Converge Strategies, LLC

Wrapping It Up 🎁 Our Converge Strategies, LLC team wishes you well in the holiday season. Thank you for the opportunity to spend our year focused on building partnerships to deploy resilient clean energy By The Numbers 📷 Snapshot of 2024 for the Converge Strategies, LLC Team 👏 Spoke at 25+ events 📣 Facilitated 20+ workshops ✈️ Conducted 10+ site visits ⚡ Organized 5+ tabletop exercises 🤝 Welcomed 7 new team members

👏 "A first for the United States Department of Defense (DoD)" Congratulations to Cannon Air Force Base for hosting a two-day "Water Resilience Analysis Workshop" to identify best practices for infrastructure #resilience and community #partnerships. The Bottom Line. 💬“The Ogallala Aquifer is a finite source of water. When it is gone, it’s gone" said Dr. Ladona Clayton, Executive Director of Ogallala Land & Water Conservancy. Value of Workshops. Converge Strategies, LLC supported MIT Lincoln Laboratory in executing a tabletop exercise and solutions workshop to take a comprehensive look at the future of water sustainability, identify #waterresilience gaps, and evaluate the risks to critical missions at Cannon AFB and in the local community. ⏩ What’s Next. The workshop will inform a final report that documents gaps and mitigation options to be shared across the United States Department of the Air Force and United States Department of Defense more broadly. ✉️ Message Meredith Pringle to learn more about this work and the value of workshops. Details. https://lnkd.in/egh-4Jas Thank you to the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (SERDP & ESTCP) for sponsoring this important work. 

The Forecast. Grid Strategies LLC's NEW "Strategic Industries Surging: Driving US Power Demand" report predicts that our nationwide electric demand will increase by 15.8% in just 5️⃣ years. What Does That Mean? Compared to the <1️⃣% per year growth of the past two decades, this unprecedented 3️⃣% growth requires 6️⃣times the planning and construction of new #generation and #transmission capacity. What’s Needed. Grid Strategies’ report points to large-scale transmission investment as the lowest-cost method to meet this demand, saving tens of billions of dollars to effectively match 2029’s forecasted 128 GW electricity demand. Details. https://lnkd.in/eYxxyQQh

Are you interested in FREE technical assistance for community solar adoption? 🔍Look No Further. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory offers targeted assistance to communities through the #SolarEnergyInnovation Network (SEIN) as Innovation at #SCALE (Solar Community Assistance for Local Equity). What It Is. Innovation at SCALE applies lessons learned and adapts solutions developed through #SEIN to offer community-focused assistance. Examples of assistance include: 🔹Consultation with SMEs on steps in the solar deployment process 🔹Key insights from experienced SEIN partners about their project work to increase solar deployment in underserved communities 🔹Analysis and contextualization of site-specific data using NREL's state-of-the-art tools 📌 Mark Your Calendars. Requests for assistance through SEIN I-SCALE are currently open. Submit a request by 16 January, 2025 by 5 p.m. ET for the opportunity to participate. https://lnkd.in/egxQKBYm Who Can Apply. Innovation at SCALE is open to all U.S.-based stakeholders, including community-based organizations, local government entities, regulatory authorities, electric utilities, and individual organizations or teams of stakeholders. #SEIN is a collaborative research program that supports multistakeholder teams to research, develop, and share solutions to real-world challenges associated with distributed-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy adoption. SEIN is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office and is led by NREL.

We are thrilled to welcome Leah Emanuel to Converge Strategies, LLC! Leah specializes in working with the public and private sectors to understand their #energysecurity risks given resource availability, the geopolitical landscape, and changing climate dynamics. Meet Our Team. https://ow.ly/VILc50TgRMe Are you following Converge Strategies, LLC #LinkedIn? Follow ⬆️ to get the latest on #resilience and #security in the #cleanenergy transformation. Subscribe to CSL's Newsletter. https://ow.ly/jAFE50TgRMf

🤝Thank you to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) for featuring Jonathon Monken as a #resilience speaker during the 2024 #Solar and Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Community #Energy #Resilience Workshop. What's Clear. Solar and other #DERs are essential tools for securing community and #energyresilience. Real World Example. The Together New Orleans Community Lighthouse Project is changing the game on #resilience with their trailblazer for solar and #energystorage work. Dig in Deeper. Most solar panels are made to withstand winds of 140 MPH. #Microgrids and #solarislanding are solutions for #energyresilience. ✉ Message Jonathon Monken to continue the conversation on how to strengthen the #energyresilience posture of your community. Learn More. https://lnkd.in/e-gunBkF https://lnkd.in/eTXyvfHa

💬 We “[c]an’t divorce the risks to the mission from the broader defense community.” — Joe Bryan, former Chief Sustainability Officer & Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Principal at Muswell Orange, LLC. What's Clear. Resilience Week 2024's "The Future of #Transmission Expansion for #NationalDefense" highlighted why we need to view the U.S. electric power grid as a cornerstone of our national defense. The United States Department of Defense is an important stakeholder that is invested in enhancing the US #transmission system’s national defense capabilities. The following session speakers underscored the importance of promoting DoD-utility partnerships to build transmission routes across-the-fence-line. Michael Wu | Joe Bryan | Konstantinos Oikonomou | Alison Silverstein

What You Need to Know: #Microgrids on Military Installations. Arizona State University's Dr. Nathan Johnson and Alexander Mobley led a session during SERDP & ESTCP's DoD Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium to share the latest #microgrid considerations for strengthening the #energyresilience for United States Department of Defense installations. #ICYMI. We launched our 2025 workshops training schedule. Led by Arizona State University (ASU) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): 🗓️ Beginner Training. April 9-11, 2025 🗓️ Intermediate Training. February 6, 2025 🗓️ Advanced Training. April 15-16, 2025 Learn More + Book Your #MicrogridTraining. http://bit.ly/3VvH6Eu Thank you to the United States Department of Defense’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program SERDP & ESTCP for sponsoring our workshops. Arizona State University (ASU), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Slipstream, and Converge Strategies, LLC.

In 1️⃣ Hour | Catch us at Resilience Week for our session, "The Future of #Transmission Expansion For #NationalDefense" to discuss how transmission #grid investment can deliver the electricity needed nationwide. 📅 Wednesday, 4 December, 11:30 AM CT, in Lone Star B. Panelists will draw from two influential transmission reports, both released in 2024: 1️⃣ “Transmission Expansion For National Defense” and 2️⃣ the “National Transmission Planning Study.”

⤵️ Thank you to ACT | The Alliance for Climate Transition, Amalgamated Bank, Beacon Climate Innovations, Greentown Labs, and PowerOptions, Inc. for inviting Wilson Rickerson to bring the #resilience perspective to this Boston community.