Last week, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Lochman joined the delegation for the U.S.-France Bilateral Clean Energy Partnership high-level meeting in Paris. Strong 🇺🇸🇫🇷 cooperation to advance our #cleanenergy and #climate goals

Last week, French & U.S. #cleanenergy organizations shared with PDAS Laura Lochman & U.S. Embassy France how governments can support the #energytransition & resilient supply chains at roundtable before the U.S.-France Bilateral Clean Energy Partnership dialogue in Paris.

Great thanks to our Kazakh partners, especially First Deputy Foreign Minister Rakhmetullin, for hosting us this afternoon. Excellent lunch and discussion on the full range of U.S.-Kazakh #energy cooperation 🇺🇸🇰🇿

PDAS Lochman was proud to participate in the U.S. Energy Association Annual Meeting to highlight ENR’s activities and strong commitment to advancing #WomenInEnergy

DAS Harrington spent this week in Bogota as part of the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue 🇺🇸🇨🇴 & led working group discussions with Vice Minister Javier Campillo on energy & mining issues. She spotlighted the importance of government incentives to encourage private sector investment

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I was honored to meet with Michigan local leaders at the announcement of the new Michigan City and State Diplomacy Initiative, led by @MMLeague and MML Foundation.

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Great experience in Michigan at #MPC24 , hosted by Detroit Regional Chamber, collaborating across sectors on some of the most critical policy issues of our time. I’m glad to share about what the Department of State is doing to create jobs and promote America’s prosperity through economic diplomacy.

Thank you 🇺🇸 Governor Gretchen Whitmer for your warm hospitality here in the great state of Michigan. I enjoyed our productive conversation on how Michigan is playing a pivotal role during the clean energy transition.

Last week, Pierre Heilbronn and PDAS Lochman engaged on 🇺🇸🇫🇷 support for Ukraine’s critical energy needs & reconstruction. Grateful for SE Heilbronn’s key role in the Multiagency Donor Coordination Platform & G7+ energy coordination group #supportUkraine

DAS Harrington discussed the #energytransition and #energysecurity with Asociación Colombiana del Petróleo y Gas members, including the importance of methane reduction, CCUS, and decarbonizing the oil and gas sector.

In Bogota 🇨🇴, DAS Harrington met with U.S. companies and Ciudad Energetica to discuss the private sector’s key role in the clean #energytransition and #energysecurity

With EnergyAtState Power Sector Program support, NARUC trained the Mongolian energy regulator on the stages of energy market development so it can achieve goals to build energy security, assure sustainable energy sector development, and deploy renewable energy resources.

On May 23-24, supporting #PACC2030 & Dominica’s clean #energytransition , our Power Sector Program & Deloitte trained officials & grid operators on Battery Energy Storage System interconnection. Thanks DGDC, electric utility DOMLEC, & regulator IRC for participating!

Our Power Sector Program joined a CARILEC CEO event in Puerto Rico in support of #PACC2030 . Partner Deloitte led 5 sessions on “Island Grids of the Future” to help leaders build a resilient, clean & secure power system delivering electricity to citizens, homes, &

ISN’s Ann Ganzer offered keynote remarks today at a workshop in Accra sponsored by ODA and BWC Implementation Support Unit to highlight the importance of confidence-building measure reports for the #1972BWC . The U.S. is encouraged by Ghana’s commitment to submitting its first ever CBM.

ENR Power Sector Program & Deloitte met nat'l & state regulators & utilities in Sabah & Sarawak to share strategies for batt. storage, solar & clean energy exports to help Malaysia achieve goal of 70% clean energy by 2050. Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs @USEmbassyKL Sarawak Energy @Media_SESB

Great discussion with 🇧🇪 Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten on Belgian-U.S. cooperation to achieve our net-zero commitments through #cleanenergy like hydrogen and offshore wind. US Embassy Brussels

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Lochman traveled to NATO HQ to discuss with James Appathurai transatlantic critical mineral supply chains and Allied support for 🇺🇦’s energy sector.