Doug Arent is Executive Director for the NREL Foundation and Emeritus Executive Director for Strategic Public Private Partnerships at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden CO, USA where he builds partnerships to transform energy economies at speed and scale across the globe. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the World Economic Forum.
His interests are centered in energy and sustainability, where he has been active for more than 30 years. He has published extensively on topics of clean energy, renewable energy, power systems, natural gas, and the intersection of science and public policy.
A dramatic increase in renewable energy project approval and deployment rates is needed across the US — but the country has long struggled to push through projects quickly.
The challenge is clear. In recent years, scientists have underscored the need to limit planetary warming to 1.5ºC to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. Companies are stepping ...
