

“I’m here to extend a hand of partnership,” Granholm told the crowd. In total, the agency is gearing up to spend tens of billions of dollars on public-private partnerships to speed up the energy transition.

Department of Energy has partnered with private companies to bolster the clean energy supply chain, expand electric-vehicle charging, and commercialize new green technologies, among a range of other initiatives. The scene encapsulated this moment in the fight to address global warming: some of the most ardent activists say that companies can’t be trusted governments are saying they must play a role. secretary of energy, offered a different message to the executives: the Biden Administration needs your help to tackle climate change. Two days later, inside a standing-room-only hotel ballroom, Jennifer Granholm, the U.S. Their signs accused the corporate executives inside of betraying humanity in pursuit of financial return. On a brisk Monday in Houston in early March, dozens of protesters gathered across the street from the giant Hilton hotel hosting CERAWeek, the energy industry’s hallmark annual conference.
