{"538831":{"#nid":"538831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"U.S. Energy Secretary Visit Highlights Georgia Tech\u2019s Energy Collaborations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EU.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz today visited the Georgia Institute of Technology, delivering the keynote address for the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoniz also toured the Southern Company\u2019s Energy Innovation Center at Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute in Atlanta\u2019s Tech Square and the Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his opening address, Moniz said Georgia Tech has the opportunity to play a key role as a center of innovation in developing regional energy solutions. He described a new DOE initiative to establish regional innovation partnerships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoniz said different regions have different needs, opportunities and resources, including natural, human and institutional resources. He added that Georgia Tech could serve as an institutional resource for the Southeast.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We think that is good policy because those portfolios will take on different characters in different parts of the country,\u0022 he said.\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions (CNES) Laboratory is designed to foster industry collaboration and support translational and pre-commercial research in clean, low carbon energy technologies. Research spans all aspects of the energy cycle from production and generation to distribution and use, and is focused on addressing the most pressing energy and environmental challenges. Core research conducted within the lab includes solar technologies, combustion, gasification, catalysis and bio-catalysis, as well as carbon capture and sequestration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re honored to have Secretary Moniz back on the Georgia Tech campus, and it was especially meaningful to have him see one of our showcase facilities,\u201d said Tim Lieuwen, executive director of the Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute. \u201cWe have a strong, mutually beneficial relationship with the Department of Energy as we work together to find clean, reliable, affordable and sustainable sources of energy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELieuwen hosted the secretary for a tour of the CNES Lab, which has LEED Platinum status and was funded in part by Recovery Act funding through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Tech was established to serve as a conduit for integrating, facilitating, and enabling Institute-wide programs in energy research and development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoniz also spent time with Georgia Tech partner, the Southern Company. Southern Company has worked with Georgia Tech\u2019s Strategic Energy Institute on a number of research initiatives, including a promising 2005-2007 study on wind. DOE is a longtime supporter of and partner in Southern Company\u2019s efforts to invent America\u2019s energy future through robust, proprietary research and development (R\u0026amp;D).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough the Energy Innovation Center, Southern Company is extending its R\u0026amp;D commitment by identifying better, more reliable and more efficient ways to increase value for customers through products and services. Many of the ideas being tested in the center come from the Southern Company system\u0027s more than 26,000 employees, while others are surfaced through partnerships with leading universities, research organizations and like-minded companies such as Nest and Tesla.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSouthern Company\u2019s decades-long partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy has produced cutting-edge technologies that are reshaping electricity generation in America,\u201d said Southern Company Energy Innovation Center Vice President Michael E. Britt. \u201cThrough the Energy Innovation Center at Tech Square and our partnership with Georgia Tech, Southern Company is expanding on its longstanding commitment to finding real energy solutions in coordination with like-minded leaders in R\u0026amp;D \u2013 from established corporations to fast-growing startups.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the work taking place at the Energy Innovation Center, Southern Company operates DOE\u2019s National Carbon Capture Center in Alabama and has received DOE support for the development of the world\u2019s most advanced coal plant in Mississippi and two of the first new carbon-free nuclear units in a generation of Americans in Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoniz also took the opportunity during his remarks to recognize leaders at Georgia Tech such as former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, namesake and distinguished professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s Nunn School of International Affairs, and Provost Rafael Bras for their roles in advising federal energy and national security policy makers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We get lots of advice from Georgia Tech and we appreciate it,\u0022 Moniz said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EU.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz today visited the Georgia Institute of Technology delivering the keynote address for the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz visited the Georgia Institute of Technology Tuesday, May 24."}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2016-05-23 11:07:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:42","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"539841":{"id":"539841","type":"image","title":"U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz at Tech Square","body":null,"created":"1464706800","gmt_created":"2016-05-31 15:00:00","changed":"1475895329","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:29","alt":"U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz at Tech Square","file":{"fid":"216681","name":"16c10303-p27-001.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16c10303-p27-001.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16c10303-p27-001.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1387103,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16c10303-p27-001.jpg?itok=K5qaHV6p"}},"539871":{"id":"539871","type":"image","title":"Secretary of Energy tours CNES Laboratory","body":null,"created":"1464706800","gmt_created":"2016-05-31 15:00:00","changed":"1475895329","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:29","alt":"Secretary of Energy tours CNES Laboratory","file":{"fid":"216684","name":"moniz_tours_cnes_sm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/moniz_tours_cnes_sm_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/moniz_tours_cnes_sm_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":257142,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/moniz_tours_cnes_sm_0.jpg?itok=hZDUEJu1"}},"539861":{"id":"539861","type":"image","title":"Secretary of Energy tours Southern Company Innovation Center","body":null,"created":"1464706800","gmt_created":"2016-05-31 15:00:00","changed":"1475895329","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:29","alt":"Secretary of Energy tours Southern Company Innovation Center","file":{"fid":"216683","name":"16c10303-p27-003.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16c10303-p27-003.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16c10303-p27-003.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1223947,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16c10303-p27-003.jpg?itok=jW7wpWRB"}}},"media_ids":["539841","539871","539861"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"663","name":"Department of Energy"},{"id":"3441","name":"DOE"},{"id":"170313","name":"Ernest Moniz"},{"id":"167357","name":"SEI"},{"id":"167358","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"},{"id":"36441","name":"Tim Lieuwen"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}