Dana Christensen on The Future of Renewable Energy Research
Channel: IIEA
Date: 11/07/2012

About the Speech:
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Against a backdrop of cuts to clean energy subsidies in the OECD, Dr. Dana Christensen will look at the range of innovation in the field of clean energy and consider how renewable energy projects can be made more commercially viable. Dr Christiansen is an expert in science and technology research with a particular focus on the research, development, commercialisation and deployment of renewable energy across the United States.

This event is the seventh event in the ESB Lecture Series 2012, which is kindly sponsored by ESB.

About the Speaker:

Dana C. Christensen is the Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology at the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) since 2010. After more than three decades of professional management within Department of Energy National Laboratories, he has become one of the world's leading experts on energy technology and energy systems.  He is a Board member of the Intelligent Transportation Systems of America and serves on the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee.  As NREL's Deputy Director for Science and Technology, he is responsible for science strategy, with particular focus on renewable energy development and energy efficiency for buildings, industry, and transportation.