Powering the Next Era: Energy Issues Driving San Diego's Cleantech Economy

Cleantech San Diego invites you to join industry experts as they examine the critical issues impacting our region’s energy ecosystem. Gain key insights on the impact evolving energy demands are having on our transmission and distribution infrastructure and the strategies and policies San Diego and California need to overcome transmission hurdles, interconnection bottlenecks, and grid reliability challenges. Join us to deepen your understanding of the dynamic energy landscape and what it takes to power the future grid.

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Energy Load: Demands and Opportunities for the Energy Sector

Data centers, EV infrastructure, and the “electrification of everything” are reshaping power consumption at a record pace. Join industry experts for a strategic discussion on scaling clean, reliable energy to meet today's load growth and tomorrow’s grid realities.

Queued Up: Transmission, Interconnection, and San Diego’s Infrastructure Challenges

Grid experts explore the current challenges with accessing the grid and the infrastructure updates needed to take the San Diego region from where we are to where we need to go.

Energy Storage: Securing Critical Infrastructure to Ensure Reliability

Local subject matter experts underscore why battery energy storage is critical infrastructure and what it will take to meet energy storage demands.

Policy in Motion: California and San Diego’s Push for Clean Energy Leadership

Policy champions and civic leaders analyze federal policy shifts and political challenges impacting the clean energy sector, and how state and local decisionmakers are stepping up to keep regional momentum moving forward.