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Track B · Grid Modernization & Resilience
What separates promising energy technologies from those that achieve widespread adoption?
Thursday, November 52:30 – 3:45
About This Session
The conversation centers on where commercialization pathways can reduce costs and improve grid reliability, moving beyond pilot projects into utility-scale deployment. With panelists spanning smart grid policy leadership, nuclear technology commercialization, utility electric systems operations, and energy storage commercial strategy, the discussion examines what has to be true for grid technology to move from demonstration to standard utility practice.
Key Questions Explored
- What separates promising energy technologies from those that achieve widespread adoption?
- How can commercialization strategies reduce costs while strengthening grid reliability?
- What barriers still stand between successful pilot projects and utility-scale deployment?
- How can utilities, innovators, and policymakers accelerate the transition from innovation to implementation?
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