{"id":2962,"date":"2025-08-19T19:52:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/?page_id=2962"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:37:00","slug":"doug-arent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/doug-arent\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Arent"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2962\" class=\"elementor elementor-2962\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bc0674f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bc0674f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f38eb0f\" data-id=\"1f38eb0f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d03fc28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d03fc28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Doug Arent<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-38a782e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38a782e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-39e857c9\" data-id=\"39e857c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18854bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18854bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DAD.jpg?fit=569%2C539&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2953\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DAD.jpg?w=569&amp;ssl=1 569w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DAD.jpg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735dc9a0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"735dc9a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Doug Arent leads the NREL Foundation as Executive Director, focusing on vision and strategic initiatives that accelerate the transition to an affordable and secure energy future. With over 40 years of experience in energy and sustainability research, Doug has published widely on renewable energy, integrated energy and power systems, and science-policy intersections.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">He is a distinguished fellow of the World Economic Forum and a senior visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Doug serves on the Keystone Energy Board and the Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship Global Advisory Board. His academic roles include an external fellowship at Columbia University\u2019s Center on Global Energy Policy and a recent fellowship at Princeton University\u2019s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Before joining the Foundation, Doug held leadership roles at NREL, including Executive Director for Strategic Public Private Partnerships, deputy associate laboratory director for Scientific Computing and Energy Analysis, and founding executive director of the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis. He was a coordinating lead author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and has served on numerous advisory panels, including the National Petroleum Council and the National Academy of Sciences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Doug holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University, an MBA from Regis University, and a B.S. from Harvey Mudd College.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Arent Doug Arent leads the NREL Foundation as Executive Director, focusing on vision and strategic initiatives that accelerate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2962","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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