A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a workshop that will convene leaders from government, industry, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to consider how to best align federal efforts to match clean energy innovation needs. The workshop will consider the full clean energy innovation ecosystem from basic research and development through demonstration and commercial deployment. It will examine barriers and highlight successful strategies for accelerating clean energy innovation inside DOE and across the federal government. The planning committee will be responsible for setting the agenda of the workshop, which may include topics such as:

· How might DOE support innovation in technologies that do not clearly fall under established fuel-specific offices?

· How might the federal government change its funding process to support more early stage innovations and more high-risk, high reward applications?

· How could the federal government better coordinate various mechanisms (e.g., research funding, tax incentives, regulatory requirements) to accelerate deployment of new technologies into the market?

· What policy and funding strategies by DOE, DOD and other federal agencies, could help facilitate demonstration projects that have the potential for widespread deployment?

· What strategies could help leverage DOD investments in clean energy technology for applications in civilian sectors?

· What role do early commercial buyers have in energy innovation and how might the federal government incentivize innovation through the early stages of commercialization?