Dr Dan Arvizu: Global renewable energy trends
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 2011-11-08

Dr Dan Arvizu, Director of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provides an overview of US and global technical and market trends with renewable energy.  This video was recorded at The Australian National University on 31 October 2011.

Dr Arvizu gives a review of progress with renewable energy research and development and deployment along with the technical and economic potential of these technologies. He  also highlight examples of success stories with renewable energy research and market penetration. In addition he discusses NREL's research, analysis, commercialisation, and deployment programs.

NREL (http://www.nrel.gov/) is the USA's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development (R&D), and has a budget of approximately $540 million. NREL's R&D areas of expertise are:
• Renewable electricity
• Renewable fuels
• Integrated energy system engineering and testing
• Strategic energy analysis

Dan Arvizu became NREL's eighth Laboratory Director on January 15, 2005. Prior to NREL, Arvizu was an executive with CH2M HILL Companies. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Federal and Industrial Client Groups. Before joining CH2M HILL, he was also an executive with Sandia National Laboratories, where he worked for more than 20 years. He began his career at the AT&T Bell Telephone Labs Customer Switching Laboratory. Arvizu was appointed to the National Science Board by President George W. Bush.

This video is presented by the ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science.