Press Archive

Biden’s $7B ‘Clean’ Hydrogen Dream Faces Pipelines Hurdle

EI’s Dan Esposito explains the importance of determining where hydrogen is being used since it will determine our reliance on pipelines.

Electrifying China’s Industry Is Critical To Meeting Climate Goals

Industry is the largest emitting sector in China, the world’s largest emitting country. Heat pumps and thermal batteries could cut pollution and costs.

Can Industry Eliminate Its Carbon Pollution?

EI’s Jeff Rissman discusses his book, Zero-Carbon Industry, and explains the roadmap for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector.

Stakeholder Soapbox: It’s Time For New Wires On America’s Grid

EI’s Eric Gimon urges federal and state regulators not to overlook advanced reconductoring as a less expensive way to increase transmission capacity.

Trump Leads Biden in New Battleground Polls. The Economic Stakes Are High.

The Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits have generated over $250 billion in project announcements that could create more than 140,000 new jobs.

The World’s Biggest Plant To Pull Carbon From The Sky Just Opened

EI’s Eric Gimon argues that the 2022 United Nations report is no reason slow down decarbonization efforts and that carbon capturing could help.

California’s Dream Of A Green Hydrogen Future Could Backfire

EI’s Dan Esposito expresses concerns that federal incentives for hydrogen could lead to energy wastage, as hydrogen production is expensive and not economically viable without these subsidies.

Transition-AI: Can The Grid Handle AI’s Power Demand?

EI’s Michelle Solomon joins a panel of experts to discuss her recent research on the ways utilities can meet rising demand without building new gas plants.

EV Sales Are Taking Off. Why Is Oil Demand Still Climbing?

EI’s Anand Gopal forecasts that the rise of electric vehicles marks a transformative shift that will quickly reduce oil demand as the adoption of EVs accelerates.

How EVs Became So Polarized

EI research and modeling finds that EVs can save $14-$80 per refuel compared to the gas powered equivalent.

12 Red And Blue States Tap Billions In Federal Funds For Home Energy Upgrades

EI’s Sara Baldwin explains how nearly $9 billion in federal funds is starting to pour into red and blue states for home energy improvements.

EPA Climate Rule Has Safety Valves. Here’s What That Means.

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains that the EPA climate rule can basically revert to the emissions rates, which creates a a two-pronged approach to ensure electrical grid stability.

3 Energy Questions Hang Over EPA’s Carbon Rule

Improving the transmission system in the U.S. could allow for more low-carbon energy and get more out of the grid, according to EI’s Michelle Solomon.

Reconductoring Could Help Solve America’s Grid Problem

EI’s Michelle Solomon explains how advanced conductors can up to double transmission capacity on existing lines in a matter of months.

New EPA Rules Will Force Fossil Fuel Power Plants To Cut Pollution

EI’s Michelle Solomon predicts that most coal plants will close rather than install costly technology to capture carbon emissions.

A Path to Zero Carbon Industry

Jeff Rissman discusses his recent book, Zero-Carbon Industry, and explains the potential for industrial decarbonization.

U.S. DOE Finalizes Rules To Speed Transmission Permitting, Boost Grid Capacity

EI research finds that upgrading existing lines with advanced conductors could spur a nearly four-fold increase in transmission capacity expansion by 2035 compared to a new-build-only approach.

Climate Rule Barrage Caps Biden’s Green Agenda

The EPA’s final rule allows states to keep online retiring power plants for an additional year, according to EI’s Michelle Solomon, this long lead time should prevent supply shocks.

The New EPA Power Plant Rules Are Out — And Could Change The Calculus For Gas

EI’s Michelle Solomon explains that the new EPA rules will get utilities to think more proactively about how they are going to replace retiring coal plants.

Why Our Brains Are Bad At Climate Change | Nik Sawe. Nicholas Weiler

EI’s Nik Sawe discusses why we have a hard time properly perceiving the risk of climate change through neuroscience and economics.