About this Event
We are halfway through this critical decade and large industrial energy users are figuring out how to meet commitments to decarbonize hundreds of gigawatts of business-critical energy services. Many are concluding that nuclear energy might be the most practical option to substitute for fossil fuels. Join the MIT Club of Northern California as Eric Ingersoll, founding director and co-CEO of the nonprofit Terra Praxis, will share a strategy and the progress underway to enable 10 TWe of clean energy to be deployed in 10 years, starting in 2030. He will provide a practical approach for repurposing coal plants cost-effectively, quickly, and at scale.
Eric Ingersoll is a founding Director and Co-CEO of Terra Praxis, a non-profit organization, powered by philanthropy, and committed to innovating in and accelerating scalable solutions to dramatically reduce carbon emissions.
Ingersoll is a strategic advisor and entrepreneur with deep experience in the commercialization of new energy technologies. He has extensive project and policy experience in renewables, energy storage, oil & gas and nuclear, with a special emphasis on advanced nuclear technologies. Eric develops commercialization and market entry strategies for advanced energy technologies such as modern nuclear power generation, carbon capture, and zero-carbon liquid fuels. Eric was a member of the renewable energy advisory group of the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) and was honored at the Obama White House as a Champion of Change in Renewable Energy.
Eric has led an array of projects related to regulatory, financing and project delivery barriers, and techno-economic studies in the nuclear sector for a variety of clients, including government agencies in the U.S. and abroad. Eric led the definitive cost study on advanced nuclear technology, Energy Technologies Institute’s ETI Nuclear Cost Drivers Study, and maintains one of the industry's most comprehensive advanced nuclear cost models. He was on the team for MIT’s study, The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World; and co-authored ARPA-E’s report Cost and Performance Requirements for Flexible Advanced Nuclear Plants in Future U.S. Power Markets and the Missing Link to a Livable Climate: How Hydrogen Enabled Synthetic Fuels Can Help Deliver the Paris Goals. He also leads multiple decarbonization modeling efforts and advises governments and private sector on electricity and fuels applications of advanced nuclear and fusion energy systems.
Previously, Eric was a leader or strategic advisor to over 30 startups. He raised over $100 million of private equity for General Compression, of which he was a founder and the lead inventor of the technology.
Ray A. Rothrock is an American venture capitalist and philanthropist focused on securing energy solutions for the 21st century. Based in the Silicon Valley, his venture activities are focused on seed energy, cyber, and climate related projects.
Rothrock had a 25-year career at venture capital firm Venrock (1988-2013) and a tour as a CEO of cybersecurity provider RedSeal. Rothrock authored the highly regarded book Digital Resilience: Is Your Company Ready for the Next Cyber Threat? In addition to being an energy expert, Ray is frequently sought out as a cyber-related director/investor.
Rothrock was twice selected for the Forbes Midas List and also served as the Chair of the National Venture Capital Association.
He received his BA in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M in 1977 and his MS in Nuclear Engineering from MIT in 1978. Ten years later, he earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School. These, in addition to his long-standing experience with the nuclear energy industry, makes Ray a true “nuclear energy expert”.
Event Venue
Online
THB 59.00 to THB 69.00
