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 baseload clean energy resources. Rich also leads ClearPath’s external advocacy and research partnerships with non profits, academia, and the private sector.
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
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.
Congress fixed the Section 45Q tax credit as part of a broader budget deal. But a really ambitious agenda is still needed to propel carbon capture technologies into the mainstream, drive down costs and instill sufficient investor confidence.
In his latest video, ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell explains why “moonshot” clean energy technology goals would allow the U.S. to catch up with China.
