Enhancing Federal Clean Energy Innovation

A widespread and rapid transition to a low-carbon energy system by 2050 is essential to keep pace with ambitious policy goals and avoid the worst consequences of climate change. Innovation is necessary to lower costs and improve performance of existing technologies and to develop new clean energy options that address challenges in harder-to-decarbonize sectors. To examine means by which the U.S. federal government can rise to this challenge, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a virtual workshop series "Enhancing Federal Clean Energy Innovation" on July 27 to August 7, 2020. The workshop featured timely, action-orientated assessments of how to strengthen development and penetration of new clean energy technologies. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions that occurred over the course of the workshop.


Table of Contents


Front Matter
Overview
1 The Imperative to Accelerate Energy Innovation
2 Strategies for Acceleration: Strengthening User Pull
3 Strategies for Acceleration: Leveraging and Learning from the
Department of Defense
4 Managing the Department of Energy's Research and Development
Portfolio
5 Expert Roundtable
6 Advanced Manufacturing and the Climate Crisis: Changes and
Opportunities
7 Thinking Globally
8 Next Steps
Appendixes
Appendix A: Statement of Task
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
Appendix C: Planning Committee and Participant Biographical
Information
Appendix D: Registered Workshop Participants
Appendix E: Acronyms