LAS VEGAS, NV—Solutions to the climate crisis are possible, asserts former U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, but the nation needs to make greater investments in energy innovation to implement those solutions and capture the economic payoffs. “We’re clearly talking about multitrillion dollar markets in this technology space.”While he was energy secretary under President Obama from 2013-2017, Dr. Moniz was a big supporter of domestic and international energy innovation. They are advancing rapidly, he said, both to address domestic pollution and to seize clean energy manufacturing opportunities. “That was the whole point in Mission Innovation [and] the American Energy Innovation Council. ISAAC BREKKEN, GETTY IMAGES FOR NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT “Integrating Innovation” was the theme of the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas, NV at which Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz spoke.
Source: Huffington Post November 28, 2017 02:15 UTC