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Douglas J. Arent is a Global Fellow at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy and a Distinguished Fellow of the World Economic Forum. Dr. Arent brings more than three decades of experience and expertise in energy systems, electric power, and international energy policy.
Dr. Arent is Emeritus Executive Director at the NREL Foundation and holds emeritus status at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (previously the National Renewable Energy Laboratory), where he served for nearly thirty years. During his term, he was a member of the laboratory’s senior leadership team and helped guide its growth to an annual budget exceeding $1 billion.
He has served on numerous national and international advisory and study bodies, including committees of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Petroleum Council, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
He has authored more than 150 peer reviewed articles and is the author of Our Renewable Energy Future: The Remarkable Story of How Renewable Energy Will Become the Basis for Our Lives (World Scientific, 2024), which examines the technological, economic, and policy forces driving the global transition to renewable energy. His work has been published in Science, Nature Energy, Joule, and Energy Policy, among others
He holds a BA from Harvey Mudd College, an MBA from Regis University, and a PhD from Princeton University.
Doug Arent, executive director of the NREL Foundation, talks about the need for systemic innovation in the energy sector