10 Quotes Concerning Energy Transformation from the ARPA-E Summit

The sixth annual ARPA-E Summit wrapped up on Wednesday, and though there were too many sessions to cover in depth, here is a mini-summary by way of selected interesting comments. Speaker photos (where available) follow the comment.

"Any disruptive technology will not fit an existing market."

-Brian Janous, Director of Energy Strategy, Microsoft

"[The energy industry] is not an innovation-centered industry."

-Janet Napolitano, President, University of California

"The biggest challenge is resisting change."

-Doyle Beneby, President and CEO, CPS Energy

"Innovate or die."

-Dr. John Wall, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Cummins Inc.

"We are way underinvested in basic research and development."

-Henry M. (Hank) Paulson Jr., Founder and Chairman, Paulson Institute

"We need innovators in governors' mansions and public utility commissions."

-Alex Lasky, President and CEO, Opower

"The solar industry in California employs more than the three big utilities combined."

-Lyndon Rive, Founder and CEO, SolarCity

"Today, new technologies permit things to happen that cannot happen with traditional technologies."

-Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons

"[Carbon capture] is the single most important technology when it comes to climate change."

-Tore Amundsen, CEO, Gassnova SF

"Carbon capture is not a coal technology only."

-Dr. Larry Baxter, Professor, Brigham Young University

For more on the event, see "ARPA-E Summit Takes the Pulse of Energy Technology Innovation."

-Gail Reitenbach, PhD, editor (@GailReit, @POWERmagazine)

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