Robert Busch followed by 2013 Clean Energy Student Challenge Kickoff

We invite you to attend both events.  For planning purposes, please reserve a ticket for each event you plan on attending.  You do not need to bring your ticket(s) to the event - please save the paper.

Robert Busch
The Grid: How VARs Turn Into Billions
The power distribution grid has been called the most complex machine ever devised by man.  For decades, it has operated with almost flawless precision, delivering vast quantities of electric power to our homes, businesses and factories.  Yet today, it is too often the bottleneck in the development of renewable energy resources.  Why is it so hard to build high voltage transmission when almost everyone says we need more?  Using current real world examples and blending engineering and economics, Mr. Busch will explain and explore the current use of the grid and how it will need to change.  
*VAR - Volt, Ampere, Reactive, a critical but little understood component of major power systems.

For more information on Mr. Busch's talk, please go to http://energy.case.edu/events-speaker-series-Robert-Busch

2013 Clean Energy Student Challenge Kickoff
The Great Lakes Energy Institute will launch the 2013 Clean Energy Business Plan Competition for graduate and undergraduate students at 4pm on September 19th.  The competition is funded by the Department of Energy and is organized in Ohio by NorTech and University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio (UCEAO).  It's an in-depth, hands-on opportunity to learn about clean energy, explore building a business of your own, network with with influential contacts and compete to win $100,000!
For more information on the the challenge, please contact Mindy Baierl mindy.baierl@case.edu or 216-368-6037.

More information about these events can be found at energy.case.edu.

The event will take place in Nord 310 and parking is available in the Veale parking facility at a max rate of $10/day.  Light refreshments will be served.