Cleantech 2.0 is coming and will be led by investors like Silver Lake Kraftwerk’s Adam Grosser and Cathy Zoi, the DOE’s former Under-Secretary for Energy. Both will be speaking at Green:Net 2011.

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Silver Lake, along with billionaire investor George Soros, spent more than a year looking at what worked and what didn’t for cleantech investing, and have formulated an investment thesis: 1) focus on growth-scale financing, and 2) go global.

At Green:Net 2011, we have dedicated several sessions to exploring the relationship between these ideas and the cleantech industry’s renaissance:

• Conversation with DOE’s Loan Chief. Jonathan Silver, Executive Director of the Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, will talk about funding innovation, its progress and its future.

• How Does the Consumer Fit In? Speakers include Will West, CEO of Control4, and Daniel Yates, CEO of OPOWER, who will speak about consumer apps for smart grid — what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what’s next.

• Digital, Smart Energy: Cleaner Power, Smarter Grids. The future of the power grid is electricity from cleaner sources combined with digital systems. How do these two intersect and what are the hurdles to this connection? Speakers include David Crane, CEO and President of NRG Energy, and Eric Dresselhuys, EVP and CMO of Silver Spring Networks.

See the speakers and current schedule here. VentureBeat readers, save $100 when you register for Green:Net today.