# Energy Innovation: Research \& Policy Analysis

> Energy Innovation provides non\-partisan research and analysis to support clean energy policy design and implementation\.

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## Pages
- [Books](https://energyinnovation.org/research-resources/books/): Energy Innovation experts publish books explaining how implementing smart policy can achieve a clean future and stable climate\.
- [Homepage](https://energyinnovation.org/)
- [Expert Voices](https://energyinnovation.org/research-resources/expert-voices/): Energy Innovation experts share commentary and analysis on the clean energy transition’s most pressing issues\. 
- [About](https://energyinnovation.org/about/)
- [Multimedia](https://energyinnovation.org/research-resources/multimedia/): Energy Innovation’s multimedia library features videos and infographics on the policies and technologies vital to the clean energy transition\.

## Posts
- [Clean Energy Is The Cheapest Way To Serve Surging Electricity Demand](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/clean-energy-is-the-cheapest-way-to-serve-surging-electricity-demand/): Clean energy can reliably meet the American economy’s insatiable demand for electricity, at lower costs than if we primarily rely on aging coal plants and volatile natural gas\. 
- [What Will It Cost America To Meet Data Center Electricity Demand?](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/what-will-it-cost-america-to-meet-data-center-electricity-demand/): Meeting expected demand growth with a fossil fuel\-heavy approach consistent with current federal policy priorities will add $30 billion annually to customer bills by 2030\.
- [What Is Coal's Future In The United States?](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/what-is-coals-future-in-the-united-states/): Coal\-fired power cannot compete economically with clean energy and continues losing market share across the United States\.
- [U\.S\. Electricity Bills Are Rising Fast: Which States Are Paying More–and Why](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/u-s-electricity-bills-are-rising-fast-which-states-are-paying-more-and-why/): A complex web of factors drives electricity cost increases, but states that have invested in clean energy have seen less volatility in rates than their fossil fuel\-dependent counterparts\.
- [What Is Surplus Interconnection? And Why It Could Unlock the U\.S\. Power Grid](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/what-is-surplus-interconnection-and-why-it-could-unlock-the-u-s-power-grid/): Surplus interconnection is gaining traction in the United States for its ability to add new generation at existing power plants\.

## Bios
- [Jeffrey Rissman](https://energyinnovation.org/bio/jeffrey-rissman/): Jeffrey is Energy Innovation’s Senior Director, Industry, leading the company’s work on technologies and policies to achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions from the industry sector\.
- [Fei Meng](https://energyinnovation.org/bio/meng-fei/): Fei Meng is Energy Innovation's China Program Director, where she leads the firm's China policy practice area to accelerate China’s pace of decarbonization and transition to renewable energy\.
- [Xiuli Zhang](https://energyinnovation.org/bio/xiuli-zhang/): Xiuli supports China\-related projects as the Project Manager, China at Energy Innovation\.
- [Olivia Ashmoore](https://energyinnovation.org/bio/olivia-ashmoore/): Olivia is a Senior Analyst at Energy Innovation, focused on the Modeling and Analysis Program, where she provides research and analysis to support the firm's climate policy modeling\.
- [Mary Francis Swint](https://energyinnovation.org/bio/mary-francis-swint/): Mary Francis Swint is an Analyst at Energy Innovation, focused on the firm’s Modeling and Analysis Program\.

## Data Explorers
- [Overcoming All Barriers To Industrial Electrification](https://energyinnovation.org/data-explorer/overcoming-all-barriers-to-industrial-electrification/): A safe climate requires clean industry, and businesses winning globally require clean products\. Industrial electrification can do both\.
- [Accelerating Electrified Transportation By 2035 Online Data Explorer](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/data-explorer/accelerating-electrified-transportation-by-2035-online-data-explorer/)
- [90 Percent Clean Electricity By 2035 Online Data Explorer](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/data-explorer/90-percent-clean-electricity-by-2035-online-data-explorer/): This online data explorer supports the 90 percent by 2035 research by allowing anyone to see how the U\.S\. grid’s generation mix, cumulative clean energy additions, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions change over time in each of the country’s regional grid areas\.
- [A Reliable 85 Percent Clean Grid For California Data Explorer](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/data-explorer/a-reliable-85-percent-clean-grid-for-california-data-explorer/): This visual interactive feature allows users to explore the major findings of the technical analysis\. Users can interact with graphs showing the build rates for clean energy resources under the three 85 percent clean electricity portfolios, an example of how much of each resource is relied on every month of the year, and how the California grid can meet reliability in the most challenging hour of key tested stress conditions\.
- [Southeast U\.S\. Wholesale Electricity Market/RTO Online Data Explorer](https://energyinnovation.org/expert-voice/data-explorer/southeast-wholesale-electricity-market-rto-online-data-explorer/): This online data explorer allows anyone to view the economic, jobs, generation, and emissions benefits from creating a Southeast RTO in a dynamic format along with specific results for each of the seven states \(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee\) included in the regional model\.

