Full Schedule

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT

Networking Breakfast

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT

Registration Open

7:00 AM - 8:30 PM CT

Clean Power in Color- Networking Breakfast

Location: George Bush Ballroom C (Level 3)

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8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

Opening General Session

Location: General Assembly Theater (Level 3)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – ENGIE

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

Panelist: – Pattern Energy

Panelist: – Vestas

Panelist: – Quanta Services, Inc

Panelist: – GE Vernova

Speaker: – Apex Clean Energy | Incoming ACP Board Chair

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM CT

Exhibit Hall Open

10:15 AM - 10:40 AM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT

Clean Power in Color—Opening Keynote

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

Clean Power in Color

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Clean Connections: Grid Considerations for Large Load Growth

Location: Charge Up Stage (Booth #5132)

Moderator: – Interwest Energy Alliance

Speaker: – Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

Speaker: – LG Energy Solution Vertech

Speaker: – RWE Clean Energy

Charge Up

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Scaling American Energy Manufacturing in a High-Growth Market

Location: Knowledge is Power Stage (Booth #2453)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

Speaker: – SOLV Energy

Speaker: – Array Technologies

Speaker: – Fluence

Knowledge is Power

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Where Capital is Flowing: Investor Perspectives on Energy Growth and Risk

Location: Energy Elevation Stage (Booth #330)

Speaker: – HASI

Speaker: – TD Cowen

Speaker: – CPP Investments

Speaker: – Bank of America

Energy Elevation

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Clean Power Insights: Powering Project Delivery—Building Talent, Resilience, and Community Trust

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Host: – American Clean Power Association

Workforce & Community Trust

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Preparing the Next Generation for Clean Power Careers

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – WhyMaker

Workforce & Community Trust

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Building the Bench: Hands-On Strategies for Building the Future Clean Energy Workforce

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Latimer Enterprises

Workforce & Community Trust

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Unshakeable: The Workplace Resilience Advantage

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – ENGIE

Workforce & Community Trust

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Retention Is a Schedule Strategy: A Multigenerational Playbook to Reduce Rework, Retraining, and Turnover

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – HR 4 Your Small Biz

Workforce & Community Trust

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Energizing Economies: De-Risking Project Development by Generating Business Community Buy-In

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy

Workforce & Community Trust

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Trust Before Megawatts: Converting Concern into Confidence with Battery Energy Storage Projects

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Boralex Inc

Workforce & Community Trust

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Clean Power in Color—Opening Session

Location: George Bush Ballroom (Level 3)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Panelist: – Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co

Panelist: – American Clean Power Association

Panelist: – Americans for Responsible Innovation

Clean Power in Color

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM CT

Clean Power In Color—Lunch & Keynote: Salary Negotiations

Location: George Bush Ballroom C (Level 3)

Clean Power in Color

1:00 PM - 1:25 PM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Community and Stakeholder Engagement: Lessons from Projects That Got Built

Location: Charge Up Stage (Booth #5132)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – EDF power solutions North America

Speaker: – Vice President, ITC Holdings Corp

Speaker: – Ørsted

Charge Up

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Financing the Future: Structuring Deals in a High-Demand Energy Market

Location: Energy Elevation Stage (Booth #330)

Moderator: – Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Speaker: – JP Morgan

Speaker: – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Speaker: – Rabobank

Speaker: – US Bancorp Impact Finance

Energy Elevation

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

How AI is Accelerating Clean Energy Project Deployment

Location: Knowledge is Power Stage (Booth #2453)

Speaker: – Clearway Energy Group

Speaker: – Intersect

Knowledge is Power

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Clean Power Insights: From Greenfield to Grid—Why Clean Energy Projects Get Stuck and How to Unstick Them

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Host: – American Clean Power Association

Siting & Permitting

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Top Mistakes & Reasons Why Your Community Engagement Isn't Working

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – TruGrid

Siting & Permitting

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Community Engagement Strategies for Increasing Energy Projects at the Local Level

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Grenergy USA

Siting & Permitting

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Why Your Clean Energy Project Is Still Waiting in Limbo

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Terracon

Siting & Permitting

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Why First Impressions Matter Most and How to Create One That Earns Support

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Davies Public Affairs

Siting & Permitting

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Surviving a Moratorium: Why Communities Turn to Moratoriums and How to Turn Pause into Progress

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Aileron Communications/Energy Storage Engagement Partners

Siting & Permitting

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT

Greenfield vs. Brownfield: Navigating Site, Regulatory, and Stakeholder Risks when Siting Renewable Power & BESS in Data Centers

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Hatch

Siting & Permitting

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Clean Power in Color—Designing Your Next Chapter: Strategic Career Moves, Executive Visibility, and Winning in Today’s Clean Energy Job Market

Location: George Bush Ballroom C (Level 3)

