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In March 2012, the Edison Foundation and the Institute for Electric Efficiency hosted Powering the People 2.0, a conference that brought utility executives together with technology innovators. SGN's Jesse Berst was there and conducted a number of interviews with thought leaders.
Click to page 2 to watch his interview with Cheryl Martin, Director of Commercialization for the Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy, better known as ARPA-E. As you'll hear, ARPA-E is the funding source for research on the very cutting edge. But it also plays a role in commercializing new technologies, as she explains. 00:30 – Cheryl describes ARPA-E's dual-part mission.
01:00 – We discuss whether and when the government should be involved in energy research.
01:30 – She talks about ARPA-E's crucial role moving science to technology.
02:00 – Cheryl comments on another part of the agency's mission -- moving technology to market.
02:30 -- How ARPA-E uses its connections on behalf of technologies and technologists.
03:10 -- ARPA-E success stories, including a utility-scale transistor.
04:00 -- ARPA-E's open funding opportunities and their importance.
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