Charting the Path: An Energy Earthshots Initiative Report

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Earthshots™ Initiative targets the most difficult-to-solve technology barriers and sets cost performance goals for key next-generation energy technologies. In just over three years, since the Energy Earthshots Initiative was announced, DOE has extensively scoped, developed, and launched the portfolio of eight Energy Earthshots that drive integrated program execution to accomplish these goals. 

The Charting the Path: An Energy Earthshots Initiative Report highlights the Energy Earthshots portfolio and its common goal of improving lives through American innovation. The report lays out five distinct elements to assess progress for each of the Energy Earthshots, defining their goals, setting baselines for these goals, measuring progress against the baselines, tracking actions and accomplishments toward their goals, and roadmapping their paths to success.  In addition, the report discusses efforts across DOE to enlist the full innovative ecosystem in pursuit of these goals, with strong connections to deployment and commercialization efforts and international collaborations. 

The Energy Earthshots Initiative fuels scientific discoveries and R&D advancements that lead to industry-ready technologies and tools that drive economic progress.