Clean energy saves you money on utility bills, creates jobs, improves our health, and makes life better for future generations.
When you become a Clean Energy Champion, these benefits become a reality for your family and the nation. A Clean Energy Champion takes action to make the world a better place.
Meet Clean Energy Champions at EERE
May 8, 2023
Meet the National Lab Researcher Developing Wildlife-Friendly Wind Energy Solutions
A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researcher discusses her past as a software engineer and NASA contractor, her current efforts in wind energy ecology and environmental sustainability, and her advice for those who aspire to work in renewable energy.
May 8, 2023
Faces of Public Service: Michele Boyd
From May 8 to 12, 2023, EERE will introduce you to some of our outstanding public servants to learn why they serve. Start by reading about Michele Boyd, a program manager in the Solar Energy Technologies Office.
May 2, 2023
Meet Clean Energy Champion Chris Meinig
This month’s Clean Energy Champion is Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Director of Coastal Sciences Division Chris Meinig.
March 30, 2023
Meet Clean Energy Champion Alicia Mahon
This month's Clean Energy Champion, Alicia Mahon, is a wind energy program manager whose work with buoy technology has contributed to keeping the U.S. offshore wind industry afloat.
March 29, 2023
Meet Clean Energy Champion Geraldine Richmond
DOE’s Undersecretary of Science and Innovation and winner of three presidential awards was once denied entry to a research group because she is a woman. She’s been working to ensure diversity in science ever since—among many other things.
March 23, 2023
Ripple Effect: How Emma Wendt, a Conscientious Consumer, Is Helping Maine Fight Climate Change with Marine Energy (and More)
Emma Wendt helps Maine's island communities transition to cleaner and more resilient and affordable energy sources often with assistance from the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project.
March 9, 2023
Meet Clean Energy Champion Anthony Lopez
This edition’s Clean Energy Champion is NREL’s Anthony Lopez, a geospatial data scientist and senior researcher who was recently named the Most Promising Scientist by Great Minds in STEM.
February 28, 2023
Meet Clean Energy Champion Merlin Theodore
Proof that you can grow up on an island more than 1,000 miles from the continental United States, lead a national lab research group, earn a presidential appointment, and still find time to shop for beans responsibly.
February 22, 2023
Meet Clean Energy Champion Jason Jonkman
The first Clean Energy Champion of the year is Jason Jonkman, a principal engineer in wind energy from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
February 7, 2023
Ripple Effect: How the Lorax and the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid Led Nina Joffe to Water Power
All the skyscrapers, traffic, and factories used to remind Nina Joffe of warnings in Dr. Suess’ The Lorax. As an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow, she helps marine energy expand and coexist with marine wildlife and ecosystems.