CERAWeek returns to Houston as energy security and transition compete for attention [Video]

HOUSTON – Thousands of energy leaders from around the globe are in Houston this week to discuss the best way to power the future. In the 42 years that CERAWeek, by S&P Global, has come to Houston, ideas about where we get our energy have changed dramatically. Energy-transition continues to be the buzz-term, but getting there is a challenge.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s opening keynote address acknowledged that despite ambitious goals to wean the nation off fossil fuels in favor of renewable sources, like solar, it is not an easy journey.

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“The world will need secure supplies of traditional and new energy for the foreseeable future,” she says.

Throughout the expansive gathering, there is widespread discussion about efforts to minimize the damage, and maximize the efficiency of fossil fuel use, along with a host of ‘energy transition’ …