USEA Virtual Press Briefing: Electron Renaissance: A Rebirth of Invention in the Energy Space

Matt Chester of Chester Energy and Policy recently had the pleasure of joining a USEA Virtual Press Briefing as a member of the media asking pointed questions to key leaders in the sector. The full details and video can be found at this USEA.org link, and the relevant information is also copied below.

A whole suite of new technologies is headed for the electric space in an Electron Renaissance. Within the next decade, these new technologies will begin to be felt —some with major impact.

The United States Energy Association took a hard look at these upending developments at its virtual press briefing on Wednesday, July 10 at 11 a.m. EDT.

The format for these monthly press conferences on the air is simple: A panel of senior journalists interviews a panel of experts in a collegial atmosphere. The object is to disseminate knowledge to the media and the public. While we aim to give reporters something they can write that day, we also seek to inform them for future articles. The briefings are free, open to the public, and viewers may submit questions. They are organized and hosted by veteran writer and broadcaster Llewellyn King. Mark Menezes, USEA president and CEO, and former DOE deputy secretary, welcomes participants and is on hand to add his expertise.

These are the critical, evolving areas which will be examined at the briefing:

  • Many battery varieties which are about to make an impact.

  • Fusion companies which have collectively secured nearly $6.2 billion in private funding, along with additional grants from governments, and which hope to ship their first commercial reactors within a decade.

  • New connectors which look to transform the grid.

  • New ways of using natural gas without traditional carbon-releasing combustion.

  • Small modular reactors which are about ready for deployment.

  • Power electronics.

The experts are:

  • Charles Bayless, Director, TS Conductor

  • John Howes, Principal, Redland Energy Group

  • Andrew Holland, CEO, Fusion Industry Association

  • Arvin Ganesan, CEO, Fourth Power

  • Alan Ahn, Deputy Director for Nuclear, Third Way

  • Ashley Smith, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, AES Corporation

  • Akash Patel, CFO, NET Power

The reporters are:

  • Jennifer Hiller, The Wall Street Journal

  • Ken Silverstein, Forbes

  • Peter Behr, E&E News

  • Markham Hislop, Energi (Canada)

  • K Kaufmann, RTO Insider 

  • Matt Chester, Energy Central

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