## Multimedia
- [Infographics: Let The Sun In: Clean Energy Is The Cheapest Way To Meet Rising Demand](https://energyinnovation.org/multimedia/infographics-let-the-sun-in-clean-energy-is-the-cheapest-way-to-meet-rising-demand/): Modeling shows meeting forecast electricity demand growth with fossil fuels will add $29\.7 billion annually to customer bills by 2030\. But clean energy can reliably meet load growth and save $5 billion per year – keeping the lights on and AI growing for less money\.
- [Video: IMDS 2026: Closing Plenary: What Will Drive Adoption Of Leading\-Edge Solutions?](https://energyinnovation.org/multimedia/video-imds-2026-closing-plenary-what-will-drive-adoption-of-leading-edge-solutions/): Industrial Decarbonization in East Asia, a flagship report with the World Bank, provides a clean industrial development roadmap with emissions and cost estimates as well as policy recommendations\.
- [Video: Calculating Emissions For The Climate Tech Map \(with Minshu Deng\)](https://energyinnovation.org/multimedia/video-calculating-emissions-for-the-climate-tech-map-with-minshu-deng/): One of the key metrics used to identify decarbonization opportunities is the "emissions at stake in 2050\."
- [Infographics: Electrifying Industrial Heat in India](https://energyinnovation.org/multimedia/infographics-electrifying-industrial-heat-in-india/): India's industrial sector is an economic engine, but it comes with high costs and dirty air\. Smart policies can tap cheap solar to make electrifying industrial heat in India cheaper than most fossil fuel sources of heat\.
- [Video: Opportunities in Climate Tech: Energy Storage \& Demand Flexibility \(with Mike O'Boyle\)](https://energyinnovation.org/multimedia/video-opportunities-in-climate-tech-energy-storage-demand-flexibility-with-mike-oboyle/): The utility distribution system in the U\.S\. is overbuilt and underutilized; distributed storage is one solution\. 

## Peer\-Reviewed Publications
- [Optimal Transmission Expansion Modestly Reduces Decarbonization Costs Of U\.S\. Electricity](https://energyinnovation.org/publication/optimal-transmission-expansion-modestly-reduces-decarbonization-costs-of-u-s-electricity/): This review explains how optimal interregional transmission more than triples by 2050, under full decarbonization\.
- [Impacts Of The Inflation Reduction Act And One Big Beautiful Bill Act On The U\.S\. Energy System](https://energyinnovation.org/publication/impacts-of-the-inflation-reduction-act-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-on-the-u-s-energy-system/): This review describes the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on clean energy deployment through mid\-2025 and summarizes projections for emissions and clean energy\.
- [High Voltage: The Global Potential For Industrial Electrification](https://energyinnovation.org/publication/high-voltage-the-global-potential-for-industrial-electrification/): Shifting industrial energy demand from internationally traded fossil fuels to domestically generated electricity can reduce exposure to price shocks\.
- [Assessing the Policy Gaps for Achieving China’s Carbon Neutrality Target](https://energyinnovation.org/publication/assessing-the-policy-gaps-for-achieving-chinas-carbon-neutrality-target/)
- [Net\-Zero Emissions Energy Systems](https://energyinnovation.org/publication/net-zero-emissions-energy-systems/)

## Podcasts
- [Long\-Haul Charging: Powering Heavy\-Duty Trucks With Electricity](https://energyinnovation.org/podcast/long-haul-charging-powering-heavy-duty-trucks-with-electricity/): Electric medium\- and heavy\-duty vehicles are on the rise around the world as more businesses electrify their fleets and delivery vehicles But what does it take to build multi\-megawatt charging stations to support electric fleets?
- [Congress Repealed Federal Clean Energy Incentives\! How to Act Before It’s Too Late](https://energyinnovation.org/podcast/congress-repealed-federal-clean-energy-incentives-how-to-act-before-its-too-late/): The One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed a number of federal clean energy incentives\. Here's how Americans can take advantage of them before they're gone\.
- [The One Big Beautiful Bill Act And Other Federal Repeals Will Crash America’s EV Market](https://energyinnovation.org/podcast/the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-and-other-federal-repeals-will-crash-americas-ev-market/): Recent federal actions could significantly slow the growth of EVs in the U\.S\., hurting both the economy and environment\.
- [Repealing Inflation Reduction Act Harms America’s Economy and Costs Consumers](https://energyinnovation.org/podcast/repealing-inflation-reduction-act-harms-americas-economy-and-costs-consumers/): Host Sara Baldwin speaks with Robbie Orvis of Energy Innovation to discuss how the IRA has transformed the U\.S\. economy and the harmful impacts of possible IRA repeal, including lost jobs and higher household energy costs\. 
- [Electrification Loves Grid Reliability](https://energyinnovation.org/podcast/electrification-loves-grid-reliability/): Electricity demand is growing, and this discussion examines the challenges and policies necessary for building a clean and reliable grid\.

