The gathering in National Harbor, MD hosted green tech investors, policy makers and scientists, all of whom are focused on hitting the next clean energy "home run". The government run Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is focused on specific technology goals that could be accomplished within the next few years. The DOE has assembled a top notch team to vet applications, but has turned away around three quarters of applications due to extremely tight competition.
"We see billions of dollars flowing into clean-tech, but very few organizations working as effectively as NIREC to make sure that breakthrough products can 'cross the chasm' to commercialization."
- Jim Davis, President, Chevron Energy Solutions