Reminder: 3/3 Webinar with DOE’s Jigar Shah and Monolith CEO Rob Hanson

How the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office Hopes to Transform the Energy Sector

After a decade in which it closed on loans for only one new project, the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) is now set to become a centerpiece of the Biden Administration’s plans to transform the energy sector. With over $40 billion in loan authority and a broad mandate to provide guarantees and loans in multiple sectors, the LPO is actively seeking new projects – and issued its first conditional guarantee in December 2021. At the same time, there remains skepticism from some policymakers about the need for this government program, as well as from businesses about the costs and timetable for securing a commitment.

Please join ConservAmerica on March 3, 2022, at 11 AM ET for a discussion with LPO Director Jigar Shah. Jigar will provide an update on LPO’s activities and priorities as well as explain how the LPO fits into DOE’s overall efforts to accelerate and commercialize breakthrough technologies. We will also hear from Rob Hanson, the CEO of Monolith, which is the Nebraska company that received the December conditional loan commitment for its clean hydrogen and industrial decarbonization project.

The discussion will be moderated by ConservAmerica president Jeff Kupfer.

Speakers:

LPO Director Jigar Shah most recently served as co-founder and President at Generate Capital, where he focused on helping entrepreneurs accelerate decarbonization solutions through the use of low-cost infrastructure-as-a service financing. Prior to Generate Capital, Shah founded SunEdison, a company that pioneered “pay as you save” solar financing. After SunEdison, Shah served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change.

Rob Hanson is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Monolith, where he leads the development of next-generation technology for producing low cost, low emission hydrogen and carbon black, an important raw material used in the manufacture of rubber and plastic. Prior to Monolith, Hanson served as the global director of product management for AREVA Solar, the solar division of the world’s largest nuclear company.