Did you attend the Industry Growth Forum? Tell us about your experience! “The Industry Growth Forum is a great gathering of innovators who are working to solve some of the biggest problems that the world is facing today.” -Agnes Dasewicz Rockefeller Foundation Fellow and Former Director of Private Capital and Microenterprise USAID How do we … More 30th Industry Growth Forum: Highlights and a Bright Outlook
Innovation and entrepreneurship are tricky things to define. Their scope ranges across a huge array of industries, fields of study, and an even larger array of people and organizations. Each of those organizations, industries, and individuals may have varying definitions of what innovation and entrepreneurship means for them. At the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC), … More Connection, Collaboration, and Community: Navigating the Valley of Death
With just one month to go, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) 30th Industry Growth Forum (IGF) has shaped up to be the most exciting to date! On May 3rd and 4th, 30 cleantech companies will take the stage to unveil topics ranging from blockchain to batteries. The presenters are pioneering technologies and business models on … More The 30th Industry Growth Forum At a Glance
Once a clean energy startup is ready to scale a product into full production mode, entrepreneurs are often faced with a number of questions and challenges. … More 3 Problems and 3 Resources in Cleantech Manufacturing
As an applied research facility in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory system, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) looks beyond fundamental research to investigate and understand how the technologies developed here impact the marketplace and serve the real world. This focus sharpened for the Lab in 2008, through the DOE’s open bid … More NREL Innovation & Entrepreneurship: A Brief History
As the sun sets on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) 40th year, the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) has much to reflect on and look forward to. New and revamped programs, unforgettable events, a solar eclipse, and a growing IEC team have made 2017 electrifying. To highlight just a few memorable moments: April marked … More Reflecting on 2017
Earlier this month, Cohort 6 of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy I-Corps program concluded with an energy-filled pitch event at the National Union Building in Washington, D.C. This was a special evening, as Energy I-Corps alumni from several national laboratories joined the Cohort 6 teams to showcase their technologies and the progress made … More Industry Engagement Continues to Grow in Energy I-Corps Program
August 16 was a day of looking into the future as the first Innovation Incubator (IN2) Summit brought 150 stakeholders to NREL to explore the direction of the program for the coming years. “It’s our 40th birthday, and in that respect, this meeting is very exciting to me because we in the lab are … More Innovation Incubator Summit De-brief
There’s no summer vacation for the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2). Instead, the program—which began in 2014 as a five-year, $10 million effort focused on commercial building startups—is revving up. Just ask Senior Energy Efficiency Research Engineer Shanti Pless, who is a PI for several IN2 projects and who works closely with the IN2 program … More Innovation Incubator Program for Startups Continues to Gain Momentum at NREL
This past week, U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy I-Corps (formerly known as Lab-Corps) teams gathered in Denver, Colorado to finish up cohort 5, following an intensive eight-week training, where lab researchers define technology value propositions, conduct interviews, and explore viable commercialization pathways to bring their technology to market. The three-day closing session reinforced the … More Twelve DOE Lab Teams Explore Commercialization Pathways with Energy I-Corps
