[OKRA] OKC Office of Sustainability invites you to a chat on Brownfields clean energy projects 6-5-24

[Ellen Bussert]

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Please feel free to share this with anyone interested in clean energy
projects on brownfields and closed landfills.  Great sustainability
initiatives are happening in OKC!




Greetings,

The City of Oklahoma City would like to invite you to attend the Brightfields
Market Fireside Chat
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with
four developers who have experience deploying clean energy projects on
brownfields and closed landfills.

This is part of our ongoing partnership with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
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 and Kansas State University’s Technical Assistance to Brownfields (KSU TAB)
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program,
in which the City aims to increase cross-organizational awareness of best
practices and examples for landfill solar projects and other
“brightfields.”

This free virtual event will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, June 5th from
11:30AM-1:00PM MT (1:30PM-3:00PM ET) and feature the following panelists:

   - Annika Colston – Founder and CEO, AC Power
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   - Paul Curran – Chief Development Officer, CleanCapital
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(formerly
   BQ Energy)*
   - Cassidy Ellis – New Market Strategy Manager, Ameresco
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   - Chad Farrell – Founder and Co-CEO, Encore Renewable Energy
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Our discussion will *focus mostly on local governments and other site
owners*, but others are welcome to attend. This will be a great opportunity
to learn the *latest market insights* and *get developers’ perspectives on
planning and procurement best practices*. *Note that this event will be
a non-sales environment*.

Following a facilitated discussion with our panelists, we will reserve time
to discuss your questions. We encourage you to submit questions in advance
when you RSVP here
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rmi-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrcumtqDIpG9BlbCe_9wastusE3HPnRHwJ__;!!NZFi6Pppv9YRQw!uaJYqX0fs6gZ5UU5QHex8zTx-dmmbsGFjrHrDHWY3sHu6Xs1WSpI76ec740KHq9XrEP8oSm1dpmT8cMyCCRJRp0R-AdoYy6Fz8s2$>
.

Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!



Here's a link to a recording
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of
our prior Brownfields event. You can also find this link on the bottom of
our Solar page here
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.



Regards,



*Sarah Terry-Cobo*

Associate Planner

Office of Sustainability | Planning Department
City of Oklahoma City

Sarah.Terrycobo at okc.gov

405-297-3933

*okc.gov/sustain
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