Alternative Pathways and Actions to Achieve a 1.5°C Future

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This research review proposes several alternative pathways and potential actions to avoid dangerous global warming and achieve a 1.5C future.

Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems

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This research paper reviews what it would take to achieve energy system decarbonization, including parts of the energy system that are particularly difficult to decarbonize including aviation, long-distance transport, steel and cement production, and provision of a reliable electricity supply. The full version of this paper was published in the June 2018 issue of Science http://science.sciencemag.org/node/711939.full

How FERC’s ‘Unprecedented’ PJM Order Could Unravel Capacity Markets

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EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing how an unprecedented recent FERC ruling could upend the economics of PJM’s capacity market.

How FERC’s New Ruling Is Upending the Country’s Biggest Capacity Market

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EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing how a recent FERC ruling could limit renewable energy in PJM’s capacity market.

China’s Carbon Emissions Might Have Peaked, Study Says

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EI’s Hal Harvey analysis of China’s cap-and-trade system launch is quoted in an article discussing reports that the country’s emissions may have already peaked.