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Seven Policies To Tap U.S. Offshore Wind’s $166 Billion Economic Growth And Emissions Reduction Potential
EI’s Amanda Myers explains top policies to capitalize on the potential of offshore wind to stimulate billions of dollars in economic growth, create high-wage jobs, and achieve climate goals.
To Rid The Grid Of Coal, The Southeast U.S. Needs A Competitive Wholesale Electricity Market
EI’s Sarah Spengeman explains how introducing a competitive wholesale electricity market for the Southeast would save $384 billion dollars, create 400,000 jobs, and reduce power sector emissions 37% as all uneconomic coal is retired and 149 GW of renewables are added to the grid by 2040.
Plummeting Renewable Energy, Battery Prices Mean China Could Hit 62% Clean Power And Cut Costs 11% By 2030
EI’s Silvio Marcacci explains how plummeting renewable costs combined with smart policy design can achieve a low-carbon electricity future for the world’s largest emitter.
Communicating Climate Policy Through Art: Environmental Graphiti And 90 Percent Clean Electricity
EI’s Sarah Spengeman interviews artist Alisa Singer to discuss digital paintings she created based on the 90% clean by 2035 report as part of her Environmental Graphiti project, which makes climate data more accessible to the public.
Congressional Climate Plan Is A Bet Your Country Moment
EI’s Hal Harvey details how the recently released Congressional climate plan could recharge the U.S. economy and fight climate change.
‘Solar For Coal’ Swaps: A Financial Innovation That Could Accelerate The Carbon Transition
EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains how “Solar for Coal” Swaps could refinance 26 GW of existing uneconomic coal plants, using private capital to fund community-level investment for publicly-owned cooperative retail utilities, while supporting local economic development.
Building Decarbonization Cuts Pollution And Boosts The Economy. Here’s How State Regulators Can Accelerate Both
EI’s Silvio Marcacci interviews Sherri Billimoria, lead author of Rocky Mountain Institute’s recent report, Regulatory Solutions for Building Decarbonization, about the report’s recommended regulatory reforms required for building decarbonization.
Why 100% Clean Energy Advocates Must Overcome The ‘Resource Adequacy’ Challenge
EI’s Eric Gimon explains why the clean energy industry must address concerns about resource adequacy, while innovating new planning models that allow for a diverse set of clean energy technologies to compete on equal footing.
Utilities Are Better Suited To Handle Covid Uncertainties – Why That’s Good News For Clean Energy
EI’s Amanda Myers interviews Pearl Street Station’s executive director Albert Lin about why utilities are better suited than other industries to weather COVID-19 uncertainties and what that means for the clean energy transition.
California Can Still Lead America And The World On Electric Vehicles – Despite Trump
EI’s CEO Hal Harvey and Yunshi Wang, director of the China Center for Energy and Transportation at UC Davis, discuss how California can lead global transportation electrification despite the Administration’s clean car rollbacks and isolationism.