Rich Powell
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Executive Director
Biography
Rich Powell is the Executive Director at ClearPath and ClearPath Action, the DC-based organizations developing and advancing conservative policies that accelerate clean energy innovation.
He educates policymakers on investing wisely in energy innovation, removing roadblocks to building and exporting American clean energy technology, and maintaining and promoting our flexible clean energy resources. Rich also leads ClearPath’s external advocacy and research partnerships with non profits, academia, and the private sector.
Rich serves as a member of the 2019 Advisory Committee to the Export Import Bank of the United States.
Previously, Rich was with McKinsey & Company in the Energy and Sustainability practices. He focused on corporate clean energy strategy, government low carbon growth strategy, and clean tech market entry.
Education
B.A. from Harvard College in Environmental Science and Public Policy, and a J.D. from New York University.
Area of Expertise
Policy and Strategy
Featured Content from Rich
Watch the latest ClearPath whiteboard video on the exciting new technology coming from Jupiter Oxygen, and why you should pay attention to the future of coal plants with carbon capture.
In his latest whiteboard video, ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell explains the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA) and why it is worth closely tracking.
ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell shares observations from his trip to COP24 in Poland, including what climate activists there got right and wrong about the future of clean power.
ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell’s latest whiteboard video details why the future of storing nuclear, renewable and other clean power will depend on the world moving past the blood diamond of batteries.
In his latest digital whiteboard video, ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell (with the visual assistance of Production Director Mitch Kersey) details the results from a recent enhanced oil recovery study sponsored by ClearPath and the Carbon Utilization Research Council.
In his latest video, ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell explains how nuclear power must adapt to continue as the workhorse of the global clean energy sector.
