U.S. DOE, Carnegie Mellon University to launch 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday that it will partner with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to launch and host the 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh on Sept. 21-23, 2022.

The landmark event will bring together energy leaders worldwide to discuss turning ambitions about clean energy into action and accelerate the transition toward a more secure energy future.

“We are proud to bring our international partners to the Steel City — a wonderful example of how communities can pivot from traditional industries to become clean energy innovation hubs,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm said. “The convening in Pittsburgh will leverage collective action in the public and private sectors to tackle the climate crisis and catalyze a global clean energy workforce.”

Previously, the United States hosted the meeting in San Francisco in 2016.

“Once the steel capital of the world, Allegheny County still makes steel but is today part of a global innovation ecosystem where people are making the future with technology,” said Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald.

Organizers said the forum will convene cabinet-level officials from over 30 countries, as well as industry leaders, innovators, youth, labor, and others, to advance solutions to achieve a clean energy future. Additionally, for the first time, the Global Energy Forum will hold a joint plenary of CEM and MI, which will bring together decision-makers from the international community to accelerate innovation, deployment, and market uptake of clean energy solutions.

Over the past century, the Pittsburgh region has undergone an energy and environmental transformation – from an area once known for a heavy industry reliant on fossil fuels to one of the top cities in the country for innovation in clean energy, green buildings, and advanced manufacturing solutions.

“The 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum will be an unprecedented opportunity to make the world aware of how the Pittsburgh region always has — and will continue — to collaborate to create solutions to big challenges,” said Stefani Pashman, CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development: “A unique combination of assets and a spirit of collaboration position the Pittsburgh region to lead in the development of low carbon energy production including clean hydrogen, grid improvements and other ways to use energy more efficiently.”