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The commercialization of new energy technologies is a complex and difficult process. Few energy-related inventions are successfully translated into products and once on the market, many do not survive. Reasonable predictions about energy options in the year 2000 require a full understanding of the commercialization process as it pertains to new energy technologies. Drawing upon the experiences of the US Department of Energy's Energy-Related Inventions Program (ERIP), this paper outlines some of the patterns, processes, and problems related to the commercialization of new energy technologies. Energy price fluctuations, inadequate investment capital, insufficient market demand, and inappropriate commercialization strategies are found to be common problems besetting ERIP inventors. 12 refs., 4 figs. (ERA citation 13:051378)