As the US returns to a period of rising electricity demand, a portfolio approach will be necessary to meet near-term demand with commercially available technologies while paving the way to support long-term growth to stay on the path to a clean energy future. DOE’s recent Pathways to Commercial Liftoff Topic Brief How Rising Electricity Demand Can Support Liftoff of Clean Energy Solutions summarizes the opportunity to accelerate commercial deployment at scale for multiple available and emerging energy and grid solutions that are part of this broad portfolio, including advanced nuclear, next generation geothermal, grid enhancing technologies, virtual power plants and more.
Join leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a webinar on Thursday, Sept 5th from 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET to hear more about the opportunity to accelerate liftoff for these technologies to collectively add hundreds of gigawatts of capacity on the system to help meet demand needs by the mid-2030s.
Featured speakers include:
- Dr Vanessa Chan, Chief Commercialization Officer and Director, Office of Technology Transitions
- Jigar Shah, Director, Loan Programs Office
- Louise White, Senior Consultant, Loan Programs Office/Office of Technology Transitions
Note: The Department will not address questions about the Liftoff Reports, active or upcoming funding opportunities during the webinar. For inquiries related to funding opportunity announcements, please direct them to the designated email address provided with the opportunity. Feedback regarding the Reports is welcomed at liftoff@hq.doe.gov