Bellagio Residents/

Doug Arent

October 2022 Cohort

Bellagio Residency: October 2022

Project: “Research and Writing for the Book – The Fourth Phase: Our Renewable Energy Future”


Doug Arent has worked in research on energy and sustainability for more than 30 years, publishing extensively on topics including clean energy, renewable energy, power systems, natural gas, and the intersection of science and public policy. Arent came to Bellagio in October 2022 to work on a book capturing insights and strategies from the past four decades of clean energy and development with a focus on the evolution of renewable energy technologies and the sustainability of our ecosystems. He is the Executive Director of Strategic Public-Private Partnerships at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and a Distinguished Fellow of the World Economic Forum and a fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.