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What Rooftop Solar Tells Us About Who’s Participating (And Who Is Not) In The Clean Energy Transition

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This research review details financial, racial, and partisan rates of rooftop solar adoption across the United States and recommendations to overcome these divides.

How Much Energy Do Data Centers Really Use?

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This research review says that while data center energy usage is lower than estimated, clean energy technology must reduce their growing climate impact.

Negative Emission Technologies And Land Use

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This research review discusses how potential use of negative emission technologies to meet climate change goals could impact land use.

Hal Harvey’s Insights And Updates: Can California Hit Its 2030 Climate Goal?

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Energy Innovation’s California Energy Policy Simulator reveals the state is off track for its 2030 climate goal, but six policy fixes can hit the target.

Energy Justice: A Complex But Vital Piece To A Clean Energy Transition

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This research review discusses how energy justice can be achieved for communities and ecosystems as part of a clean energy transition.

Hal Harvey’s Insights And Updates: Getting To Net Zero Emissions In The United States

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A substantial new update to Energy Innovation’s peer-reviewed Energy Policy Simulator reveals which policies can reach net zero emissions in the United States, and what they mean for our economy.

United States Energy Policy Simulator Updated With Ability to Reach Net-Zero Emissions, New Policies, More Fuels

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The United States Energy Policy Simulator 2.0 update includes the ability to model net-zero emissions, new policies, and new fuels like hydrogen.

Building Electrification: Research Perspectives On Technologies, Policies, And Mitigation Strategies

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This research review discusses how building electrification can rapidly reduce emissions while transitioning to a power sector supplied by renewable energy.

Direct Air Capture and Storage

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This research review says direct air capture and storage may help limit global warming to 1.5C but needs technical innovation and regulatory reform.

Hal Harvey’s Insights And Updates: Wholesale Electricity Market Design For Rapid Decarbonization

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EI CEO Hal Harvey highlights a research paper series exploring how wholesale electricity markets, which serve 2/3 of the U.S., can be reformed to rapidly decarbonize the grid at lowest cost.