Events

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Cleanpower 2023

May 22, 2023

May 22-24, 2023

Cleanpower 2023 welcomes more than 6,000 attendees to support the advancement of new business and innovative solutions for utility-scale renewable companies.

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Intersolar North America

February 14, 2023

February 14-16, 2023

Intersolar is a premier solar + storage event and brings key players in the renewable industry together in order to advance the clean energy transition. Ascend will be exhibiting at booth #952 - please stop by!

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CAISO Forecast 4.1 Preview: Tax Credits, Gas Prices & Scarcity - Oh My!

December 1, 2022

CAISO Forecast 4.1 Preview: Tax Credits, Gas Prices & Scarcity - Oh My! | 11am - 12pm MT |The perfect storm of high gas prices, inflation, growing demand, and extreme weather creates a strong foundation for the earning potential of renewables and storage in CAISO. At the same time, supply chain challenges and interconnection queue logjams have impeded new resource buildout. The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act adds additional force to expedite the energy transition but will have limited ability to release the pressure in the near-term. In this webinar, we will provide an overview of Ascend's latest CAISO forecast, discussing 2022's eventful year to date and the impact on future price projections.

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Ascend Analytics 2022 Summit

October 18, 2022

October 18-20, 2022

Come join us this Fall at the Ascend Summit in beautiful Boulder, CO. We are bringing together clients, colleagues, and industry experts from across the US to discuss where we are and where we are headed on the path to a cleaner and more resilient electric grid.

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Solar & Storage Finance USA

October 4, 2022

October 4-5, 2022

A gathering of more than 250 attendees from funds, banks, developers, and utilities. Ascend's CEO, Dr. Gary Dorris, will present "Financial Structuring & Hedging Options for BES (or Hybrid) Facilities" from 11:40am - 12:00pm on October 4th.

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Solar Power International

September 19, 2022

September 19-22, 2022

SPI, ESI & North America Smart Energy Week | Largest energy event in North America

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Inflation Reduction Act: Fuel on the Fire

September 14, 2022

With rising gas prices, stranded asset risks for thermals, and growing renewable penetrations, renewables and storage were already the most economic new resources in most markets even before the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act improved their economic outlook. While Ascend already forecasted aggressive renewable buildouts, the extension of the Investment Tax Credit to standalone storage significantly improves the merchant viability in storage in marginal markets. This webinar will cover key developments since Ascend's last forecasts and estimated changes for upcoming releases.

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SPP Market Forecast 3.2 Update: A Gathering Storm

August 9, 2022

11am - 12pm MT | Speakers: Brent Nelson, PhD & Gary Dorris, PhD | With one of the highest renewable penetrations in the country and an interconnection queue loaded with even more renewable capacity, volatility in SPP continues to grow. As gas prices rise, this volatility growth will only be further amplified. This webinar will discuss Ascend’s outlook on the SPP power market, identifying key spatial and structural market dynamics and opportunities for renewables and storage.

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Reliability Planning for a Low Carbon Future

July 27, 2022

July 27, 2022

11am - 12pm MT | Speakers: David Millar (Managing Director, Resource Planning & Procurement Services) & Brandon Mauch (Manager of Resource Planning Analytics) | As the US charts a path towards a carbon-free future and utilities are pushed to meet aggressive clean energy goals, meeting this challenge requires building large amounts of wind, solar and energy storage. This large growth in highly variable weather-driven power supply raises the stakes for rigorous analysis of resource adequacy to ensure a reliable power system. In this webinar, Ascend's resource planning experts will discuss: - Risks of load shortfalls in today’s systems - Model requirements for best practices in resource adequacy analysis - Resource adequacy metrics and their use in planning - ELCC analysis of weather-driven and energy limited resources

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Market Forecasting in an Era of Energy Transition: Not Your Boss's Forecast

July 13, 2022

July 13, 2022

11am - 12pm MT | Brent Nelson, PhD & Gary Dorris, PhD | Electricity price dynamics are fundamentally changing with increasing renewable penetrations, and the days are over of average prices having great sway. Volatility is growing, negative prices are becoming increasingly frequent, geospatial patterns of supply and power prices are radically changing, and ancillary markets are transforming. Understanding the structural drivers of change and their links to market conditions is critical to making informed decisions. This presentation will cover what energy investors and developers need to understand about power markets as the energy transition progresses.