The U.S. Department of Energy announced at CERAWeek 2024 today that Demonstrate Deploy Decarbonize 2024 (Deploy24) will take place in Washington, D.C. over two days on December 4-5, 2024.
March 19, 2024
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced at CERAWeek 2024 today that Demonstrate Deploy Decarbonize 2024 (Deploy24) will take place in Washington, D.C. over two days on December 4-5, 2024. Deploy24 is the second annual gathering of decision makers from across the private and public sectors—including senior industry executives, capital allocators, community leaders, and others across the clean energy supply chain—all focused on accelerating the deployment of critical energy and decarbonization technologies and supply chains in the United States.
Hosted by DOE, Deploy24 builds this private-public dialogue through a range of unique formats, from keynote addresses to rigorous, off-the-record workshops organized by scalable technology, all with an urgent focus on the immediate opportunities and challenges to accelerating our domestic energy transformation.
Deploy Dialogues were launched as part of Deploy23 to provide an independent platform to further dialogue around the Pathways to Commercial Liftoff reports and sectors. Read some of the key takeaways from the Deploy23 Dialogues here.
DOE will host several of these Dialogues throughout 2024, including three at CERAWeek in the Innovation Agora on the topics of hydrogen, carbon management, and geothermal, and at Deploy24. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced the Next-Generation Geothermal Power Commercial Liftoff report at CERAWeek yesterday.
Additional information about Deploy24 in-person and virtual participation, exhibitor opportunities, programming, and more will be forthcoming. Prospective attendees can register their interest at liftoff.energy.gov/input and follow Deploy24 updates at the Demonstrate Deploy Decarbonize LinkedIn page. Attendees at this week’s CERAWeek can also visit DOE at the DOE Accelerator Room in the Innovation Agora to learn more.
Jigar Shah
Former Director, Loan Programs Office
Jigar Shah served as Director of the Loan Programs Office (LPO) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from March 2021 to January 2025. He led and directed LPO’s loan authority to support deployment of innovative clean energy, advanced transportation, and Tribal energy projects in the United States. Prior, Shah was co-founder and President at Generate Capital, where he focused on helping entrepreneurs accelerate decarbonization solutions through the use of low-cost infrastructure-as-a service financing. Prior to Generate Capital, Shah founded SunEdison, a company that pioneered “pay as you save” solar financing. After SunEdison, Shah served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change.
Shah was also featured in TIME's list of the "100 Most Influential People" in 2024.
Originally from Illinois, Shah holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois-UC and an MBA from the University of Maryland College Park.