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DOE’s Lifeline to Transmission Siting for Renewables
cheap wind energy to the southeast U.S. The $2.5 billion Plains and ... Oklahoma and Texas, to areas of higher demand in Arkansas and Tennessee ... deployment and integration of renewable energy onto the electrical grid. Some
EV Market Hits Its Tipping Point
energize a transportation revolution include Nissan’s Leaf and BMW’s i3. In ... style and a price to match, but also came up short on endurance. Yet ... . If the high stakes and recent, almost universal rush by manufacturers to
The Case for Nature-Based Solutions
Richter, Penn Professor of German and Dutch Studies
The Carbon Shock: Investor Response to the British Columbia Carbon Tax
the context of financial and economic risk. After the former Bank of ... a variety of fields not only limited to finance and economics have ... affect economic variables, and additionally, investor behavior
Can Local Participation Help Solve the Oil Curse?
handful of multinational “supermajors” and state-run firms. Local private firms typically lack the know-how, financing, and technology to conduct the capital-intensive work of drilling and pumping oil. But this
Tax Substitution as Climate Policy for Hard-to-Decarbonize Sectors
economic activity and, consequently, faces strong resistance from current ... sector accounts for 2.5% of CO2 emissions and 3.5% of the effects leading ... and fast expansion of service networks. Still, alternative fuel
Ahmed Abdellah
Student Advisory Council Member Ahmed Abdellah is a Kleinman Center Student Advisory Council Member and is a student studying in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) program. Abdellah was
Closing Loopholes in Carbon Offset Regulation
Some carbon emissions are too difficult and expensive to eliminate ... lowest cost possible, many companies and countries plan to use carbon ... patchwork of voluntary registries and standards like the Gold Standard
Can Philly Force the Rotten Roots of PGW to Sprout a Green Transition?
Philadelphia Gas Works—as long as one century and a half—came to a head. The ... mistake” and a “massive failure in leadership.” “The citizens of our city, the customers of PGW, and our own city workers will feel the negative
Decarbonizing Transportation: Is the IRA Enough?
$370 billion in climate and clean energy investments to decarbonize the ... States— and thereby help the country reach the Paris Agreement commitment ... the economy by promoting national industries and creating millions of