Energy Innovation
Guests
Severin Borenstein
Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Richard Lester
Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
Daniel Reicher
Executive Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford
Summary
America’s innovation engine is the envy of the world, yet it struggles to deploy new technology at the scale commensurate with its economic might.
Severin Borenstein, Co-director, Energy Institute, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Richard Lester, Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
Dan Reicher, Executive Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford
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