The immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shock are the focus of plenty of societal problem-solving efforts right now. In the long-term, however, climate change remains a vexing challenge that’s not going away.

The environmental imperatives of reducing emissions and creating clean energy options offer an area where new technology can play a role in developing solutions that bring new processes and offer key monitoring.

That was on view at a June 23 virtual event from the Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator (MEIA) that closed out the program’s first six-month cohort. A program of the College Park-based, economic development-minded Maryland Clean Energy Center, the accelerator has a focus on commercializing technology developed in Maryland-based universities and laboratories, said MEIA Executive Director Brian Toll. Similar to an approach we often see with medical technology and pharmaceuticals, it’s looking to put hard science developed by university faculty members on a path to growing with a company run by folks who are separate from researchers.

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