Press Archive

Full Industrial Electrification Could More Than Double U.S. Power Demand. Here’s How Renewables Can Meet It

EI’s Eric Gimon explains the falling cost of renewables and technological advancement mean we can electrify industrial processes while making the grid more reliable.

Hydrogen Production Guidelines Prompt Fierce Debate

EI’s Dan Esposito explains hydrogen production can actually increase greenhouse gas emissions if it’s pulling clean energy from the electric grid rather than from new clean energy projects.

How Dueling PDFs Explain A Fight Over The Future Of The Grid

EI’s Eric Gimon explains encouraging competition makes sense as we look to modernize the electric grid and save consumers money.

Biden Officials Warned EPA About Dirty Hydrogen

EI’s Dan Esposito explains hydrogen is a more useful decarbonization tool in sectors like steel production than it is for the power sector, so rules governing hydrogen for electricity production must be stringent.

Dear Congress: Don’t Repeal Clean Energy Tax Credits Worth Hundreds Of Billions To Red And Purple States

EI’s Silvio Marcacci explains many of the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits at the center of debt ceiling negotiations would bring massive job and economic benefits to red and purple states.

New Technologies Can Stop Fossil Fuels’ Financial Rollercoaster. But We Must Ensure Everyone Has Access To Them

EI’s Greg Alvarez explains fossil fuels present an inherent risk to the economy, but new technologies like electric vehicles and heat pumps are letting us decouple from fossil fuels.

Two States Are Ramping Up Clean Energy Incentives. That Was The Inflation Reduction Act’s Point

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains that even though clean energy is now the most affordable option, state action is still often necessary to compel utilities to invest in it.

EPA: Climate Law– Not Power Plant Rules– Will Reshape Grid

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains the Inflation Reduction Act offers utilities carrots to switch to clean energy and new EPA regulations are sticks to ensure utilities take advantage of those carrots.

4 Energy Issues To Watch With EPA’s Power Plant Rule

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains the Department of Treasury’s rules on the 45V hydrogen tax credit are even more important now that new EPA rules could lead to greater hydrogen usage in electricity generation.

Old Lumber Port Preps For New Life As California Offshore Wind Hub

EI’s Michelle Solomon explains many of the technical challenges to scaling California offshore wind have been tackled– now it’s about getting the industry up and running.

The IRS’s Coming 45V Tax Credit Rules Can Build A Domestic Clean Hydrogen Industry– But Only If Done Right

EI’s Dan Esposito explains the way the Treasury Department designs hydrogen tax credit rules will determine if they’re a useful tool to combat climate change, or if they’ll actually increase emissions.

How Washington Underestimated Biden’s Big Climate Law

EI’s Anand Gopal explains the heavy interest in the Inflation Reduction Act’s battery manufacturing credit and how it’s spurring a new manufacturing industry in the Southeast.

The Problem With Green Hydrogen

EI’s Dan Esposito explains there are safety limits to how much hydrogen can be blended in natural gas pipelines, and because of that, the climate benefits of using hydrogen may be small.

America’s Green Industrial Strategy 2.0

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal explains what’s new about the Biden administration’s green industrial strategy compared to the one pursued during the Obama years.

The Nuclear-Hydrogen Conundrum

EI’s Dan Esposito explains if hydrogen tax credits aren’t designed correctly, it could result in nuclear reactors diverting carbon-free electricity from the grid to produce hydrogen, with fossil fuel plants running more to fill the gap.

EPA Won’t Require Carbon Capture At All Power Plants– Sources

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains utilities will have options to meet new emissions standards beyond using carbon capture and storage, which makes sense since there’s little track record of that technology being used in the U.S. today.

How To Understand The U.S. Battle Over Hydrogen Tax Credits

EI’s Dan Esposito explains using existing renewables to produce green hydrogen could draw that clean energy away from the grid and actually increase fossil fuel use.

Green Hydrogen Production Can Be Profitable In Much Of The U.S.

EI research finds green hydrogen can be economically produced in parts of the country with strong wind and solar resources.

Electric Vehicles Could Make Up 66 Percent Of New Car Sales By 2035 With California’s Lead

EI research finds if other states adopted California’s latest Advanced Clean Cars II rule it would create major economic, public health, and climate benefits.

Why The Food System Is The Next Frontier In Climate Action

EI’s Dan O’Brien explains shifting to a more plant-forward diet in rich nations is essential to meeting our climate targets.