Austin Technology Incubator

The vision of the Pecan Street Project is to solve the energy problem in Austin by reinventing the power sector and interconnecting it with the transportation sector. The Pecan Street Project seeks to achieve the following objectives:

-Reduce our local energy system’s dependence on finite sources of fuels
-Reduce our lo...cal energy system’s greenhouse gas emissions
-Reduce the environmental impact of our local energy system, including air pollution and water use
-Make our local energy system more resilient and sustainable from environmental, reliability, and economic perspectives
-Create and sustain local jobs, industries and companies in the clean energy sector
-Demonstrate the feasibility of following a sustainable energy path

Our vision is simply to transform Austin Energy into the urban power system of the future while making the City of Austin and its local partners a local clean energy laboratory and hub for the world’s emerging cleantech sector. In doing so, we seek to prove to the world that it is possible to remake the way we produce, use, store, and trade energy in a way that is simultaneously consistent with our economical, environmental and security objectives. Because of Austin Energy’s position as a widely-respected leader on energy issues, we believe that achieving this success locally will have cascading effects nationwide. This panel will share perspectives from different participants in the project, including its history, barriers, and opportunities for success. Read More