World Bank / Alexander Alexandrovich Golub and Michael A. Toman http://bit.ly/1SZc2WN Improving the resilience of the economy in the face of uncertain climate change damages involves irreversible investments to scale up new technologies that are less vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The benefit of having such options includes the avoided welfare cost of … Continue reading
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The Clean Energy Revolution Fighting Climate Change With Innovation
Foreign Affairs (May/June 2016) / by Varun Sivaram and Teryn Norris http://fam.ag/23IxKVQ [From the article] …Fighting climate change successfully will certainly require sensible government policies to level the economic playing field between clean and dirty energy, such as putting a price on carbon dioxide emissions. But it will also require policies that encourage investment in … Continue reading
Municipal Freshwater Scarcity: Improving Distribution System Efficiency and Tapping Nontraditional Water Sources
US Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/676898.pdf [Sen. Edward Markey Press Release] The view that drinkable water has been generally considered “reliable, cheap, and abundant” is no longer true due to a growing demand and reduction in supply, in part because of climate change impacts, including recurring drought according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report… … Continue reading
Analytic Research Foundations for the Next-Generation Electric Grid
National Academies Press http://bit.ly/21RXR6v Electricity is the lifeblood of modern society, and for the vast majority of people that electricity is obtained from large, interconnected power grids. However, the grid that was developed in the 20th century, and the incremental improvements made since then, including its underlying analytic foundations, is no longer adequate to completely … Continue reading
Tracking Innovation in Oil and Gas Patents The Role and Influence of the US Department of Energy
Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions http://bit.ly/1RQuEr8 [Oil and Gas Journal] Incubation of oil and gas technology by the US Department of Energy has had “a measurable impact” on recent innovation by the industry, according to an analysis of patent data by the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions. The firm analyzed a nonpublic database of 8,003 … Continue reading
Strategic Planning to Enable ESCOs [Energy Servoce Companies] to Accelerate NGV Fleet Deployment: A Guide for Businesses and Policymakers
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions http://bit.ly/1HLwp11 This guide addresses questions that private investors and state and local agencies may have about key considerations and strategies for deploying NGVs in public and private fleets.
Technology and Policy Options for a Low-Emission Energy System in Canada
Council of Canadian Academies for Magna International Inc. http://www.scienceadvice.ca/en/assessments/completed/energy-use.aspx [CBC] Canada could drastically cut its greenhouse gas emissions and meet international climate change commitments using existing commercially available technologies and policies that have been proven to work, a new report says… Carbon-emitting coal, oil and gas currently account for 72 per cent of Canada’s energy supply, says … Continue reading
US DOE Carbon Storage Atlas — 5th Edition
US DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory http://www.netl.doe.gov/research/coal/carbon-storage/natcarb-atlas [From Press Release] The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) today released the fifth edition of theCarbon Storage Atlas (Atlas V), which shows prospective carbon dioxide (CO2) storage resources of at least 2,600 billion metric tons – an increase over the findings of the 2012 Atlas. … Continue reading
Hawai’i Clean Energy: Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement: Summary
US DOE http://bit.ly/1YooUro [Pacific Business Journal] The renewable energy technology that presents Hawaii the greatest potential for environmental impacts is utility-scale renewable energy, including wind and solar, according to the Hawaii Clean Energy final programmatic environmental impact statement by the U.S. Department of Energy, released on Friday. The 1,568-page report also noted that energy efficiency … Continue reading
Distributed Energy Projects — Investing in American Energy: Title XVII Open Solicitations
US Dept. of Energy http://www.energy.gov/lpo/distributed-energy-projects At the National Clean Energy Summit 8.0 in Nevada, President Obama announced that the Loan Programs Office (LPO) has issued guidance for potential applicants on the kinds of Distributed Energy Projects it can support, in the form of supplements to its existing Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy (REEE) Projects and … Continue reading
