Press Archive

New DOE-Backed Projects Tackle Factory Emissions With Heat Pumps And More

EI’s Jeff Rissman explains that although we have the technology that can produce all the goods we rely on without greenhouse gas emissions, the demand to commercialize these technologies has been low.

Utilities Can Meet Growing Power Demand Without Fossil Fuels | Opinion

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal explains how investing in clean energy will create jobs, improve air quality, and allow the U.S. to meet the rising electricity demand.

The Tiniest Nuclear Reactors Are Untried, Untested, And Gaining Legions Of Fans

EI’s Eric Gimon weighs in on microreactors and discusses the potential of nuclear reactors to diversify energy portfolios.

Utilities Can Meet Short-Term Load Growth Without New Gas Power

New research indicates that constructing new gas power plants may not be the most effective short-term solution for addressing load growth. Instead, the report suggests alternative options such as demand response programs and grid-enhancing technologies.

Biden’s Climate Playbook: Propose Strong Rules, Then Soften Them

EI’s Mike O’Boyle calls regulations on coal facilities and new gas plants significant, adding that they would act as a guardrail on utilities.

Utilities Should Rethink ‘Panicked Rush’ To Build Gas Plants – Study

EI research finds that public utility commissioners should avoid building new natural gas plants, and suggests that they focus their attention on expanding transmission.

The Manufacturing Boom Set Off By Clean Energy Tax Credits

EI’s Jack Conness explains how the IRA doesn’t pick winners on a partisan basis and that the $118 billion in private-sector investments is available for clean energy and manufacturing projects.

Cascade Of Climate Rules Starts Today With Clean Cars

EI’s Sara Baldwin explains how the EV mandate will cut greenhouse gases and improve air quality while U.S. manufacturers can keep pace with foreign competitors.

How A Trump Presidency Could Threaten Biden’s Signature Climate Achievement

EI’s Mike O’Boyle discusses concerns that an administration hostile to the IRA can defund and hollow out administrative capacity and roll back climate policies.

As Threats To Air Quality Rise, Communities Deploy Low-Cost Air Monitoring Networks

EI’s Rachel Goldstein describes the Identifying Violations Affecting Neighborhoods (IVAN) network which is an environmental monitoring system that enables residents to take an active role in air quality monitoring.

PG&E Now Wants Rate Hike To Test Adding Hydrogen To Its Natural Gas

EI’s analysis reported that hydrogen would be difficult to contain in pipes and might only result in a minuscule reduction in greenhouse emissions.

Fast-Falling Battery Prices Boost Economic Benefits Expected From Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

New Energy Innovation research finds falling battery costs mean electric heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) in the U.S. could reach cost parity with diesel counterparts years earlier than expected– four of five vehicle classes could be on par with or cheaper than diesel counterparts by 2030.

Decarbonizing Heavy Industry With Technology And Policy

EI’s Jeff Rissman analyzes industrial greenhouse gas emissions and discusses the emissions mitigation strategies that he outlines in his book, Zero Carbon Industry.

How PG&E Rate Hikes Are Impacting Electric Vehicle Charging

EI’s Jack Conness breaks down what the PG&E hikes are and how they impact electric vehicle charging.

SOTU: Biden Links Clean Energy Policy To ‘ Tens Of Thousands’ Of Jobs

EI’s Anand Gopal weighs in on the high inflation and supply chain challenges that have caused onshore and offshore wind projects to slow.

States Eye Rescue Of Retiring Coal Plants

EI’s Michelle Solomon discusses how coal plants cost more to operate than if they were replaced by solar, wind and battery storage.

Climate Rules Reach Finish Line, In Weakened Form, As Biden Races Clock

EI analysis finds that tax breaks, grants and other incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act alone will not get the United States to its carbon reduction targets under the Paris Agreement

Electric Trucks Will Be Cheaper Than Diesel – Decades Faster Than Expected

EI’s Chris Busch discusses new research which shows electric HDV cost declines have accelerated, and are on track to be cheaper than diesel decades faster than expected.

Slowing Wind Installations Threaten Emissions Progress Under The IRA: Report

EI’s Anand Gopal recounts that wind installations lagged behind modeled post-IRA scenarios

Nuclear, Hydropower Seek To Qualify For BIden Hydrogen Tax Perk

EI research finds that a 5-10 percent carve-out could raise the life cycle emissions intensity of hydrogen more than 4 times higher than the tax credit’s highest allowed emissions threshold.