer and manufacturer of advanced technology batteries for industrial and defense applications, including high-technology lithium-ion batteries to stabilize the grid and support renewable energy systems. Saft provides energy storage solutions for a wide range of applications, ranging from megawatt-class containerized systems for smoothing and shifting the output of PV farms to highly distributed community and residential energy storage options operating at the edge of the smart grid.
For more information, visit www.saftbatteries.com.
Supporting Sponsors
Customized Energy Solutions is at the forefront of competitive energy markets. Through consulting services and financial analysis, we enable competitive suppliers, technology providers, and utilities to prosper through change.
For more information, visit www.ces-ltd.com/.
Growing Energy Labs, Inc. (GELI) is a consultancy for evaluation, modeling, design, engineering, hardware & software production, installation and education of balanced energy systems for all applications.
For more information, visit www.growingenergylabs.com/.
A global, leading authority in energy consulting and testing & certification, active throughout the entire energy value-chain – in a world of increasing demand for energy, KEMA has a major role to play in ensuring the availability, reliability, sustainability and profitability of energy and related products and processes. KEMA combines unique expertise and facilities, in order to add value to our customers in the field of risk, performance and quality management.
For more information, visit www.kema.com/.