see highlights from this panel here.<\/a> \n<\/em> \nmoderator: andrew revkin, blogger, the new york times \nvice admiral dennis mcginn (ret.), president, american council on renewable energy \nrobert hefner, founder and chief executive officer, the ghk companies \nreed hundt, chief executive officer, coalition for green capital \nron smith, co-founder and president, verdant power<\/p>\nthe new york times\u2019 andy revkin moderated the last panel discussion of the day, \u201crenewables: boom or bust?\u201d the panelists discussed natural gas and renewable power sources, including water, wind, and solar energy. vice admiral dennis mcginn (ret.), president of the american council on renewable energy, called natural gas \u201ca blessing,\u201d as it is cleaner to produce than coal and has a \u201cfirming capability\u201d for when wind is not blowing or the sun is not shining as brightly. the panel came to the conclusion that, ultimately, there must be a synergy between natural gas and renewables in order to diversify our energy portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
this is a full panel recording from the gw moving the planet forward conference. see highlights from this panel here. moderator: andrew revkin, blogger, the new york times vice admiral dennis mcginn (ret.), president, american council on renewable energy robert hefner, founder and chief executive officer, the ghk companies reed hundt, chief executive officer, coalition…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8583,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4903,4910],"tags":[2638,2639,2640,1203,2641,2642,2643,2644,2645,1211],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-gas","category-renewable-energy","tag-american-council-on-renewable-energy","tag-andrew-revkin","tag-coalition-for-green-capital","tag-dennis-mcginn","tag-gwmoving","tag-new-york-times","tag-reed-hundt","tag-robert-hefner","tag-ron-smith","tag-verdant-power"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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