Strategic Analysis and Engagement
Fossil Fuel Demand Has Peaked
Fossil fuel demand peaked in 2019 and is now bouncing along a plateau before its inevitable decline.
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Global South
For the Sake of the Global South, It’s Time for the World to Treat Natural Gas Like the Fossil Fuel It Is
Right now at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 27 in Egypt, all eyes are on whether rich countries provide the money they have promised to poorer, less-developed nations to help them adapt to the…
US Policy
To Help Reverse Soaring Inflation, Invest in Clean Energy
America has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lower costs and establish global leadership on climate and clean energy by focusing on regional strategies.
China
Op-ed: Clean Energy Tipping Points
Editor’s note: The following op-ed was posted in Mandarin in Caijing Magazine, an influential Chinese publication that covers social, political and economic topics. On April 20, 2020, for the first time ever, the price…
General
Opinion | A Market-Driven Green New Deal? We’d Be Unstoppable – The New York Times
Any serious energy transformation will need to harness America’s powerful and creative economic engine.
Electricity
The Grid Needs a Symphony, Not a Shouting Match
For more detail on the topics covered in this article, readers should see Amory Lovins’ FERC comments, a recent article on Forbes, and a forthcoming article in The Electricity Journal. In April,…
Electricity
eLab Accelerator Projects Sustain Hope for Clean Energy Innovation
Anyone reading the news knows that clean energy isn’t getting much support at the federal level these days. As President Trump moves to unravel the Clean Power Plan and…
Buildings
We Need to Enhance Property Assessed Clean Energy Instead of Bringing It to a Standstill
The unique characteristics of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) make it an important market enabler for home performance solutions that deliver myriad homeowner and broader societal and economic benefits. Recently, Senator…
Electricity
Why We Still Need To Discuss Grid Defection
The rapidly declining costs of distributed energy resources (DERs), including rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV) and behind-the-meter batteries, have introduced new dynamics into a traditionally slow-moving electricity industry. This paradigm shift has ushered us into a…
Electricity
Five Reasons Your Company Should Buy Off-site Renewables in 2017
Guest author Scott Macmurdo is a sustainability specialist with NRG Energy, which is a founding sponsor of the Business Renewables Center. Guest author Patrick Molloy is a financial analyst at the Business Renewables Center. Corporate interest…