Clean Economy Project

Our Vehicles

Our vehicles are where bold ideas become real results.

Each vehicle tackles a different barrier to scale, reflecting our belief that unlocking America’s energy future requires new ideas, new infrastructure, and smarter connections between the worlds of innovation and policy.

Connecting Washington to the startups building the future of energy.

A joint initiative with the Venture Climate Alliance, the Innovation Policy Hub connects Washington to the startups building the future of energy. Too often, innovators are left out of policy debates even as laws and regulations shape their ability to grow. IPH provides a pragmatic platform for startups and funders, creating lasting connections between the innovation ecosystem and government. Through convenings, direct connections, and campaigns, IPH helps innovators navigate complex policy and helps policymakers understand what innovators actually need

Reimagining and renovating our electric grid to keep costs low, generate more clean electricity, and power new industries and jobs.

Energy Momentum is a platform transforming America’s outdated electricity markets and infrastructure to ensure that rising demand drives a high-growth, clean-powered economy that keeps America competitive. We mobilize America’s most influential energy users and innovative tech companies to unlock innovative and pragmatic policy solutions.

A nonpartisan policy collaborative accelerating the clean energy transition.

Innovation Initiative (I2) is nonpartisan collaborative that strengthens advocacy capacity to accelerate innovation by removing overlooked policy barriers. We build bipartisan coalitions that deliver durable, high-impact wins that move clean technologies from promise to progress.

Recent News

America’s power shortage is a market failure

Early U.S. rail development was fragmented, with local projects often failing to connect regions. In Utility Dive, CleanEcon’s Director of Strategy Maria Martinez explains what today’s grid developers should pay attention to.

Leadership Spotlight: Farah Benahmed, Director of Innovation Initiative

Meet Farah, Director of the Innovation Initiative at CleanEcon. In this spotlight, Farah shares her point of view on what is holding clean energy tech back and how leaders can think more holistically about impact.

Leadership Spotlight: Adria Wilson, Director of Innovation Initiative

In this Leadership Spotlight, director of the Innovation Initiative Adria Wilson shares why innovation is a process rather than a moment, where policy and technology fall out of sync, and what success could look like for the U.S. clean energy innovation ecosystem a decade from now.