Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez Speaks at "Powering Our Low-Carbon Future" Conference, February 5, 2008

On February 5, 2008, the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Energy Association hosted a dialogue between industry representatives and policy-makers on the key challenges and opportunities to achieve a rapid uptake of low carbon power generation in the United States and to identify necessary actions. Conference report

About the Energy Team

The Energy Team is part of the Office of Energy and Environmental Industries within the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA). The Team provides critical economic and policy analysis and information to promote U.S. business competitiveness, ensures industry and other stakeholder input into trade policy development, negotiations and implementation, and evaluates different industry and other stakeholder perspectives for domestic policy development, assessment and implementation.

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Upcoming Events

Webinars on Coal Opportunities in China and India!
The U.S. Department of Commerce will host two web-based seminars in July, highlighting opportunities for U.S. coal and mining companies in India and China. The web-based discussion on India (July 8, 9:00 am EDT), to be led by DOC Commercial Service coal and mining trade specialists, will provide an overview of opportunities for U.S. companies in India's coal, mining, and preparation sectors. The web-based discussion on China (July 14, 8:30 pm EDT) will be led by a DOC Commercial Service coal and mining trade specialist, as well as representatives from Asian-American Gas and Caterpillar Global Mining China. The three presenters will highlight China’s current commercial environment, China's coal-bed methane sector, and mining equipment opportunities for U.S. firms.
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Contact Shannon Fraser for more information.

Clean Energy Trade Mission to China and India!
Coming in September 2008. You can't afford to miss it. Clean energy trade mission flyer.

Oil and Gas Trade Mission to Kazakhstan! April 2009. Kazakh trade mission flyer.  

Recent Events and Publications

First Webinar on Arctic Energy Resources
Our first webinar on Arctic energy took place on May 14, 2008. Presentations are available in our oil and gas section. Watch for future Arctic webinars!

Industry Breakfast Briefings at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference
From May 6-8, the Energy team hosted industry breakfast briefings at the OTC on offshore oil and gas policy and commercial opportunities in China, Indonesia, and Qatar. The OTC is the largest annual U.S. offshore oil and gas industry conference and trade show. In 2007, it had about 67,000 attendees. Report and presentations in our oil and gas section!

Briefing on New UK Nuclear Energy Policy
On Wednesday, February 27, OEEI hosted a briefing on the UK's recently announced nuclear energy policy, covering UK nuclear policy, the Nuclear White Paper, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (where the most near term business opportunities are). For more information, contact Sarah Lopp.

US-EU Experts Exchange on Innovation
The second U.S.-EU Experts Exchange on Innovation of December 2007 focused on the mechanisms by which energy and sustainability are driving innovation within the European Union. An initiative under the framework for Advancing Transatlantic Economic Initiatives signed by President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in April 2007, the U.S.-EU Experts Exchanges on Innovation provide a formal network for U.S. and EU experts to share best practices in innovation policies. The December 2007 seminar commenced in Brussels with 1) an overview of innovation policies within Europe and the United States; 2) highlights of the U.S. and EU energy and sustainability programs that are enhancing innovation; 3) a focused discussion on innovation from the context of renewable energy developments; and 4) industry viewpoints on energy and innovation under the auspices of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD). The delegation then proceeded to Copenhagen (Denmark) for a series of seminars which examined how EU innovation polices in the energy sector are adopted by the private sector within the EU Member States and how public and private sector entities (both at the European Union and Member State level) cooperate on energy technology innovation, development, and deployment.
Final report from December 2007 U.S.-EU Experts Exchange on Innovation