Mike Eckhart 
Biography
President of ACORE, Renewable Energy Expert from United States
Mike Eckhart has over 25 years of experience in renewable energy, power generation, high technology, and finance.
He is President of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), a non-profit organization that works to promote the use of renewable energy in the United States.
He is also the North American Secretariat for the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).
He is a 2008 recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
In 1998 he was named Renewable Energy Man of the Year of India for his work in bringing financing to solar energy markets.
Videos
Mike Eckhart
is renewable energy a viable solution? (part 1)
Mike Eckhart describes how the global effort to develop renewable energy began during the oil and gasoline shortages of the 1970s. Since then much progress has been made in inventing,…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Mike Eckhart
Is renewable energy a viable solution? (part 2)
In the second part of this two-part series on renewable energy, Mike Eckhart talks about the role that governments around the world have played – and continue to play –…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Mike Eckhart
What is the potential for renewable energy?
Mike Eckhart takes a candid look at the likely development of renewable energy going forward. He talks about the work that still needs to be done by organizations such as his, as…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Mike Eckhart
What is potential for solar power? (part one)
Mike Eckhart describes the three components to solar energy – solar photovoltaics (PVs), solar thermal water or space heating, and wholesale electric power generation. In…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Mike Eckhart
What is potential for solar power? (part two)
In this second clip, Mike Eckhart talks about the higher costs of generating electricity using solar photovoltaics. He speaks about the vital role that concerned and motivated consumers…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
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