ARPA-E makes the case for business-first government programs
New energy technologies and sustainability must prove their business value through efforts such as the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy, which can “fund efforts that touch the boundaries of...
View ArticleFrom ARPA-E: 7 thoughts about the state of U.S. manufacturing
The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit annually showcases the importance of emerging technologies and sustaining them until they can get venture capital. But this year’s event last week was also a de...
View ArticleLive from #EIS13: T. Boone Pickens on how natural gas could save the U.S....
American innovation brought about the natural gas production boom the U.S. is now experiencing, and Americans would be fools not to capitalize on it, energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens said at the ARPA-E...
View ArticleLive from #EIS13: Steven Chu, the “blocking and tackling” Energy Department...
In what may have been his final appearance in office, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that knowing now how it would be, he would have still gladly taken the office in 2009. Chu told the audience at...
View ArticleLive from #EIS13: Senate energy leaders lay out different strategies for...
The leadership of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee might differ on what America’s energy future should look like, but they agree that innovation led by the Department of Energy’s...
View ArticleLive from #EIS13: Elon Musk and Steven Chu talk about what makes innovation
In order to radically innovate, your company has to be small and nimble, said Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and CEO and chief technical officer of SpaceX. “It’s generally true that the larger a...
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