Energy Week, an annual Duke student-organized series of events bringing together students, faculty, and industry professionals for events that promote collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and professional networking about energy-related topics, returned to Duke from November 6-10, 2023. This year’s series, “Creating a Just Clean Energy Transition: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality,” featured panel discussions about leveraging the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for clean energy development, community organizing, financing for renewable energy development, and addressing critical mineral challenges.
The cornerstone event of the week, the Duke University Energy Conference, took place on Wednesday, November 8 in Geneen Auditorium in the Fuqua School of Business. In its 15th year, the conference focused on the theme, “Energizing Disruption: Fostering Innovation and Collaboration Across the Energy Ecosystem,” and featured keynote remarks by Eric Toone, Mark E. Hickson, and Audrey Lee, speaker panels on the roles of policy and finance in the clean energy transition, a company expo, and a networking reception.