In Good Company

Posted on | June 13, 2010 | No Comments

Last week the high level lobby organization American Energy Innovation announced a suggested plan for large scale energy systems transformation in the United States. Bill Gates and Jeff Immelt are also going to meet with President Obama on Thursday the 17th of June to discuss the issues related to large scale energy transformation.

Among the founders of American Energy Innovation are prominent citizens, such as Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt (CEO of General Electric), John Doerr (Partner at Kleiner Perkins), and a number of other top managers of large US companies.

http://www.americanenergyinnovation.org/

Their plan is based on five cornerstones:

1. Create an independent national energy strategy board.
2. Invest 16 billion USD per year in energy innovation.
3. Create centers of excellence with strong domain expertise.
4. Fund ARPA-E at 1 billion USD per year.
5. Establish and fund a New Energy Challenge Program to build large scale pilot projects.

This is exactly the arguments of “Global Energy Transformation,” applied on the actual situation of the United States, a key player in any Global Energy Transformation program.

Every country needs to form a strong national strategy, such as the one suggested by American Energy Innovation, in order to drive its energy transformation program forward. There also needs to be cooperation between nations in key areas. This will not only help the global transformation of energy systems, it will also contribute to political stability and the aversion of large scale conflicts over the coming decades.

Bookmark It