Moderator: – Vestas

Speaker: – Heidrick & Struggles

Speaker: – Apex Clean Energy

Speaker: – Ellement Group

Speaker: – Climate Line LLC

Clean Power in Color

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Clean Power in Color—Beyond the Grid – Funding the Next Generation of Clean Energy Entrepreneurs of Color (capital pathway panel grounded in lived experience)

Location: George Bush Ballroom C (Level 3)

Moderator: – Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Panelist: – ACORE

Panelist: – Solar Bear

Speaker: – Emery Power LLC

Clean Power in Color

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Clean Power in Color—Who’s Really in Charge? Gen X Leaders, Millennial Expectations, and Gen Z and Alpha Demands. Four Generations. Four Definitions of Leadership. One Workplace—Ready or Not

Location: George Bush Ballroom B (Level 3)

Clean Power in Color

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Networking Break & Exhibits

Location: Exhibit Halls (Level 1)

2:30 PM - 2:55 PM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Securing the Grid: Cybersecurity for Digitally Connected Electric Infrastructure

Location: Energy Elevation Stage (Booth #330)

Energy Elevation

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Spending to Save: Getting Economic Transmission Projects Built

Location: Charge Up Stage (Booth #5132)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – Illinois Commerce Commission

Speaker: – Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

Speaker: – ITC Holdings Corp

Charge Up

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Tariff Playbooks: How Industry Leaders Are Navigating Trade Challenges

Location: Knowledge is Power Stage (Booth #2453)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Knowledge is Power

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Clean Power Insights: Storage for the AI Economy—Smart Batteries, Intelligent Controls, and Resilient Infrastructure

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Host: – American Clean Power Association

Energy Storage

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Innovations in Battery Technology for Grid-Scale Energy Storage

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – CMBlu Energy

Energy Storage

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Commissioning Utility Scale Energy Storage Projects: Hidden Nuances

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Aypa Power

Energy Storage

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Scaling Storage with Repurposed Batteries: Increasing Speed to Power via Low-Cost, Domestic Energy Storage

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Redwood Materials

Energy Storage

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

The Merchant Battery Opportunity: Maximizing Battery Storage Revenue Through Bid Optimization

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Ascend Analytics

Energy Storage

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Battery Storage, Intelligent Controls, and the Future of Large-Load Integration

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – FlexGen

Energy Storage

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Protecting the Digital Backbone: AI-Driven Fire Safety for Lithium-Ion Energy Storage in Data Centers

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – ResilientEdge Energy Advisory

Energy Storage

3:00 PM - 3:25 PM CT

PowerCast Presentation

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – Pattern Energy

Speaker: – Invest in Our Future

CLEANPOWER

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT

Clean Power in Color—Political Whiplash: Inside the Beltway and State Policy — How Clean Energy Leaders Are Responding

Location: George Bush Ballroom B (Level 3)

Moderator: – LRE

Panelist: – American Clean Power Association

Panelist: – SEIA

Panelist: – American Clean Power Association

Clean Power in Color

3:30 PM - 3:55 PM CT

PowerTalk: Energy Storage

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Clean Power Insights for Wind Energy: Extending Asset Life—Reliability, Performance, and Repowering

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Host: – American Clean Power Association

Land-based Wind Energy

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Extrapolation to Observation: Improving Energy Estimates with Remote Sensing in the Era of Tall Turbines

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Natural Power Consultants

Land-based Wind Energy

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Operational Energy Yield Assessments: Comparing Approaches and Managing Uncertainty

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Wood Group

Land-based Wind Energy

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Main Bearing Lubrication Challenges in Today's Turbines

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – bp/Castrol

Land-based Wind Energy

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Toward Continued Improvements in Wind Turbine Blade Durability

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – DNV

Land-based Wind Energy

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Scaling Lessons Learned Across Wind Fleets at Time of Need Using Generative AI and Maintenance History

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – Kavaken

Land-based Wind Energy

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Repowering America's Wind Farms: Extending the Life of Wind Farms

Location: NexStage (Booth #3655)

Speaker: – EDP Renewables North America LLC

Land-based Wind Energy

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM CT

Energy at the Edge: War, Power, and the New Global Order

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

Clean Power in Color

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM CT

PowerTalk: ACP Q1 Market Report Launch

Location: PowerCasts Stage (ACP Booth #2519)

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT

Emerging Leaders Meet-Up

Location: Emerging Leaders Lounge (Booth #719)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT

EmpowHER Reception

Location: EmpowHER Lounge (Booth #3047)

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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT

Exhibit Hall Happy Hour

Location: Exhibit Hall (Level 1)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT

Regional Partners Reception

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT

Clean Power in Color—Closing Session: Rest is Resistance

Location: George Bush Ballroom B (Level 3)

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

Clean Power in Color

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT

Clean Power in Color—Closing Reception

Location: Level 3 Pre Function

Clean Power in Color

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