The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has announced the Renewable Energy and Energy Advisory Committee will hold a meeting Feb. 12 in Washington, D.C. The event will also be streamed online. 

REEEAC is an advisory committee that provides the Department of Commerce with advice from the private sector on the development and administration of programs and policies to expand the export competitiveness of U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services. 

The committee’s work on renewable energy is to focus on technologies, equipment, and services to generate electricity, produce heat, and power vehicles from renewable sources such as biomass, solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and hydrogen. For the purposes of the REEEAC, covered goods and services do not include vehicles, feedstocks for biofuels, or energy efficiency as it relates to consumer goods or buildings. However, non-fossil fuels that reduce carbon consumption, such as liquid biofuels and wood pellets, are included.

The committee currently includes 28 members, including those representing U.S. pellet producer Lignetics and renewable fuel trade groups Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association. 

The Feb. 12 meeting will be the second meeting of the committee’s current charter term. Members of the committee, along with officials from the Commerce Department and other government agencies, will discuss major issues affecting the competitiveness of the U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. 

Additional information is available on the Federal Register website.