Popular Government Energy Program Seeks a Big New Twist

Fortune: It’s that time of year again when hundreds of researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers from across the U.S. flock to an expansive hotel just down river from Washington, D.C. They’re there to show off, and check out, some of the most unusual—and potentially game-changing—new energy technologies in the world like futuristic batteries, engineered microbes that make biofuels, and high-performance solar materials.

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