The Climate Conversation
The Climate Conversation
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
6.4 How the Department of Energy is Catapulting Clean Energy Innovation to Commercial Liftoff
34 minutes Posted Oct 17, 2023 at 5:41 pm.
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The most complicated part of solving the climate crisis is not developing clean energy technologies—we’ve already made enormous strides there—but, rather, funding the deployment and widespread adoption of those technologies. The Loan Programs Office (LPO) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working to overcome that barrier by financing large-scale energy infrastructure projects to help the United States reach its climate goals. In this episode, Dan and Alison are joined by LPO Chief Strategist Jonah Wagner to discuss DOE’s Pathways to Commercial Liftoff Reports, the role of the private sector in the transition to a decarbonized economy, and some of the clean energy technologies on the front lines of this transition.