Who We Are
The Office of International Market Development aims to revitalize U.S. competitiveness in global energy markets that create jobs in the U.S. and abroad, create innovation partnerships that enhance U.S. competitiveness, and promote energy and national security.
In support of this mission, the Market Development team objectives are to:
- Empower U.S. comparative advantages in the growing global energy and infrastructure marketplace, while creating energy jobs in the U.S. economy across the country.
- Position the United States to benefit economically and strategically, for both energy and national security, from the trillions in investment being made globally.
- Identify government levers and market signals to innovate and commercialize U.S. energy technologies through selective and targeted innovation partnerships and alliances.
- Develop frameworks that leverage public resources to catalyze private capital investment in energy technologies and infrastructure.
- Promote secure and transparent energy markets and supply chains; integrate energy security efforts with fostering energy as a vehicle for cooperation over conflict, enhancing U.S. national security.
Areas of Focus
Goal:
Deploy U.S. Energy technologies globally by supporting U.S. companies in entering new markets, including by identifying financing mechanisms to de-risk projects, serving as a government interlocutor in the process of winning contracts for major energy infrastructure projects, supporting offtake agreements, and assessing country energy sectors to identify technology opportunities.
Example:
The Energy Deployment Program (EDP)supports Techno-Economic Assessments of the viability of a U.S. energy technology to meet the needs of a certain foreign market. The program utilizes DOE National Labs’ expertise to model specific projects where a state-owned energy company and a U.S. energy company that previously received DOE funding have identified a potential match for energy technology deployment. The economic part of the assessment demonstrates the project’s commercial viability to public and private investors.
Goal:
Maintain communication with industry and DOE Program offices to understand DOE's industry engagement with companies and energy technology verticals. Engage in strategic project development. Ensure that U.S. energy industry and DOE's equities are represented in US energy, trade, labor, and other policy making. Connect industry directly with opportunities for FDI in the United States and exports for U.S. companies. Additionally serve as a resource for foreign partners interested in learning about investments in U.S. energy technologies.
Example:
Through the Poland Civil Nuclear Program, the Market Development team led a U.S. Government engagement with Polish stakeholders and officials to develop a comprehensive and competitive financial and technical package for the country’s first civil nuclear tender. In November 2022, Poland’s Cabinet of Ministers selected Westinghouse’s AP1000 technology, the most advanced light water reactor in the world. The first phase of the project, estimated at $16-$18 billion for the first three units, represents the creation or maintenance of 62,500 well-paying jobs in 17 U.S. states. Market Development is leading on work to secure three more units which will double these job figures.
Poland’s Cabinet of Ministers announced the selection of Westinghouse’s AP1000 technology
Goal:
Work with industry, governments, and DOE program offices to identify and facilitate supplies for energy manufacturing and operations, supporting national economic security.
Example:
The Office coordinates DOE efforts in the U.S.-Canada Joint Action Plan on Critical Minerals. This action plan aims to strengthen North American critical mineral supply chains through information sharing, joint efforts to promote private sector engagement, and coordination on research and multilateral cooperation.
Department’s supply chain strategy
Government of Canada and the United States Co-Invest to Strengthen Critical Mineral Value Chains - Canada.ca
Goal:
Ensure international standards support competitiveness of U.S. energy technology, supply chains, and manufacturing priorities. Work with allies to collaborate on the support of international best practices in energy and critical minerals projects.
Goal:
Inform U.S. trade policy and its execution with the interests of the U.S. energy sector to protect national security and USG and private sector investments, including by representing DOE in policy-making spaces.
Example:
The Market Development team represents DOE on the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) Trade Policy Staff Committee. This senior-level interagency committee is the principal mechanism for advising USTR as it develops and coordinates U.S. Government positions on international trade and trade-related investment issues.
Trade Policy Staff Committee
Recent Highlights
- The Department led a “whole of government” approach to engaging with Bulgaria’s government to conclude a new Intergovernmental Agreement on clean energy cooperation. This new IGA will support the construction of a new unit at the country’s Kozolduy Nuclear Power plant. It will strengthen a commitment by the United States to support Bulgaria’s efforts to modernize its nuclear fleet, reduce its reliance on Russian energy sources and technology, and bolster its efforts to develop a clean energy economy.
- The Office recently joined visits to lithium-related sites in the San Bernandino and Imperial counties hosted by the California Energy Commission. In addition to several Department program office, the interagency team also included the Department of Defense. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory’s Lithium Resource Research and Innovation Center estimates that sufficient Lithium can be recovered from the brine to support batteries for 3.6M electric vehicles per year and even more if the field is expanded. The Imperial Valley has the potential to supply critical minerals (lithium, boron rare earth) to support America’s clean energy transition.
Our Team
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Contact me about critical minerals and materials supply chain stakeholder engagements and investment opportunities.
Contact me about government partnerships for critical mineral supply chains, recycling/reprocessing materials, and project development for energy security
Contact me about international trade and standards policy engagement.
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Contact me about hydrogen, foreign direct investment, market development and market trends.
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Contact me about nuclear energy project development, project finance, and feasibility studies for energy infrastructure deals.
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Contact me about energy security and materials supply chain trends.
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Contact me about trade policy engagement, industrial decarbonization for U.S. competitiveness, market and project development.
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Contact me about energy supply chain market development, development finance for energy security, and emerging markets.
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Contact me about development finance for energy security and U.S. energy technology deployment.
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Contact me about critical mineral supply chains, geothermal energy, and the role of AI in energy market development and project deployment.
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Contact me about international energy market development opportunities and critical minerals policy.
