Alex Fitzsimmons
Senior Program Director
ClearPath
Alex Fitzsimmons is a Senior Program Director at ClearPath. He works across ClearPath’s clean energy technology portfolio, with a focus on energy storage, renewable energy technologies, advanced manufacturing and critical minerals. Previously, Alex served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency at the U.S. Department of Energy. In this role, Alex led diverse programs and an R&D portfolio that included advanced manufacturing, building technologies, federal energy management, and intergovernmental partnerships. Prior to that, Alex served as Chief of Staff for DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, where he led strategic planning, policy, and communications across a broad clean energy portfolio.
Recent Publications
First of Its Kind: Making DOE’s New Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations a Success
The U.S. Department of Energy’s new Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations is a tremendous step forward for innovation and must become a permanent fixture in the federal structure. DOE needs time right now to build up the new office systematically, and over the next few years its funding must grow rapidly, so that it can drive a steady stream of innovations ready to be scaled up nationally and globally.