## Press
- [Study Argues Clean Power Can Meet Load Growth Reliably, Affordably](https://energyinnovation.org/press/study-argues-clean-power-can-meet-load-growth-reliably-affordably/): Letting clean energy bloom, rather than throwing up roadblocks to it, is a cheaper and reliable way to meet near\-term demand growth
- [The Case For Meeting Load Growth With Renewables? $5 Billion In Savings](https://energyinnovation.org/press/the-case-for-meeting-load-growth-with-renewables-5-billion-in-savings/): Utility customers could save $5 billion per year by 2030 if the U\.S\. prioritizes clean energy over a fossil\-fuel heavy approach to meeting record electricity demand from data centers and other large loads\.
- [The Trump Administration’s Efforts To Curtail Wind Projects](https://energyinnovation.org/press/the-trump-administrations-efforts-to-curtail-wind-projects/): Offshore wind is an important aspect of many states' energy plans, allowing them to support their local economies and meet grown energy demand\.
- [Power Companies Are Still Planning For Climate Regulation\. Sort Of\.](https://energyinnovation.org/press/power-companies-are-still-planning-for-climate-regulation-sort-of/)
- [U\.S\. Allocates Federal Funds For Coal Plants, Export Facility](https://energyinnovation.org/press/u-s-allocates-federal-funds-for-coal-plants-export-facility/)

## Reports
- [Economic Impacts of U\.S\. Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions](https://energyinnovation.org/report/economic-impacts-of-u-s-senate-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-energy-provisions/): The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs\.
- [Final Analysis: Economic Impacts Of U\.S\. "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Energy Provisions](https://energyinnovation.org/report/updated-economic-impacts-of-u-s-senate-passed-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-energy-provisions/): The One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes energy more expensive, costs jobs, and makes it harder to meet growing electricity demand\.
- [Energy Leadership In A Time Of Need: Accelerate Near\-Term Solar And Wind Procurement](https://energyinnovation.org/report/energy-leadership-in-a-time-of-need-accelerate-near-term-solar-and-wind-procurement/): Wind and solar remain the cornerstone of of an affordable electricity mix, and states should work to bring projects online before federal tax credits expire\. 
- [Energy Leadership In A Time Of Need: Remove Barriers To Clean Energy](https://energyinnovation.org/report/energy-leadership-in-a-time-of-need-remove-barriers-to-clean-energy/): While wind and solar remain highly affordable, non\-financial barriers that slow further cost declines remain\. States can help overcome these obstacles\.
- [Energy Leadership In A Time Of Need: Sustain Momentum For Electric Transportation](https://energyinnovation.org/report/energy-leadership-in-a-time-of-need-sustain-momentum-for-electric-transportation/): Federal support for electrified transportation is ending, but there's more states can do to ensure continued electric vehicle growth\.

## Topics
- [Electricity](https://energyinnovation.org/topic/electricity/): We can clean our power system quickly, affordably, and reliably with existing technology while cutting climate pollution and creating jobs\.
- [Industry](https://energyinnovation.org/topic/industry/): Industry—making things like steel and cement—emits a third of human\-caused climate pollution\. Cleaning it up is key to our climate goals\.
- [Buildings](https://energyinnovation.org/topic/buildings/): Buildings—where we work and live—emit roughly 20 percent of energy\-related U\.S\. climate pollution\. Cleaning it up can save money and lives\.
- [Transportation](https://energyinnovation.org/topic/transportation/): Smart policy will accelerate the transition to zero\-emission vehicles, saving consumers money and cutting climate pollution\.
- [Energy Policy Modeling](https://energyinnovation.org/topic/energy-policy-modeling/): We provide quantitative, science\-based modeling of climate policy design to policymakers of all affiliations across the world\.

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