![Bill Gates and Secretary Chu during a fireside chat at the 2012 Energy Innovation Summit | Energy Department image | Photo by Quentin Kruger Bill Gates and Secretary Chu during a fireside chat at the 2012 Energy Innovation Summit | Energy Department image | Photo by Quentin Kruger](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010053854im_/http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/styles/topic_hero/public/Bill_and_Chu_v2-4883_0.jpg)
Bill Gates and Secretary Chu during a fireside chat at the 2012 Energy Innovation Summit | Energy Department image | Photo by Quentin Kruger
View photos from the 2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Technology Showcase, where over 240 breakthrough energy developments from ARPA-E awardees and other innovative companies were on display this year.
Yesterday, the third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit kicked off near Washington, D.C. The Summit’s unique combination of leaders makes this an ideal environment for developing energy solutions that will enable America to out-innovate our global competitors.
Energy storage isn’t just for AA batteries any more. Thanks to investments from the Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), energy storage may soon play a bigger part in our electricity grid, and help enable the increased generation of renewable electricity.