Energy Innovation has developed an Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) model for Canada (including a regional Alberta version), China, India, Mexico, Indonesia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and the United States — with more to come. Together, these countries represent 56 percent of global emissions.

The EPS identifies policies to achieve policymakers’ goals and recommend the most effective policies, as well as evaluate the impacts of policy or program announcements. Top publications of EPS-driven research broken down by national and sub-national region are detailed below.

• Enhancing Canada’s Climate Commitments: Building on the Pan-Canadian Framework. Energy Innovation, Pembina Institute. March 2018.

• Clean Trucks, Big Bucks: California Energy Policy Simulator evaluation Of The Proposed Advanced Clean Trucks Rule. Energy Innovation. June 2020.
• California Energy Policy Simulator Insights: Current Emissions Trajectory, Policy Opportunities To Reach 2030 Emissions Reduction Goal. Energy Innovation. January 2020.

• Long-term Costs and Benefits Analysis of China’s Low-carbon Policies. China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, Renmin University of China, Energy Innovation. August 2019.
• Assessing the Policy Gaps for Achieving China’s Climate Targets in the Paris Agreement. Tufts University, China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, Energy Innovation. March 2019.
• Climate and Energy Policy Solutions for China: Quantitative Analysis and Policy Recommendations for the 13^th Five-Year Plan. China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, Energy Research Institute, Energy Innovation. July 2016.

• Colorado Energy Policy Simulator Insights: Current Emissions Trajectory, 1.5°C Scenario. Energy Innovation and RMI. May 2021.

• Hong Kong Energy Policy Simulator: Methods, Data, and Scenario Results for 2050. World Resources Institute, Energy Innovation. January 2020.

• A Tool for Designing a Policy Package to Achieve India’s Climate Targets. World Resources Institute, Energy Innovation. January 2019.

• A Tool for Designing a Policy Package to Achieve Indonesia’s Climate Targets. World Resources Institute, Energy Innovation. July 2017.

• Choosing the Right Path: Low-Cost Policy Options for Enhancing Mexico’s Climate Goals While Achieving Long-Term Social Benefits. World Resources Institute. May 2019.
• Achieving Mexico’s Climate Goals: An Eight-Point Action Plan. World Resources Institute, Energy Innovation, Centro Mario Molina. November 2016.

• Minnesota Energy Policy Simulator Insights: Current Trajectory, 1.5°C Scenario. Energy Innovation and RMI. February 2021.

• Nevada Energy Policy Simulator Insights: Current Trajectory, 1.5°C Scenario. Energy Innovation and RMI. March 2021.

• Impact Assessment of Climate Policy on Poland’s Power Sector. Warsaw University of Technology, Polish National Energy Conservation Agency. December 2018.

• A 1.5°C NDC for Climate Leadership by the United States. Energy Innovation. April 2021.
• Modeling the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis’ Action Plan. Energy Innovation. June 2020.
• Estimating U.S. Energy Demand and Emissions Impacts of COVID-19. Energy Innovation. May 2020.

• Virginia Energy Policy Simulator Insights: Virginia Clean Economy Act, 1.5°C Scenario. Energy Innovation and RMI. December 2020.