Doug Arent is Executive Director for the NREL Foundation and Emeritus Executive Director for Strategic Public Private Partnerships at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden CO, USA where he builds partnerships to transform energy economies at speed and scale across the globe. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the World Economic Forum.
His interests are centered in energy and sustainability, where he has been active for more than 30 years. He has published extensively on topics of clean energy, renewable energy, power systems, natural gas, and the intersection of science and public policy.
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