The Department of Energy has gotten serious about technology commercialization

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Vanessa Chan, DOE’s Chief
Commercialization Officer, to discuss the challenges of
commercializing new clean energy technologies. Her office has
helped develop a common vocabulary among stakeholders (“adoption
readiness levels”) and concentrated the attention of public and
private capital on certain key technologies (“pathway to liftoff”
reports). It’s wonky stuff, but it has transformed and
turbocharged DOE’s commercialization efforts.


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