• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Hon. Steven Winberg

United States Department of Energy

Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy

As Assistant Secretary, Steve Winberg is responsible for the management and oversight of FE’s research and development program, encompassing coal, oil, and natural gas, as well as the Office of Petroleum Reserves. Mr. Winberg has 40 years of successful senior corporate management, enabling the development of coal and natural gas technologies for both production and end-use; including emission control technologies, near-zero emission technologies (including CCUS technologies), and improved efficiency power production technologies from early stages, through engineering development and demonstration, and commercial deployment. He has extensive experience working with prime users and owners of gas and coal-based power, fuel generation, and delivery technologies, including an extensive understanding of the Federal Government’s business practices and the role it plays in shaping the Nation’s energy policies. Mr. Winberg began his career at the engineering firm Foster Wheeler as an engineer on coal-fired utility boilers. From there, he spent 14 years with Consolidated Natural Gas working in a variety of positions before becoming Vice President for CONSOL Energy Research & Development. Immediately prior to coming to DOE, Mr. Winberg served as a Senior Program Manager at Battelle Memorial Institute.

 

Sessions With Hon. Steven Winberg

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Hydrogen & Renewable Gas: A growing role?

    Clean Tech Upstream Oil & Gas

    Momentum is picking up for the use of hydrogen and renewable gas as an energy source. Hydrogen can play a role across the full value chain in all end-use sectors and is competitive today with many low-carbon solutions. Where do we stand in the deployment of technologies? What are the promising sources for renewable gas?

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 11:30am - 12:20pm (CST) / -
  • 03:00pm - 03:45pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Future of Carbon Capture, Use & Storage

    Climate & Sustainability Clean Tech

    Major emitters, such as utilities using coal and gas and heavy industries, require technologies that can enable longer-term use of fossil fuels while capturing and storing CO2 emissions. CCS and CCUS technologies have been around for decades; however, deployment is still in early days. In December 2019, US National Petroleum Council (NPC) completed a major study “Meeting the Dual Challenge, A Roadmap to At-Scale Deployment of Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage.” This study outlined a roadmap along with a set of recommendations to the US policy makers to significantly accelerate development and deployment of CCUS technologies. This panel will use the NPC study as the context to discuss the state of CCUS and the outlook not only in the United States but around the globe.