The Business Case for Renewable Energy: Technology, Policy and Finance

This is part of the Business & Environment Issues lecture series. As president of New Energy Capital, Dan Reicher executes project finance deals for commercial application of renewable energy technologies. Prior to joining New Energy Capital, Reicher served as Executive Vice President of Northern Power Systems, the nation's oldest renewable energy company. As Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Dept of Energy (1997-2001), Dan Reicher directed annually more than $1 billion in investments in renewable energy, distributed generation and energy efficiency research, development and deployment. Mr. Reicher is also currently co-chairman of the advisory board of the American Council on Renewable Energy and a member of the boards of Burrill and Company's Biomaterials and Bioprocessing Venture Fund, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, and the Keystone Center's Energy Program. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.